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1. TL;DR

We would like to seek funding of 50 ETH to continue develop archives.wtf as the main archive center of Nouns DAO over the next 6 months (June '23 - Nov '23). Our focus is to develop supporting features & public goods tools that could enhance community's contribution, engagement and effort towards the platform that will bring great values and benefits for the DAO and its ecosystem.

Prop Structure & Framework

1. TL;DR
2. Past Proposal Summary
   • Prop 176 Recap
3. Project Goals
   • Strategy Summary
   • Strategy Details
4. Deliverables
5. Team
6. Budget

This is our revised proposal in response to community feedbacks and concerns.

2. Past Proposal Summary

Prop 176 Recap

On December 3rd, we were funded of 32.28 ETH ($42K) to build an archive center which stores & display all media contents of Nouns DAO's projects & artworks and all the memes proliferations. It serves as the central repository for storing and displaying all data such as ;

• proposal progress images/videos
• end product images/videos/links/repo
• nounish artworks from contents & events
• cc0 contents & working files

There is so much great Nouns content scattered across different platforms that went by everyday in our ecosystem. We aim to solve this by providing a central platform where all Nouns-related content all in one place and make it easier for everyone to find it.

In the past 4 months we have ;

1. Archives.wtf - built a reliable archive website from the ground up
2. Built features ; link to thread

• under any categories, you can search any related data within the page, eg ; Nouns On-chain Proposal
  • prop number
  • project title
  • description
  • builders/artists
  • category
• we enable scroll, filter & search persistence for better user navigation ( which stored on your device )
• you can use cmd+k / ctrl+k for quick access to search in page
• cc0 icon & download button

3. As per 4/11/2023, we have gathered and archived ;

• Proposals (On-chain, Prop House & NSFW) ; 611 proposals, 410 builders
• Contests by Noun Square, 4156, Gnars DAO, Noadz ; 606 artworks & entries, 326 artists
  • Nouniversary
  • Nouns Holiday
  • Nouns Mash-up
  • Nouns Movies
  • Nouns Sneakers
  • Nouns Esports
  • Nouns Space
  • 100 Days of Nouns

4. Total No of Builders - Link
5. Built a tool named Uploadr for quick data upload & storage to the Arweave network
6. Organized & compiled full database in Nouns Archive's Notion

Feedbacks from the communities

Feedbacks from Prop 270 (defeated)

3. Project Goals For Upcoming 6 Months

Why should we fund this extension?

• We want to assist Nouns community, particularly builders and artists, to be able to contribute their project materials and outputs via the platform, which serves as the primary archive centre for the Nouns ecosystem that can be a good reference to others & later generations.
• It'd be one of the main onboarding tools that keeps track of everything that has occurred in Nouns DAO.
• We anticipate that the platform will inspire more builders & artists to produce remarkable & high-quality content.
• We believe that by developing a good proliferation strategies, complementary features & tools that cater the target audience could bring great values, increase targeted KPIs & enhance the product market fit of this project.
• We will produce profit-oriented products that generates revenue back to the DAO's treasury.

Strategy Summary

1. Website Enhancement & Features

   • CC0 media page
     • pinterest-like
     • search & filter by type
     • downloadable
   • Community archive submission
     • submit project/content outputs
     • based on category/entirely new
     • submission history
   • Permanent storage media uploader
     • free for nounish builders & Nouns-related NFT holders (token-gated)
     • upload history
   • Archivist/builder leaderboard
     • gamification
   • Feed
     • RSS & Atom XML
     • JSON (Public API)

2. Proliferation

   • Publications
     • kickstart Nouns Archive '23 (sample physical book)
     • produce monthly Nouns Zine (digital & physical)
     • convert to profit oriented product
     • proceeds goes to DAO
     • quarterly wrap-up report
   • Brand Awareness
     • prop house round ; Nouns Archive
     • new feature updates on social media
     • daily props curation/highlights
     • ads & campaign (gamified)

3. Maintenance & Sustainability

   • General website maintenance
     • enhance better ui/ux
   • Data curation & updates
     • data > filter > curate > present
     • daily updates
   • Incentivise submission through leaderboard
     • community submission

Strategy Details

For Website Enhancement & Features ;

1. Community archive submission

• To build a curated submission form attached to the website which allows anyone to contribute to the platform.
• Users are required for wallet connect (NNS supported) and could request to submit a new sub-category and additional contents to their existing proposals/details.
• The forms will allow users to select their preferred category, status, type of house, round, etc. (based on specific usage)
• User can check their submission history together with submission details (eg; date, title & status)

2. Permanent storage media uploader

• To improvise an uploader with some new features which we have built for the past few months.
• Users are required for wallet connect (NNS supported) & it will be token gated focusing on Nouns ecosystem to use it for free ;
  • Nounders
  • Nouners
  • Nounish Builders
  • Sub DAOs
  • Nouns' NFT Open Edition Holders / Droposals (This Is Nouns, The Wizard's Hat etc)
• Anyone who has just got noun-pilled into the ecosystem and want to use it, they may choose from any of the available criteria above. This will gradually benefit the Nouns DAO ecosystem over time.
• User can check their upload history together with the details (eg; date, title & arweave link)

3. Archivist/Contributor Leaderboard

• We want to create archivist/contributor leaderboard with gamification where top contributors will be incentivised.
• We will use the fund under OpEx in Budget.

4. Feed

Utilising a simplified and condensed data feed can be more efficient than navigating through an entire website for the required information, making data feed crucial for individual use cases. That is why we're adding feed as a new feature, to make it easier for you to access the data you need and achieve your goals more efficiently.

We will provide a few types of feed for the main & sub-category pages ;

• RSS feed - /rss.xml
• Atom feed - /atom.xml
• JSON feed - /feed.json

The data we have gathered can be utilised by everyone in the ecosystem for their own unique purposes. For instance, a mini companion app can directly use the JSON feed to list all proposals in NSFW Small Grants.

For Proliferation Plan ;

1. Publications - Nouns Archive '23

• We will produce a yearly curated physical book that features the archive's contents.
• It would be a completed & working sample physical book which does not include mass production.
• The prop house round winner's design will be featured as the book's cover. (more details below)
• We will kickstart the pre-production of the book in June 2023.
• All builders and artists will be contacted to obtain permission to use their works inside the book (unless CC0)
• Anyone who wishes to contribute can do so as we will communicate the deadline for submitting materials.
• We will make it available for pre-order/mint. Holders will need to redeem for a physical piece.
• All profits goes to the Nouns DAO's treasury.
• We are not taking any compensation due to already been funded by the DAO.
• More infos regarding the launch will be announced.

2. Nouns Zines

• We will produce a monthly curated zine that features great contents from Nouns ecosystem.
• We believe that the focus of the first few issues contents should emphasise on onboarding more people towards Nouns and showing the most notable accomplishment from the first year of Nouns and on-going projects (eg; Noundry, SuperBowl, Nouns Vision, TSP, Nouns Mural etc)
• The prop house round winner's design will be featured as the zine's cover. (more details below)
• We will make it available for pre-order/mint & preview. Holders can also redeem for a physical piece (the cost of shipping is borne by the holder)
• All profits goes to the Nouns DAO's treasury.
• We are not taking any compensation due to already been funded by the DAO.
• More infos regarding the launch will be announced.

3. Prop House Round - Nouns Archive

(Framework flow for each month)

• We will be producing two type of publications ; Nouns Zine & Nouns Archive '23.
• We are looking at hosting our own prop house round, Nouns Archive. We will organize a few CC0 contests, with the selected winners being featured on the cover page & contents for Zine 01-05 & Nouns Archive '23.
• Upon approval, we will start our first prop house round in June 2023.
• There will be six rounds in total, 5 rounds for Nouns Zine & 1 round for Nouns Archive '23.
• For each round, there will be ;
  • 3 winners with a prize pool of 0.45E (1st/0.2E, 2nd/0.15E & 3rd/0.1E)
  • artwork of the first-place winner will be minted as open edition & to be featured as the zine cover of that month
  • artworks of the second & third-place winner will be featured in the zine of that month
  • 60% of the proceeds goes to the DAO's treasury, 20% goes to the artist & 20% goes to Nouns Archive
  • we will use 20% of the proceeds to Nouns Archive to enhance the prize pool for future contests / add contest rounds / zine production etc
  • for each round, it will be 3 weeks of submission period & 1 week of voting period
  • Nouns ecosystem/holders are eligible to vote for the round. More infos will be announced

For Maintenance & Sustainability ;

1. Data Permanence & Sustainability

• All compiled datas are stored in Nouns Archive's notion.
• We are using Arweave network to store all the datas due to its one time fee permanent storage and we want to use it exclusively for all storage going forward.
• Currently, around 40% of the datas are now saved on Arweave, with the remaining 60% being processed. (Currently on Notion)
• There have been a few instances where artists or builders have discontinued their hosting and lost their tracks; this is something we do not want to happen again.
• We want to make sure all datas of Nouns ecosystem are permanently stored in a decentralised manner and is always accessible.
• We are able to boost the website's performance with the help of Vercel Edge Network which offers image optimization, page load speed & automatically data cached on the network.
• The cost of uploading will be factor in under OpEx as per attached in Budget.

2. Checklist ( to be archived )

• SubDAOs
• Nouns' POAP Art (TNS, Nouncil & more)
• Nouns Museum
• InternatioNouns
• Nouns AI's Contest
• Messhup's Cover Art
• Prop House (Other houses, eg ; Lil Nouns, Nouns Japan, Nouns Builder etc)
• Nouns On-Chain Props
• NSFW
• The Noun Square
• Nouns World

3. Analytics

We believe data transparency is important for the DAO & community. We are using Vercel's Web Analytics to get detailed insights. It provides in-depth information about your website's visitors, new metrics like top pages, top referrers, and demographics including information on countries, operating systems, and browsers.

As of 29th March - 29th April 2023,

• Visitors & Page Views

• Panels

4. Deliverables

What to expect over the next 6 months?

• A modified archives.wtf with all enhancement & features
  • CC0 media page
  • Community archive submission
  • Permanent storage media uploader
  • Archivist leaderboard
  • Feed - RSS, Atom XML, JSON (Public API)
• Prop House Round ; Nouns Archive - CC0 Contests
• Publications - Nouns Archive '23, Nouns Zine Editions, profit oriented product
• Profits & proceeds leads to Nouns DAO's treasury
• Publish monthly data report of archives.wtf for public reference
• Daily props curation/highlights, Nouns Archive
• All under Strategy Summary

5. Team

• Voadz

  • Design, Data & Operation
  • Nouncillor
  • Full-time building on Nouns (Oct 21-Now)
  • Worked on Props 176, several Prop House & NSFW grants

• Nero One

  • Design & Engineering
  • Worked on Props 176, DinoNouns, uploadr.app

• Diqalurima

  • Marketing & Operation

6. Budget

50 ETH to fund development of archives.wtf over the next 6 months (May '23-Oct '23).

• 42 ETH ; Data, Development and Marketing

  • 3 ETH/monthly - Data Tracking & Updates
  • 3 ETH/monthly - Development & Maintenance
  • 1 ETH/monthly - Marketing & Operation

• 8 ETH ; for OpEx including infra, tooling, bounties

Funds will be received by the Nouns Archive multi-sig (3/4) and then released via stream with the following signers ;

Voadz Nero One Joel Cares Maty

Multisig address ; 0xdd7e4d8A5FEF6702F7e9C5B45dB440ba7a6e00c0

Thank you for reading! ⌐◨-◨