We’ve got some exciting developments on the horizon, and while the groundwork is being laid to set them up for success, it’s great to see the Tech Pod steadily moving forward. They’ve been clearing out a backlog of issues, shipping new features, and keeping progress consistent since joining. Check out their full update below for the latest details.
With the renewal of our residency now approved (see proposal), we are both grateful and motivated to continue serving the Builder community. Thank you for your trust and feedback over the past months. Your input has shaped everything from bug fixes and UX refinements to tooling reports and new proposal types.
Over the past weeks, we shipped improvements across artwork management, onboarding, documentation, and the Farcaster mini app, alongside fixes that had been on the backlog for some time. We also started conversations around sustainable revenue models, recognising that this remains an important concern for the community. Going forward, our aim is to balance delivering on feature requests with supporting revenue generation efforts from a technical perspective. Many DAO residents are already involved in scoping this out, and we are optimistic about the next Tech Pod cycle.
We are planning Community Product Session #4. Please let us know whether you prefer 11 or 18 September at 12:00 (EDT). So far, no topics have been requested for discussion. While we want to give this space to the community, we don’t want to organize something that is not needed. If you have an agenda request, let us know. If there is sufficient interest, we will share a Luma link for sign-up and agenda setting.
We are actively working on grouping components into a library within the monorepo.
GIF support is another initiative currently in progress.
Have a feature request or bug? Let us know!
When we started contributing as Tech & Product Residents almost six months ago, Builder infrastructure and tooling existed but were not really tracked anywhere. As part of our mandate for updating and maintaining Builder tooling, we promised to deliver a report that gives all stakeholders an overview of the current state. This report has now been released.
At the same time, we acknowledge that a report may not be the most convenient way of keeping up to date for regular community members. We heard you! That’s why we also improved the reporting on GitHub.
Based on your request we have updated the GitHub with tentative priorities, a tentative roadmap, and t-shirt sizes. You can view the GitHub projects here:
Roadmap: https://github.com/orgs/BuilderOSS/projects/2/views/4?pane=info
Resident Cycle: https://github.com/orgs/BuilderOSS/projects/3/views/1
Since the last edition of Builder Buzz, we’ve been working on many issues mainly visible on the backend and important to technical contributors. Still, there are a few feature releases regular users will notice:
Our third Community Product Session was a great success. Fourteen members signed up across Builder DAOs including Freezeverse, Nouns DAO Africa, and Yellow Collective. After reviewing the backlog, we focused on three initiatives: artwork uploads, Zora integration, and Droposal support. If you're looking to join the conversation, head to the forum here.
We agreed to revise the replace artwork flow (already in production), add an add artwork proposal (now live), add documentation (in staging), and help DAOs add an opaque property when overhauling NFTs. We also began enabling GIF support, which requires optimisation before going live.
We discussed integrating with the Zora SDK and possible options for revenue generation. This requires significant scoping from both a DAO and operational perspective. An intriguing initial brainstorming session took place from a purely technical angle.
The session concluded by setting priorities on these initiatives in relation to the existing backlog, leading to the tentative roadmap shown below.
Since the last edition of the Builder Buzz newsletter, we have closed over 40 issues and merged over 55 pull requests. You can get an in depth overview of merged pull requests and closed issues on Github. At a glance, key updates were:
Bug fixes: Farcaster mini app, text selection, queueing, NFTs, spam tokens, WalletConnect, disappearing vote text, artwork uploads
UX: Milestone buttons in release flow, disabled Safe-wallet deployments with guidance, proposal sharing on Farcaster, onboarding for first-time proposers, clearer “Total Supply” vs “Possible Votes”
Documentation: Expanded guides (execution date, artwork, bridging, developers), added Zora terms
Artwork: 200MB limit, progress indicator, better guidance, GIF support, new “Adding Artwork” template
Contributors: Released the Ecoystem Tooling Report on v.1.0, published hooks and utils to NPM, fallback RPCs, CSV export for holders and delegates
@sunnypires is on the cover of the National Championship announcement! The national tournament honoring the best in town🌊🌊 https://farcaster.xyz/sunnypires/0xb5905f3b
last days to vote in the @nogglesboard rounds on @nounsgg ⌐◨-◨ new votes are coming in from time to time, and the top 10 designs are being updated accordingly 🤯 Voting ends on August 28. thks you to everyone who participated and supported this project, making one of the nounish surfboards fully onchain, featuring your art, letting you decide its model, and shaping the future of this board as a physical piece that belongs to you as well. aloha 👨🍳 🌊 https://nouns.gg/c/nouns/rounds/nounish-surfboards
Nounish board ⌐◨-◨ https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/6d410e3c-9784-4828-80f8-d6253ce36400/original
@gnarsauce ☠️ 🍟 https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/b82aeaa0-ef24-4b55-f1b0-a19c410f5900/original https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/36ada8a4-0185-4f58-b08a-ab87d0e33300/original
gm folks 🌞 we’ve resubmitted our proposal to Gnars after the last one missed quorum :) Here’s a quick recap: when I first became a @gnars athlete back on mainnet (before the move to Base), I felt there was a gap in athlete and project focused media. A while later, I connected with gnarOG @gami.eth and started contributing to Gnars media voluntarily for over two months. At the time, our socials were slow, IG had just 6 videos and ~700 followers, no Farcaster/Youtube presence, no Zora/Giveth profiles, etc. Since then, we’ve gained momentum with more content and storytelling, which led to the first PodMedia proposal. From that point on, we’ve delivered countless casts, photos, and videos; supported devs by testing the new website (bids, droposals, etc.); guided new shredders through meetings, tips, and development paths; and even launched The return of Gnarly News, packed with gnarly/nounish things, founded by gnarOG @0xsatori Now, in this bull run ATH times, it feels essential to keep strengthening this work of Action Sports Onchain, covering IRL + URL happenings across platforms, maintaining traction for Gnars, supporting onboarding, branding, newsletters, and projects like Gnars Flows with @rocketman This proposal supports the continuation of PodMedia plus the execution of two Gnarly Contests: - Art-focused contest: creating designs for Skategnars decks + new boards in the boards.wtf project founded by gnarOG @benbodhi - Creative video contest: like last year’s, using nogglesrails and other nounish elements exemple (@preciousnoggles & @bigshotklim works) to inspire gnarly skate/sport edits. We believe this is key to keeping Gnars active onchain and online engaging new protocols, onboarding artists and athletes, and supporting shredders, builders, and the community as a whole.. we also reduced the proposal amount to the minimum monthly value, focusing on building this with care and daily dedication for Gnars DAO. Aloha 🤘 🥑 🍳 https://www.gnars.com/dao/proposal/97
JPEGs from NDA Hangout at ETH Enugu, the vibes was high fr. Read all about it here: https://mirror.xyz/gneric.eth/eAcOkS_7F5YFUEiQemB1wbk2bEK9k2_DTiJ7L9wCedo?referrerAddress=0x744CDf12D5D289db118Ed9293c10cfa952169071 https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/75f0e08f-2e97-4e65-e3aa-c332893c9400/original https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/381ae03f-6945-4001-540d-511d719b4600/original
, using Ethereum to fund public goods
a BIG thanks to everyone who voted on the @talent proposal to support retroactive creator rewards on Farcaster s/o @hellno.eth @limone.eth @noun839.eth @yes2crypto.eth @jacque @sandiforward.eth @scottrepreneur.eth @nounishprof @adrienne and everyone who voted FOR https://nouns.build/dao/base/0x8de71d80ee2c4700bc9d4f8031a2504ca93f7088/vote/39
20% of all funds raised to @purple dao🫡 https://farcaster.xyz/limone.eth/0x116a8654
Creating is hard. Talking about it is harder. Thanks @basedandyellow.
it’s funny how sometimes you build a little fork of nouns on base and make some /yellow t-shirts and next thing you know @bobburnquist is repping it at international skating competitions 🟡 ⌐◨-◨ https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/4718c876-4108-40a8-4bc7-0f7b7ebf7a00/original
@basepaintdotxyz Day 162 /yellow https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/29a73c48-e5cd-4a07-a341-2281ff205300/original
Chief Noggle Cory Van Lew Yellow Collective's first Based&Yellow Edition Artist Spolight https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/221468b8-20cf-438a-2a32-f734f408c500/original
Just ripped two Legendary Cards from the DarkNOUN Packs! How bout them PnL Apples! ⌐◨-◨ https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/470915e4-2ec0-470f-6cde-7635335ed300/original https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/b4b61185-71ae-4d5d-ffb4-bc34bc141c00/original
Freezerverse recently became the first DAO on Base to add new traits to their collection! The helicopter cap trait was added via Proposal 16. Sounds like they have plans to continue adding more, so keep an eye out!
Well basically the mini app is ready if you all wanna try it, somehow it doesnt work on farcaster web app but on mobile its neat ⌐◨-◨ https://farcaster.xyz/miniapps/SXnRtPs9CWf4/gifnouns https://wczuohfgwyywvcjfrnju.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/gifs/1755115644731_gifnouns_22_1755115643681.gif https://wczuohfgwyywvcjfrnju.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/gifs/1755115644731_gifnouns_22_1755115643681.gif https://farcaster.xyz/miniapps/SXnRtPs9CWf4/gifnouns
in 2023, @nouns voted to make @nouncoffee possible. now every yes vote is part of the shop forever.
Gm @farcaster 🌹 Here at #RCW3, we also do spotlights while we are out n about making content. Here we ran into the founder high school friend, now running a business! We did a nice spot for her AND got to slip some crypto in the mix! Always learning, always onbaording! After each interview we exchange info with folks to be their vehicle for ongoing #Web3 info! 🌹⌐◨-◨🌹 /rosecitynouns
Our DAO project called RoseCity Nouns is being built on the /builder platform. It's also being designed by many artist including our founder @metamu! With that said, we hope everybody enjoys the eclectic combinations you are about to see.. Here are some more traits! Which jacket or shirt is your favorite? /noc https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/478bba4f-a1c6-4b6d-4e26-699ea4c72e00/original
We’re back after the summer holidays! 🤩 https://zora.co/coin/base:0x2127a234bdaff9e6d3f97fcb2c53436511e29bf6?referrer=0x1459c1d9003afacc8ea97c9e002d98161ef201e3
Reminder – worksheet with the letter A available in two versions: color and b&w 🐵 ⌐◨-◨ https://edunouns.xyz/014176528af4489bbb02748a473e4c61 https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/4f21d0a9-8b84-437b-5d71-1cfec9605700/original https://zora.co/coin/base:0x072e363e5d8e6f3bcb449de5fe0132048a4cc88a?referrer=0x1459c1d9003afacc8ea97c9e002d98161ef201e3
The weekly office hours with Prof are cancelled. Moving forward, please join the Tech Office hours, the bi-weekly DAO meetings, or request a 1-on-1 in our Discord.
The Tech Pod will also be hosting Tech Office Hours once per week on Thursdays at 12:00pm ET. If you have any tech-related questions, suggestions, or otherwise, please stop by to chat with them. You can register your interest in the next call on August 28th, at 12:00pm in Discord.
In addition to the weekly office hours, the Builder bi-monthly call takes place on Thursdays at 5:00pm ET, the next call is scheduled for September 4th. You can register your interest in Discord here. This past Builder monthly meeting occurred on August 21st, the agenda is below and the recording is in our Discord here. You can also find a summary and notes from the call in the Builder DAO Notion database here.
Note that we are considering rescheduling the bi-weekly call, so keep an eye out for an update in the coming weeks.
The Builder Channel on Farcaster displays a feed of activity from members of Builder, including casts and onchain activity such as auctions, proposals, and votes. Farcaster is a great way to keep up to date with your fellow Builders! Follow the @builderbot and receive notifications about governance activity in the DAOs you are a member of!
Nouns Builder was retroactively funded by Nouns DAO Proposal 167: https://nouns.wtf/vote/167
DAOs Created on Builder Protocol: 3,487 DAOs Created (+7)
Nouns Builder Deployed: 1,302 DAOs Deployed
DAOs income from Auctions: 664 ETH (+1)
Nouns Builder Proposals: 1,523 Total Proposals (+29)
Cumulative Unique Voters: 9,867 Voters (+255)
Unique Voters (5 week moving average): 36.6 Voters (-3.6)
This week's featured DAO built on Builder is Blueberry DAO! Blueberry DAO is a community-driven initiative focused on supporting children's charities and helping those in need. Founded by 13-year-old Lilpurpberry with the help of a community grant from Nouns DAO and Nouncil, Blueberry DAO empowers token holders to make a real difference in the lives of children.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Blueberry_DAO
hermanos e hermanas, it’s the last day of voting in the @nogglesboard rounds on @nounsgg! If you’re holding a /nouns, /lilnounsdao, or /gnars token on ETH, you can jump in to support this action and help choose 10 artworks to be featured on one of the nounish surfboards! thanks for all the support ⌐◨-◨ \m/ https://nouns.gg/c/nouns/rounds/nounish-surfboards
There is an insane amount of things happening in the Nouns universe. Welcome to Mundo Nouns #1. Feat: @gami.eth @tagawamakoto @eusoujp @chaskin.eth @latsko.eth @lilnouns And more https://open.substack.com/pub/mundonouns/p/mundo-nouns-issue-1?r=1ubyj5&utm_medium=ios
@nounsbreakers got invited to compete in Dubai!!! 😱 Just started a topic explaining this amazing opportunity to bring Nouns to the world breaking stage in UAE 🇦🇪 https://www.nouns.camp/candidates/0xd91b4ca4159cfdf90453b3fdb6405a9dfee4b88c-nouns-breakers-in-dubai:-an-invitation-to-elevate-breaking-and-nouns-on-the-world-stage?id=nouns-breakers-in-dubai%3A-an-invitation-to-elevate-breaking-and-nouns-on-the-world-stage-d91b4ca4159cfdf90453b3fdb6405a9dfee4b88c https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/4e9bb78e-8c2d-4669-8217-55c8c4de6700/original https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/93d6600a-6188-498e-9a91-e4814852fb00/original
The Nouns Pokémon team is battling the reigning champs in the top 8 of the World Finals! Happening right now in Anaheim, CA. Watch live here 👉 https://www.twitch.tv/pokemonunite This corner of the Pokémon community knows noggles all too well at this point ⌐◨-◨ s/o @adesu @ghatlue @bruvhd @xblainehs @toonslim @inderunite LETS GO NOUNS
[Prop 685 – Update] BIG NEWS | BIG WEEK Today we kicked off eye exams with the brand-new Nouns Mobile Clinic in Rio! We also started producing the recycled frames. So much excitement! Over the coming months, we’ll visit more than 10 NGOs and schools to exam and distribute 1k prescription glasses sponsored by Nouns DAO. Thank you all for trusting us with this incredible mission! This is just the start! https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/72234d7d-acb0-4e32-cdf0-4f32700f2100/original https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/844399a7-3351-4655-2eba-2198a90fef00/original
Back in early 2023, the first four Precious Noggles prototypes. Each one a step closer to the masterpiece we proudly make today. So much trial, error, and melted plastic went into this evolution… but that’s the beauty of it: learning, tweaking, and pushing the limits of what recycled plastic can become. @lilnouns #PreciousNoggles #FromPlasticToArt #NounishDesign https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/4f16a8c5-c7bd-4862-5a7a-6ca612cb4d00/original
🚨 ONLINE PREMIERE: Anxiety + absurd comedy! 🥚 Meet Egghead in "Sunny Side Up" by Lumberfly—he’s just living his best life while battling waking nightmares! 🍿 This film brings stop-motion charm into the 3D world. Sunny Side Up by Lumberfly https://youtu.be/tpgOhIaBwB8
Nouns started off sneaking ⌐◨-◨ into a Super Bowl ad, then a huge character popped up in the M3GAN movie, and now it’s time to sneak them into the most magical place on Earth: Disney World. I believe one of the best ways for Nouns to break our bubble is through collabs with big brands. That’s why PlayDNA created the second (after MSCHF) unofficial official Disney collab, all made possible by the power of cc0. Check out the Mini App below and join the mission! https://farcaster.xyz/miniapps/5f50tCnmOQ-B/sneaky-mouse
You don’t need to dox your address to join the mission, just send both pins to the parks! https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/67a0b9b3-a79d-4d60-83be-0a434bb68100/original https://farcaster.xyz/miniapps/5f50tCnmOQ-B/sneaky-mouse
@chaskin.eth been working with the butter team since February to bring CFM to Nouns DAO. Would love your support on this one 🫡 https://www.nouns.camp/candidates/grant-application%3A-crowdfunding-module-for-conditional-funding-market-(cfm)-5a69bb5f6c28c554da5b127e870844bd3a4a7d04?tab=description
Had the best day ever demoing /nounspace and blank.space (🔜) at @ethereumfndn x @nouns’ World of Apps event today ⌐◨-◨ Can you guess what question I asked the audience? https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/c094e2e3-53f2-47fe-5194-c00613c32400/original https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/1c8227b3-5474-4895-5543-a77fd6cbfc00/original
9/ Next up: @willywonka.eth from Nouns Space. He’s cooking on so much. Nouns are lucky to have him, keep an eye on this one https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/3c0b0c03-0feb-430b-f192-90a21414ab00/original
We’re preparing several IRL activations leading up to the fair — spaces for artists to participate, get familiar, and dive into what Nouns are all about: the community, the opportunities, and most importantly, contributing to the visual narrative of Nouns through their own aesthetics and experimentation with the decentralized brand. We truly hope everything turns out beautifully. All of this is thanks to and for you, /nouns ⌐◨-◨ https://farcaster.xyz/ferianounish/0x60197706
Great to see some familiar faces at world of apps ⌐◨-◨ in NYC thanks to @latsko.eth @poapxyz for putting this together & was awesome to see @vinniehager & @alyssastevens _ create 🍃✨ 👇 https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/91e7ce1d-0b92-4f56-f78d-8052b2362600/original https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/95f313ae-9e51-4674-0c4d-a79cad092700/original
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Proud to say I'm officially a Nouns artist! https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/72d2f0a2-cf90-4443-9e16-6884fffa1a00/original
Decorate you coffee☕️ with this ⌐◨-◨ 3d printed stencil model https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/533206df-ea89-4dff-6703-86b2b1f47900/original https://makerworld.com/models/1692399
3d printantable ⌐◨-◨ jibbitz for crocs designs https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/12a07e16-38c0-41b8-7af5-1d4170b1b000/original https://makerworld.com/models/1677698 https://makerworld.com/models/1677874
Map push almost live :) Can’t wait to host you all. https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/e54a93f8-c5af-47b5-34cd-595c1546e800/original
Added us to the Strategic ETH Reserve (SΞR) website and we're ranked #30. ⌐◨-◨ https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/e568ae7c-0d51-4350-fcb1-fb0e81b0c300/original
Can’t believe it’s been 12 months already since the @nouns x Variety Bash! With a new wrap and new team, we happily sent the orginal Nouns car off for a new trip across the Australian outback this morning - right through the red centre! Local Melbournians tune into 9 News tonight. This year a documentary crew is also on the trip ❤️ the car has brought much joy since funded by Nouns, coming along to kids events and presentations- thanks again for your support of Variety - the Children’s Charity! https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/8e270750-b274-4ec9-416b-8a252676f600/original https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/9fcae7f3-016e-4dbb-db24-25810ba56900/original
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I can no longer mint or support?
Paragraph switched to coining, just want to be thoughtful about how I do it moving forward rather than just enabling coining by default. Really appreciate the interest though 🙏