Community Voices
Exploring Application Skins
Website Updates
Ecosystem Updates
Upcoming events
A Letter of Recommendation from Member Jochen Weber: Jochen has volunteered to write a formal letter of recommendation for SpiritDAO. As both a donor and someone who has experienced the platform firsthand, his perspective carries real weight — particularly when we're applying for grants and sharing our work with prospective partners and funders. Jochen, thank you. This kind of support matters more than you might realize.
And it raises a broader invitation: if you've experienced something meaningful through SpiritDAO — as a member, a donor, or a community leader exploring the platform — we'd love to hear from you. A short testimonial, a letter of support, or even a willingness to be referenced in future applications makes a tangible difference in how we're received by institutions evaluating our work. Reach out to us at community@spiritdao.org if you're open to it.
We've been having conversations with prospective community members that surfaced an important design question: how do we meet communities where they are — with their own language, symbolism, and flow — without reducing the usability of the broader ecosystem?
Different communities carry different identities. A mutual aid network doesn't talk like a creator collective. A faith-based organization doesn't organize like a DAO. If SpiritDAO is going to serve as infrastructure for all of them, the interface needs to feel like theirs, not like they've been dropped into someone else's platform.
We're exploring the concept of application "skins" — customizable layers that allow communities to shape how SpiritDAO looks and feels to their members while preserving the shared coordination, governance, and treasury tools underneath. Think of it as the difference between handing someone a tool and handing them their tool.
This is early-stage exploration. We'll share more as the concept matures, and we welcome input from anyone who's thought about this problem in their own community work.
If you and/or your community would like to participate in co-design sessions around this, please connect with Ron Rivers (ron@spiritdao.org)
We've been listening and updating. Based on feedback from individuals exploring SpiritDAO for themselves and their communities, we've refreshed several key pages on our website:
The Eight Dignities — The philosophical foundation of everything we build. If you haven't revisited this page recently, it's worth a fresh read.
Community — A clearer picture of what participation looks like and who SpiritDAO is built for.
Donations — Updated to better reflect how contributions fuel our collective work and where your support goes.
The website is often someone's first encounter with SpiritDAO. These changes are about making sure that first impression matches the depth of what's actually here.
Base Builder Transaction Tracking We've integrated in-app transaction tracking for our Base Builder registration. This gives us an analytics layer we previously didn't have — visibility into community activity patterns, usage trends, and engagement data. Beyond the operational value, this positions us more competitively for Coinbase ecosystem grants and promotional opportunities. You can't tell the story of community impact without the data to back it up. This will help provide that data layer.
Pod Treasury & Distribution Fixes We resolved a bug affecting pod treasury distributions, added clearer confirmation and success notifications when transactions complete, and cleaned up the transaction history interface to better display pod wallet activity. We've also integrated these flows into Pulse, our community heartbeat tracker. Treasury is the backbone of community trust, when money moves, members need to see it clearly and confidently.
This was a week where the feedback loop worked. People explored what we've built, told us what they saw, and we responded — in the product, on the website, and in how we're thinking about the platform's future. That cycle is the whole point.
If you're using the platform, keep telling us what works and what doesn't. If you're considering it for your community, come talk to us. And if you've already experienced something worth sharing — like Jochen — don't underestimate how much your voice helps.
Upcoming Events This Week
We strongly recommend registering for events within the SpiritDAO app (Events section) at app.spiritdao.org — it's how we gauge attendance and shape the flow of each session.
Town Hall — Mon, Apr. 20th · 8:00 PM A standing community gathering for conversation, questions, and shared presence. Join here
First Contact — Wed, Apr 23 · 12:00 PM The official starting point for new members — a peer-to-peer orientation into how participation works. Join here
Feedback Loops — Fri, Apr 25 · 12:00 PM A live working session where the community helps shape the app — bring your bugs, your questions, and your ideas. Join here
The best way to get in touch is within our community: https://app.spiritdao.org
If it's easier, send us an email: community@spiritdao.org
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