Background: This post on EDGPass was originally published April 1st 2021 on the on-chain governance portal Commonwealth.im. It has been edited lightly to be more general, replacing the original subject of Edgeware with DAOs as a whole.

Summary: This post outlines an approach to returning more value for DAO, especially chain-DAO holders, treating the chain's native token like a social token capable of forming partnerships, signaling identity and status, and granting access to products and services.

In my personal vision, DAOs have been a platform for advancing the concept and execution of the network state, a futuristic vision of a generalized union of members collectively bargaining for whatever they deem appropriate, potentially arising to a non-territorial government. That road is long, but we've made amazing progress in the management of our public goods, the development of our financial tools, and towards a stronger awareness of our community, values, and ideas.

Part of that vision then utilizes our collective bargaining power and our community-managed treasury to advance the welfare of DAO token holders.

As a digital network with an unknown number of humans tied to our accounts, we are especially well-placed to target and negotiate for digital and zero-cost-of-reproduction goods. My initial targets for these include:

• Education along a variety of topics.

• Wellness Resources, both physical and mental.

• Community Tooling

These projects would offer access to their resources or platforms for DAO token holders through an application process that holders would complete, or eventually through native crypto-integration treating the token as access permission. The end result is that holding the DAO token grants access to apps, education programs, and more.

Formerly, for-profit products/services have been limited in pursuing funding through DAO treasuries as treasuries tend to focus on public goods. Contributions to the Citizens Benefit allow for-profit teams a framework for delivering in return for public funding, increasing their options for development on our network and creating a more directly competitive funding ecosystem within EDG.

Case Study: Justin Murphy applied for funding for his book Exit Theory, and in return, Edgeware holders gained seats in his prestigious Indie Thinkers educational platform.

[At the time of this article’s original writing, I was studying how to improve our staking rate and speed integration of accessibility functions into the EDG token.]

It is critical that benefits are not one-size-fits-all but tiered according to the creation and contribution of value of the account. In the case of Chain-DAOs, I advocate for a minimum set of requirements to earn the negotiated ‘citizen’ benefits.

• Stake the token in PoS-DAO systems, or in DAOs where staking serves a purpose.

• Participate in governance where applicable. I considered measuring this as a ratio of participation over some time period, where you qualify for the next time period or round after the former period closes.

Ideally, these are linked to a dynamic NFT that updates on the state of these, and this NFT is then used as the ‘Passport’ to citizen benefits.

Background: This post on EDGPass was originally published April 1st 2021 on the on-chain governance portal Commonwealth.im. It has been edited lightly to be more general, replacing the original subject of Edgeware with DAOs as a whole.

Summary: This post outlines an approach to returning more value for DAO, especially chain-DAO holders, treating the chain's native token like a social token capable of forming partnerships, signaling identity and status, and granting access to products and services.

In my personal vision, DAOs have been a platform for advancing the concept and execution of the network state, a futuristic vision of a generalized union of members collectively bargaining for whatever they deem appropriate, potentially arising to a non-territorial government. That road is long, but we've made amazing progress in the management of our public goods, the development of our financial tools, and towards a stronger awareness of our community, values, and ideas.

Part of that vision then utilizes our collective bargaining power and our community-managed treasury to advance the welfare of DAO token holders.

As a digital network with an unknown number of humans tied to our accounts, we are especially well-placed to target and negotiate for digital and zero-cost-of-reproduction goods. My initial targets for these include:

• Education along a variety of topics.

• Wellness Resources, both physical and mental.

• Community Tooling

These projects would offer access to their resources or platforms for DAO token holders through an application process that holders would complete, or eventually through native crypto-integration treating the token as access permission. The end result is that holding the DAO token grants access to apps, education programs, and more.

Formerly, for-profit products/services have been limited in pursuing funding through DAO treasuries as treasuries tend to focus on public goods. Contributions to the Citizens Benefit allow for-profit teams a framework for delivering in return for public funding, increasing their options for development on our network and creating a more directly competitive funding ecosystem within EDG.

Case Study: Justin Murphy applied for funding for his book Exit Theory, and in return, Edgeware holders gained seats in his prestigious Indie Thinkers educational platform.

[At the time of this article’s original writing, I was studying how to improve our staking rate and speed integration of accessibility functions into the EDG token.]

It is critical that benefits are not one-size-fits-all but tiered according to the creation and contribution of value of the account. In the case of Chain-DAOs, I advocate for a minimum set of requirements to earn the negotiated ‘citizen’ benefits.

• Stake the token in PoS-DAO systems, or in DAOs where staking serves a purpose.

• Participate in governance where applicable. I considered measuring this as a ratio of participation over some time period, where you qualify for the next time period or round after the former period closes.

Ideally, these are linked to a dynamic NFT that updates on the state of these, and this NFT is then used as the ‘Passport’ to citizen benefits.