We, the cypherpunks, are rallying to the cause of a fellow cypherpunk in distress.

‘One of the best ways to achieve justice is to expose injustice.’
— Assange

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Background

The AssangeDAO is dedicated to restoring Assange's freedom.

The DAO started to mobilize in a Telegram group on December 10th, 2021, the day that the U.S. government won its appeal of a British court ruling that barred Assange’s extradition to the US. If extradited to the United States, Assange faces 175 years in prison for publishing truthful information.

Shortly after the Telegram group was formed, Assange’s brother Gabriel Shipton joined. He informed us that an NFT collaboration with Assange was in progress which was going to be auctioned to raise funds for his campaign.

Inspired by the FreeRossDAO (which raised $12 million to free Ross Ulbricht), the AssangeDAO intends to raise capital to bid on Assange's NFT. By galvanizing an Assange solidarity network we hope to send a powerful signal that the time of passivity is over. A new era of cypherpunk organization has dawned.

Censored NFT Collection: Assange x Pak

Censored is an NFT collection in collaboration with Assange and renowned digital artist Pak that is set to be auctioned on February 7th, 2022. The collection consists of a 1/1 dynamic NFT and a dynamic open edition in which anyone can participate.

AssangeDAO aims to raise ETH to purchase the 1/1 dynamic NFT. The dynamic NFT is minted using manifold.xyz smart contracts and will be auctioned off on a dedicated website by Pak. Proceeds raised from the NFT sale will benefit Assange's legal defense fund and campaign to raise awareness about the free speech implications of his case. We aim to form a dedicated community and network that can aid in the fight for the liberation of Assange.

How to help

1. Contribute ETH to the AssangeDAO via Juicebox (see below in 'How it works' section). The funds will be used to bid on the Censored NFT auctioned to benefit Julian Assange's legal defense fund. (Do not send AssangeDAO other assets. All other assets will be considered a donation to the DAO’s treasury— to be governed by AssangeDAO — and are not eligible for refunds.)

2. Have any ideas for what else we can do as a community to free Assange? Share them in the #ideas channel.

3. Compete against the AssangeDAO in bidding on the . We will be happy if we lose the auction since we know we have still succeeded in raising money for this cause.

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How it works

The DAO is fully community led. Following the footsteps of ConstitutionDAO, AssangeDAO will be collecting ETH via JuiceBox in which each participant will contribute ETH and in return receive a proportional share of a governance token, $JUSTICE. JuiceBox is a tried and tested platform for for pooling funds with large groups of people with a clear mission statement.

$JUSTICE will be the token that governs the AssangeDAO. Initially, as many other DAOs in the space, the DAO's governance mechanism will involve a Gnosis Safe multi-sig wallet with trusted individuals in the crypto space as the initial signers (Amir Taaki, Rachel-Rose O'Leary, Fiskantes, McKenna, and Silke Noa). $JUSTICE holders will be able to vote on governance proposals via a snapshot governance page which will dictate the future direction of the DAO. Additional Gnosis Safe governance modules may be added in due course. The Gnosis Safe multi-sig wallet address of AssangeDAO is 0x7BE99ca4E6893ef57cf349ab56307628100feA00.

If the Censored auction is won by the DAO, the NFT will be held on behalf of the $JUSTICE holders in a multi-sig. The community will decide via governance what to do with the NFT and the future roadmap of the DAO. If the DAO loses the auction for the NFT, the Gnosis Guild Zodiac Exit Module will be added to the Gnosis Safe by the Safe signers. The ETH in the Gnosis Safe will then be redeemable for $JUSTICE tokens. This module will only be added to the Safe if the auction for the NFT is lost, to provide a way for:

1. The DAO to continue to live on regardless of if we win the auction.

2. People to easily exit the DAO with all contributions they made if they only participated because of the NFT.

DAO Governance Proposal

We have prepared an initial governance model for the DAO, which is shown in the diagram above, and can be ratified by our first vote. First, community members will share a draft of the proposal in the forum for discussion with the community. This proposal template should be used.

Following community discussion, the proposal will be reviewed by the Consensus Unit. Their role is to screen the proposals for any potential harm to Assange or his legal case before a proposal is published on snapshot. If the Consensus Unit believes the proposal may cause harm to Assange or efforts to free Assange, they may reject the proposal from advancing. Initially, the Consensus Unit will consist of Jen Robinson (Julian Assange's lawyer), Gabriel Shipton (Julian Assange's brother) and Stella Moris (Julian Assange's fiancee) and our community moderators.

If the proposal is accepted by the Consensus Unit, it will be added to Snapshot. $JUSTICE holders will be able to vote on accepting or rejecting the proposal.

Where required, successful community proposals will be executed by the Justice Safe signers or self-execute via the Zodiac Reality module.

Social

Thank you to the FreeRossDAO for inspiration in creating our DAO.

Legal

AssangeDAO is a cross-border collective governed by the holders of the $JUSTICE governance token, not a legal entity. It’s prime purpose is to raise funds to bid on the Censored NFT by Pak, whose proceeds will benefit Assange’s legal defense fund. The AssangeDAO seeks to be as diligent as possible in compiling and updating the information on this site. However, there is no guarantee of the correctness, completeness and currentness of the information provided. All conversations and communications with DAO members which take place in any public or semi-public forum (e.g. Discord or Twitter) are not to be considered financial, tech, tax or investment advice for any purpose. No individual DAO member is an agent of other DAO members. We take no liability for losses arising out of or in connection with your participation in the AssangeDAO. You are responsible for your own decisions and actions. DYOR!

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“Our digital identities have become inseparable from how we define ourselves.” This is how mysterious Open Letter began, going viral populating feeds across Crypto Twitter. To date, over 10,000 people have signed the letter supporting the vision and need for Web3 native social media ✍️

Many in the community guessed this Open Letter was the precursor to the long-awaited Web3 social graph project that CEO & Founder of the Aave Companies, Stani Kulechov, teased back at LisCon in 2021...

Today, we are excited to confirm that you degens were right – introducing Lens Protocol from the dev team that brought you the Aave Protocol! 👏👏👏

Introducing the Lens Protocol 🌿

The Lens Protocol is a permissionless, composable, and decentralized social graph that makes building a Web3 social platform easy.

Visit lens.dev or more information about the Lens Protocol.

Why We Built It 🌞

Digital identities should be ours to control. As stated in the Open Letter, social media has allowed us to find our communities and discover true self-expression. It holds the promise of connection, freedom, livelihood, and voice. We spend time building unique selfhood across these Web2 media platforms, even though we know they are antiquated, centralized systems. Content creators do not truly own anything published on these platforms.

Web3 brings forth a renewed hope for what social media can be. It offers the ability for us to control how our content is used.

In this spirit, the Lens Protocol was developed. 🌿

What It is 🧬

The Lens Protocol is a Web3, smart contracts-based social graph on the Polygon Proof-of-Stake blockchain designed to empower creators to own the links between themselves and their community, forming a fully composable, user-owned social graph. The protocol is built from the ground up with modularity in mind, allowing new features to be added while ensuring immutable user-owned content and social relationships.

Since users own their data, they can bring it to any application built on top of Lens Protocol. As the true owners of their content, creators no longer need to worry about losing their content, audience, and livelihood based on the whims of an individual platform's algorithms and policies. Additionally, each application using the Lens Protocol benefits the whole ecosystem, turning the zero-sum game into a collaborative one. Developers can design meaningful social experiences without needing to turn to feedback mechanisms to lock in a user's attention.

TL;DR

Lens Protocol is a composable and decentralized social graph, ready for you to build on so you can focus on creating a great experience, not scaling your users.

Explore the Roots 🌳

The protocol’s key features. It has the functions of familiar social media systems like having a profile, commenting, resharing a post, and more – but at its core, Lens Protocol is Web3 native, and thus any social platform built on the protocol will be innately different. Users will own everything, as these key functions are powered by NFTs. Here is a quick overview of the key features of Lens Protocol:

• 👤 Profile NFTs – This is the main primitive of the Lens Protocol. Composable, non-custodial, and permissionless, these dynamic NFTs contain the history of all posts, mirrors, comments, and other content you generate. Individual addresses can own profile NFTs, an address can contain multiple profile NFTs, and a profile NFT can even be owned and operated by a DAO through a multisig wallet!

• 👥 Follow NFT – When you follow someone, you’re granted a follow NFT. Each of these NFTs has a unique token ID that comes with innate rarity & utility. These unique traits can be used to limit voting to your most loyal fans in governance snapshots. They can even be traded on an open market!

• 📝 Publication – Pictures, music, videos, a great poetic work of art – whatever masterpiece you want to create and share, you can with a publication. Lens Protocol supports IPFS and any media type that inspires you!

• 💚 Collect - Like what you see? Like what you see? You can collect publications from people you follow. A new form of self-expression, curate your collection, and show off what you love. This collect feature enables anyone to collect your content based on the price, edition size, and time limit you set!

• 🔄 Mirror – Some things are too good to keep to yourself. Re-share a post using the mirror feature! By amplifying content, you can earn a cut from anyone who collects the original content through your share.

Grow the Garden 🌷

Lens Protocol is fully open source for the community to build on. There are an infinite number of possibilities of tooling and front ends that can be built on the protocol. Social apps, content moderation tools, analytics platforms, verification systems, DAO tooling... whatever you can dream up, you can build.

Need more inspiration? There is a hub of innovative ideas on lens.dev including:

✔️ Social Based Verification

🌐 Fair Launch Drop Mechanics

👥 DAO Profiles

Visit the dedicated Discord channels to start building!

Grab Some Fertilizer 🪴

Inspired to build and solve the kick-starters above, or have another great idea and need funding to get building? To start the mission, there is a $250,000 grants program to accelerate the growth of the Lens Protocol ecosystem. Apply here!

Audits, Fresh from the Market 🧺

The Lens Protocol code is available to test on the Polygon Mumbai Testnet!

A Peckshield audit has been completed! You can find the full audit and its findings here.

In a few days, the public audit contest will go live with our frens at Code4rena. Access the code on Github here, and join their Discord for more information.

Bug Bounty 🪲

Any developers that discover vulnerabilities within the code are encouraged to report them to ensure the security of the protocol. Subject to evaluation, a public bug bounty is eligible to reward developers for identifying critical bugs up to $250,000. Catch a bug? Email us at wecare@lens.dev

Fellow Gardeners 👩‍🌾

Current collaborators include Polygon and various Web3 name service providers. We look forward to building a community with more collaborators to create better and more sustainable online social experiences. Are you interested in collaborating with Lens Protocol? Contact us at partnerships@lens.dev

The Garden is Open 🎉

Explore the developer hub that we lovingly call our Developer Garden where you can learn more about the key features of the protocol and how they work: lens.dev/garden

Dig In 🥄

📚 Read up! Make a nice cup of coffee and dig into the developer documentation here: docs.lens.dev

💬 Get chatting. Feedback from the community is always extremely valuable. Join the Lens Protocol Discord and share your thoughts, excitement, and make some frens along the way.

✍️ Sign the Open Letter. It's not too late to share your support for the vision and need of Web3 social media. Endorse it here: lens.dev/letter

🚀 Wen mainnet? Get updates by following us on @LensProtocol on Twitter while we’re still there.

👀 Wen Web3 Social Media app? Start building one or stay tuned for more alpha...

Let’s Bloom 🌿 ❤️

Designed by our frens at We3, a design collective built on the idea that internet platforms should be more participative, open, and community owned.

Now, who’s going to build a blog UI on Lens Protocol so we can post there instead? 😜

- The Lens Protocol team