Halloween weekend, and multiple hackathons running on Gitcoin! 
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What’s Happening in the DAO This Week
- DAO Stewards V2 vote has passed – The proposal to update protocols and processes for DAO Stewards passed. Folks in the comments are currently asking, “Should we increase minimum compensation for DAO Stewards?”
- The Open Data Science hackathon continues through the 31st. Check it out by going to #start-here in the Discord and selecting the Hackathon and Events role, then dropping into the #fdd-hackathon channel!
- The Reserve Protocol x Gitcoin hackathon began on 10/25, and runs through 12/7. Join and hack with others on the future of asset-backed currencies. $250k in total prizes. Get involved here.
- There is a Snapshot vote up to ratify GR16 round structure. Read the proposal and vote here.
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In This Issue of the Digest
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Hot Topics
- Twitter Roundup
- New Posts in the Governance Forum
- This Week’s GreenPill Episodes
- Twitter Roundup
- New and Active Governance Proposals
- Upcoming Events
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And now, this week’s Hot Topics!
Hot Topics
A roundup of interesting topics of the past week from within the GitcoinDAO ecosystem.
From Twitter
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As mentioned above, the Reserve Protocol Hackathon began this week on 10/25. If you missed the Twitter Space kicking off the hackathon, you can listen to it here.
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The Elysium Hackathon, also hosted on Gitcoin, runs from 11/1-11/28. Join others to build on Everscale, a fast, scalable, and fully decentralized 5th-gen blockchain. $40k in prizes. Learn more here.
From the Governance Forum
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Knowledge Transfer: Characterizing the Sybil Resistance Problem, by Owocki
This post was originally posted on August 5th. Disruption Joe dropped this link to Owocki and Kevin Olsen’s talk at DevCon Bogotá 2022, titled “1 Human, 1 Vote
Money Legos”. Joe encourages devs to check out the developer focused presentation on Passport, which begins about 26 minutes into the video. -
Proposal: V2 of the Steward Council, by shawn16400
This proposal to create new processes and structure for the Steward Council has gone to a Snapshot vote and passed, with 99.83% voting ‘for’! However, there is still a lively discussion in the comments.
Latest Episodes from Green Pill
- Green Pill #56 | Democracy with Decentralized Identity with Paula Berman – Kevin is joined by Paula Berman who talks about cultivating web3 era democracy with decentralized identity. Paula is a hacktivist, digital identity geek and COO of RadicalxChange. Paula shares how she went from civic tech to web3, why she wrote the paper, “Who Watches the Watchmen?” why it’s important, and so much more.
Gitcoin Governance Overview
Snapshot polls GTC Holders and Tally performs on-chain actions. Proposals that have on-chain steps, such as budget requests, move on to Tally after being ratified on Snapshot.
Active Proposals:
- GR16 Round Structure – Runs until Oct 27, 2022, 10:00 PM ET (Snapshot)
Proposal Discussions:
- None this week.
Latest Completed Proposals:
- Version 2 of the Steward Council – Passed with 99.83% ‘For’ (Snapshot)
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