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[AragonOS](https://client.aragon.org) is one of the most prolific and trusted true DAO frameworks that exist. Unlike most snapshot DAOs, AragonOS creates executable DAOs, there is no multisig in the middle that needs to execute the decisions the DAO makes, which is why we build on top of this battle-tested framework. While our system has a specific template, including complex apps like Tao Voting and the Augmented Bonding Curve, the simple Aragon DAO templates will also be deployable on Mantle from our work. Currently, on Polygon over 4,000 Aragon DAOs have been deployed and 3-5 are deployed every week, and that is just one chain! AragonOS has been deployed to several chains and according to DeepDAO the top 5,000 Aragon DAOs are holding over 6 billion dollars across several chains!\n\n![Aragon template](https://i.imgur.com/mJJE8tM.png)\n\n\nThe Commons Incubator program will build on top of that infrastructure to support Mantle projects in launching Commons DAOs on the Mantle network. The Incubator program will consist of workshops, educational resources and guest speakers focused on the management of shared resources, including policy design, web3 governance and token engineering needs for the community.\n\nThe outcome of this work will be:\n- AragonOS and Commons Stack Apps deployed to Mantle.\n- A Commons DAO incubator on Mantle that could run 2 cohorts per year.\n- The 1st cohort of 2-3 projects that successfully raise funds and launch their Commons DAOs. \n- A stakeholder study to capture Mantle community insights and/or considerations that will be incorporated into the Incubator program.\n- The selection criteria and process for the 1st cohort with special attention to DEI.\n\nAdditionally, we will bring the toolkit needed for launching Commons DAOs on Mantle. These include a launch configuration dashboard, the Hatch fundraise template and versions for each of the 1st cohort projects, and the swap page for all ABC-tokens launched on Mantle. We believe that our DAO formation toolkit would be a great unique addition to Mantle\u2019s growing stack of tools for developers.\n\n![TEC used ABC to design their token params](https://i.imgur.com/Cv2BYFt.png)\n\nThe end goal is to enable the Mantle projects to be able to design and launch their own token economy that can reward them fairly for the value they create, with or without the direct help of Commons Stack.\n", "hidden": false, "question": "Tell us how your project will benefit the Mantle ecosystem?", "questionId": 4}, {"type": "paragraph", "hidden": false, "question": "Can you point to a portfolio, profile page, or platform where we can see your past work?", "questionId": 5}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "We haven\u2019t received funding for the Commons Incubator program yet but we\u2019ve received donations on Giveth and Gitcoin for our other work in the past. Throughout the years, these donations have helped Commons Stack accomplish the following milestones:\n\n- Supported the deployment of our pilot Commons, [Token Engineering Commons](https://tecommons.org/), a community of token engineers and researchers committed to advancing the token engineering field. Despite the downward pressure in the crypto market, the TEC has granted over $400,000 to various token engineering initiatives, via the economic system we collectively designed. \n- Co-developed [Praise](https://givepraise.xyz/) and spun it out to be its own independent project, focused on becoming a reputation system and rewards distribution tool. We open-sourced the deployment and supported several communities in using it. \n- Documented the research & modeling of [Conviction Voting](https://twitter.com/commonsstack/status/1309211776425365510) \n- Created the [Commons Simulator](https://sim.commonsstack.org/), a game that shows the power of cadCAD to parameterize economic systems and their governance\n- Built the concept of [Collaborative Economics](https://medium.com/commonsstack/a-non-violent-revolution-against-technocracy-53388b123936) and partnered with General Magic to build several dashboards enabling the first-ever community design of an economy\n- Built the [Commons Configuration Dashboard](https://config.tecommons.org/config/2) together with the TEC!\n", "hidden": false, "question": "Have you received grant funding for this or another project before? If yes, did you complete the work? Tell us about the experience.", "questionId": 6}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "In 2019, [Griff Green](https://twitter.com/thegrifft) co-founded Commons Stack to pioneer research and development of new token models and governance mechanisms and build repeatable economic solutions for funding public goods using web3 technologies. As one of the earliest DAO pioneers, his experience in web3 is an incredible boost to our project.\n\nOur research collaborations with various organizations such as Aragon, Blockscience, 1Hive and Curve Labs have led to the development of our novel web3 tools that can support the public good startups and communities, including the Augmented Bonding Curve for continuous funding of public goods and the Conviction Voting mechanism for community-driven resource allocation.\n\nBy building cultural and technical frameworks, we can enable any community to deploy a Commons DAO, to collectively raise funds that will support their shared mission, build their own governance model and develop their commons culture.\n\nOur design patterns were used to launch the TEC and since its launch, the TEC has quickly become a thriving community, working together to fund and create better opportunities for token engineering projects. The $TEC token price has performed about as well as Ethereum since its Hatch in 2021. This is unheard of for a small market cap DAO which focuses on giving out grants to advance open Token Engineering research and education. As a pilot it was a huge success, and we hope to double down on that success on Mantle.", "hidden": false, "question": "Tell us a little about you & your experience in crypto / web 3?", "questionId": 7}, {"type": "multiple-choice", "answer": "good", "hidden": false, "question": "Public goods are ____", "questionId": 8}], "project": {"id": "1:0x03506eD3f57892C85DB20C36846e9c808aFe9ef4:218", "title": "Commons Stack", "logoImg": "bafkreiajbf7swocekdtnevjir67videhgxjtjk3vnwumubazvdejli7h5a", "metaPtr": {"pointer": "bafkreiesz6t66vj43wmace6eegzz3bcup3y6ouhtgmyfvljgie7ny6qc6q", "protocol": "1"}, "website": "https://commonsstack.org/", "bannerImg": "bafkreick5f3lez5vbbnwevsk3wgdp5fg4n6z4ts5uz7iyaafriy5jwgtfe", "createdAt": 1673833666188, "userGithub": "iviangita", "credentials": {"github": {"type": ["VerifiableCredential"], "proof": {"jws": "eyJhbGciOiJFZERTQSIsImNyaXQiOlsiYjY0Il0sImI2NCI6ZmFsc2V9..QjnOp2YhCRn_xJcSjYZ2D0dxGhuDx0SdlfDUVrzS0FNvzGWqiTl5pVf5V5D98-PASliH-ATfXzqs6WWYIza1CA", "type": "Ed25519Signature2018", "created": "2023-04-17T17:53:23.568Z", "proofPurpose": "assertionMethod", "verificationMethod": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC#z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC"}, "issuer": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC", "@context": ["https://www.w3.org/2018/credentials/v1"], "issuanceDate": "2023-04-17T17:53:23.567Z", "expirationDate": "2023-07-16T17:53:23.567Z", "credentialSubject": {"id": "did:pkh:eip155:1:0xC5A756D63C5fe67b438acBE468aA62a52093fDEf", "hash": "v0.0.0:+5C3a2BodclaGVdIB896mmPW91ARvPpBo5/xs96u7MI=", "@context": [{"hash": "https://schema.org/Text", "provider": "https://schema.org/Text"}], "provider": "ClearTextGithubOrg#commons-stack#74632674"}}, "twitter": {"type": ["VerifiableCredential"], "proof": {"jws": "eyJhbGciOiJFZERTQSIsImNyaXQiOlsiYjY0Il0sImI2NCI6ZmFsc2V9..ngvzpqlLBuR_OhCxQYqHLnz-rD1yUAbZ61_ycyEkdevWM51NGbkTAbzUrgqTipt4MNQcbSug6E5PLw7wqYzOCw", "type": "Ed25519Signature2018", "created": "2023-04-16T06:02:45.279Z", "proofPurpose": "assertionMethod", "verificationMethod": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC#z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC"}, "issuer": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC", "@context": ["https://www.w3.org/2018/credentials/v1"], "issuanceDate": "2023-04-16T06:02:45.279Z", "expirationDate": "2023-07-15T06:02:45.279Z", "credentialSubject": {"id": "did:pkh:eip155:1:0xC5A756D63C5fe67b438acBE468aA62a52093fDEf", "hash": "v0.0.0:OEaixMWgiQIGJn8KM8LxY56CsQJUJTr717abSJCuerE=", "@context": [{"hash": "https://schema.org/Text", "provider": "https://schema.org/Text"}], "provider": "ClearTextTwitter#commonsstack"}}}, "description": "# \ud83d\udca1 TL;DR\n\nJoin us in revolutionizing the way impact-driven communities fund and govern their missions with the power of **a commons-inspired token economy**!\n\nCommons Stack is paving the way toward a more sustainable world with innovative tools and protocols that enable **regenerative funding, commons governance, and community building**, which are crucial for addressing global metacrisis that threatens the stability and sustainability of economic, environmental, and social systems. \n\nLeveraging our success with the [Augmented Bonding Curve](https://medium.com/commonsstack/deep-dive-augmented-bonding-curves-b5ca4fad4436) and [Collaborative Economics](https://medium.com/commonsstack/a-non-violent-revolution-against-technocracy-53388b123936) for the [Token Engineering Commons (TEC)](https://tecommons.org/), we aim to further enable more communities to launch their own economies by refining, documenting, and promoting our open-source tools and protocols for creating **sustainable token economies and public good-focused initiatives**. \n\nAfter the successful launch of TEC (the first Commons deployed using design patterns), we are actively seeking new initiatives interested in implementing our design patterns. We can't wait to see more Commons launched across the globe!\n\n![The Commons Are Coming](https://imgur.com/YD3fAaR.png)\n\n\n# \ud83c\udf0f WHAT IS COMMONS STACK?\n\nCommons Stack started as **a think-tank primarily focused on crypto-economic primitives to underpin a design framework for a Commons, a tokenized community with a mission benefitting a public good.** We aspired to scale commons as a way to realign incentives with public goods. To achieve this, we elaborated cultural designs that reinforce commoning principles and create novel tools such as the Augmented Bonding Curve (ABC), [Conviction Voting (CV)](https://medium.com/commonsstack/conviction-voting-f6f83a5d392a) and the [Praise](https://givepraise.xyz/) reward and reputation system, which have come straight out of our research collaborations. We also use Collaborative Economics, a methodology for enabling the community to collectively propose, iterate and finalize the parameters of their Commons\u2019 economy.\n\n![Augmenting Public Goods](https://imgur.com/sRiFjP9.png)\n\n\nOur Commons design patterns are made up of a suite of cultural frameworks and a curated library of tools for governance, funding, proposal, analytics and initialization of a Commons. **We see the work of Elinor Ostrom as our North Star and set out to weave her principles of governing commons into the cultural fabric of a Commons.** Our Cultural Build defines practices for clear boundaries, conflict resolution, monitoring, participatory decision-making, and other principles. \n\n\n# \ud83c\udfc6 RECENT MILESTONES\n\n- Helped ReFi DAO launch the [ReFi DAO Local Node Prize](https://mirror.xyz/0x7340F1a1e4e38F43d2FCC85cdb2b764de36B40c0/FABiu5AhpAR6LBLZxlGSfjOrHsHYj2J8VT4QJWPxbpk) to find a community in the Global South to establish a community-owned treasury, token, governance, and initiatives, with the goal of creating a regenerative startup ecosystem \n\n- Delivered inspiring talks on public goods coordination and regenerative economies at various blockchain events. Watch our co-founder Griff Green\u2019s talk  **[\u201cCombating the Metacrisis\u201d](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-q8zzpmxdg)**  at ETHDenver!\n\n![Griff Green's Combating the Metacrisis talk at ETHDenver](https://imgur.com/f60iZik.png)\n\n- Deployed the Token Engineering Commons (TEC)\n\n- Launched the [Trusted Seed](https://trustedseed.org/) \n\n- Developed the edutainment program [Commons Simulator](https://sim.commonsstack.org/) \n\n- Supported BlockScience in open-sourcing [cadCAD](https://cadcad.org/) \n\nWhile we\u2019ve already had some success, we\u2019ve only just begun. Our research continues. The lessons learned from a first field test, the TEC, are being rolled into new deployment protocols and our curated commons library of tools and processes continues to evolve. \n\nWe did not get this far alone. We have collaborated on research and development with BlockScience, Blossom Labs, Metagov, Curve Labs, PrimeDAO, Giveth, 1Hive, Aragon, Token Engineering Academy, Token Engineering Commons, General Magic and many others.\n\nMuch of our [Github activity](https://github.com/commons-stack) is collaborative. We work hand in hand with  [Token Engineering Commons](https://github.com/commonsbuild), [General Magic](https://github.com/GeneralMagicio), and [Praise](https://github.com/givepraise).\n\n\n# \ud83d\udc65 OUR TEAM\n\nWe are committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and prioritizing diversity and inclusion in all of our initiatives. We have an 89% female team with five (5) individuals from diverse cultural and geographic backgrounds, including **women from the Philippines, Brazil, and Argentina**. We believe that our diverse perspectives and experiences make us better able to understand and address the needs of a broader range of users and stakeholders. \n\n![Women are leaders](https://imgur.com/e4CVXjM.png)\n\n\n# \ud83d\udcb0 PLANS FOR BETA ROUND FUNDING\n\nFunding from the Beta Round will go towards programming for a **Commons Incubator**. The purpose of this program will be to educate on commons and commoning (introducing the work of Elinor Ostrom, Peter Barnes, David Bollier, LabGov urban commons, etc.). We have sketched out an 8-module program skeleton to introduce commoning, define the community\u2019s vision, design token allocation for contributions to the mission, collaboratively design parameters for a fund raise and, lastly, design and launch an Augmented Bonding Curve (ABC) for the community. A large part of our program will be focused on developing a strong culture and robust governance mechanisms designed by the community that will be governed by them.  \n\nAdditionally, donations to our project will fund the development of an open-source **ABC configuration dashboard**, allowing users to customize and configure various parameters of an ABC to create a primary market for their tokens. This revamped version of the [TEC co-developed dashboard](https://config.tecommons.org/config/2) will provide greater flexibility and control over the fundraising process, democratizing access to ABC-based projects.\n\nThank you for your generosity! \ud83d\ude4f", "lastUpdated": 0, "projectGithub": "commons-stack", "projectTwitter": "commonsstack"}, "recipient": "0x8110d1D04ac316fdCACe8f24fD60C86b810AB15A"}}