Aragon Project Updates - August 2021

All the updates from the Month of August

Dear Aragon Community,

August has been an incredibly busy month at Aragon! The team is electrified and we've been flying forward and picking up development pace with some incredible product launches, announcements and initiatives taking shape.

We have launched the Optimistic DAO framework - Aragon Govern, Aragon Court (+Aragon Voice) on Mainnet completing the much awaited Aragon OpenStack. We also have deployed Aragon Client on Polygon. Three Mainnet Deployments in one Month with much more to come. Watch this Space! 🎆

We have also welcomed our first Cohort of Aragon Ambassadors (29!) to the project with over 150 applications and more still to be on-boarded and we can’t wait to involve every Country, City & Town involved in building the future of Organisations and the advancement of more inclusive and decentralized governance tech.

Finally, as announced on our Community Call, we're planning a DAO Hackathon for the end of the year and are revitalizing our developer resources in time for that 👀

Aragon Goes Multi-chain 💰

We are pleased to announce that Aragon client is now live on Polygon and is the first in a number of Multichain deployments. This first deployment has reduced the cost of deploying a DAO from more than $500 to less than $1 a +5000X reduction in deployment costs. It is a exciting development for all of Web3 and opens Aragon DAOs to everyone.

We have an open poll live until the 10th of September asking you to decide what the next chain should be. Make sure you have your Voice heard.

The Optimistic DAO: Aragon Govern + Aragon Voice + Aragon Court

Aragon's pioneering Optimistic Governance solution is now live on mainnet. Aragon Govern, Aragon Voice and Aragon Court all work together to enable fast, efficient and safe DAO management.

Aragon Govern is the pioneering framework for frictionless DAO governance with on-chain execution and plug-in dispute resolution using Aragon Court.

With this product launch, we're also took the opportunity revamped the onboarding experience on Aragon.org, and have facelifted all of our Product/Solution pages (Aragon Govern | Aragon Voice | Aragon Court | Vocdoni).

Also, be aware that DAOs will be incentivised to migrate to Aragon Govern with the UMA KPI options which you can find out more about here.

Aragon Govern | Aragon Voice | Aragon Court | Vocdoni

ANJ Conversion Is Live - Do not miss out

Aragon 🦅 @AragonProject

Do not miss out on the opportunity to convert your ANJ to ANT at the higher rate of 0.044 and become a guardian in Aragon Court. Conversion closes on September 5th, and lock-up until October 5th. Upgrade here:

upgrade.aragon.orgANT Upgrade PortalUse the ANT Upgrade Portal to upgrade your ANTv1 balance to the newest version of the token contract.

If you still in hold ANJ in the old Version of Aragon Court please remember that the ANJ - ANT Conversion is now live with the first Guardians stacking in the updated Aragon Court. The conversion will close on the 5th of September

DAO News from the Month 📰

DEFI TIMES @defitimes

It was such a pleasure talking to @licuende from @AragonProject 🙏🏼 In today’s episode we discussed: - How DAOs will change the world🚀 - $ANT And so much more🔥 Check out now on YouTube & Spotify ⬇️ 🎙 open.spotify.com/episode/0npLPG… 📺 youtu.be/eho4JzVbhe8

Tayken @taykendesign

Solid DAO Biweekly from @Paradigm_fund featuring: @OpenLawOfficial @MakerDAO @Uniswap @indexcoop @Kleros_io @LidoFinance @banklessDAO @gitcoin @gnosisSafe @BalancerLabs @AragonProject @commonsstack @nowdaoit @MolochDAO @AaveAave @CurveFinance...

medium.comDAOs: OpenLaw releases the Tribute DAO, MakerDAO completes its decentralization, Uniswap grants…Blockchain technology is already radically transforming the financial system. However, properties such as trustlessness and immutability aren’t only useful in monetary applications. Another potential…

Partnership Announcement 🤝

Check out the latest partnership with EPSN who will be providing decentralised users with a push notification service from Aragon Voice. This will give all users a more inclusive experience of Aragon Voice.

Aragon 🦅 @AragonProject

We're thrilled to be partnering with @epnsproject to provide Aragon Voice users with decentralized push notifications and provide a more user-friendly and inclusive governance experience.

Ethereum Push Notification Service | EPNS @epnsproject

1/ ⚙️This collaboration sets precedent for an automated governance experience! 👩‍⚖️Meet @AragonProject, THE #Web3 voting protocol! Thanks to their tech, users can vote on governance proposals with ZERO costs (no gas spent)! ⛽ https://t.co/u0NcJH59xa

Aragon DAOs - Top Picks

sanDAObox @sanDAObox

The DAO is deployed using @AragonProject and the $SDAOB token holders will be able to decide everything within the organization. Where do we invest? Who do we support? What kind of projects do we incubate within the community?

Edward Tay @iamedwardtay

Excited for @StackerVentures, a community-run protocol for initiating and managing pooled capital. This will be a DAO built on @AragonProject that provides checks and balances to fund management.

stacker.vcStacker Ventures | Decentralized Venture CapitalStacker Ventures is pioneering an open protocol for early-stage investing that aligns the incentives of community investors with founding teams.

Aragon Community 🧑‍🤝‍🧑

Aragon Ambassadors 🦅

We are excited to welcome the first cohort of 29 Eaglets to Aragon.

Aragon 🦅 @AragonProject

Now out of its Early Bird phase, the Aragon Ambassador Program is spreading its wings: 126 applications from 45 countries, 29 onboarded, and we're into the next phase. Read the announcement here: blog.aragon.org/announcing-the… Apply directly here:

aragon.orgAragon AmbassadorEarly bird access - Join the Fight - Aragon Ambassadors Program 2021

Community Calls

Watch back the last AMA with UMA and the Community call from the previous month and make sure to subscribe to the channel to make sure you are notified when we are going live.

Don’t miss out on any calls in the future and be in with a chance of getting exclusive NFTs.

Other News

Review the proposed Aragon Network DAO Charter

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Thanks for reading,

Alex Clay, Head of Transparency at the Aragon Association