
About this episode
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Atom Accelerator DAO (AADAO) is a grant focused DAO for the Cosmos Hub, funded by the Hub. AADAO currently focuses on ecosystem initiatives and public goods with the goal of aligning the ecosystem and driving value for ATOM. AADAO has been around for 9 months and been giving grants for 6 months. AADAO is also actively working towards wrapping the DAO in a legal structure in order to have a cohesive onchain and offchain existence.
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TOPICS
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:28 Youssef's background
00:05:30 Atom 2.0 whitepaper and lessons learned
00:14:04 What is AADAO?
00:18:41 Mandate and funding of AADAO
00:22:23 AADAO's objectives and accomplishments
00:25:25 AADAO's grants
00:39:19 Research areas of AADAO + outcomes
00:50:05 Prop 848
00:54:40 Is the Cosmos Hub overpaying for security?
01:03:47 Should the ICF be funding AADAO?
01:08:55 Hot take - will ATOM be a top 5 chain?
LINKS
Website: https://www.atomaccelerator.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ATOMAccelerator
2024 Funding Proposal for AADAO: https://forum.cosmos.network/t/funding-atom-accelerator-dao-for-2024/12249
Atom Accelerator 2023 Impact Report: https://www.atomaccelerator.com/blog/2023-impact-report
Grants issued by AADAO: https://www.atomaccelerator.com/grant-issued
GUESTS
Youssef Amrani, Co-Founder: https://twitter.com/youssef_amrani
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SOCIAL MEDIA
Sebastien Couture: https://twitter.com/seb3point0
The Interop: https://twitter.com/TheInterop
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