TLDR: 120 ETH to support the development of Wand. A project aiming to scale onchain governance through the use of automated help or "agents".
Over the past several years, Nouns has made significant strides in governance and has served as a shining example of how a decentralized community can operate. However, the inherent complexities of decentralization have made it challenging to retain existing participants and attract new ones.
As our community continues to evolve, we face challenges like members leaving and an increase in information asymmetry. In addition to these challenges, the demands of governance during times of rapid growth make voting a challenge for many.
Fortunately, recent advancements in LLMs offer us a new set of tools to govern more efficiently. Much of governance involves interacting with others and processing information using natural language—tasks that LLMs excel at. Plus, our culture of openness and public feedback has uniquely positioned us to get more out of LLMs, as we generate a wealth of data through onchain governance (vote history, reasons, preferences, etc.).
Wand is building governance-aware AI. AI that understands us, our values, and augments our ability to govern well. For Wand to become a valuable tool in governance, the following capabilities are crucial:
By enabling LLMs to understand and participate in governance, we can attract and retain more participants, ultimately increasing the likelihood of success for Nouns.
Visit https://wand.wtf and you'll see automatically generated vote predictions for pending proposals and recent candidates. These predictions are based on each user's voting history and governance activity. They provide insight into what people care about, a valuable resource for other members and proposers seeking feedback on their ideas.
I anticipate the quality and accuracy of these predictions will increase significantly with further development. The current implementation is a work in progress but serves as a compelling demonstration of an agentic workflow that can help with decision making.
Ideally, Wand will evolve to a state where it can handle the majority of routine governance tasks. Wand does not aim to replace human voting but rather to enable Nouns to scale its governance participation significantly (although I envision a future where many choose to leverage Wand to automate most of their activity).
Short term goals for Wand:
Some north star metrics are:
Ideally, Wand is useful for both community members and those seeking to open proposals. To continue to attract high quality talent to Nouns, it needs to be easier to open proposals or test community reception towards ideas.
The 120 ETH in funding will help support the development of Wand over the next 9 months. This covers expenses like:
All funds will be stored in a 3/5 multisig at address 0x6B81...D8e7.
My contributions to the Nouns ecosystem over the past several years include:
Thanks for your time and consideration
TLDR: 120 ETH to support the development of Wand. A project aiming to scale onchain governance through the use of automated help or "agents".
Over the past several years, Nouns has made significant strides in governance and has served as a shining example of how a decentralized community can operate. However, the inherent complexities of decentralization have made it challenging to retain existing participants and attract new ones.
As our community continues to evolve, we face challenges like members leaving and an increase in information asymmetry. In addition to these challenges, the demands of governance during times of rapid growth make voting a challenge for many.
Fortunately, recent advancements in LLMs offer us a new set of tools to govern more efficiently. Much of governance involves interacting with others and processing information using natural language—tasks that LLMs excel at. Plus, our culture of openness and public feedback has uniquely positioned us to get more out of LLMs, as we generate a wealth of data through onchain governance (vote history, reasons, preferences, etc.).
Wand is building governance-aware AI. AI that understands us, our values, and augments our ability to govern well. For Wand to become a valuable tool in governance, the following capabilities are crucial:
By enabling LLMs to understand and participate in governance, we can attract and retain more participants, ultimately increasing the likelihood of success for Nouns.
Visit https://wand.wtf and you'll see automatically generated vote predictions for pending proposals and recent candidates. These predictions are based on each user's voting history and governance activity. They provide insight into what people care about, a valuable resource for other members and proposers seeking feedback on their ideas.
I anticipate the quality and accuracy of these predictions will increase significantly with further development. The current implementation is a work in progress but serves as a compelling demonstration of an agentic workflow that can help with decision making.
Ideally, Wand will evolve to a state where it can handle the majority of routine governance tasks. Wand does not aim to replace human voting but rather to enable Nouns to scale its governance participation significantly (although I envision a future where many choose to leverage Wand to automate most of their activity).
Short term goals for Wand:
Some north star metrics are:
Ideally, Wand is useful for both community members and those seeking to open proposals. To continue to attract high quality talent to Nouns, it needs to be easier to open proposals or test community reception towards ideas.
The 120 ETH in funding will help support the development of Wand over the next 9 months. This covers expenses like:
All funds will be stored in a 3/5 multisig at address 0x6B81...D8e7.
My contributions to the Nouns ecosystem over the past several years include:
Thanks for your time and consideration