• Perennial Grant Experiment: A 10-week ongoing funding experiment rewarding public-good, pre-investment projects through Pensieve’s Transparency and Accountability scores — without gatekeepers or black boxes. Apply once, and receive recurring support. Week 3 is live: see rules and mechanisms. Join the Telegram Support Group.

🧩Community Huddle Notes

• How the grant works: Projects remain live on Pensieve — no need to reapply weekly. Keep your page updated to stay eligible.

• Multiple projects per team: Allowed. Use the Ecosystem tab to connect related work.

• Voting mechanics: Simple voting for now; future rounds will introduce conviction or linear models to stabilize results.

• Passing funds: Winners may choose to donate their award to the next-ranked project.

👥 @QJ, @Reno

• • Zuzalu Software: Launching a dedicated grant round for Zuvillages, powered by the ECF Pensieve Perennial Grant Experiment. Runs October 30 – November 13 (2 weeks).

👥 @Kelly

• • AAStar: Key updates include: AirAccount 0.15 (BLS + TEE) released; SuperPaymaster 0.16 (AOA+) near completion; CoinJar and more on the way — learn more

👥 @Jason

1. ZuKas & ZuGov: ZuKas continues exploring ancient democracy through decentralized tech, announcing Zukas II and the ZuGov protocol alpha, an open-source governance framework. 🎥 Watch the video.

👥 @Tarik

• • Equity / Token Swaps & Investment Graphs: Introducing SAFE-like agreement templates for equity and token swaps, generating a visual investment graph that maps relationships between projects and investors.

👥 @Jesse

#🔗 Stay in Touch

📚 Docs & Stories: bit.ly/ZuSoftware-doc 💬 Builder Chat: Discord 🌍 Socials: X · Warpcast 📬 Contact: @Kelly

💡 Zuzalu Software Vision: Building a CommunityOS for every innovative community.

Zuzalu.city emerged from the first techno-optimistic pop-up community of Zuzalu. It aims to become the most user-friendly operating system for exploring decentralized tools built by Ethereum communities.

Zuzalu Software represents a d/acc movement — a call to builders to create a world where communities can own and shape their civilization through open, decentralized tools.

Timestamp Reference:

• ECF Pensieve Updates — 02:48

• Perennial Grant Experiment — 20:51

• ZuVillage Special Grant — 28:17

• AAStar — 38:30

• Equity / Token Swaps — 44:35

• ZuKas & ZuGov — 48:56

• Community Huddle — 54:42

🎉 A vibrant space where everyone is invited to contribute, discuss, and weave connections.
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Moderator: @Kelly

🚀 Project Updates

Highlights from 6 inspiring projects:

🧠 ⁠ECF Pensieve

New features added:

• New project tabs for Fund Contributions and Ecosystem

• New sort/filter for Contributions & lists of Profile pages

• Simplified Homepage layout

All aimed at profile mapping out infra and web3 tech stack dependencies.

🧪 Pensieve Alpha Bug Bounty is almost here. Temporary priority access is given to ZuKas residents, but global rollout will open soon with plenty of bounties left. Hunt to earn!
👥 @QJ, @Reno

📝 Simple Page

A censorship-resistant publishing platform on Ethereum, ENS & IPFS featuring:

• Added file uploads (images, audio) for embedding in sites

• Enabled page search functionality

• Added sidebar navigation options

• Included Table of Contents sidebar

• Improved appearance customizations and UI tweaks
  👥 @Joel

  
  

🌐 AAStar

Updates include:

• AirAccount BLS aggregation tested and being integrated

• New tools (Contracts, token and landing)

• Working on AirAccount TEE KMS now
  👥 @Jason

  
  

📻 Web3Radio.it

A decentralized community radio platform for audio content creators featuring:

• Supports EOA Wallet and Google login

• Allows live stream bookings via smart contracts

• A continuous player with live or community playlist modes (depending on schedule)

• Plans include decentralized advertising integration

  👥@Matteo

  
  

🏛️ ⁠ZuKas

A 10-day Governance & Collective Future Lab will take place Sept 9–19 in Kaş, Turkey.

• Strong local support and collaboration; warm hospitality

• Intimate, productive vibe; local ties enabled low-budget success

• Rich activities: scuba, historic visits, Vitalik’s talk, jamming with OpenSourceOrchestra

• Refreshing experience to see how a local community can host the Zu-Event

  👥@ SHAKA

• Will openly share playbooks on localizing and facilitating communities

• Aim: build durable, locally rooted hubs

• Site’s history inspires today’s democratic practices

  👥 @Tarik

🏅 POAP

Collect your POAP from the September edition of the Zuzalu Software Townhall!
👥 @Salmanneedsajob

• 📚 Docs & Stories: bit.ly/ZuSoftware-doc

• 💬 Builder Chat: Discord

• 🌍 Socials: X · Warpcast

• 📬 Contact Point: @Kelly

🔗 Stay in Touch and Jump In!

Timestamp:

ECF Pensieve 01:43

Simple Page 05:17

ZuKas: 09:12

Web3 Radio 17:50

AAStar : Slides only

Zuzalu Software Townhall POAP: 23:07

🎉 Hey friends! Welcome to the Zuzalu Software Townhall - a vibrant space where everyone is invited to contribute to the discussion and weave connections! See all Slides here. Check full content on Youtube, Spotify, and ApplePodcast.

Moderator: @Kelly

Exciting Updates from 8 projects in a nutshell!

ECF Pensieve: Shipping My Lists, financial transparency items, smarter categories, a new Transparency Score, and continuing to integrate on-chain verification solutions such as Sablier. Pensieve bug bounty campaign will launch in September. Join Discord to get your alpha-tester code and explore Pensieve Alpha.

👥 @QJ @Matteo

Zuzalu.City: WE ARE BACK, with hybrid storage mode (Web2 & Web3) still on the horizon. Pensieve project listings are now integrated on Dapp store. ZuSoft Townhall September will be happening on Sep. the 18th.

👥 @Reno

Statecraft.tech:  a modular governance platform for online communities enabling network states. It features a drag-and-drop State Builder, a Citizen app for on-chain voting and discussions, and a configurable voting module with privacy-focused encryption options, inviting collaborators and testers.

👥 @Vladislav

Social Layer : building a modular community event platform with new features like party programs, membership management, API enhancements, and image optimization for better app performance. 👥 @Jiang

ETHCluj: lit up in late June, the event featured diverse first-timers and seasoned builders packed workshops, forged RWA and liquidity-aggregator collaborations, and proved that a strong community is built on resilience and creativity. Post-event, academia workshops and a 10-year Ethereum hackathon kept momentum rolling—with more initiatives coming.

👥 @Simona

POAP: shared some positive experiences at Network School, highlight on learnathons, robotics classes, and a POAP collectible project showcasing monthly cohort activities and achievements. Inviting attendees to collect the POAP of Zuzalu Software Townhall August.
👥 @Salmanneedsajob

REcity: a pop-up city coming to Recife & Olinda (Brazil) in October 2025.

👥 @Zeugh

ETH Floripa: going to happen the week right before Buenos Aires Devconnect, a couple of days by the beach to connect with other builders before going to Argentina.
👥 @Zeugh

**Timestamp:**

Zuzalu.City 01:39

ECF Pensieve 03:22

Statecraft.tech 12:11

Network School POAP Collection 22:30

Zuzalu Software Townhall POAP 26:24

ETHCluj 28:03

🎉 A vibrant space where everyone is invited to contribute, discuss, and weave connections.
📑 View Slides
📺 Watch the full content on: YouTube
Moderator: @Kelly

🚀Project Updates

Highlights from 8 inspiring projects:

🧠ECF Pensieve

New features added:

• Featured lists

• Sablier link references

• Search, notifications, new filtering & sorting

• One-click item sharing

All aimed at helping you discover like-minded projects and forge new connections.
🧪 Alpha testers can request access via the ECF Discord.
👥 @QJ, @Reno

🏙️ Zuzalu.City

Zuzalu.City is BACK with:

• Launch of event.zuzalu.city with SocialLayer integration for easier event discovery and hosting

• Pensieve integration via the dApp Store

• ✅ Security audit completed

• Backend transition to Supabase for increased stability

• Hybrid storage mode (Web2 + Web3) in the works
  👥 @Reno

📝 Simple Page

Beta launch of a censorship-resistant publishing platform on Ethereum, ENS & IPFS featuring:

• Version control

• Markdown editing

• ENS publishing

• Decentralized backend for full content ownership
  👥 @Joel

🎭 Social Layer

New dashboard live—enabling organizers to:

• Manage events and teams

• Export data

• Access new venue-based views

• Import events via Luma for seamless onboarding and sharing best practices
  👥 @Eggy

🌐 AAStar

Updates include:

• Development of Mycelium Craft for cooperative coordination

• Infra V0.2 underway

• A working open-source demo is expected next month
  👥 @Jason

🧳 Nomadia

A decentralized, peer-to-peer OTC platform addressing travel and banking access challenges.
Currently building:

• Escrow smart contract with multisig

• Off-ramp verification tools

🛠️ Looking for technical contributors (escrow and wallet devs welcome!)
👥 @Tarik

🏛️ ZuKas

A 10-day Governance & Collective Future Lab will take place Sept 9–19 in Kaş, Turkey.
Focus:

• Designing a plurality-based smart contract

• Exploring new voting models

• Inviting community participation

📹 Watch the presentation video
👥 @Tarik

🏅 POAP

Collect your POAP from the July edition of the Zuzalu Software Townhall!
👥 @Salmanneedsajob

• 📚 Docs & Stories: bit.ly/ZuSoftware-doc

• 💬 Builder Chat: Discord

• 🌍 Socials: X · Warpcast

• 📬 Contact Point: @Kelly

Zuzalu.city was born from the original techno-optimistic pop-up experiment Zuzalu, and aims to become the most user-friendly OS for engaging with Ethereum-based tools for decentralization.

Zuzalu Software is a d/acc movement—a call to builders to help every community own and shape its own civilization with the tools it needs.

Participation Guidelines:

• All projects are welcome to present at Software Townhalls

• We neutrally promote all presentations on our channels

• Please DYOR (Do Your Own Research) before testing, collaborating, or investing

• Hosting ≠ Endorsement: A project featured at Zuzalu.city does not imply official endorsement

Timestamp:

ECF Pensieve 01:35

Zuzalu.City 07:35

Simple Page 11:06

Social Layer 17:21

Nomadia 24:08

ZuKas: 26:42

POAP: 31:30

🎉 Hey friends! Welcome to the Zuzalu Software Townhall - a vibrant space where everyone is invited to contribute to the discussion and weave connections! Moderator: @Kelly

Exciting Updates from 8 projects in a Nutshell!

1. ECF.Pensieve: Alpha version has launched, enabling community-verified truth with dynamic, transparent consensus, inviting 500 early participants to test and explore projects. Join via Discord to get your alpha-tester code. @QJ

2. CarbonVote: Following a recent internal audit, CV will relaunch soon with a new one-click voting process, and will introduce a Twitter bot to simplify community decisions and boost engagement. @Reno

3. ZuKas: 10 days of Web3, decentralized governance & collective future Lab is about to happen from September 9th to 19th, based in Kas, the birth place of the ancient democracy, aiming to foster pluralistic governance to support diverse, connected inhabitants and nomads with Web3 tools. @Tarik

4. Nomadia: a peer-to-peer, decentralized OTC platform addressing travel and banking access issues, aiming to enhance transparency and safety with escrow and ZK ID integrations. @Tarik

5. Speech Without Borders: Introducing Speech Without Borders, a nonprofit serving that will support the development and distribution of censorship-resistant technologies, including blockchain, VPNs, mesh networks, and satellite technologies. @Jesse

6. Community Tooling for Privacy: A research on modular privacy that combines off-chain data self-attestation with on-chain zero-knowledge proofs, enabling confidential DAO voting, private trades, and secure operations. @Eugenio

7. AAStar Team: AirAccount 0.12 demo finished with a double-signature 95%, starting Mycelium Protocol, and SuperPaymaster 0.12 in July, aiming to build decentralized infrastructure for communities. @Jason

8. POAP: Inviting attendees to collect the POAP of Zuzalu Software Townhall May. @Salmanneedsajob

Timestamp:

06:28 ECF Pensieve

04:23 CarbonVote

13:42 ZuKas& Nomadia

21:20 Speech Without Borders

24:31 Community Tooling for Privacy

35:38 POAP AAStar: slides only

Exciting Updates from 10 projects in a nutshell!

• ZuBuilder Guild (Pilot 1): Rewarding long-term contributors in infrastructure, dApps, and community testing through trustless funding tools like 0xSplits. Membership opening soon—join Discord for the latest updates. @QJ , @Cathy

• Zuzalu.City: Now supporting role-based permissions in space management, gated access via POAP or Zupass, and flexible Web2/Web3 storage (Supabase available, Ceramic coming soon…). Communities can install apps directly from the dApp Store, use a new public forum on Discourse, receive updates via Discord, and access a private Element room for privacy-conscious users. @Reno, @Kelly

• ECF.Network: Developing a decentralized, identity-agnostic coordination platform that tracks contributions, verifies information, and evolves shared understanding. MVP in progress, with a v0 launch expected in 2–3 weeks. @QJ

• AAstar Team: Working on a new version of AirAccount (permissionless accounts) and SuperPaymaster (a decentralized gas payment protocol). Future plans include COS72 and the Mycelium Protocol. @Jason

• Nomad Collective: Running 45 pop-up cities worldwide, offering “pop-up as a service,” exploring real estate tokenization, and inviting collaboration on community-driven pop-up hubs. @Dianel

• AI-CNS: Building infrastructure to help communities self-govern, allocate resources, and make decisions using AI. Features include on-chain agreements, smart accounts, and AI agent delegation tools. @dayan

• Web3PrivacyNow Hackathon: Coming June 13–15 in Berlin! Reimagining Web3 hacking with veteran mentors, no bounty hunting, and a focus on usability, privacy-first AI, cryptography, and deep interdisciplinary collaboration. @web3privacy

• Palm Protocol: Bridging crypto to physical cash. New partnerships in Turkey and Kenya, with a pilot program planned for Devcon arrivals—real-world utility on the horizon. @Ziz

• Zuzalu POAP Collection: A nostalgic look back at Zugrama through its POAPs, offering creative inspiration for anyone looking to build their own POAP story for a future pop-up.@Salmanneedsajob

• USDC-NEAR-ME: Almost ready for MVP! An interactive map showing physical businesses that accept USDC. Businesses can add their locations and info—making it easy for users to find them.@Samuel

• Special Session: Insights and Lessons from Running Long-term Web3 Hubs

  AKASHA Hub Barcelona: Building Community Hubs for Local Impact and Web3 Values @Nikoline @Lawrence

• ⁠4Seas⁠: Co-Living, Radical Social Experimentation, and Cypherpunk Ideals @Link

Community Graphs⁠: Mapping Social Interactions and Trust Across Communities @Leo, @Jesse

🎉 Hey friends! Welcome to the Zuzalu Software Townhall — a vibrant space where everyone’s invited to join the discussion and connection!

Zuzalu Software Vision: CommunityOS for Every Innovative Community.

Zuzalu.city was born in the first of its kind techno-optimistic pop-up community of Zuzalu, and commits to becoming the most user-friendly operating system to interact with the tools and applications built by Ethereum’s decentralisation communities.

Zuzalu Software is a d/acc movement, it is to call upon builders to create a world where every community can own and innovate their civilisation with the decentralised tools they need.

Exciting Updates from projects in a nutshell!

Launching ZuBuilder Guild（Pilot 1): Rewarding Contributions and Shaping Future Community Governance @QJ;@Cathy

• A collective funding mechanism that rewards contributors based on their ongoing impact and participation in Zuzalu Software’s ecosystem.
• Aims to identify, compensate, and encourage long-term and impactful involvement allowing contributors to directly benefit from collective rewards through calculations via split and vesting 0xsplits.
• A foundation for future community governance that fairly recognizes and compensates every contribution.
• Huge thanks for your support during the ENS x Octant Public Good Grant Round on Giveth! With the grant now complete, all donations and future grants will flow directly into the ZuBuilder Guild to reward the builders shaping Community OS.
• Join the ZuBuilder Guild space for the latest updates and check out the Guild Doc for full details. Membership OPENS SOON with mainnet launch!

Zuzalu.CityUnveils Major Updates: dApp install flow, Role-Based Access, and Zuland Integration @Reno

• New Beta version is coming soon, with default on mainet.
• dApp install flow v0.1 is now live! This feature allows anyone to list their dApp in the dApp store, and community admins can exploreand install these apps. Future phases will support iframes for community apps.
• Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) System has been introduced with four initial roles: owner, admin, member, and follower. A customized role, space gating and invitations will also be introduced later.
• Zuland Integration, a tokenized decentralized social network,is now complete and is fully integrated as a native app on Zuzalu.City for community spaces.
• UI/UX Improvements have been made for smoother space creation flow and more personalized spaces styles.
• Zuzalu.City’s builder chat has moved to Discord, hop into our Discord to stay tuned.

Urbe.eth: Leading Italian Web3 Builders and Building Italian Permanent Space @Limone

• Urbe.eth is an Italian Web3 community focused on developer education and onboarding. They’ve opened the first Italian Web3 permanent space, offering free access to boot camps, workshops, and hackathons.
• Urbe.eth is now collaborating with Zuzalu.City on dApp store development and the integration of Zuland.
• ETHRome, the leading ETHalian Hackathon, combined with Urbe Village — a 2-week pop-up event — will take place in October 2025.

Zuzalu Software Events POAP Collection @salmaneedsajob

• POAP Collection was introduced as a fun way to engage the community during events.
• The first POAP was distributed at Zuzalu Software townhall in Bangkok and continued for every subsequent event.
• The goal is to create a POAP collection page where participants can track their involvement in Zuzalu events.
• Future events will feature new collectible POAPs, and the project is designed to be community-driven. Members can also contribute by creating artwork for upcoming POAPs.

Timestamp:

00:01:19 ZuBuilder Guild Pilot

00:09:14 Zuzalu.City

00:14:45 Urbe.eth

00:19:12 Zuzalu Software Event POAP collection

00:29:44 Palm Protocol

🎉 Hey friends! Welcome to the Zuzalu Software Townhall - a vibrant space where everyone's invited to join the discussion and connection! 

Zuzalu Software Vision: CommunityOS for Every Innovative Community.

Zuzalu Software is a d/acc movement, it is to call upon builders to create a world where every community can own and innovate their civilisation with the decentralised tools they need.

While Zuzalu.city is the host, here are some tips for getting the most out of your experience:

• We welcome all projects to attend and present our Software Townhalls and neutrally promote all presentations on our socials.
• Do your own research on projects before testing, collaborating, or investing. Hosting and platforming a project does not equal official endorsement by Zuzalu.city.

Moderator:  @Veronica, @Kelly

Exciting Updates from 12 projects in a nutshell! 

• Launching ZuBuilder Guild: Introducing a Zubuilder Guild Pilot 1, a collective funding mechanism that is based on learnings from Protocol Guild to explore more on public goods funding, aiming at rewarding contributors based on their ongoing impact and participation in Zuzalu Software’s ecosystem. @Cathy
• Zuzalu.City: dApp Explorer V0.1 is live with Ceramic-based SDK in progress, list your dApp and get discovered by community, new strategies have been implemented to boost data security and reliability.  @Reno
• No Cap, All dApps Hackathon @ETHDenver:  Building with Real-World use cases: decentralized tooling for permanent crypto hubs & Zuzalu nodes with Zuzalu.City, Recall, TACo, and Gardens.fund, join us in-person or virtually to build, network, and demo. RSVP here. @Veronica
• ReZu Coworking Hub @ ETHDenver:  Open for Zuzalu Software builders for networking, collaboration, governance discussions, debates, and karaoke night, on Feb. 25th, hosted by HETU Protocol and Zuzalu.City.  RSVP here @Veronica 
• Intersubjective Summit: Panels on network societies, governance, longevity, AI, and more, with Hetu, EigenLayer, Nethermind, and QuarkChain. RVSP here. @Veronica 
• ZuBazaar: Introducing P2P commerce layer for Pop-Ups, enabling Talent & Resource Discovery across the Zuzalu Ecosystem. @orishim Looking for tech partners!
• ZuCasa: Product V1 is live! featuring the property list, relisting a booking, and purchasing a relisted booking, also seeking UX/UI and integrations hacker for ZuTech Hackathon. @Xenofon
• Social Layer: Ready to release for the new refactored app, with enhancement in user experience, speed and reliability. @jiang
• The Career Block:  Introducing a template for local impact for popups, featuring a ready-to-implement initiative to connect pop-up city with local schools. @Salmanneedsajob
• Web3 Radio: Revolutionizing radio with decentralized, community-curated playlists, where users can upload content, even ads, between songs. They’re exploring Ethereum-focused radio and are excited to bring new tools for community spaces. @Spaghett-eth
• Trust Protocol: Introducing a programmable onchain trust primitive, on-chain Trust Bonds - One Way or Two Way Bonds where users deposit funds to signal Trust, earning yield while building a Verifiable Reputation. @Nithin
• AA Star team: working on Arcadia, a blockchain game offering an open framework for communities to run their own games,  and testing zuCoffee for a new contract with a new verification algorithm. @Jason

Stay in Contact and Jump on!

Links and contacts:

• Socials: https://linktr.ee/zuzalucity
• Contact Point: Veronica & Kelly

Timestamp:

00:01:08 ZuBuilder Guild

00:08:08 Zuzalu.City

00:13:45 No Cap, All dApps Hackathon @ETHDenver

00:19:08 ReZu Coworking Hub @ ETHDenver:

00:22:50 Intersubjective Summit

00:23:19 ZuBazaar

00:28:05 ZuCasa

00:40:16 Social Layer

00:43:04 The Career Block

00:47:36 Web3 Radio

00:49:54 Trust Protocol

00:59:19 AA Star team

Moderator: @Veronica, @KC, @Kelly Exciting Updates in a nutshell!  Zuzalu.City: Introducing partner programming at ETHDenver including a hackathon (more details soon!) and our 2025 Roadmap, including: dApp Explorer v1, a feature-packed Event App with calendars, notifications, analytics, payments, and more, and improved UX, aiming to build a dApp Store and a CommunityOS to empower communities at every stage of growth. @Simon, @QJ, @Veronica Zu-Grāma: Introducing a six-week pop-up village in India focusing on various themes such as governance, public goods, and social impact, aiming to build long-term value-aligned projects, with the Zu-Grāma buildathon going strong! @KC IBF BLOCKCHAIN WEEK 3.0: A solidity bootcamp + introductory Web3 and Blockchain sessions, IRL at Bennett University, India, in April 2025. @jayvsingh10 Carbonvote: A governance tool allowing community sentiment to be gauged through voting mechanisms related to the amount of ETH holding, with polls on Farcaster now live! @Veronica @Reno Gardens: A modular conviction voting platform that allows communities to govern through time-weighted voting, focusing on bottom-up governance and community decision-making. @Paul TACo: A decentralized end-to end encryption layer, allowing users to control access to their private data, and introducing the Escape Big Tech Challenge, a playful initiative aimed at educating participants about Web3 technologies at ETHDenver. @Arjun MoodForest: A lab focused on longevity and happiness, developing protocols to enhance self-healing capacities in humans. @Madhur Topology: Building protocols to introduce RAM-like functionality to the world computer, enhancing privacy and collaboration. @guiltygyoza WISDOM: A fundamental valuation layer with built-in incentives. @coopsmout Maitri: Introducing the development of a Telegram and Discord bot to streamline user experience and participation in community activities. @Jesse Normie.tech: A platform enabling Web3 projects to integrate payment solutions and manage financial transactions. @dracian_me WADE PROTOCOL: An On-Chain Social Trust Layer where users deposit funds to signal trust, earning yield while building a verifiable reputation. @Nithin Mengani Zu.Coffee: Completed refactoring the shop contract, and currently working on the EIP-7702, EOA gasless account. @Jason ZuCasa: A platform for managing event reservations and bookings, with V1 ready and currently focusing on fundraising, UI/UX, event planning. @Xenofon POAP: Introducing POAPs, digital NFTs that commemorate experiences and events, fostering community engagement. @Salman Timestamp: 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:10 Zu-Grāma Briefing 00:07:29 Zuzalu.City 2025 Roadmap 00:17:42 IBF Blockchain Week 3.0 00:20:41 CarbonVote 00:24:22 Gardens 00:33:39 Announcing Partner Programming @ ETHDenver 00:35:15 TACo and Escape Big Tech Challenge 00:43:26 Moodforest 00:46:01 Topology 00:51:35 WISDOM 00:54:20 Maitri 00:55:47 Normie.tech 00:58:01 WADE Protocol 00:59:59 Zu.Coffee-Zuzalu.City Shop Module 01:02:30 ZuCasa 01:05:57 POAP

Moderator:  @Veronica, @Cathy,@Kelly

Exciting Updates from 12 Projects in a nutshell! 

See all slides here. Check full content on Medium, Youtube, Spotify, and ApplePodcast.

• Zuzalu.City: The Calendar App V1 is here for scheduling single-day events, with an announcement feature in review and UI/mobile upgrades underway. In progress integrations include the ZuLand thread discussion module by Akasha and the Trustful badge attestation module by Blockful, as Zuzalu.City develops its roadmap for community tool integrations and marketplace. @Simon
• ECF Pensieve: Introducing a community intelligence and coordination platform fostering decentralized social consensus. Alpha launching in Q1 2025, and calling for community participation and feedback after launch. @QJ
• CarbonVote: Announcing the near-completion of direct polling on Farcaster with a sleek Frame interface, a brand new UI design, and Farcaster ID (FID) integration as a credential to unlock seamless voting on CarbonVote. @Reno, @Veronica
• Zu.Coffee: Basic shop module is live, including opening shops, uploading items, and buying things with crypto or traditional payment methods. @Jason
• ZuQuest: Introducing a community activation tool that aligns personal and community goals, using a reputation system tied to quest completion, with rewards based on actual impact. @Michele 
• Social Layer: Upcoming features include Ceramic network integration, ZK credentials for better interoperability, and a dashboard for event organizers to manage their events. @Jiang
• Lemonade: Focusing on ticketing innovation, offering features like stake-to-claim tickets and crowdfunding events with yield rewards. @kc
• Popup.Capital:  Transitioning to the LottoPGF V1 protocol and aggregating funding mechanisms for Zuzalu community projects. @Kiba
• ZuCasa: Product V1 will be ready in early Jan. 2025,  a JuiceBox campaign has been launched, first Fundraising Commitments have been gathered. @Xenofon
• LottoPGF: Introducing V1 launched on Base and Scroll, a decentralized deployer on IPFS, AI-assisted lottery deployment, and multiple integrations like Social Layer and Lemonade. @Nico
• ZuPass: Highlighting the commitment to build an open ecosystem ensuring a self-service, user-friendly experience that doesn't require technical assistance, to foster broader adoption. @Rob
• A Catalog of Pop-Up Gatherings: Introducing a project aiming to improve discoverability for members and ease event organization, fostering retrospectives and replicable initiatives. @Chance 
• Discussion:  Discussing the importance of community outreach and engagement strategies, particularly in the context of localizing efforts for greater impact after Pop-Up city experiments end. The collaborative effort to clean after the Chiang Mai floods was mentioned, and particular attention was given to the question of how to foster long-term local adoption of web3 tools. @Community 

Moderator: @CypherHouse, @Cathy, @Veronica, @Kelly

See all Slides here. Big thanks to Cypherhouse for hosting us in such a cozy space and for the amazing barbecue to cap off the night! 🍖🔥✨

Exciting Updates in a nutshell! 

• Zuzalu.City: Introducing the vision, journey, and mission for Ethereum Community Fund and ZuCity initiative as a community OS, also showcasing zuzalu.city as a decentralized private scheduling App & a community calendar for events. @QJ @Reno
• Cypherhouse: A co-living protocol aiming at providing a home-like environment space for builders during conferences. @zik
• Zu.Coffee: A Web3 e-commerce platform that offers decentralized shopping experiences and seamless integration for community marketplaces. @Jason
• AKASHA & Zuland: A private, token-gated decentralized socials, powered by AKASHA Foundation, enhance ZuSoftware by powering its social feeds. @Akasha, @Urbe, @Josemaria
• ECF Pensieve: A community intelligence-coordination platform focusing on building decentralized social consensus and community knowledge base. @ethereum community fund, @QJ
• Social Layer: Sharing insights about pop-up villages around Devcon using @SocialLayer_im for exploration and scheduling, and interoperability plans with zuzalu.city. @Jiang
• Lemonade: A community-owned platform for on-chain human coordination, focusing on events, real estate management, and rewards., also highlighting data interoperability plan with zuzalu.city. @KC  
• Trustful: Introducing the complexities of building an on-chain reputation attestation layer empowering resource allocation, role selection, etc. @Zeugh
• CarbonVote: Introducing a platform for gauging community sentiment on proposals and other community affairs. @QJ
• Ceramic: A decentralized data management system, allowing for peer-to-peer data synchronization and event sourcing. @Joel
• Scrollpass: Introduced ScrollPass as a solution to allow users to own their own ticket data and prove ownership by holding NFT tickets on chain. @Emily
• Consensys: Shared the progressive decentralization of its products and operations and building infrastructure for community coordination.  @Dayan
• The Memorandum of Understanding: Outlined a collaboration between LexClinic (Co) with RaidGuild and ECF with ZuVillage, to integrate innovative solutions into the Zuzalu.city tech stack. @Kyle
• ZuForever: Introduced how ZuCasa, as a secondary market for community housing, has tackled housing challenges for Web3 communities, self-funded, MVP launches in Lisbon and Thailand, and market plans for the coming year. @Xenofon
• Community Graphs: A social media OS enhancing social graphs and providing an interoperability layer for apps to share network effects while competing uniquely. @Jesse 
• PopUp.Capital: a Zu-funding solution designed to support crowdfunding campaigns, focusing on providing capital for organizers and exploring alternative funding options. @Kiba   
• Gitcoin: Introducing the Allo protocol for designing capital allocation mechanisms, kit, registry, and strategy, and highlighted the Handbook. @Umar.  
• AyaHQ: showcasing how AyaHQ.com is fueling ecosystem growth in Africa through talent development and cutting-edge tech innovation. @Eric Annan 
• Housing Tetris: a project addressing housing allocation issues for events, proposing a framework for room matching and allocation. @Vlad, @Alberto
• LottoPGF: Introducing mission, vision, and the latest updates on the permissionless lotto protocol designed to support public good funding, V1 Audited! @Nico
• Interview Web3 Founders: An initiative to interview Web3 founders, uncovering their challenges and priorities, to build a public knowledge repository fostering connections and collaboration among projects. @zizonchain

The Zuzalu Software November Townhall marked a significant milestone with the launch of the Zuzalu.city Beta, introducing new features like customizable credentials, NFT check-ins, and Ceramic-based data flexibility for community events. This Beta launch underscored Zuzalu.city’s commitment to privacy, interoperability, and ease-of-use for community innovation, interoperability, and forking.

During the townhall, several key updates were shared. ZuLand, a token-gated social network supported by the AKASHA Foundation, was presented as a secure space for credential-based content access. LottoPGF, a lottery protocol aimed at public funding, is now integrated with Zuzalu.city, bringing innovative funding models to the platform. Trustful unveiled new badge functionalities along with a scalable, privacy-focused protocol architecture. Meanwhile, CarbonVote and ScrollPass are enhancing Zuzalu.city’s capabilities with voting credentials and a streamlined ticketing system. Community Graphs introduced the Transitive Trust protocol along with a new Discord bot for seamless user interaction, and Zu.Coffee presented its Web3 e-commerce integration, allowing for a quick setup on Zuzalu.city. Pangea, a Web4 virtual nation focused on data sovereignty, was also highlighted as a forward-thinking addition to the Zuzalu ecosystem.

An open discussion followed these presentations, focusing on ideas for improving integration processes and coordination across decentralized teams. The session showcased the growing ecosystem of Zuzalu.city and its dedication to fostering decentralized innovation and community engagement.

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00:01:46 Zuzalu.city Beta Launch, Tour Guide and Integration progress

00:19:28 ZuLand Demo

00:25:04 LottoPGF Progress

00:30:57 Trustful Progress

00:36:47 CarbonVote $ Scrollpass Progress

00:40:29 Community Graphs

00:42:51 Zu.Coffee Progress

00:46:33 Pangea Progress

00:48:11 Open Discussion

The Zuzalu Software townhall highlighted the ongoing development of Zuzalu.city as a communityOS tool for Zuzalu Software, focusing on stability improvements, feature integrations, and customization options. Key updates include MVP features for event management, ticketing systems, and the introduction of AA-powered zu.Coffee. The meeting concluded with discussions on enhancing software coordination and expanding functionalities to support multi-venue operations and community economies.

Check the ZuSoft Townhall slide here.

View full blog post here.

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• 00:01:33  Zuzalu.city MVP: Beta Version Coming Soon
• 00:07:01  LottoPGF: Bringing Fun to Ticketing
• 00:18:02 Trustful: Badges, Sessions, and Scroll Deployment
• 00:28:51 zu.Coffee: Bringing Account Abstraction to Your Morning Brew
• 00:39:10 Zuland: Empowering Communities with Autonomous Social Network
• 00:42:14 Maitri: Building Trust Through Decentralized Community Graphs
• 00:47:05 ZuVillage Georgia: Innovating with community-driven projects
• 00:52:06 Discussions: Software Coordination Improvements & Feature Wishlist for Zuzalu.city

The Zuzalu Software Townhall held on August 12, 2024, focused on the progress, challenges, and future plans within Zuzalu.city adn Zuzalu software. Key topics discussed included the vision for Zuzalu.city as a community-driven toolkit, challenges and solutions of public or private data, independent App Interoperability Implementation and decentralization. The future roadmap includes expanding decentralized tools, integrating new projects, and enhancing user experience within Zuzalu.city.

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08:09 Zuzalu.city Origin

13:51 Zuzalu software principle and goals

18:41 Zuzalu Community Tooling Feature Sets

48:12 Q&A

1:02:37 Challenges and Solutions: Public and Private Events

1:13:37 Challenges and Solutions: Independent App Interoperability Implementation

1:18:07 Challenges and Solutions: ZuDecentralized Solution

Future Roadmap

Summary: https://zuzalu.craft.me/ak6l2yjGwdGSM8

Zuzalu Software Townhall finally kicked off with our Zubuilders! It is a vital platform for builders in Zuzalu to converge, share updates, and foster community engagement. This meeting embodies the collective effort driving the growth and innovation within the Zuzalu ecosystem. Here’s a recap of the latest Townhall meeting, highlighting the exciting developments and collaborative spirit of the Zuzalu community.

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00:07 Intro of Zuzalu Software Townhall

00:50 Scrollpass Development

10:47 LottoPGF 

12:24 CommunityGraph Maitri 

15:05 Social Layer

26:32 Zuland 

28:15 zuzalu.city 

31:49 Blockful

In this episode of ZuChat, Veronica with Jesse Katz and Leo Glisic discussed their innovative work at Maitri Network, a project aimed at decentralizing social media through interoperability. They also introduced Community Graphs, a novel concept designed to map group memberships and enhance social coordination. The discussion delves into the motivations behind their project, inspired by a need for more inclusive and resilient digital communities, and their plans to pilot this innovative approach at ZuVillage Georgia. Join us to explore the future of decentralized social media and community governance.

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1. 00:43 Intro .
2. 03:15 What do we actually want from social media, in an ideal solution?
3. 05:27 Trust and reputation systems.
4. 16:50 How community graphs can help build zuzalu.city and upcoming zuvillage.

In this ZuChat episode, we share a team discussion on the development process of Zuzalu.City where we got insights from a core developer, Reno, on the challenges of developing a community project like Zuzalu.City, bringing back the importance of everyone being aligned to the core values of blockchains. We also went through the development process to make this chat helpful for onboarding new developers aligned in co-building a platform to support communities to organize and collaborate. We also discussed the work of Reno both for Carbonvote and Zuzalu.City , and the upcoming updates in Zuzalu.City. 

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0:00 Zuzalu.City and Carbonvote Development Intro

11:20 Challenges of Building a Community Project

16:20 How to Onboard Developers in Zuzalu.City

17:30 Some exciting upcoming features

23:10 Why Building for Zuzalu.City

In this interview, Cathy, Daniela, and Nico discuss the importance of sustainability and rational resource allocation in web3 projects. They explore funding models, such as quadratic funding and lotteries, and the potential risks and challenges associated with them. They also touch on the integration of reputation protocols and the role of open source in community engagement. The conversation highlights the need for inclusive and transparent funding mechanisms that prioritize efforts and community involvement. The interview concludes with an announcement of a partnership between City and LottoPGF, showcasing the potential impact of collaboration in the web3 space.

00:00:00 - Introduction of Blockful and LottoPGF 01:14 - Sustainability Principles 04:32 - Challenges of Current Funding Solutions 07:30 - New Forms of Funding 10:02 - Reputation and Valocracy 13:24 - Blockful's Transparency 15:10 - Community Challenges in Open-Source Projects 17:12 - Reputation Protocols and Vouching in Funding Models 19:45 - LottoPGF, BlockFul and Zuzalu.City and the impact on the community 23:00 - Risks for Communities 27:00 - Future Funding Models 36:14 - Closing Remarks

We discussed in depth the operations of Lemonade's team and its co-building process with Zuzalu.CIty Lemonade is a community-building and user-coordination application that was born with the vision of allowing anyone to have its Lemonade Stand. With the founder KC, we emphasized Lemonade's efforts towards governance to empower creators and eliminate the middlemen, allowing users to own their data securely and monetize directly. We touched on data interoperability, public goods, the importance of ethical capital, and Lemonade's business model, which includes a subscription service and enterprise solutions. We discussed the challenges, such as competition for talent and the need for growth capital. The conversation covered integrating various blockchain tools and the importance of time in establishing the legitimacy of web3 projects.

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- 00:01:00 Lemonade Introduction

- 00:03:00 Lemonade's mission, vision, and values

- 00:05:00 Data interoperability

- 00:10:00 Lemonade and Zuzalu.City Collaboration

- 00:15:00 Lemonade's business model

- 00:19:00 The Lemonade team

- 00:21:00 Communities and users

- 00:25:00 Challenges

- 00:29:00 Doing Due Diligence

- 00:33:00 Being Multichain

- 00:39:00 Security

- 00:45:00 Closing Remarks