PubDAO is rethinking the way we look at journalism and media. Joining the Genesis Writers Program means joining a tight-knit network of leading writers all co-owning a DAO with a clearly defined foundation.
Towards this goal, we’re launching a program for proven writers that have a strong track record of producing high quality content around web3. Writers who join the program will be able to submit their stories for them to be published in PubDAO, Decrypt, and our other publishing partners. Writers who join this program will not be restricted from publishing on other publications. The only requirement for content produced for the program is that it is edited by a PubDAO editor before publishing, and contains a tag stating the content was produced through the DAO.
PubDAO is building a decentralized community of writers, editors, publishers, DAO members, and web3 evangelists all with the shared goal of leveraging web3 to improve the way we create and distribute media. As a Genesis Writer you’ll get the opportunity to help shape the future of PubDAO, with each story published earning you a significant amount of ownership in the DAO through $PUB token allocations.
The first PubDAO epoch (Season 0) started yesterday (Nov 23) 8pm ET. This epoch is scheduled to run for 90 days, but the duration will be adjusted as we finalize details about the PubDAO token.
This post outlines the structure of Season 0 and explains how you can join PubDAO and start earning tokens through your contributions.
Our vision for PubDAO is to create a decentralized media network—one where creators and their audience own the means of content creation, distribution, and monetization. We believe that by applying the problem-solving methodology of decentralized organizations to the issues we encounter in the media industry, we can introduce both trust and transparency into the media production process.
Last week, we launched a new structure for the Editorial Guild and an onboarding process for aspiring DAO members. This week, we’re launching the compensation model that we’ll use until the PubDAO governance token is live.
After joining PubDAO and going through the onboarding process, the next step is, well, to start contributing! We launched a Bounty Board to help DAO members navigate the community and figure out how to start working. Thank you to Forefront for the bounty board template.
Check out the bounties available for the guild (or guilds) you’re in, you’ll be able to find how many points will be awarded per bounty in column F, and a brief description of the bounty in the column next to it.
Today we launched PubDAO, a new media effort we’ve been building behind the scenes with partners from news orgs like Decrypt, The Defiant, and ACJR, and contributors from DAO and Web 3 projects like Friends with Benefits, Gitcoin, Collab.Land, Digitalax, and API3.
Think of PubDAO, initially, as akin to a decentralized Associated Press.
PubDAO story ideas get brainstormed openly in our Discord channel, a truly collaborative process that favors coordination over competition. The first PubDAO story, “How Lobster NFTs and a DAO Helped Give Crypto a Voice in Washington,” was published today by multiple partner sites and newsletters.
The decentralized wire service is merely the first part of a broader plan for PubDAO that will ultimately produce guilds made up of writers, editors, photographers, illustrators, advertisers, and marketers. If all goes according to plan, those guilds—and an evolving set of protocols—will reduce the cost and friction in online publishing. We hope that results in new, far better ways of monetizing, and a healthier ecosystem.