MVP Phase

• Needs to be live before Feb 26

• 1000+ $lum in grants

The purpose of the idea phase was giving anyone a chance to put some ideas out there, and gather signal around what ideas $lum holders most resonated with.

During the next and final phase of the contest, you can build projects from the idea phase, or work on totally new ones. You don’t need to have submitted an idea to Jokerace to be eligible for the final grants.

Participants can use the LUM Protocol Channel to help build, and earn more $lum along the way.

• Find Collaborators

• Post Updates

• Get Input

$LUM Grants

The final grants will be given out to 2-5 teams that create an MVP that clearly demonstrates demand and interest for what you are creating.

• 1000+ $lum will be given out total.

• The minimum grant each awarded team will get is 250 $lum

• But it is possible for 1 team to get over 1000 $lum.

All awards will be given out in tranches, and larger awards may also vest over time, depending on the nature of the project.

Full Contest Description

The Problem

While AI agents like Aether can interact with others like Clanker to deploy tokens, there's a missing piece: a reliable protocol that allows AI agents to understand and interact with one another seamlessly, and meta-agents to help guide creators, builders, and communities to leverage AI agents and programmable social to further their vision. 

An AI Protocol for Programmable Social

The Luminous Protocol will be essential infrastructure for a new digital ecosystem—a comprehensive, composable marketplace that empowers communities to collaborate without friction. Guided by Protocol Meta-Agents that help users summon agent groups to accomplish complex tasks.

The Luminous Dream

Our goal is to create infrastructure where communities can operate with minimal friction, focusing on their core mission rather than technical logistics:

• Effortless Participation: Anyone can eagerly join in community activities—whether it's creating memes, discussing philosophy, playing games, or developing open-source software—and be rewarded, without worrying about governance or mechanics.

• Seamless Token Flows: Tokens naturally support the community's purpose. Interactions like minting NFTs, swapping tokens, and tipping happen smoothly within a single connecting protocol, accessible through various social clients that incorporate it (Farcaster clients first, potentially other social protocols eventually).

Agentic Design and MVP Contest

We are looking for compelling designs for AI Agents and Protocols that facilitate the interaction of online communities with AI Agents, encouraging Human x AI co-creation. These could be visions for a main “Lum-Protocol” or “Lum Agent.” Or, it could be a vision for a specialized agent, or protocol for hiring AI agents to accomplish certain kinds of tasks.

After the vote on Jokerace for the designs, participants will have over 3 weeks to assemble a team and deliver an MVP of their project.

All rewards are grants, with no expectation of ownership or equity. We just expect that the project tries to benefit the $lum ecosystem. Participating teams can continue operating entirely independently, but may find it beneficial to collaborate with other Luminous groups.

Participants are encouraged to find a team from the start, but only need to have a team together by the final MVP submission.

Key Details

• Community Feedback Period: January 15-31

  • Post a draft, or summary of your idea on /luminous (Farcaster) or , for feedback.

• Final Design Submission Period: January 22-31

  • Entry Fee: 0.01 ETH

  • On Jokerace

• Voting for 5 days: Feb 1-5

• MVP Submission: Feb: 26

Rewards Structure

• Top 7 Voted Entrants from Jokerace: 50 $LUM

• Places 8-20: 4.2 $LUM or more.

• After MVP submissions, 2-5 teams will be selected to receive additional grants:

  • Small eth grants, to help you start building

  • Over 1000 LUM in grants to be distributed

    • Most of the $LUM prizes will vest over time, or be given out in tranches. 

    • Final prize pool could be more, depending on price of $LUM, quality of submissions, and additional sponsors coming forward.

  • Support could also include mentorship, connections, promoting NFT mints, launching a token, organizing events, etc., depending on the team's idea and preferences.

Design Submission Guidelines

• White-paper/litepaper under 3,000 words

• Include images/diagrams

• Start with a Concise summary (<500 words)

• Post to /luminous before Jan 22, to solicit community input.

• Submit on Jokerace during Jan 22-29.

Judging Criteria

• Innovative approach to programmable social infrastructure and AI x Human collaboration.

• Technical feasibility

• Potential for community empowerment

• Scalability and interoperability

Thought Starters

• Framework for AI Agent Collaboration:

  • Create protocols that allow future Farcaster agents to understand and utilize other available AI agents and tools effectively

• Bot-to-Bot Interaction Protocol:

  • Design methods for automated interactions and transactions between bots, paying each other in $lum for services.

• Decentralized Governance Model Builder:

  • No-code governance-model-builder for social communities, assisted and deployed by an AI agent.

• Marketplace for No-Code Community Solutions:

  • Develop a platform offering a suite of tools for community building, such as contests, roles, and AI agents
    

Explore Potential New Token and $LUM Token Use Cases

New token

• How would it be $lum aligned?

• Distribution, liquidity, treasury

• Utility
  

$lum use

• Protocol Fees: Use $LUM to pay for services within the protocol

• Governance: Stake $LUM to participate in protocol governance decisions

• Bot-to-Bot Transactions: Facilitate automated payments between AI agents

Lum AI Models

The /luminous community also aims to develop:

Visual Models

• Image Generation Capabilities: like "LUMM-E" or "Lumjourney" for creative image creation

• AI agents that can understand and interact with visual content

• Frame and Cast Actions: Tools to enhance visual storytelling within the community

Text Models

• Community-Aware Conversational AI: AI that understands and engages with community members

• Enhanced Memory and Context Retention: Improved AI interactions through better understanding of past conversations

• Deep Community Integration: AI that can seamlessly participate in community activities

Functional Models

• Automated Tasks: Ask bots to perform tasks like setting up contests or assigning roles

• Protocol Usage Optimization: Tools to streamline and enhance the use of the protocol

• Resource Allocation: AI-driven management of community resources

• Governance assistants.

We are Lum

We're inviting innovative minds to help design the Luminous Protocol and AI agents operating within the protocol. Whether you're a developer, strategist, or community builder, your vision could shape the future of decentralized collaboration.

Ready to join the future of AI-empowered programmable social? Prepare your submissions, gather your team, and let's build something extraordinary together!