Zuzalu Software Townhall November: Devcon 2024 Innovation Gathering Online & IRL @Cypher House Bangkok

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Big thanks to Cypherhouse for hosting us in such a cozy space. ✨

Kudos to the amazing barbecue supported by Xiaowu and Weijun to cap off the night! 🍖🔥

Builders from 21 Apps IRL for CommunityOS’s shared future! Exciting Updates in a nutshell!

• Zuzalu.city Vision and Community-ownership Sustainability: Introducing the vision, journey, and mission for Ethereum Community Fund and Zuzalu.city as a Community OS with Ethereum ecosystem applications, also showcasing updates for the native decentralized private scheduling app & shared community calendar app. @QJ @Reno

• Cypherhouse: A cypherpunk-themed, 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. (AA Accounts + Cos72)@Jason

• AKASHA & Zuland: A private, token-gated decentralized socials, powered by AKASHA Foundation, enhance ZuSoftware by adding a social feed to community spaces. @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: Announced their latest merge with the Zuzalu.city repository to launch the beta-version of the Trustful app integration! Also 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 with customizable credentials. @QJ@Reno

• Ceramic: A decentralized data management system, allowing for peer-to-peer data synchronization and event sourcing. @Joel

• Scrollpass: Introduced ScrollPass as a decentralized identity 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 launched 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 for pop-up events, 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

(presented by @QJ, @Reno)

QJ shared the vision and journey of the Ethereum Community Fund (ECF), introducing the ECF Pensieve — a cutting-edge platform for community intelligence and coordination. Designed to foster decentralized social consensus and build a collaborative knowledge base, this tool redefines how communities connect and grow.

The spotlight then turned to Zuzalu.city, an open-source Community Operating System (C-OS) empowering communities to innovate and coordinate seamlessly. 🌍 Built for interoperability within the Ethereum ecosystem, Zuzalu.city connects users with decentralized applications to fuel creativity and collaboration.

Why Zuzalu.city?

• 🛠 Community OS, imagine the AppStore but in a decentralized way

• 🌐 Interoperability for seamless, trustless and scalable collaboration

• 💡 A vision to empower every community to innovate their own civilization

What is in Zuzalu.city Beta?

Reno introduced a decentralized private scheduling App, featuring:

• Customizable credentials and ticketing using smart contracts.

• NFT check-in added to Pass Solutions (such as Zupass).

• Web2 or Web3 Data flexibility using Ceramic network

• A community calendar for organizing events and gatherings post-event.

Huge thanks to ZuVillage Georgia, Zuitzerland, Cypherhouse for joining ZuCity alpha test! 🎉 ZuCity has gathered amazing feedback and leveled up the event system.

Shout out to ZuGrama and ZuThailand, Lemonade.social and so.la for continous work at user data ownership and interoperability of tools!

These features highlight ZuCity’s commitment to privacy, interoperability, ease-of-use for innovative communities to grow and scale.

Links and contacts:

• Guidebook: https://bit.ly/ZuSoftware-doc

• Socials: https://linktr.ee/zuzalucity

• Contact Point: Veronica & Kelly

(coordinated by @QJ, @Veronica)

(Presented by @Zik)

Zik introduced Cypher house as a co-living project designed to support builders during conferences. The space aims to create a relaxed, home-like atmosphere for participants to collaborate and unwind. It has been tested in various cities like Tokyo and Montenegro and plans to expand its scale and reach internationally .

Contact: https://x.com/Cypher_House

(Presented by @Jason)

Jason introduced the vision, roadmap and progress of zu.coffee, allowing transactions with tokens and integrating with local communities. Features include a demo for a mobile application to facilitate token-based payments in local shops. The AAStar Roadmap (V0.13) outlines a modular journey of account abstraction through five phases: Create, focusing on foundational tools like AirAccount and Comet ENS; Binding, integrating systems with features like D2FA and Web2 contracts; Interaction, enabling monetization through NFT Gas Cards and Notion Plugins; Recovery, ensuring secure social and community recovery with Public Guardian Contracts; and Clear, handling final processes with Executor nodes. This roadmap combines technical innovation, user-centric design, and scalable solutions to enhance decentralized systems and community-driven applications.

It is now integrated into Zuzalu.city, offering seamless decentralized shopping experiences. Designed for rapid deployment, it can be integrated into any website within 30 minutes, making it highly adaptable for community-based and individual projects. With the front end, admins can easily upload and manage items through a Racks Contract, allowing for secure, permissionless trading. Community members benefit from an intuitive interface for browsing, purchasing, and collecting items directly on Zuzalu.city. Zu.Coffee supports privacy, security, and integration with wallets like MetaMask, making it an ideal tool for decentralized marketplaces.

Contact: https://aastar.io/

（Presented by @Josemaria）

Josemaria presented how Zuland, a private, token-gated, decentralized social network where only users with specific credentials can read and write conten, is enhancing Zuzalu.city by powering its social feeds. It focuses on a commenting system and feed that can be integrated into other projects using Ceramic’s ComposeDB and Web3 storage.

Contact:

• https://x.com/AKASHAorg

• https://akasha.org/

• https://x.com/builders_garden

• https://www.builders.garden/

(Presented by @QJ)

QJ highlighted the Ethereum Community Fund’s (ECF) mission to empower decentralized applications through community-driven development and innovative tools. She emphasized the transformative potential of decentralized communities in fostering trust, collaboration, and resilience.

At the forefront of this vision is the ECF Pensieve, a cutting-edge mechanism designed for community intelligence and coordination. By redefining how communities connect, this tool enables decentralized social consensus and builds a collaborative knowledge base, paving the way for stronger, more cohesive decentralized ecosystems.

Contact: https://x.com/ethereumecf

(Presented by @Jiang)

Jiang from Social Layer discussed the integration of various protocols and applications into the community OS to enhance user experience in popup cities. He highlighted the recent gathering in Chiangmai, which demonstrated the potential of integrating different protocols and applications. The focus is on creating a multi-layer architecture that separates storage into different layers, such as Ceramic & IPFS, to aggregate data and build materialized views of events, identities, and social graphs. This approach aims to provide a unified experience for users while maintaining interoperability and decentralization. Jiang emphasized the importance of integrating these technologies to enable seamless interactions and enhance the overall community experience with Community OS (Zuzalu.City).

(Presented by KC)

KC from Lemonade presented on the platform’s capabilities and plans, including interoperability plans with Zuzalu.city! Lemonade is a community-owned platform designed for on-chain human coordination, focusing on events, real estate management for co-working and co-living, and rewards and data ownership. The platform allows users to create “lemonade stands,” which are equipped with censorship-resistant information and permissionless commerce tools, enabling collaboration at scale.

Key features include:

• Event management with on-chain and off-chain ticketing, bottom-up programming, and security measures.

• Native iOS and Android apps for a better user experience at events.

• Customizable reward systems for community engagement and monetization.

• The ability to create collectibles on any EVM-compatible chain.

Lemonade has recently developed an API and SDK stack to enhance interoperability, allowing integration with existing web2 platforms. The platform has seen significant user retention, with 60% of event organizers continuing to use it for future events. Over $2.5 million in ticketing has been processed, with 55% on-chain transactions across Ethereum, Optimism, and Base.

Future plans include integrating with more web2 platforms to meet users where they are and facilitating a seamless transition to on-chain activities. The platform’s governance model, termed “United Stands of Lemonade,” is designed to protect minority rights and ensure bottom-up governance.

Contact: @quesea (Telegram)

(Presented by @Zeugh)

Zeugh from Trustful by Blockful discussed their work on a reputation aggregator system designed to make different reputation systems compatible and comparable. The goal is to allow reputation to be transferable and actionable across various communities, rather than being confined to a single community. This system aims to empower communities to create attestations and use them for resource allocation, role selection, delegate compensation, and voting power. They have conducted MVPs (Minimum Viable Products) in the Stellar ecosystem and a real-life test in ZuVillage Georgia, learning from these experiences to develop a more integrated version. The integration with Zuzalu.city is underway, allowing for direct use on the platform. The focus is on enabling interoperability and actionability of reputation data across different systems.

Contact: blockful.io

(Presented by @QJ, )

QJ introduced Carbonvote as a decentralized governance tool designed to empower communities by enabling transparent, trustless decision-making processes. It focuses on leveraging token-based voting mechanisms, allowing participants to express their preferences or opinions proportional to their token holdings. This tool ensures that every stakeholder’s voice is weighted fairly, reflecting their stake in the ecosystem.

The platform addresses the challenges of traditional governance methods, such as centralized control and lack of transparency, by providing a secure, decentralized infrastructure for proposals and votes. By fostering inclusivity and accountability, Carbonvote supports decentralized communities in aligning on critical decisions, ultimately driving collaborative, consensus-driven growth.

Contact: https://x.com/Zuzalu_city

(Presented by @Joel)

Joel from Ceramic shared insights into the development and purpose of Ceramic. He explained that Ceramic is a database management system designed to synchronize data across multiple nodes in a peer-to-peer manner. This system allows nodes to only synchronize the data they care about, which is particularly useful for projects that require specific data aggregation. Joel highlighted that Ceramic was developed to capture the essence of blockchain technology, such as cryptography and time progression, without the scalability limitations of blockchains like Ethereum. The recent efforts have focused on rewriting the core protocol in Rust to provide more flexible data handling capabilities.

Contact: @ceramicnetwork (X), @joelthorst (Telegram).

(Presented by @Emily)

Emily from Scroll discussed how ScrollPass works on decentralizing and privatizing event ticketing. She highlighted that the original problem was that ZuPass data was stored in a centralized database, and they aimed to move towards a decentralized and private system. Scrollpass collaborated with the ZuCity team to create a proof of concept for decentralized ticketing. The solution involved storing NFT tickets on the Scroll blockchain and using zk-proofing for anonymous ticket ownership verification. The proof generation occurs on the user’s phone, and event organizers can verify the proof through a QR code. Emily noted the challenges of client-side proving, mentioning that their initial implementation took under two minutes, which they aim to improve. The project is open source, and Emily invited contributions from those with expertise in zk circuits.

Contact: @pokemilymon (Telegram)

(Presented by @Dayan)

Dayan from Consensys discussed the evolution of decentralized tools, highlighting the MetaMask Snaps project as a key initiative. MetaMask Snaps enable modular, customizable features for community governance and interaction, enhancing user agency and supporting chain-agnostic trust and reputation systems. He emphasized the challenges of transitioning from centralized to decentralized systems while maintaining functionality and scalability, focusing on empowering users through community-driven tools.

Dayan also addressed efforts to decentralize organizational operations, including governance, employee management, and financial structures, ensuring transparency and open-source principles. His vision involves creating foundational infrastructures that adapt and grow with communities, reflecting the decentralized ethos.

By drawing insights from real-world implementations, Dayan stressed the importance of continuous improvement to build resilient and interoperable systems that foster trust and collaboration across decentralized communities​

Contact: @dayksx (Telegram)

(Presented by @Veronica)

The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), signed on October 31, 2024, outlines a collaboration between LexClinic (Co) with RaidGuild and Ethereum Community Fund (ECF) with ZuVillage.eth. The purpose is to integrate innovative solutions into the Zuzalu.city tech stack, including:

1. KaliBerger: Developed by LexClinic, aiming for completion by December 2024 for ZuGrama ads.

2. iNFT: Built by ZuVillage’s @bestape, focusing on JSONstate, with completion targeted for ZuGrama applications in December 2024.

3. Inverted-precedent QF yeeter: A donation system enabling rage quits if spending proposals are disagreed upon.

The MoU specifies mutual rights, responsibilities, and the governance framework, including confidentiality, dispute resolution via arbitration under New York law, and a non-partnership clause. Termination conditions and severability provisions are detailed, ensuring flexibility and legal clarity. This agreement aims to foster innovation and shared development in decentralized tools and applications.

Contact: kyle@ixian.tech

(Presented by @Xenofon)

Xenofon from ZuForever presented ZuCasa, a project aimed at providing housing solutions for Web3 events and communities. ZuCasa addresses the challenges of housing, which is often expensive and difficult to coordinate for teams and communities wanting to stay together. The project books accommodations six months in advance to secure discounts and issues NFTs representing room bookings. These NFTs can be traded on a secondary market, allowing for speculation on housing prices. ZuCasa has already implemented housing solutions in Lisbon, Thailand, and during Devcon, with plans to expand to major Web3 conferences and pop-up cities. The project aims to eventually cater to broader markets, including sporting events and music festivals, by offering community-based housing solutions. ZuCasa is currently seeking investment to further its growth and reach.

Contact: @Xenofon (Telegram)

(Presented by @Jesse)

Jesse introduced community graphs built by maitri.network, a social media OS enhancing social graphs and providing an interoperability layer for apps to share network effects while competing uniquely. It augments social graphs with community graphs, and also provides an interoperability layer for applications to share network effects while competing on other dimensions.

Contact: https://www.maitri.network/

(Presented by @Kiba)

Kiba discussed PopUp.Capital, a project focused on exploring alternative funding mechanisms beyond traditional grants and venture capital. The aim is to support projects that are sustainable and profitable without needing to sell equity to VCs. PopUp.Capital aggregates different funding mechanisms to provide options like credits or lotteries, helping communities finance their initiatives. Kiba mentioned a past project, MetaCamp, a 10-day unconference in Costa Rica, which was funded using these alternative methods. The platform aims to provide financial solutions for community events and projects, offering a directory of events and financial opportunities for funders and organizers. The website for more information is PopUp.Capital.

Contact: @kibagateaux (Telegram)

(Presented by @Umar)

Umar shared Gitcoin’s pivot towards focusing more broadly on capital allocation, leveraging lessons from 22 rounds of quadratic funding. He highlighted that capital allocation involves any spending of money, whether on everyday items like coffee or larger expenses like flights. Umar introduced the On-Chain Capital Allocation Handbook, which compiles various historical mechanisms for allocating capital, addressing issues such as gatekeeping and scalability in traditional systems. By bringing these mechanisms on-chain, Gitcoin aims to create more democratic, precise, and scalable solutions.

He mentioned several mechanisms, including quadratic funding, retro funding, prediction markets, and conviction voting. Quadratic funding is well-known for its democratic nature, while retro funding focuses on rewarding past valuable contributions. Prediction markets allow for decision-making based on future outcomes, and conviction voting gives more influence to those who hold their conviction longer.

Umar introduced the Allo Protocol, a set of smart contracts designed to facilitate the creation of capital allocation mechanisms. The protocol includes the Allo Kit for launching web apps, the Allo Strategy for defining allocation mechanisms, and the Allo Register for handling project metadata and permissions. This protocol is intended to be modular and easily adaptable for developers interested in building on top of it.

Contact: allobook.gitcoin.co

(Presented by @Eric Annan)

Eric Annan discussed AyaHQ, a platform aimed at connecting African talent to global opportunities. He highlighted the disparity in privileges and opportunities between the West and Africa, which he observed during his participation in Zuzalu. AyaHQ serves as a tool to aggregate data on African talent, showcasing their work and projects. The platform has already amassed 1,500 builders and facilitated over 80 projects and 70 hackathons. Annan emphasized the need to address primary layers of development in Africa, suggesting that the continent’s young population will play a significant role in the future. He invited others to visit Africa to better understand and trust the talent there, noting that the continent will increasingly become a hub for technological applications.

(Presented by @Alberto and @ Vlad)

Vlad and Alberto presented Housing Teris, which emerged from a hackathon. The project aims to address the challenges associated with housing, particularly the issue of housing assignments. They identified the problem of open booking systems, which often involve Excel sheets where individuals position themselves in rooms, leading to privacy concerns and potential manipulation. On the other hand, they noted that algorithmic booking solutions can be opaque and lack transparency.

Their proposed solution is a hybrid approach that combines room matching with a centralized system to empower organizers. This approach aims to balance transparency and efficiency, allowing for a more organized and fair allocation of housing. They plan to implement this solution as a proof of concept in Zuitzerland next year, with the goal of scaling it to multiple locations and improving the overall housing experience for communities.

(Presented by @Nico)

Nico presented LottoPGF, a protocol designed to launch permissionless lotteries to fund public goods. He highlighted the historical use of lotteries in funding significant projects like Harvard, the Great Wall of China, and Caesar Augustus’s Rome, emphasizing their potential for community fundraising. The protocol aims to address issues of manipulation, inefficiency, and lack of transparency in traditional lotteries by using verifiable randomness secured by Ethereum. LottoPGF is permissionless, allowing anyone to create a lottery for a cause, and ensures fairness and transparency through smart contracts, eliminating financial intermediaries. Nico mentioned recent developments, including successful audits of the V1 contracts, inclusion in the On-chained Capital Allocation Handbook, and participation in an accelerator for quadratic funding. Additionally, LottoPGF has been integrated with Zuzalu City and is collaborating with other projects like Lemonade and Social Layer. The protocol was also used in a real-world scenario to raise funds for flood relief at the Archipelago pop-up city event.

Contact: @lottopgf (X, Farcaster, Telegram) -> DM @nicnode (Telegram)

(Presented by @zizonchain)

@zizonchain shared his initiative to interview founders in the Web3 space, focusing on understanding the obstacles they face and their priorities among time, capital, or expertise. He aims to create a common knowledge repository to make this information publicly accessible, facilitating connections among projects. They use a simple toolkit consisting of a phone and microphone for these interviews. Zizonchain is seeking advice on additional tools to enhance this repository and encourages founders to share questions they wish to be asked, highlighting the importance of these interviews for community building and knowledge sharing.

Contact: @zizonchain (X)

Links and contacts:

• Documentation & Stories: https://bit.ly/ZuSoftware-doc

• Join Builder Chat: https://matrix.to/#/#zuzalusoftware:matrix.org

• Socials: https://linktr.ee/zuzalucity

• Contact Point: Veronica & Kelly