ProposalsProposal 591

A Self Sustainable Noun o'clock (Design Research Project)

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Quorum: 96
Proposed by
0xae47...5Fed
, sponsored by
0xDCb4...5E5e

tldr: expand Nouns in aesthetics, community, resources & tools via Noun o'clock.

Hi Nouns DAO, thank you for the thoughtful advice given for 'Enjoy... Prop 547'. I've scaled down to a less product specific but more focused proposal of going deep into Nouns & surfacing fun stuff at Noun o'clock.

I have been working on a design project for Lil Nouns over the past 12 months (see part 1, part 2, part 3), documenting the process and helping people get onchain at Lils. As a result of the Lil design research project, /noc and probe.wtf have come about pretty organically as fun things to make: absurd Nounish trivia, and tools to help you play games at Noun o'clock. With the luxury of working every day on this, I can massively grow the reach, improve these tools, and help people develop a deeper connection with Nouns (and each other) via art, games and shared experiences at Noun o'clock.

I want to graduate this project/funding request to Nouns for a few main reasons:

  • Much of the research/design/art has become/is organically Nounish
  • I want to document the Lils-to-Nouns path/graduation
  • I can bridge Lils/Nouns closer together via art/tools/events/initiatives e.g. I'm building explorer tools for both collections, gifting lil nouns to nouns auction winners, Lil Nouns is sponsoring /noc - showcase the value for Nouns within Lil Nouns, and vice versa
  • Identified (small) demand for more gamification around Noun o'Clock e.g. more info-rich settling ux, reserving your dream Noun, hardcore trivia, daily noun art celebration, winning cool prizes

noun.wtf/dream

In Dream Mode, anyone can build the Noun of their dreams. Once reserved for 0.1e, the Noun is added to the Dream Gallery (forever) and will auto-settle if it ever appears at noc:

Will host this gallery and reserve/builder tool in multiple locations inc. probe.wtf/dream and noun.wtf/dream. It will become a gallery curated by artists, art lovers and Nouns enjoyers.

I've been making nounish art for a few years and more recently have become active in governance both at Lil Nouns and Nouns since a ~year with 50+ votes at Nouns onchain (93% with reason), 215 votes/89% participation rate Nouncil, and via zeroweight.eth (mainly weigh in where I can add value e.g. product design related conversation).

I am a frequent rounds participant at Nouns and I believe the combination of Farcaster/Rounds/Noun O'Clock creates this great opportunity for impactful fun here. Today (Fri July 12 2024) I've started the pilot of daily rounds on /noc - currently at a modest 66 followers of core supporters. As of most recent update to this prop (Tue 30 July) the channel is at 170+ people and /noc has just sponsored the first daily microgrant.

Requesting 12.5e to complete dev deliverables inc smart contract dev + audits. Requesting additional 32e to setup an Ethereum validator, to fund this initiative indefinitely. I believe this can set a precedent for funding sustainable initiatives and hopefully shows my long term alignment with the mission of Ethereum and Nouns. In addition to the digital aspect of this project, I am requesting a budget to create a physical device that tracks Noun o'clock. This would be a small production run of limited editions to give away and showcase at events etc. The physical design project would be overseen by myself and Particle Studio, we have worked on projects together for over a decade and have discussed multiple ideas prior to this including indestructible Noggles and the World's Smallest βŒβ—¨-β—¨ Keyboard, the guys are based in London and extremely Nounish.

Deliverables:

  • Build for Noun o'Clock (daily rounds + weekly trivia at /noc - see notes at end)
  • Dream-Nouns smart contract to automint at noc + frontend at noun.wtf/dream and probe.wtf/dream
  • Expand the probe meme by going deeper into Nouns art/design (more sort/search features, view modes, holder info, notable trades, community wiki) - will also host everything at noun.wtf
  • Provide resources for community (noun/brand asset downloads, apis)
  • Noun o'clock tracker (physical device for e.g. a crystal ball or cuckoo clock)

Remuneration:

  • 10e estimated for dev scope (inc 'playground/builder' front end & dream noun smart contract + exploring and adding new search/sort functionality)
  • 2.5e estimated for audit costs
  • 32e for validator to fund future upgrades + maintenance and server costs indefinitely
  • 10e estimated for a physical noun o'clock device that tells absurdist time based on Noun o'clock (small production run)
  • Noun 911

Everything created will be open source / public domain

Timeline:

  • 90 days - Dream Mode smart contract deployed with frontend noun.wtf/dream
  • 180 days - Noun o'clock physical device
  • Forever - Weekly trivia & games at Noun o'clock

All sprints (done with particle studio for physical and mshrm studio mentioned in Prop 547 for digital) documented in weekly + monthly propdates. Once these deliverables are complete, more features will be added to the explorers / can be requested via Farcaster at /probe. I don't plan to ask for additional funding as I think I can sustain the weekly trivia at /noc forever and moderate the channel for daily content. For that reason, I am adding a request for Noun 911 (my favourite Noun) as I may never get another chance to ask.

I am pursuing funding / cosponsors from other communities inc Lil Nouns and Base and will continue to reach out and work with other likeminded people/orgs to expand the reach of Noun o'clock. I can commit to working daily on this to serve Nouns + take it beyond the immediate community and help grow this daily celebration of internet culture. This prop also sends 1.8e to Index Card as a retro reward for starting trivia, he then encouraged me to do it (and is still very much involved, telling me the answers).

Thanks Nouns DAO for your time and consideration,

Lil Pipe

https://warpcast.com/pip

https://x.com/60r90

Notes:

History of Tuesday Trivia Questions thus far

Week 1 (Winner: brettdrawsstuff)

Q: Which noun(s) has the least amount of colors? (includes background)

A: 484, 998

Week 2 (Winner: krel but donated prize back)

Q: What’s so unique about this playground noun?

A: These are the only traits that use these colors in the entire collection. Each background is also the only instance of those colors being used.

Week 3 (No Winner)

Q: I have drawn a nounish prawn using the colours 555353 D29607 FBC311 #? E4AFA3 - what colour is #?

A: F8CE47

Week 4 (No Winner)

Q: Finish this finite sequence: FFFDF4, FFFDF2, FDF008, FFF006 , ??????, ??????

A: F9F4E6, F9F5E9

Week 5 (No Winner)

Q: Name these two colours, most nounish wins, but there is only one correct answer for each

A: 'log' and 'old-gum'

Week 6 (No Winner)

Q: complete the 32x32px image

A: early sandcastle by @facu

///////////////// Popup noob trivia (Winner: brettdrawsstuff)

Week 7 (No Winner)

Q: This wonderful Noun today got me thinking about all the invisible glasses out there (glasses frames = colour of head therefore are invisible) first to list them all in a reply wins

A: 683, 729, 830, 943, 1051

Week 8 (No Trivia)

Prop 1+

Week 9 (No Winner)

Q: Did you know there are some Nouns traits containing errors? E.g. missing/extra/wrong pixels. First one to reply detailing all the errors wins (list each trait)

A: Backpack, Fax Machine, Film Strip

Week 10 (No Winner)

Q: What do these 5 Nouns (10, 45, 168, 713, 1102) have in common that these 5 Nouns (23, 74, 78, 487, 1009) don't?

A: Emojis

Week 11 (No Winner)

Q: Who is this Noun?

A: Carnegie Nounsworth

Week 12 - 12DOT

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