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Just DAO It! is a podcast for people starting DAOs. Are you thinking about starting a DAO? Just DAO It! Every episode will cover recent DAO news, tweets, and posts from around the web. We’ll break down what the news means for you and combine it with great advice from people who have started or contributed to successful DAOs. Disclaimer: Just DAO It! is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Just DAO It does **not** contain any legal or financial advice. MIDAO also does not provide legal or financial advice, and nor does your host, yours truly. Just DAO It! is hosted by Adam Miller, the founder of MIDAO, the company that provides legal entities for DAOs.

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February 19, 2025Episode 681 hr 28 min

Just DAO It! Interview with Puncar from How to DAO and MotherDAO

This week's guests:On this week’s Just DAO It, we welcome guest Jan Brezina (Puncar), who recently released his book, How to DAO: Mastering the Future of Internet Coordination. Beyond drafting this book, he’s currently working on another DAO, MotherDAO, a decentralized network where AI agents work, govern, and grow. Puncar is truly a DAO OG, as he co-founded Bankless Consulting, the DAO Governance Collective, and Workout DAO, among other projects. We look forward to having this DAO expert on the podcast!Check out the book here:How to DAO: Mastering the Future of Internet Coordination: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/729257/how-to-dao-by-kevin-owocki-and-puncar-foreword-by-don-tapscott/ Find us on Socials:@PuncarH2D on Twitter@puncar on Farcaster@0xThriller on Twitter@thethriller on Farcaster@leohenkels on Twitter@leohenkels on Farcaster

December 19, 2024Episode 671 hr 29 min

Just DAO It! DAO News & Interview with Travis and Sam from DAOHaus

This week's guests:On this week’s Just DAO It, we welcome guests Travis and Sam from DAOHaus, a no-code DAO launchpad built using the Moloch V3 governance toolkit. Beyond working together on DAOHaus, they’ve also helped build or contribute to: Yeeter, Bootleggers, Raid Guild, Meta Cartel, and RaidBrood, among other projects. Most recently, they’ve been experimenting at the intersection of DAOs and Farcaster, a sufficiently decentralized social network. Their current project is called Farcastles, and they’ve received a grant from the Octant Accelerator to continue developing it. We look forward to having these DAO experts on the podcast!Relevant Resources Mentioned in the Show:California Court Rules DAO Members Can Face Legal Liability as Business PartnersBIO Protocol DAOs Get Backing From Binance Labs and Tarun Chitra on Twitter / X weighs inDecentralization Is Why We Fight for CryptoICOs are back? Good Conversation Sparked Under This Tweet: Haseeb ＞|＜ on Twitter / XAave DAO considers exiting Polygon after a proposed bridgeFind us on Socials:@samskuhlmann on Twitter@samskuhlmann on Farcaster@earth2travis on Twitter@earth2travis on Farcaster@0xThriller on Twitter@thethriller on Farcaster@leohenkels on Twitter@leohenkels on Farcaster

October 3, 2024Episode 661 hr 1 min

Just DAO It! Lawyer Series: Featuring Tatyana Cerullo

Introducing the Just DAO It Lawyer Series:On this episode, leading Marshall Islands DAO Lawyer Tatyana Cerullo and MIDAO Co-Founder Adam Miller sit down for a discussion about DAO legal issues, Tatyana's experience with DAOs, Operating Agreements for DAO LLCs, and a recent controversial post on X from Gabriel ShapiroFind us on Socials:@RMILawyer on Twitter@0xThriller on Twitter@thethriller on Farcaster@leohenkels on Twitter@leohenkels on Farcaster

October 1, 2024Episode 651 hr 23 min

Just DAO It! DAO News & Interview with Anthony and Jessica from Aragon

This week's guest:On this week’s Just DAO It, we welcome guests Anthony Leutenegger, CEO of Aragon, and Jessica Smith, Head of Communications at Aragon. Aragon is a no-code DAO platform that lets you launch a DAO. You can mint tokens, create a governance structure, and onboard your community from the same Dashboard. They've been one of the leading DAO tools in the space for several years now and have helped launch some of the most prominent DAOs in crypto. It's exciting to have these two esteemed guests join our stream!Relevant Resources Mentioned in the Show:Mango Markets Mull $500K CFTC Settlement Amid ‘Ongoing’ InvestigationSnapshot, Popular DAO Voting Platform, Finally Moves On-Chain, Atop StarknetAragon Unveils Gasless Voting On-ChainDAOs Need a Vibe Check - Compound Governance OverviewCrypto Governance is Slept On@votecaster Is the First GovernancePplatform for Farcaster-first DAOsFind us on Socials:@A_Leutenegger on Twitter@leuts.eth on Farcaster@heyjessicasmith on Twitter@heyjessicasmith on Farcaster @0xThriller on Twitter@thethriller on Farcaster@leohenkels on Twitter@leohenkels on Farcaster

August 14, 2024Episode 6448 min

Just DAO It! MIDAO Breaks Down the 2024 Marshall Islands DAO Regulation

This week's guest:On this week’s Just DAO It, join Leo Henkels and Adam Miller from MIDAO as they break down the recent DAO Regulation passed in the Marshall Islands. They'll dive into what it means for Marshall Islands DAO LLCs and the regulatory landscape for DAOs in general! Tune in to learn more about the Marshall Islands and its relationship with DAOs!Relevant Resources Mentioned in the Show:RMI DAO Regulation: https://docsend.com/view/ku2747hgg4ean8b7RMI DAO Legislation: https://docsend.com/view/duyb4848wvpkr5cw Balaji Podcast: https://thenetworkstate.com/episode/cryptoislandsMIDAO Blog Page: https://www.midao.org/blogFind us on Socials:@leohenkels on Twitter@leohenkels on Farcaster@0xThriller on Twitter@thethriller on Farcaster@MIDAODS on Twitter @JustDAOItPod on Twitter @MIDAO on Farcaster

July 11, 2024Episode 631 hr 29 min

Just DAO It! DAO News & Interview with Al Mithani from BCard

This week's guest:On this week’s Just DAO It, we welcome on guest, Al Mithani, aka “Links.” Links is a DAO OG who got his introduction into the web3 world as a core contributor at BanklessDAO, where he led the Grants Committee while spearheading some major governance overhauls. He now champions BCard, a debit card that allows web3 communities to fund themselves by redirecting tradFi fees from banks to their favorite DAOs. Between DAOing, you can find Links sharing founder and DAO experience on Farcaster @links and on Twitter @almithani.News of the week:‘Raider’ investors are looting DAOs — Nouns and Aragon share lessons learnedEntropy Advisors on Twitter / X - "DAO delegates dealing with too many votes?"Lido DAO Votes To Appoint Entity to Respond In Pending Class Action LitigationDecentralized Science: A Better Way to Fund and Grow Breakthrough IdeasZynCoin Meme Token Patches Things Up With Tobacco Giant Philip MorrisCardano Community Elects Inaugural Constitutional Committee MembersAave DAO Delegate Takes Aim at MakerDAO Over Spark Profit Sharing Deal - UnchainedFind us on Twitter:@almithani@getbcard@MIDAODS@JustDAOItPod@0xThriller@leohenkels

June 27, 2024Episode 621 hr 23 min

Just DAO It! DAO News & Interview with Arnold Almeida from Lighthouse

This week's guest:On this week’s Just DAO It, we welcome Arnold Almeida, known as 1a35e1 (the hexadecimal code for "Blue"). He's the founder of Lighthouse, a mobile native client that helps users (new and old) participate in on-chain communities. Right now, Lighthouse works with Snapshot-enabled DAOs and custom Open Zeppelin Governor-based DAOs such as Nouns, Optimism, and Uniswap. Their mission is to help users participate in on-chain communities and help these organizations grow and engage their communities.News of the week:Crypto Zeinab on Twitter / X: "A deep dive into DeXe..."Tally Unveils New Liquid Staked Governance ProtocolCurve DAO Token (CRV) Price Plunges 30% Amid Founder's Liquidationa16z crypto on Twitter / X: "a16z's resources to learn about DAOs"Julian Assange Freed with 11k ETH: Assange DAO's Victory - Altcoin BuzzHedera Abandons Decentralization, Removes Community Nodes from RoadmapA couple of posts describing the relationship between Co-ops and DAOs: Warpcast & What Co-ops and DAOs Can Learn From Each OtherFind us on Twitter:@1a35e1@LighthouseGov@MIDAODS@JustDAOItPod@0xThriller@leohenkels

June 17, 2024Episode 611 hr 28 min

Just DAO It! DAO News & Interview with Bryan Petes from Sobol

This week's guest:On this week’s Just DAO It, we welcome Bryan Peters, known as BPetes. He's the founder of Team Sobol, where they're building applications like tipster.bot and sobol.io. Everything they're building is backed by the mission to accelerate the global transition to decentralized work. He's currently active as a Steward at HatsProtocol, ProtoDAO, and a delegate at RnDAO and DimoDAO. In previous crypto chapters, BPetes was an early contributor to BanklessDAO, a founding citizen at CityDAO, a member of the Consensys Mesh during the Hub and Spoke era of 2017, and a product portfolio leader in a rapidly growing startup in the SmartCity sector.News of the week:BDA legal committee establishes new DAOZkSync introduces a decentralized governance framework called ZK Nationvitalik.eth on Twitter / X: "On this cycle’s celebrity experimentation so far"Why the future of democracy could depend on your group chatsDigital assets and DAOs: new theories of liabilityCardano’s next upgrade makes it more like a DAO@Coulter on Warpcast: "Is incorporating a DAO contradicting its purpose? Find us on Twitter:@BryanPetes@TeamSobol@MIDAODS@JustDAOItPod@0xThriller@leohenkels

June 10, 2024Episode 601 hr 30 min

Just DAO It! DAO News & Interview with Graham from Mezzanine

This week's guest:On this week’s Just DAO It, we welcome on guest, Graham Novak, from Mezzanine Labs. Mezzanine is building an open-source library of applications that makes it easy for anyone to operate an onchain organization. Organizations choose from an expanding list of features, all under a unified interface. Prior to founding Mezzanine, Graham was a partner at SALT’s crypto fund, started ConstitutionDAO, led crypto investing at 28th Street Ventures, and previously founded NomadX.News of the week:CityDAO on Twitter / X: "Citizens - it's time for an important vote. Should CityDAO return our remaining funds to Citizens?"Dan Robinson on Twitter / X: "It’s disappointing to see a large VC try to bully the token governance process and delay community proposals at the last minute in order to advance their own pet projects" DAO Accelerationism Movement Aims to Advance Decentralized OrganizationsCrypto Governance Advisory MetaLeX Raises $2.75MWhy Arbitrum Might Shower Crypto Games with $200mThe Sandbox's DAO Launch Raises Concerns Over Centralized Control and Weighted VotingFind us on Twitter:@mezzaninelabs@gnovak_@MIDAODS@JustDAOItPod@0xThriller@leohenkels

April 15, 2024Episode 591 hr 27 min

Just DAO It! DAO News & Interview with Isaac from Code and State

This week's guest:On this week’s Just DAO It, we welcome on guest, Isaac Valadez. Isaac is a leading developer, investor, and thought leader in the ICP ecosystem, working on and building several projects, including Code and State, the ICP Community Conference, and Ntangle! If you’re interested in learning about DAOs on ICP, Isaac is the person to talk to!News of the week:Sushi Team Under Fire For Proposed Treasury TakeoverDAOs Beware: Neo-Imperialism Is on the Rise in Crypto-LandVana Launches Reddit Data DAO Enabling Users to Control and Monetize Their DataSEC serves Wells notice to UniswapOptimism DAO delegates now get accountability scores — but not everyone thinks it’s fairAssangeDAO’s crypto activities suspicious, analysts urge cautionFind us on Twitter:@codeandstate@isaac_icp@MIDAODS@JustDAOItPod@0xThriller@leohenkels