Explore the most common DAO tools ! pt.2

In addition to the 6 main categories analysed in the previous lesson, there are more DAO tools on the market. Dive in to learn about the best business tools for your DAO and their importance!

7. Discussion: 

a.   Discourse: a modern open source forum to discuss governance issues relevant to the DAO.
b.   Discord: a voice, video and text chat app for talking to the community.
c.  Telegram: a messaging app focused on speed and security; Telegram groups can have up to 200,000 members.
d.   Twitter: social news and blogging service.
e. Signal: private messaging app favoured by people who appreciate privacy; regardless the DAO structure, members need to communicate effectively at large scale and these DAO communication tools allow decentralised teams to interact 24/7.

8.    Content/Product:

a.  Mirror: the first decentralised publishing platform for writers, revolutionising the way we express, share and monetise our thoughts.
b.    GitHub: is a social networking site for developers.
c.    Medium: online publishing platform.

9.    Fronted & Analytics:

a.    DeepDAO: another tool for analysing and sharing every metric in the DAO ecosystem.
b.   Board room: there are many DAOs and governance frameworks and, as a DAO contributor, it is difficult to keep up to date with the latest proposals. The interfaces for each DAO are also different. Boardroom provides a central place where participants can see, at a glance, all the DAOs they have joined and understand the associated voting requirements. 
c.    DAOHaus: is a code-free platform for the start-up and operation of DAOs.
d.   Messari: provides market insights for the crypto economy, bringing quantitative/qualitative analysis for a smarter participation.

10.    Compensation:

a.    Superfluid: is a real-time payment tool that enables programmable and streaming payments.
b.    Opolis: enables to independent workers (such as freelancers or DAOs) to access benefits typically reserved for companies (e.g. medical insurance and retirement plans).
c.    Roll: The Roll network mints branded digital tokens (social money) . These tokens allow a creator to own, control and coordinate value within their community.
d.    Sablier: payroll tool based on Ethereum, Polygon and Binance Smart Chain.
e.   Smart Invoice: a sophisticated invoicing tool that manages payments between organisations (also called 'customers') and freelancers (also called 'suppliers').
f.   Utopia: is an app that connects to Gnosis Safes and allows DAO managers to set up recurring payments (e.g. salaries), receive payment/refund requests from members and create an annotated transaction history for approved and rejected payments.

11.    Access:

a.   Collab.land: Controls access to groups or functions protected by tokens. It manages membership based on token ownership, confirming that each potential member has the required tokens to join and participate in the community, with routine checks to confirm that members continually comply with requirements.
b.    Unlock protocol: provides creators with the ability to add 'locks' to their content or creations to ensure that only members can access them. The lock is a smart contract distributed on the Ethereum blockchain that defines the terms of membership.
c.   Mintgate: is a platform that allows users to create new NFTs that can include unlockable content or generate controlled links for token holders. Token gating is, therefore, a way to enhance an NFT, giving it more value. In addition to owning the content in a video or audio NFT, you can also ensure that only its holders can access that content.

When you create a standard NFT, only a select number of people can own and sell it, but anyone can still view the art or content it refers to. Mintegate is particularly useful for keeping sensitive information for the right audience, as your content goes from being a goods to a commodity that you completely control.

12.    Identity: 

a.  ENS: takes exactly the same concept as Domain Name Service (DNS) but adapts it to the needs of Ethereum users.
b.   IDX: is a new decentralised identity and user data management protocol across ecosystems that offers users a way to enjoy the benefits of having a single unified digital identity that works with all Web3 platforms.
c.   BrightID: allows people to provide proof to applications that they are not using multiple accounts. It attempts to solve the unique identity problem by creating and analysing a social graph.
No one can create multiple accounts. All users have their own unique BrightID.

Basicallyy every successful DAO starts with an engaged and active community. Building a community should be first on the list.

One of the most important things to set up the pilot project is to make sure that the right people are involved. 

We recommend to involve a heterogeneous team, composed of people who can : 

• understand the impact of DAOs on your organisation and its stakeholders;
• understand the technologies behind DAOs;
• communicate the opportunities and implications of DAO throughout the organisation.

Remember that if you decide to build a DAO, your community will be the key factor of your success.

Contrary to popular belief, building a community is not just about having a Discord, a Telegram group or posting on Twitter. A thriving community is the result of Web3 builders and enthusiasts people who put their users and supporters first. 

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