We're decentralizing Hats with a protoDAO

Why? Because we're building Hats Protocol to be a digital public utility: credibly neutral infrastructure for the next generation of organizations

Here's a look at how we're incubating the protoDAO and what's coming next:

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Organizations work better with Hats. Save time, automate onboarding, and make better decisions with programmable onchain roles.

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The Hats ecosystem is divided into distinct contribution zones (h/t 
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Stewards govern the shared resources of Hats protoDAO & support  progressive decentralization

Contributors build with Hats, create new modules, and are rewarded for the value they create

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Now in its 3rd season, Hats protoDAO includes 38 stewards and 60 contributors who have been recognized and rewarded for the value they’ve created with Hats protoREP: onchain reputation points that convert to governance power via the Steward hat

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We are honored to have an incredible set of Stewards, including from top onchain organizations across the space --- like @charmverse
@coordinape @crowdmuse 0xFoster @gnosis-guild @makerdao @publicnouns @purple @premiablue @radworks @raidguild @superrare @rehash @safe Sobol @tally & more

Each season, the protoDAO proposes and gains new authorities (via its hat, of course) as the project progressively decentralizes

This will continue until protocol governance is fully decentralized and the protoDAO will have become a true DAO

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Authorities that have already been granted to the protoDAO in the first two seasons include:
• Distribute Hats protoREP
• Maintain the Hats Modules Registry
• Publish Hats ecosystem data standards
• Endorse official Hats events
• Create individual roles within the protoDAO

The protoDAO's specific authorities exist in addition to components that are already available for open-source contribution and permissionless usage across the Hats Protocol Stack, as seen in the graphic below: https://blog.hatsprotocol.xyz/hats-modules

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With each season the protoDAO builds new capacities. Season 3 priorities include
• Permissionless role staking & hat creation
• Sharing Farcaster casting rights & channel curation w/ Hats FarcasterDelegator
• Creating a tipping mechanism
• Improving contribution tracking

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Hats Protocol 🧢

Join us as we strive to create & steward the best possible primitive for programmable organizations

Claim your community member hat below to join the Hats Telegram group, and contribute to the growing /hatsprotocol channel on Farcaster

Join us as we strive to create & steward the best possible primitive for programmable organizations

Claim your community member hat below to join the Hats Telegram group, and contribute to the growing /hatsprotocol channel on Farcaster

https://hatsprotocol.deform.cc/community/

Major tips of the cap to all the Season 3 Hats Stewards (see all the Steward hat wearers below) and to contributors earning protoREP in Season 2!

And finally, thank you to our 243 (and growing) community members!

These Hats wearers, builders, and contributors have created an incredible space for sharing, learning, and exploration as we advance the frontier of programmable organizations together

See the full post on /paragraph here: https://blog.hatsprotocol.xyz/hats-protodao-s3

Or read on below for a summary thread ꜜ