Is it overstating the problem of censorship on Ethereum if excluded transactions are eventually validated at a later time? Enter the proverbial boiling frog…
Slowly at first, then all at once. Creeping normality is a process by which a major change can be accepted as normal if it happens slowly through small, often unnoticeable, increments of change.
Stating the problem of censorship another way; can equal and fair competition happen on a public blockchain if the infrastructure, base layer is not credibly neutral? You can build a permissioned network on top of a permissionless one but the inverse is not true.
There are few things better than a healthy debate. The topic of credible neutrality on Ethereum is contentious and substantial.
For Gnosis Chain, we’re committed to credible neutrality at the level of core protocol development. Without privilege or prejudice and irrespective of the content, all transactions will be treated the same on Gnosis Chain. We believe that this is only possible if the network is secured by a geographically diverse community of validators around the world.
The topic of credible neutrality was also discussed in the latest episode of the Epicenter podcast between Friederike Ernst, co-founder of Gnosis, and Vitalik Buterin.
Updates 🦉
Chiado Testnet and The Merge 🚧
GNO on Chiado!
It’s now possible to use GNO on the Chiado testnet ~
Pull Requests and Gnosis Docs
Zero Knowledge Podcast
Gnosis co-founder, Martin Koppelmann joined the Zero Knowledge Podcast recently to discuss the zkBridge on Gnosis Chain along with other current events in the Ethereum ecosystem.
🙏 Praise Reward System
Praise is live on the Gnosis Chain Discord! Praise is a reward system paid in $GNO to incentivize at-home validators. If you’re a validator make sure that you have the ‘Gnosis Chain Validator’ role on the Gnosis Chain Discord. Drop by the #validator channel and ask for the role.
CoW Announces Cow Grants! 🐄
Gnosis DAO
Did you know that anyone can post a GIP on the Gnosis Forum? Join our Discord and we’ll show you how. For a full overview, be sure to head over to the forum.
GnosisDAO Forum🦉
Ways to improve the decentralization of Gnosis Chain
Recent Snapshot Activity ⚡️
GIP-70: Should GnosisDAO pass a Grant Proposal to partner with Gateway.fm? Voting ends Nov 2, 2022
GIP-69: Should Gnosis Partner with DAOhaus to Support DAO tooling on Gnosis Chain? Voting concluded Oct 21, 2022 🔴 Failed Quorum
🏔 of the Week
A few weekly tidbits highlighting regular goings on.
🏘 DAO of the Week: MetaFactory DAO
MetaFactory specializes in signature clothing drops, operating like a service DAO to collaborate with other DAOs, protocols, and groups. They aim to maximize the collectibility and ownership-clout factor— with many products traveling seamlessly between physical and virtual worlds. MetaFactory operates physical micro-factories in Berlin and New York City, emphasizing scalable, sustainable, zero-waste production.
Purchases and community participation are rewarded with the $ROBOT token, allowing contributors to be part of the MetaFactory DAO and participate in governance.
To learn more and discover how to get involved, visit metafactory.ai or the MetaFactory Virtual Storefront.
Azuro’s Bet of the Week on bookmaker.XYZ
It’s time for the weekly check-in with Azuro Protocol and their first betting front-end, bookmaker.xyz.
For the last 2 weeks, we have been hosting a team-based betting competition for the community at XYZ, we have dubbed it “Betting Battle Royale”… Teams of 3 are competing against one another to see who will be crowned our first Battle Royale champions!
We’ve seen a spectacular performance from teams at the top of the leaderboard, with the top 2 teams holding triple-digit PnL%. We want to highlight some of the top teams’ best moments this week
First Place
Team Badhabits: 132% PnL
Bets: 24
Won: 17
Team Badhabits were quite late to the party but came out swinging to secure the number 1 spot. Their best bet had to be FC Internazionale - Viktoria Plzen. Bet on Total Goals over 3.5 with 100 xDAI. This bet secured them not only 212 xDAI payout but the number 1 spot on the leaderboard!
Honourable Mention
Team OnlyFans: 4.88% PnL
Bets 22
Won: 9
Our honorable mention goes to team OnlyFans. They were in second place earlier last week with 50%+ PnL. They decided to risk it all in one large bet on high odds to see if they could secure the number 1 spot. Unfortunately, it didn’t go their way but they are still representing a very respectable return despite the loss.
You can tell there were a lot of strategies involved with this team! GG
With 4 days left until the Battle Royale concludes, it’s still anyone’s game! Firm handshakes to all the teams competing!
🙏 Thank you
Come say hi in the Gnosis Chain Discord. Join us for the next GnosisDAO Community Call on the 10th of November at 5PM CET, GnosisDAO Twitter Spaces.
See you on-chain,
Gnosis Chain Team