Welcome back for another issue of The Bulletin Bored, where I provide news, analytics, and other information on the Apecoin DAO. Who here likes games? Starting this week, I’ll be posting a trivia question in the introduction with the answer appearing near the footer of the following week’s issue. Maybe there will be some kind of reward for the person who provides the most correct answers. Let’s see who has been paying attention 👀

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• BoredIP announced they now accept crypto, including ApeCoin

• Sandeep Nailwal, founder of Polygon, posted an idea to the Forum last week for an ApeChain; click below to check it out and leave your questions/feedback

• Thank Ape Season 3 Rewards are live and Season 4 is underway

• Ape Accelerator [via AIP-209] announced their Twitter account and website and also provided a Medium article with additional information

• As part of AIP-305, The Ape Foundation has begun posting their Weekly Reports to the Forum

Are you curious what the Working Groups discuss in their meetings and work on from week to week? You can check out this thread on the Forum to view weekly summaries. Here is the most recent post from last week:

The Governance Working Group is establishing a new initiative called the “Global Community Committee,” which has the goal of aligning representatives from the DAO’s largest delegation groups. The first committee meeting will be held on Thursday (10/26) @ 12 PM EST.

The Ape Assembly will hold its 10th meeting this Wednesday (10/18) @ 9 PM EST. Come visit the Discord server to join in on the discussion.

One metric I’ve been keeping my eye on the past several weeks has been the amount of Regular (Trust Level 3) Members on the Forum. As high as 48 back in August, the amount now sits at 30 users. Is the DAO losing some of its most active members? If so, why?

For more analytics like this on the ApeCoin DAO, please check out my Dune Dashboard here and subscribe to my YouTube channel here.

There are five proposals in the Live Voting stage this week. Voting ends at 9 PM EST on Wednesday 10/18. You can view the proposals and vote on Snapshot here.

AIP-302: Create an advertising marketplace for APECOIN ecosystem

This proposal is asking for a grant to create an advertising marketplace, which would enable creators and Otherdeed owners to monetize their creations and land with advertisements.

The proposal lists an estimated completion time of eight months and the following associated costs.

• AdServer setup and customization: $25,000

• AdScoring system: $10,000

• Management: $15,000

• OpenRTB connector: $5,000

• ApeCoin integration: $5,000

Although the estimated costs above total $60,000, the proposal is asking for a $40,000 grant.

You can find the full proposal, including a detailed cost breakdown, here and the current voting results are below.

AIP-322: ApeCoin Papercraft

This proposal is requesting funding to create a papercraft model of the ApeCoin logo, including digital and physical editions. The model would be made available to the community for free. The author estimates the project would take up to 12 weeks to complete.

This proposal is asking for 6,243 ApeCoin, broken down as follows:

• Design Papercraft/Model Development/Instructions: 2,125

• Physical Papercraft Model Production: 2,125

• Reporting/Delivery/Materials: 1,493

• Educational Materials Creation: 500

You can find the full proposal, including a detailed cost breakdown, here and the current voting results are below.

AIP-327: Teach Yoga and also give healing sessions(meditative)

This proposal seeks a grant to create a virtual space that would provide mental and physical health programs. The program would take place in the Metaverse and include meditation, inner transformation, breath-work, yoga, and martial arts. ApeCoin would be used for participation and purchases.

The proposal is asking for $146,635, broken down as follows:

• Land - $165

• Space Development (Developer Cost) for 6 months - $24,000

• Project Management for 6 months - $12,000

• Marketing Management for 6 months- $3,000

• Mental wealth - $36,000

• Yoga - $30,000

• Martial Arts - $30,000

• Professional Pre-recorded videos for Martial Arts - $4,050

• Streaming platform subscription - $1,420

• Technical Support - $6,000

You can find the full proposal, included a detailed cost breakdown, here and the current voting results are below.

AIP-328: AIP Idea: Apecoin Listing on COINHERO Crypto ATMs (ApeFest Hong Kong 2023) & ATM Installation at ApeFest HQ

This proposal is requesting a grant to:

1. List ApeCoin on CoinHero’s Crypto ATM Network in preparation of ApeFest 2023

2. Host an ATM machine in PMQ, Central, Hong Kong during ApeFest 2023

If this proposal were to pass, the team would aim to list ApeCoin within four weeks and install the ATM machine within one day. The grant request would include:

• Token Listing: $10,500 

  • Technical integration and marketing for a period of 12 months

• Token Supply: 10,000 ApeCoin

  • Would be used for customer settlement on the exchange back-end during ATM transactions. These tokens would be returned upon the end of the token listing

• ATM Hosting (3 days during ApeFest Nov 3-5): $500

  • Would go towards installing the ATM machine and its daily management

You can find the full proposal, including a detailed cost breakdown, here and the current voting results are below.

AIP-332: A dedicated ApeCoin Community Hub within tokenproof app

This proposal is requesting a grant to build a place within the tokenproof mobile app, which would include goals to:

1. Increase community participation

2. Enable member onboarding

3. Highlight community projects

4. Further incentivize ownership of ApeCoin by including a dedicated section within the app to distribute news, content, and experiences offered to community members

All users would be able to view the new ApeCoin section, but specific events, content, and more would be token-gated either via tokenproof or within the content source.

The estimated timeline would be 10-12 weeks with six additional months of support, maintenance, bug fixes, and minor updates. The overall cost would be $80,000, broken down as follows:

Milestone 1 - $25,000 (~Month 1)

• Form project committee

• Finalize design with design committee

• Milestone funding upon approval of AIP

Milestone 2 - $25,000 (~Months 2-4)

• Build, test, & deploy ApeCoin functionality to tokenproof mobile app

• Start providing support to ApeCoin community and Ape Foundation

• Milestone funding upon completion of milestone

Milestone 3 - $30,000 (~Months 5-10)

• Provide ongoing support for users and publish ApeCoin content

• Hold retrospective with AIP committee on how to improve

• Decide whether to proceed with follow-up AIP

• Milestone funding according to following schedule:

  • $10,000 USD equivalent of $APE upon commencement of milestone 3

  • $10,000 USD equivalent of $APE on 3/31/2024

  • $10,000 USD equivalent of $APE on 9/30/2024

You can find the full proposal, including a detailed cost breakdown, here and the current voting results are below.

There were three proposals that completed the voting process last Wednesday. Here are the final results for each:

Thanks for reading this week’s edition! As mentioned above, a lot of ideas are being proposed on the Discourse forum nearly every day. If you have one of your own and are unsure where to begin, please reach out to me so I can help you get started.

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