Date: 08/04/2025

Requested Amount: 9,924,812.03 RING

Receiving Address: 0x8683A0ED2bAdb1F3AaBeA6686d78649F0Da774A0

1. Applicant Identity

The Darwinia Community DAO (DCDAO) is a decentralized, member-governed entity dedicated to supporting the Darwinia ecosystem through community engagement, marketing, development support, and transparent governance.

2. About DCDAO

DCDAO Overview:

• A community self-organized workgroup (WG) aiming to contribute to the growth and development of the Darwinia community.
• Focus areas:
  • Community Engagement and Support: Enhance communication, provide educational resources, and assist community members.
  • Marketing and Promotion: Create awareness through social media, events, and collaborations.
  • Development Support: Facilitate the creation of tools, applications, and infrastructure for Darwinia.
  • Governance and Decision-Making: Encourage community participation and transparency.

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3. Budget Details (Q2 2025)

Since no request was made for Q1 but there is one month left of Q1 salaries based on the approved budgets. The treasury currently has some fund but not enough to cover March Salaries. The table below will note what request is for Q1 and what request is for Q2 so both sets of budgets can be satisfied. A few programs and spending reductions are being put in place for Q2 to better utilize the treasury.

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https://github.com/orgs/ringecosystem/discussions/25

Note: Any surplus carries over to the next quarter if not used up by DCDAO.

Budget Adjustments:

• Steering Committee Payment: No change from Q4'24 Budget.
• Treasury Specialist Payment: Role shifted under the Community Manager tasks. Salary for the last month of Q1 is being requested.
• Community Growth Program: Program Canceled for Q2. Budget request for 1 month of salary for Q1 close out.
• Community Manager Proposal: Reduced funding to $3200 per month. Detailed Q2 budget to be posted soon.

These changes are parts of DCDAO’s efforts to optimize operational costs in response to bear market pressures and ensure the longevity of the project.

4. Recent Achievements

4.1 Community

• Managed DAO staking and progressed discussions around KTON/RING LP Farm, treasury voting delegations, and liquidity sources.
• Promoted an Advocate to Ambassador and supported the RingDAO Marketing Action plan.
• Boosted community engagement with weekly quizzes (20-25+ participants), Twitter updates, monthly articles, and GitHub discussions.
• Supported KtonDAO, RingDAO, Helix Discord, and kept community channels spam-free.

4.2 Marketing and Branding Management, Maintenance, and Developer Education

• Marketing and Branding: Worked with Eve on finalizing the Helix DAO deck, aligning our messaging and presentation to external stakeholders.
• Community Engagement: Represented Darwinia at events such as EthDenver 2025, reinforcing community ties and building connections.
• Developer Education: No new content
• Website Maintenance: Maintained the Darwinia.Network website and RingDAO site. Improved ENS name support for the collator-staking-ui-v2 website, ensuring proper resolution for Ethereum subdomains.
• Paralink and Vote.RingDAO.Com: Completed the development of Paralink and made significant updates to the Vote.RingDAO.Com platform, including UI enhancements and support for additional networks.

4.3 Growth

• Hosted multiple DCDAO Community Calls to engage the community with guests from Tashi Protocol, Kleros, Cypher-Crypto.
• Program to end.

5. Governance and Constitution

• Transition To Tally
• DCDAO Constitution
• Super Majority Voting Requirement
• Member Join Proposal
• Steering Committee Proposal

6. Team

Managers:

• Community Manager: Jesse
• Management, Maintenance, and Development: Furqan

Steering Committee:

• Denny
• Aki
• Furqan
• Eve
• Nada

Ambassadors:

• Laki
• Saso

Advocates:

This program will most likely be closed down. Any future efforts will fall under the Community Manager Program. Too be determined.

7. DCDAO Treasury

Treasury Addresses:

• Ethereum
• Arbitrum
• Polygon
• Darwinia
• Optimism

Note: Multisig accounts are used only for executing decisions made explicitly in proposals. They reserve the right to refuse execution if the proposal lacks clarity.

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