Rare Protocol Weekly Update: Jan 23
Final vote for RareDAO council elections; Rare Protocol social graphs; and featured pools. Dive in!
Rare Protocol is building a world where the discovery of art doesn’t rely on centralized gatekeepers, where reputations begin onchain, and where curatorial power lies in the hands of anyone with a keen eye. Sitting at the crossroads of art, technology, and culture, Rare Protocol’s mission is to revolutionize the economics of human creativity through the way that we see, create, and capture value in this space.
Core to the success of making Rare Protocol a diverse ecosystem that delivers on these ambitions is RareDAO, the driving force stewarding both Rare Protocol and SuperRare.
We have now entered the final stage of the RareDAO council elections to determine the leaders driving forward this vision. Nominations that reached 1.5M RARE votes have moved onto the election period. Set a reminder for our Twitter Space on Friday to hear from the candidates directly.
If you hold any RARE, you are eligible to vote. Check it out below ↴
Community Callouts: RareDAO Council Nomination Edition
Mr. Bahama proposes a gamified escalation game for discovering and curating high-value artwork in the SuperRare ecosystem.
Emma from SuperRare Labs proposes making project acceleration and ecosystem growth a central focus while ensuring RareDAO works closely with SRL to make it happen.
Duncan Dobbleman suggests more partnerships and integrations with Rare Protocol to strengthen the ecosystem.
Paper Buddha poposes greater engagement with partners, creators, and builders to popularize Rare Protocol and recenter the SuperRare brand within web3 culture.
Simon Hudson from Botto recommends simplifying the protocol’s offering and activating the treasury for public goods funding.
Gordon Berger proposes growing the ecosystem through the grants committee and strategic partnerships.
SuperRare Labs Founder, John Crain, outlines three priorities - scaling SuperRare, building out the Rare Protocol ecosystem, and creating a system for ongoing RARE distribution.
Building in the Open
Rare Protocol Social Graph
This week’s app.rare.xyz update brings to life a concept that we are always talking about at Rare Protocol. You might have heard us say the future of reputation in onchain. Now users can see what this means in real time with the protocol social graph.
The social graph illustrates a user’s sphere of influence with the artists, collectors, curators, and crypto curious in their orbit by capturing the onchain relationships forged through staking on Rare Protocol.
Discovery and Signals
Rebecca Rose
Electric Love by Rebecca Rose
On February 14th, Rebecca Rose will be dropping a collection of her holograms in a series titled “Valentine’s Day Massacre” as a staking gated lazy mint release.
To gain early access to this limited release, stake any amount of RARE in Rebecca’s Community Pool. Wallets will be whitelisted for the release one day prior on February 13th.
Orkhan
Orkhan is a New Media Artist ━ Working at the intersection of creativity and computational technologies. This collection, “Muraqqa - Data Miniatures” is an anthology of 111 artworks, created by Orkhan Mammadov to mark his transition from computer scientist to renowned artist over a decade.
Singularity in Heritage - Chapter I #005 by Orkhan
Singularity in Heritage, an AI-driven NFT exhibition, brings the innovation of Eastern visual arts, crafts, traditions, motifs and transmutes it to an experiment in cultural memory. Orkhan opens up a space for a dialogue between the past and future, dystopia and utopia, to document and preserve the vast cultural history and tradition of the NFT future.