Move BuilderDAO to Base!

tl:dr: With L2 migration now available for Nouns Builder with the Bali upgrade, let’s move BuilderDAO to Base!

Two informal polls were taken in January as a temp check to see which L2 - Optimism, Base or Zora - BuilderDAO should move to. The results were overwhelmingly in favor of Base. The Base team has been incredibly supportive of BuilderDAO and the DAOs built on Nouns Builder already giving grants to BuilderDAO, Based Management, Based Nouns and Yellow Collective. Beyond the financial component, Jesse Pollak and the Base team have assisted each of these DAOs, as well as numerous other projects, to amplify and cut through the noise to reach a wider audience.

Base is built on the Optimism stack. By moving to Base, we incorporate both Base & Optimism. Base projects are fully eligible for RPGF, as they are part of Optimism. Last cycle, Base projects received 10 million $OP.

Base is Optimism. For more, read “Base’s Commitment to Decentralization with the Superchain” here: https://base.mirror.xyz/aBwt4flT1WAKJGQTj2AXBpH_8Qd3umQ-ZECLAJoO_nE.

In line with BuilderDAO’s north star, Base funds public goods. A portion of the Base revenue goes to RPGF as well as having an active grants programs funding public goods, with lots of data points on the impact. Base has complete vision alignment with BuilderDAO.

Base is for builders is their tagline.

This proposal will ratify the decision to move to Base and lay out a launch plan including a 4eth budget for the following:

• Within two weeks of this passed proposal, BuilderDAO will migrate to the Base L2 with assistance of the BuilderDAO tech pod.
• Each BuilderDAO member will be airdropped a Base version of their BuilderDAO token 1 for 1.
• Burned tokens will NOT be reissued.
• The original DAO’s auctions will be paused with this proposal.
• A strategic launch plan that involves not only BuilderDAO but other Nouns Builder DAOs on Base will proceed as follows:
  • Week prior (week of Feb 26):
    • Prop House for mini grant round for creative ideas for launch week with 5 .2 eth grants. These may include other art mints, games, written contributions, etc.
    • BuilderBox used as announcement of launch week plans
  • Monday: Twitter Spaces launch party! in conjunction with The Nouns Square during Noun O’ Clock (estimated 11 am ET) to share details on launch events for the week.
  • Monday: BuilderDAO BasePaint theme for 24 hours. BuilderDAO agrees to mint 1 eth worth of the resulting art with one to each BuilderDAO member (1 per wallet). Additional art will be distributed as giveaways during launch week. We’ll also give away 5 paintbrushes randomly to 5 BuilderDAO holders.
  • Tuesday: BuilderDAO themed Speedtracer track on Base with prizes for the top 10 on the leaderboard (Base merch and airdrops of the art commissioned for this launch week).
  • Wednesday: Yellow Collective Art Contest - imagine BuilderDAO art on Base - with winners minted as an open edition on Base via Zora with a gamified 1st minter experience. Contest will begin the week before with voting by Yellow Collective and BuilderDAO holders. Winning art will be revealed on Wednesday. Creator rewards from free mint: 60% to artist; 20% to Yellow Collective; 20% to BuilderDAO.
  • Thursday: Special drop with an artist or artists from Based Management as an open edition(s) on Base via Zora with a gamified 1st minter experience. Creator rewards from free mint will be split as followed: 60% to artists; 20% to Based Management; 20% to BuilderDAO.
  • Thursday: BuilderDAO all hands voice call in the discord at 5 pm ET.
  • Friday: Happy Friday with The Park! Special drop with the Park revealed during BuilderBox at 12:30 pm on Unlonely with a chat with Jesse Pollak. Creator rewards from free mint will be split as followed: 80% to The Park; 20% to BuilderDAO.
  • Friday: Premiere of BuilderDAO mini doc by deebee including release of mint of the video.
  • Friday: Announcement and launch of first Prop House for DAOs launched on Base to begin.

Additional activations will be incorporated from the Prop House round the week before.

Launch week will be tentatively scheduled for the week after Eth Denver (March 5 to 9) with announcements and promotion during Eth Denver. This may be adjusted if needed and assumes all migration is complete. This prop also includes launch support with Zamees - more details of that plan can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IIm9XFVZ4ghTerm3aEV5XKX7jHl6eTTSX8CycfSILf4/edit?usp=sharing

Northstar Check

Powering Onchain Communities.

The BuilderDAO mission is to develop DAO infrastructure as a public good, enabling decentralized, inclusive, and transparent decision-making processes that empower onchain communities to shape their collective futures.

This proposal furthers that mission by moving BuilderDAO to an L2 where we anticipate greater voter participation by DAO members. By creating a launch week plan, we can better promote the opportunities for DAOs on Nouns Builder as well as showcase BuilderDAO and some of our other DAOs that are also on Base.

Budget and Treasury Impact

Budget:

• BasePaint: 1 eth for minting and brushes
• Yellow Collective art contest: .5 eth
• Based Management art commission: .5 eth
• The Park drop commission: .5 eth
• Launch support, outreach, messaging: .5
• Prop House for BuilderDAO pre-launch week: 1 eth
• Prop House for DAOs on Base: Base grant already secured and currently held in a Base safe here: 0x2bAf638C651fb8AB5fB024Df680Be0D5323a2488

4 eth total for launch

Transactions

Summary of all transactions

Pause Auctions

.5 to Yellow Collective eth multisig: 0x73c19e2A309400724689103A5BA483511C09633e

.5 to The Park treasury (eth): 0x673d37b930397c0defb51237e6fc42fed87b722f

.5 to Zamees for marketing support: 0x1Ef497229A7c841C21Cd1E3bcE28c5F4c2783130

1 eth for BasePaint: held in builderdaoprophouse.thenounishprof.eth for minting (needs to be swapped to Base eth)

.5 Base Management to builderdaoprophouse.thenounishprof.eth for swap to Base eth and then to Based Management treasury.

1 eth for BuilderDAO prop house held in builderdaoprophouse.thenounishprof.eth for distribution to winners.

(2.5 to 0x5830a01C8b0990DF46274f689AAab506A57337d9 – builderdaoprophouse.thenounishprof.eth)

4 eth total