@chaselb, thank you for being on top of things.
Regarding the deployment of DAO URIs, I want to clarify that another DAO, ShapeShift, has indeed published their daoURI on September 27th, 2023, as you can see from the transaction here, titled summonRegistration. The third DAO, Unlock Protocol, is currently voting on an onchain proposal to execute the same. Considering that the Snapshot there passed unanimously and that the core team has been extremely supportive of the standard, there is a high chance their daoURI is live before the end of the month.
Another notable achievement is the adoption of EIP-4824 by Snapshot. This means that future DAOs using Snapshot X on Optimism, potentially 100s or 1000s, will automatically comply with the standard. This is significant.
I acknowledge that our initial milestones may have been tightly defined given the time frame for execution and how much time in reality a proposal takes to go from ideation to voting to execution in DAOs. However, with a ton of effort over the last few months, we are actually quite close to meeting all of them.
Furthermore, we have built a good indexing framework for Optimism, worked with multiple DAO Tools to build infrastructure and engaged with a high percentage of DAOs with token holders or governance on Optimism. This doc has a better breakdown of the conversations we’ve had with different DAOs. Note that after each constructive feedback, we also went back to make improvements to the EIP-4824 infrastructure. For example, we integrated with Snapshot and Boardroom to create better subURIs; ensured the decentralized storage of daoURIs; deployed an improved version of EIP-4824 factory on Optimism, etc. We remain committed to improving the interoperability and discoverability of the DAO ecosystem on Optimism.
While I understand the need for strict evaluation of grant proposals, I would encourage you and other delegates to consider the significant progress and positive impact we have achieved before considering a grant clawback.