Fundamentals
Name
Afghan DAO
Blockchain
Ethereum
DAO Type
Social DAO
Mission Statement
Our mission is to crowdsource & preserve Afghanistan’s culture & history by storing various stories & media on the blockchain. Our goal is to prevent Afghanistan’s history and records from being erased as they have in the past. Afghan DAO is dedicated to funding people and organizations working to preserve & document Afghanistan’s history. Afghan DAO will donate all funds raised outside operating costs to charities, schools, museums, and global organizations.
Vision
In early 2001, the Taliban regime destroyed one of Afghanistan’s ancient monuments: the Buddha statues in Afghanistan’s Bamiyan value, then considered the largest man-made statues in the world. These statues were a relic of 6th century Afghanistan when Buddhism was practiced in the area before the introduction of Islam. Since then, the Taliban have ransacked and illegally sold in black markets other prized artifacts from Afghanistan’s museums, leaving most of the country’s history in the hands of various museums located in other countries.
Much of Afghanistan’s history has been preserved orally through generational stories, but there always remain more questions than answers for a country who only as of the last few decades began improving their formal record-keeping practices.
Our vision is to document and store this history, culture, and documents in a manner that is decentralized and permanent. The blockchain is
Values
- Objectivity → Emotional decisions are not tolerated, every proposal and decision should be made with an objective, long-term point of view focused on preservation and longevity.
- Inclusivity → Regardless of sex, race, or religion, everyone is welcome who has the same goal. Any hate speech or deviations from our primary goal of preserving Afghanistan’s records and history will not be tolerated.
- Integrity → We expect everyone to come with the right intentions and contribute to the best of their availability.
Smart Contract
Governance Framework
Membership
Anyone can join the Afghan DAO project by owning either an AFG token (for voting purposes) or owning a non-fungible token (NFT) of an artefact.
Communication Mediums
Voting Tools
TBD
Decision Points
- Which artifacts can be uploaded
- Limitations of storage format (size, file type, data type)
- Updating records
- Negating records
- Updating indexing methods
- Updating indexing & retrieval syntax
- Managing the DAO’s funds
Decision Protocol
- High-level community discussions →
- Forum proposal to get soft consensus →
- Token vote to get hard consensus →
- Execution of proposal if passed & reaches quorum →
Tokenization
Governance Tokens
Fungible Token
AFG
Circulation
1 Million
Market Valuation
- Develop smart contracts to represent the DAO's functionality, including functionalities such as:
- Adding new artifacts: Allow users to submit information, images, and metadata about historical artifacts.
- Storing data on the blockchain: Utilize IPFS (InterPlanetary File System) or similar decentralized storage solutions to store images and records associated with artifacts.
- Governance: Implement voting mechanisms for DAO members to make decisions regarding artifact submissions, updates, and fund management.
- Token management: Create tokens to represent ownership or voting rights within the DAO.
Distribution
Tokens will be distributed in the form of A
AFG NFTs
Market Valuation
Fundraising
Technical Framework
- Information will be stored in a decentralized database, like IFPS (InterPlanetary File System)
- Uploading of information will require a framework for how to code this directly on-chain through Solidity, accompanied with metadata and tagging
- Use of a BlockExplorer will enable search of Afghan records stored on the chain
Open Questions
- Should we store our data on a decentralized database and then use off-chain indexing & search of Afghan records?
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Resources
- Balaji’s thoughts on tokens — blog
- Aragon — DAO Settings
- IPFS — Site
- How the Bitcoin protocol actually works — Blog
- The Realities of working with a DAO — Kinjal Shah — Video
- Build Your First Blockchain App Using Ethereum and Solidity — Video
- How to code your first ethereum smart contract — video
- eth todo list — GH repo
- Smart Contracts: The Ultimate Guide (with 5 Examples) - Blog
- How to Launch a DAO — BLog
- Distributed Wikipedia Mirror — GH Repo
- Index of ZIM — Site