Just DAO It | Ep. 2 — Kenny from poidh.xyz on Bounties, DAOs & AI Agents

Adam Miller (CEO of MIDAO) sits down with Kenny, founder of Pics or It Didn't Happen (poidh) — a permissionless bounty protocol the enables "ephemeral DAOs.” They break down the biggest crypto hacks of the past few months, the state of crypto regulation in the US and Europe, the reality of AI agents transacting on-chain, and why Kenny thinks the DAO model has been wrong from the start.

Chapters:
0:00 — Intro & Welcome Back (first episode in over a year!)
1:55 — News: Record-Breaking Crypto Hack Month ($600M+ lost in April)
5:42 — The Kelp/LayerZero Attack Explained
13:21 — The Trapdoor Campaign: AI Agents as Attack Vectors
17:21 — US Crypto Regulation: Genius Act, Clarity Act & Open Source Immunity
22:13 — MiCA in Europe: 85% of Firms Without a License
28:04 — 400K AI Agents On-Chain: Impressive or Just Testing?
37:16 — Interview: Kenny's Background & How He Got Into Crypto
44:07 — Deep Dive: What Is POIDH and How Does It Work?
48:05 — A Brief History of DAOs and Why They Failed
56:00 — The "Atomic Unit" of a DAO: Objectives, Not Organizations
1:03:24 — Progressive Decentralization & Token Strategy
1:07:04 — Working With DAOs: The Haberdashery & Breaking a Kickflip World Record
1:13:35 — Pump.fun Launches Bounties: What It Means for POIDH
1:16:19 — The Big Vision: Online Communities Pooling Capital IRL
1:16:47 — Where to Find Kenny & POIDH

Links:
* poidh: poidh.xyz
* MIDAO: midao.org
* Beta Briefing (AI news agent): betabriefing.ai
* Kenny on X/Twitter: @KennyIsTyping | Farcaster: @Kenny
* Adam on X/Twitter: @0xThriller | Farcaster: @TheThriller

Not legal or financial advice.

This week's guests:
On this week’s Just DAO It, we welcome guest Jan Brezina (Puncar), who recently released his book, How to DAO: Mastering the Future of Internet Coordination. Beyond drafting this book, he’s currently working on another DAO, MotherDAO, a decentralized network where AI agents work, govern, and grow. Puncar is truly a DAO OG, as he co-founded Bankless Consulting, the DAO Governance Collective, and Workout DAO, among other projects. We look forward to having this DAO expert on the podcast!

Check out the book here:
How to DAO: Mastering the Future of Internet Coordination: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/729257/how-to-dao-by-kevin-owocki-and-puncar-foreword-by-don-tapscott/

Find us on Socials:
@PuncarH2D on Twitter
@puncar on Farcaster
@0xThriller on Twitter
@thethriller on Farcaster

@leohenkels on Twitter
@leohenkels on Farcaster

This week's guests:

On this week’s Just DAO It, we welcome guests Travis and Sam from DAOHaus, a no-code DAO launchpad built using the Moloch V3 governance toolkit. Beyond working together on DAOHaus, they’ve also helped build or contribute to: Yeeter, Bootleggers, Raid Guild, Meta Cartel, and RaidBrood, among other projects. Most recently, they’ve been experimenting at the intersection of DAOs and Farcaster, a sufficiently decentralized social network. Their current project is called Farcastles, and they’ve received a grant from the Octant Accelerator to continue developing it. We look forward to having these DAO experts on the podcast!

Relevant Resources Mentioned in the Show:

California Court Rules DAO Members Can Face Legal Liability as Business Partners

BIO Protocol DAOs Get Backing From Binance Labs and Tarun Chitra on Twitter / X weighs in

Decentralization Is Why We Fight for Crypto

ICOs are back? Good Conversation Sparked Under This Tweet: Haseeb ＞|＜ on Twitter / X

Aave DAO considers exiting Polygon after a proposed bridge

Find us on Socials:
@samskuhlmann on Twitter
@samskuhlmann on Farcaster
@earth2travis on Twitter
@earth2travis on Farcaster
@0xThriller on Twitter
@thethriller on Farcaster

@leohenkels on Twitter
@leohenkels on Farcaster

Introducing the Just DAO It Lawyer Series:
On this episode, leading Marshall Islands DAO Lawyer Tatyana Cerullo and MIDAO Co-Founder Adam Miller sit down for a discussion about DAO legal issues, Tatyana's experience with DAOs, Operating Agreements for DAO LLCs, and a recent controversial post on X from Gabriel Shapiro

Find us on Socials:
@RMILawyer on Twitter
@0xThriller on Twitter
@thethriller on Farcaster

@leohenkels on Twitter
@leohenkels on Farcaster

This week's guest:

On this week’s Just DAO It, we welcome guests Anthony Leutenegger, CEO of Aragon, and Jessica Smith, Head of Communications at Aragon. Aragon is a no-code DAO platform that lets you launch a DAO. You can mint tokens, create a governance structure, and onboard your community from the same Dashboard. They've been one of the leading DAO tools in the space for several years now and have helped launch some of the most prominent DAOs in crypto. It's exciting to have these two esteemed guests join our stream!

Relevant Resources Mentioned in the Show:

Mango Markets Mull $500K CFTC Settlement Amid ‘Ongoing’ Investigation
Snapshot, Popular DAO Voting Platform, Finally Moves On-Chain, Atop Starknet
Aragon Unveils Gasless Voting On-Chain
DAOs Need a Vibe Check - Compound Governance Overview
Crypto Governance is Slept On
@votecaster Is the First GovernancePplatform for Farcaster-first DAOs

Find us on Socials:
@A_Leutenegger on Twitter
@leuts.eth on Farcaster
@heyjessicasmith on Twitter
@heyjessicasmith on Farcaster
@0xThriller on Twitter
@thethriller on Farcaster

@leohenkels on Twitter
@leohenkels on Farcaster

This week's guest:

On this week’s Just DAO It, join Leo Henkels and Adam Miller from MIDAO as they break down the recent DAO Regulation passed in the Marshall Islands. They'll dive into what it means for Marshall Islands DAO LLCs and the regulatory landscape for DAOs in general! Tune in to learn more about the Marshall Islands and its relationship with DAOs!

Relevant Resources Mentioned in the Show:

RMI DAO Regulation: https://docsend.com/view/ku2747hgg4ean8b7

RMI DAO Legislation: https://docsend.com/view/duyb4848wvpkr5cw

Balaji Podcast: https://thenetworkstate.com/episode/cryptoislands

MIDAO Blog Page: https://www.midao.org/blog

Find us on Socials:

@leohenkels on Twitter

@leohenkels on Farcaster

@0xThriller on Twitter

@thethriller on Farcaster

@MIDAODS on Twitter

@JustDAOItPod on Twitter

@MIDAO on Farcaster

This week's guest:
On this week’s Just DAO It, we welcome on guest, Al Mithani, aka “Links.” Links is a DAO OG who got his introduction into the web3 world as a core contributor at BanklessDAO, where he led the Grants Committee while spearheading some major governance overhauls. He now champions BCard, a debit card that allows web3 communities to fund themselves by redirecting tradFi fees from banks to their favorite DAOs. Between DAOing, you can find Links sharing founder and DAO experience on Farcaster @links and on Twitter @almithani.

News of the week:

‘Raider’ investors are looting DAOs — Nouns and Aragon share lessons learned

Entropy Advisors on Twitter / X - "DAO delegates dealing with too many votes?"

Lido DAO Votes To Appoint Entity to Respond In Pending Class Action Litigation

Decentralized Science: A Better Way to Fund and Grow Breakthrough Ideas

ZynCoin Meme Token Patches Things Up With Tobacco Giant Philip Morris

Cardano Community Elects Inaugural Constitutional Committee Members

Aave DAO Delegate Takes Aim at MakerDAO Over Spark Profit Sharing Deal - Unchained

Find us on Twitter:
@almithani

@getbcard

@MIDAODS

@JustDAOItPod

@0xThriller

@leohenkels

This week's guest:
On this week’s Just DAO It, we welcome Arnold Almeida, known as 1a35e1 (the hexadecimal code for "Blue"). He's the founder of Lighthouse, a mobile native client that helps users (new and old) participate in on-chain communities. Right now, Lighthouse works with Snapshot-enabled DAOs and custom Open Zeppelin Governor-based DAOs such as Nouns, Optimism, and Uniswap. Their mission is to help users participate in on-chain communities and help these organizations grow and engage their communities.

News of the week:
Crypto Zeinab on Twitter / X: "A deep dive into DeXe..."

Tally Unveils New Liquid Staked Governance Protocol

Curve DAO Token (CRV) Price Plunges 30% Amid Founder's Liquidation

a16z crypto on Twitter / X: "a16z's resources to learn about DAOs"

Julian Assange Freed with 11k ETH: Assange DAO's Victory - Altcoin Buzz

Hedera Abandons Decentralization, Removes Community Nodes from Roadmap

A couple of posts describing the relationship between Co-ops and DAOs: Warpcast & What Co-ops and DAOs Can Learn From Each Other

Find us on Twitter:
@1a35e1

@LighthouseGov

@MIDAODS

@JustDAOItPod

@0xThriller

@leohenkels