🎙️NEKO MORNING SHOW Season 5 Episode 3 Recap A recap of Neko Morning Show Season 5, Episode 3 Hosted by: Soos and Nono, Guest : Web3plug from Potlock Catch up on the top moments and highlights. exploiting Potlock and public goods funding. 🧠Introduction To Potlock: Potlock is a project Integrated into the NEAR Blockchain Operating System (BOS), Potlock helps support public goods and Near projects through direct donations. In simple terms, it means different communities or individuals join forces, each bringing something valuable NEAR Public Good ❔QUESTION & ANSWER : Inquiring about Potlock's inception on Near Protocol, we asked Web3plug some Questions, such as ▫️Qstn: How did you kickstart your project on Near? 🔸Ans: Our journey began during a climate hackathon organized by a Minority Programmers Club, where they discovered the Near Blockchain as the sole carbon-neutral option. Initially involved with the Solana Ecosystem, they transitioned to Near, dedicating two and a half years to building various NFT-related projects. 🙂Potlock's Enthusiasm: Intrigued by Potlock's mission, we questioned, ▫️Qstn: "What's the most exciting aspect of Potlock for you?" 🔹 Ans: Potlock excites with its role in supporting public goods and Near projects through direct donations. 🌐BOS Integration: Everything on Potlock is BOS native, ensuring integration not only with Potlock but also with The BOS, 🔹When you create a project with Potlock, you're not just integrated with them but also with The BOS, your project information will be on Near. social or Near.org and Near Horizon. 🍲Potlock's Purpose: Potlock goes beyond building a platform; it aims to create a permissionless way to allocate funding for public goods. 🔹Categories of projects on Potlock include ▫️Open Source ▫️ Climate projects, ▫️decentralized science communities, and ▫️non-profit NGOs 🚀Project Launch on Potlock: ▫️Qstn: Is everyone allowed to launch on Potlock? 🔹 Ans: Potlock has a project registry; projects create profiles, and Potlock filters to decide inclusion or removal. 💰Donation With Other Tokens: ▫️Qstn: Any plan or possibility to use tokens other than $NEAR such as $NEKO, $USDC, $USDT, etc for donation in the future? 🔸Ans: Web3plug replied, Potlock will prioritize based on community demand. We haven't added tokens like $NEKO, $USDC, or any fungible token but it is in our roadmap which is pretty long, but if the NEKO community requests and it has demand it Will be integrated. 👌Maintaining NEAR's Good Status: ▫️Qstn: How important is it for NEAR to maintain its good status, and what if it deviates? 🔹 Ans: Altruism and values are crucial for competitiveness. Referencing Optimism's Retroactive Goods Funding, Potlock sees the importance of on-chain tools and rewards for ecosystem builders. ❓Potlock on EVM Chain: ▫️Qstn: Is there an implementation of Potlock on the Aurora EVM chain, or is it only on BOS? 🔸Ans: Potlock is currently focusing on native integration with Near. The intention is to use BOS to introduce public goods funding into non-EVM ecosystems. ▫️Integration With Gitcoin: Web3Plug has announced that they are in talks to integrate Gitcoin on BOS. This integration will allow users to interact directly with Gitcoin on the BOS platform. 🕴️Potlock Current Stage: 🔹Potlock is currently in Beta Phrase, the application is still in the testing phase hence is possible that bugs and errors occur. 🔸The application is not yet Audited, this means, there is a risk of loss of deposited funds in case of exploitation. ▫️Remember always DYOR. 🚪Get Involved: To get involved visit Potlock at - https://near.social/potlock.near/widget/Index 📉Quick Market Update: At the time of recording $BTC - Down to $41,781 ETH - Down to $2227 Big liquidation for the past few days from the Crypto market. 🦘JUMPDEFI: 🔸JumpDefi tranche 2 Will be coming up soon 🔹In light of the security breach on Jump swap on Telos, those who engaged in the First tranche of the JumpDeFi private sale And wish to request a refund can fill out a form provided in the Jump Discord server, 🔸JumpDefi is offering double the Jump allocation for those who choose to retain their purchase. Stay tuned for more exciting updates and insights from the Neko Morning Show. Join Us again Thursday at 8 AM UTC for S5 Ep4!!! 🎙️🔥 ShardDog Claimable (S5E3: https://shard.dog/nekos5ep3) Written by CryptoKinguin.