The Rise of the Decentralized Content House

Starting strong and fair.

In the dynamic landscape of Web3, launching a project in the right way is vital to both the holders and long-term success of the founding organization. We are navigating into uncharted territory with Age of Anura & The Forge, and a fair distribution of governance tokens is essential to the creation of this decentralized ecosystem. The way we handle initial token genesis sets the stage for the future success of the project. We’ve curated a distinct approach to minting and are excited to share it with you.

Demystifying the minting landscape.

Common minting strategies span a wide spectrum:

• Allowlist mints are those where mints are assigned to specific community members based on a variety of criteria ranging from grinding socials to curated applications or random selection
• Public Mints allow anyone to participate for a price
• Gamified Mints where play to earn protocols determine mint criteria
• Dutch Auctions that feature a declining price mechanism

At Age of Anura, we’ve decided on simple mechanisms to ensure a fair, and broad token distribution to start strong.

Our Approach:

Our minting strategy is designed to cultivate a decentralized organization.

August 1 — August 14th existing DAO Member claims (vested 360 days).

We regard our existing community — the OGs and Founders — as the initial core of Age of Anura. They’ve been the mainstay, supporting us and bootstrapping the project without monetary compensation. As fair recompense, instead of payment, we’re offering vested free mints — around 1,000 for OGs and approximately 6% of the supply for founders.

The claim period will be exclusive for 2 weeks, upon which the next stage will open, if you are eligible to claim do not let this period pass you by!

Acolyte Allow List (vested 360 days).

To fuel growth and expansion, we’re calling on talented individuals to join us. Artists, storytellers, developers, writers, content creators, animators, and creative visionaries are all welcome. If you possess a flair for adding value to our community, we offer free allow list mints. Acolytes will be able to mint starting August 15th, 2023.

Public Mint (unrestricted).

This phase allows fans, members, and the public to help build the DAO treasury. Genesis NFTs minted in this phase are priced reasonably at 0.04 ETH, have no vesting restriction and can be freely traded. All funds raised from mint will be directed towards expanding the ecosystem and crafting compelling content. Public mint runs in parallel to the Acolyte mint and begins August 15th, 2023 and will remain open until the total supply of 7,000 DAO tokens have been allocated.

Why join the Age of Anura?

Our goal is the formation of an organization distributed across a talented group of individuals that serve as the engine for a decentralized content production house. We envision a community of creators and innovators coming together to utilize The Forge as our central enabler. A combination of the ability and the technology to imagine new worlds and build an ecosystem that is constantly innovating to capture public imagination.

The public mint phase opens doors for anyone to join, and ensures the decentralized availability of funds. Our dedicated development team and existing treasury lay a solid foundation for growth, independent of baseline funding.

We also have a fully developed minimal viable product (MVP) of The Forge platform that serves as a base to create and publish content as well as manage the DAO. For details on The Forge platform refer to our previous Medium article:

https://ageofanura.medium.com/a-new-chapter-begins-874062bc21a9

The power the Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO).

We’re building a community that thrives on collective creation, fostering a sense of ownership and pride derived from shared accomplishments. Translation? Creators have a larger say in the direction the content and how world canon is defined. A DAO based structure is intended to remove the traders and speculators, replacing the drive for quick profits with a tight knit community and the pride of ownership that comes with knowing “you built that.”

AoA Framework

Imagine a club where all the guidelines and procedures are written in a rulebook. This rulebook isn’t held by any one person, but it’s copied and shared with every member of the club. Everyone can read the rules, and no one can change them without everyone else knowing. Now, let’s say the club wants to spend money on a new project. Instead of one person deciding, everyone in the club gets a vote. If the majority agrees, the money is spent automatically, according to the rules in the rulebook.

That’s essentially what a DAO is. It’s like a club where the rules are shared with everyone and decisions are made together. The difference is that all of this happens on the internet, and the rules and money are managed by computer programs. The initial rules of a DAO are typically set by its creators or founders. These are the people who first come up with the idea for the DAO, write the initial code (including the smart contracts that will govern the DAO’s operations), and launch it on a blockchain.

However, once the DAO is launched, the power to change its rules usually lies with its members. Most DAOs have a mechanism for proposing changes to the rules, which are then voted on by the members. If a proposal receives enough votes (the exact number or percentage can vary), the change is automatically implemented by the DAO’s smart contracts.

This is one of the key features of a DAO: it’s a truly democratic organization, where the power to make decisions and change the rules lies with the members, not with a central authority. However, it’s also worth noting that this can lead to challenges and disagreements, as different members may have different ideas about what’s best for the DAO.

A fully transparent organization with the initial mandate set by founders, but from the moment we mint the direction is decided by its members. This DAO does have a central goal in mind which is content curation and publication, under those guidelines being a part of this DAO means having a voting right in what content is created and how it is used.

We aspire to evolve Age of Anura into a decentralized content production house where all outputs are owned by the DAO. Equity (in the financial sense) isn’t the focus here, the DAO has no owners, only holder-governors (the community) — in our realm, 1 ANURA equals 1 ANURA. The emphasis lies on creating and participating. This is your chance to have a larger say in content creation and world-building. Your digital token serves as your membership card and entry point into the governance process. A fancy way of saying: the community shapes the future of the Age of Anura.

Yes, we have a roadmap.

Two Year Vision

Our roadmap is a living entity, ever-responsive to the vibrant evolution of our project. The Forge platform serves as the heart of our DAO, and calls for persistent growth and upkeep. We have exciting plans on the horizon: a mobile version of our platform, bringing the world map on-chain, and more. As we progress, we aspire to penetrate new markets, embrace new communities and individuals, and harness the power of AI to broaden the world of Anura. The direction of these initiatives rests in the hands of our collective DAO — a testament to our commitment to decentralization.

The founding team is aligned on our goals while being mindful of the need for agility in the face of external factors. Certain objectives, like creating a mobile version of our platform and gamifying our on-chain world map are non-negotiable. Our differentiator is having a live product available to the community on day one, serving as a cost-effective engine to drive us forward.

Phase 1 — value from day one.

From the onset, we’ve laid a solid foundation that can be immediately utilized and built upon. Our launch offerings include:

• The Forge a DAO Enterprise Platform: A comprehensive platform to facilitate Decentralized Autonomous Organizations.
• Multiple Cloud-Based Environments: This includes separate staging and production systems, bolstering the development process.
• Decentralized World Building Platform: An innovative environment for crafting decentralized worlds.
• Mainnet IP Contracts: these have been deployed on both ETH and Arweave, ensuring your intellectual property rights are secured on the world’s global computer.
• Badging System: deployed on zkSync, this will allow for recognition and validation of achievements with impacts on the governance process. For example vote weighting and targeted workstreams (e.g. editors, developers, writers etc)
• Genesis Collection: deployed on both zkSync and Arweave, forming the foundational governance assets for our members.

Phases 2 -> 5 — post-launch initiatives.

Post-launch, we aim to enrich and expand our platform by focusing on the following key initiatives:

• Code Refactor: we’ll make our codebase more flexible and robust, allowing it to be used by other projects and individuals.
• Mobile Version: Recognizing the vital role of mobile accessibility in driving growth, we plan to develop a responsive version of our product, which is presently designed for desktop use.
• DAO as a service: We aim to offer end-to-end turnkey instances of the Proposal House and Publisher to other DAOs.
• Decentralized publishing as a service: onboarding individual creators and other projects that would like to join the content house and spin off their own worlds.
• World Map & Account Abstraction: our map will play a critical role in weaving lore and exploring new markets. The combination of an accessible AA based land mint and gamified resource generation will make the AoA world more engaging and fun.
• IP Contract enhancements: to stay relevant, organizations must adapt and advance alongside emerging blockchain technology. Therefore, we’ll be consistently updating and refining our IP contracts to stimulate growth.
• World Building & AI: we plan to leverage cost-effective AI workflows for expanding our world, specifically around animation and related increases in world map fidelity.

With this roadmap, we’re excited to propel the project into its next stages and look forward to bridging the gap between community and company.

The success of the organization is measured by the success of the community

Our founders and existing DAO members are unwavering in their dedication to Anura’s success. We’ve done everything we can to help ensure the integrity and value proposition behind the DAO, including directing 100% of mint funds into the treasury. We’re aware that unforeseen challenges may arise or that we might encounter financial constraints. We’ll lean into our conviction as builders and the talents of our community, adapting and pivoting when necessary, to ensure our mandate is achieved.

As we stand at the edge of a new era in decentralized creativity, we extend an invitation to you: are you ready to help build the Age of Anura? Join us in creating new worlds forged by collaborative imagination. Embark on this journey with us as we navigate through the Age of Anura. 🫡