{"signature": "0x44c1de7360361fb1ac7e7c315a816cec6e89ca5ddde12a9014e70f466c383a61661bd78875320484979b4dcac44e5bd6a4e37f97f3fc5f3ec2157184f7cc72441c", "application": {"round": "0xb0ab31e907d5efe0dae69f29a22b5609fc2989e1", "answers": [{"type": "email", "answer": "timour@edgecity.live", "hidden": true, "question": "Email Address", "questionId": 0}, {"type": "short-answer", "answer": "We are funded through grants, including grants from prior Zuzalu QF rounds", "hidden": false, "question": "Funding Sources", "questionId": 1}, {"type": "short-answer", "answer": "Edge City Lanna", "hidden": false, "question": "Name of your event?", "questionId": 2}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Project Website: https://www.edgecity.live/lanna\nX: https://x.com/JoinEdgeCity\nTelegram: https://t.me/joinedgecity\n", "hidden": false, "question": "Share the public communication channels for your event (website, social media, messenger groups, email)", "questionId": 3}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Timour Kosters (zuzalu 2 weeks, zuconnect whole time)\n\nJanine (zuzalu whole time, zuconnect whole time) ", "hidden": false, "question": "Name of the person responsible for the event and the duration of their Zuzalu/ZuConnect attendance", "questionId": 4}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "42\nOctober 3rd - November 15, 2024", "hidden": false, "question": "Duration of the event, in consecutive days", "questionId": 5}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "~100-150 full-time residents \n\nAs a reference, our previous event Edge Esmarelda saw ~1,200 people attend in total, including roughly ~150 full-time residents, and ~40 children throughout that time. There were between 200-300 people present at any one time. \n", "hidden": false, "question": "Numbers of long-term attendees the event is reasonably expecting to host", "questionId": 6}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "We have supported the key thought-schools since the beginning and will continue to do so. Our goal is to create transformative gatherings with participants from diverse fields, including Crypto, ZK, Health & Biotech, Longevity, AI, Philosophy, Public Goods, and Governance.", "hidden": false, "question": "Groups of Zuzalu thought-schools the event is substantially dedicated to", "questionId": 7}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "There will be a lot of programming and discussions for each of the main themes. To illustrate, we can share a selection of the 25 programs/tracks that we helped to organize for our last event, since the idea will be quite similar. These tracks ranged widely, with some highlights including: \n\nLabWeek: Organized by Protocol Labs and Foresight Institute, this program looked at the future of frontier tech including Neurotech, AI, VR/XR, and Biotech/Longevity.\n \nCities of Tomorrow: This track, organized by our main Edge Esmeralda collaborator, Devon Zuegel, focused on urban planning, city management, and future city innovations.\n\nCrypto Academic Workshop: We brought together the world’s leading academics in cryptography, systems design and game theory for a week of deep-dives on crypto problems, in partnership with Uniswap Foundation and Ethereum Foundation. \n\nGovernance Week: this week featured the Governance Games program with Uniswap and Butter, and the Network Nations deep-dive led by Primavera De Fillipi. \n\nLongevity Summer Camp: Organized by Laura Deming, this program brought together longevity leaders for a weekend of brainstorming the future of this industry. \n\nSummer of Protocols: a week of focusing on futures and world-building with protocols, led by Tim Beiko and Venkatesh Rao.\n\nEdge Esmeralda Hackathon: Our hackathon program lasted the whole month and culminated in a hackathon with judges including Ivan Zhao (CEO & Founder of Notion). \n\nThe exact tracks and residencies for Lanna will be announced soon.\n", "hidden": false, "question": "Elements that dedicate the event substantially to these thought-schools", "questionId": 8}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "The village itself is fully opt-in by nature, in every regard, for all attendees, yet we use a basic application process to ensure that we get a good group of folks in the community to participate. We focus on high-agency people from all walks of life and all corners of the earth, who are building towards a better future: founders, scientists, urban planners, researchers, engineers, philosophers, storytellers, and beyond. We look for thoughtful people who are brilliant, curious, and kind. \n\n\nTicket prices are also kept at the absolute minimum possible, as to only cover basic event costs. All of the costs are passthrough and we make no profit on the event itself. We aim to make it as affordable as possible for people who need scholarships or discounts. \n\nWe are very proud of our fellowship program, which has been very successful in the past. It allows talented youngsters to contribute and gain from an experience they would otherwise not be able to attend. \n", "hidden": false, "question": "In what ways are attendees obligated to comply with non-optional aspects of the event design? Is there any action or prerequisite necessary to join? Is there anything on the event, that is not optional for the attendee to opt-in to?", "questionId": 9}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Edge City’s philosophy is to encourage active connection, collaboration & creation over passive consumption.\n\n\nProgramming is mostly emergent, with the bulk of workshops and talks being self-organized by the community. In our prior event, we had only 7% of programming that had any involvement from a core organizer. We intend to even improve that for Edge City Lanna. \n\nWe focus on emergence & co-creation instead of centrally planning everything. We create the minimum necessary structure for this to be an excellent event, and then we'll encourage the attendees to participate, engage, and build awesome things on top of the structure we provide.", "hidden": false, "question": "What are the aspects of the event effectively allowing for bottom-up dynamics to arise", "questionId": 10}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "The basic programming framework is minimally set to maximize the surface area for serendipity, empowering the community to engage, share, coordinate, and collaborate. This extended format allows participants to build meaningful relationships and delve deep into projects, whether they're developing hardware prototypes, research papers, musical pieces, or new companies. Emphasizing the importance of multidisciplinary collaboration, Edge City aims to be a conduit for knowledge exchange across diverse fields, communities, and ways of life. \n\n\nWe have shared dinners on most nights and create spaces for thoughtful interaction between community members, like community spaces. \n", "hidden": false, "question": "What are the aspects of the event advocating for relationships and communities to organically form", "questionId": 11}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Besides providing the use of an open-schedule community calendar (Social Layer),we also allow attendees to be permissionless co-hosts of events and experiences within the popup village. We have also pre-secured a plethora of co-working and collaborative venue spaces that can accommodate almost any request at almost all times.\n\nOur anchor partner is the co-working & co-living Alt_Ping River, which will carry forth Lanna’s message for years to come. This will be the space where most people will self-organize events", "hidden": false, "question": "What are the aspects that allow attendees the permissionless co-organisation of the event (accessibility of schedule programming, availability of venue space and dedicated time)", "questionId": 12}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Besides the core topics listed above, we will also have the following tracks (with more to come) \n- AR/VR/XR - collaborating Foresight, Justin Mellilo and others\n- Social Technology \n- Visa Policy - Advancing the regulatory framework for the growing global digital nomad and decentralized workforce through fair, merit based, international policy proposals - partnering with Plumia/SafetyWing with their network of global regulators. \n- Network Nations - Ideating, experimenting and collaborating with other KOL and organizations in the region\t", "hidden": false, "question": "Which other themes or thought-schools will be present in your event?", "questionId": 13}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Leveraging tech like a community calendar (Social Layer) and having an equal, decentralized organizational structure. \n\n\nOur last event saw:\n- 551 sessions of programming throughout one month, of which the majority were organized by the community and attendees.\n- 167 unique session hosts\n", "hidden": false, "question": "How do you expect to foster community contributions and bottom-up development of programming? ", "questionId": 14}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Yes, all our events have been very Zupass-compatible, and we enthusiastically plan to continue doing so. We commit to integrating Zupass stamps during the duration of Edge City Lanna to support, promote and further innovate on top of the technology.\n", "hidden": false, "question": "Does your project plan to give out zupass-compatible membership passes to your attendees?", "questionId": 15}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "In the last Q1 Events round we applied for a general grant to fund our plans for this year, for which we received 53.634 OETH. We used the majority of this for costs related to the Edge City Denver and Edge Esmeralda events, which have already occurred. \n", "hidden": false, "question": "Have you received any other funding for this project? If so, how much and from what sources? (See Rule 5)", "questionId": 16}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Yes, we received 53.634 OETH  funding in the previous round,  which helped to fund Edge City Denver, a small launch event at ETH Denver, and Edge Esmarelda, a one-month popup village in Northern California this June. \n\n\nSpecifically we used the funds for Edge Esmeralda:  \n- Paying for hotels\n- Paying for venues \n- Paying for transportation (bikes, shuttles, etc.) \n- Paying for experiences like community dinners and outings \n- Paying for staff to ensure the successful operation of the event.\n\n\nOur overarching goal for this event was to expose top builders and funders in the SF tech scenes to the Zuzalu ecosystem and this is exactly what we did.\n\nWe have not been involved in any kickbacks (monetary or non-monetary) for any of our events.\n", "hidden": false, "question": "Did either you, or the project, or its predecessor participate in the Zuzalu-Gitcoin Q1 Events Round? If that is the case, please share how much funding you receive and detail how these funds were used? Was your project involved in (non-monetary) kickbacks that were given out in exchange for contributions in?", "questionId": 17}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Yes, Janine has RPGF Round 3 funds from Optimism, which were applied for on behalf of Zuzalu and ZuConnect. The amount received was 99,379 OP tokens, received June 6, 2024 and have vested a total of 43,300.23 as of Jul 16, 2024. These funds were received by Janine because at the time she was heavily involved in the core team of Zuzalu as before December 2024, we had a core team. \n\nJanine realized that there was an rPGF round happening while ZuConnect was running and submitted a last-minute application right before the deadline. If she had not realized this, there would be no rPGF funds to allocate because no one would have submitted the application. \n", "hidden": true, "question": "Did any of the organizing members involved in this event (or its predecessor) receive or hold funds awarded to the Zuzalu project as part of Optimism’s Retro PGF round 3? If so, please share in detail how much, when, and on what basis of justification were these funds received by you?", "questionId": 18}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Unfortunately all these funds cannot be transferred to vitalik.eth as they have not completed streaming into the account that was set up. In addition, the account setup to receive these funds was done on short notice the evening of the application deadline. \n\nWe are working with Vitalik to make sure those funds are allocated properly. ", "hidden": true, "question": "Did you, or any organizing members involved in this event involved in your project or its successor or predecessor, hold Optimism Retro PGF funds in the Name of Zuzalu? Please make sure that the funds have been sent to vitalik.eth before applying in order for your project to be eligible.", "questionId": 19}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "We will use the funds to facilitate the creation of Edge City Lanna, our next main Zu-style event. They will be used to put down deposits for events, pay staff, and any other event-related production expenses. We will share a report after the event of how the funds were used. ", "hidden": false, "question": "Please describe how you will use the funds received from this round?", "questionId": 20}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Yes, we continue to use all of the Ethereum-based technology that we have been involved in supporting and developing. We use on-chain payments as much as possible, and we continue to be strong supporters of ZuPass and the Ethereum ecosystem as a whole. \n\n\nWe will also have many core Ethereum community-members at our event. \n", "hidden": false, "question": "Is your blockchain-facing tech maximally compatible with Ethereum and common Ethereum ecosystem standards? If so, how?", "questionId": 21}, {"type": "multiple-choice", "answer": "Yes", "hidden": true, "question": "By submitting an application, you agree to the following: 1) provide a statement on Zuzagora (or it’s successor) on how the funds received through this round were used one month after the event ends. In case your event has not fully happened within 2024, all unused funds must be returned, used funds must be publicly accounted for. Please confirm you understand this. ", "questionId": 22}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Edge City creates three key areas we strive to impact:\n\n\nAccelerate Resident Impact\nWe fill our villages with brilliant, kind, ambitious people who give each other the courage, education, and inspiration to apply their talents to do the most impactful work of their lives.‍\n\n\nIncubate Projects\nWe foster the development of groundbreaking technologies. Our community is keen to test out prototypes and give feedback, which is critical to helping beat the cold start problem for novel ideas. For example, we have seen how well-designed events like Zuzalu Montenegro and ZuConnect can incubate emerging technology like Programmable Cryptography and PCDS through community adoption, support, and development of products like Zupass.‍\n\n\nAdvance Governance and Community Models\nWe will demonstrate new models for community living. The innovation playgrounds are in-real-life laboratories for new decision-making and organizational models, allowing us to try innovative governance and community designs.\n", "hidden": true, "question": "We recommend including in your application, please confirm you have understood this: What problem you’re trying to solve Traction, if any Team Roadmap Budget", "questionId": 23}], "project": {"id": "0xa7b4f963d34bbbcd594fb85bb69f6eadbbdbbaa94490a6c89194ac26eaa9f273", "title": "Edge City Lanna", "logoImg": "bafkreiaurgdfkjwvepahyrhg64eoafaj6missu2drnu7o67hudaqnheqgm", "metaPtr": {"pointer": "bafkreiat2jd7xzxdrbrruzgag55uqk7u6cirkf2oszrm7g4xks3oyipkeu", "protocol": "undefined"}, "website": "https://www.edgecity.live/lanna", "bannerImg": "bafybeiasp4dfszhyndfmftnerszu2tmb4k6pid77jipedsldka3veewkxq", "createdAt": 1720702489946, "credentials": {}, "description": "About Edge City\nEdge City convenes people working at the frontiers of tech, science, and society in popup villages across the globe. We aspire to be a ‘society incubator’— a lab of experimentation for new ideas, tech, culture, and organizations, all dedicated to accelerating human flourishing.\n\nThe villages last 1-2 months and are perfect environments to live, learn, and experiment with frontier projects. The participants are leaders from diverse fields, including Crypto, AI, BioTech & Longevity, Philosophy, and Governance. Edge City is part of and contributes to the Zuzalu ecosystem.\n\nWe believe the best opportunity for positive impact comes from multidisciplinary collaboration. Our gatherings are perfectly designed for this, with longer durations and structured community design that foster deep connection and partnership between attendees. Edge City is an ideal setting for innovators to work alongside their peers, tackling major problems focused on enhancing societal prosperity and individual fulfillment.\n\nAbout Edge City Lanna\nEdge City Lanna will take place in beautiful Chiang Mai this fall, bringing together hundreds of people to live in a healthy community focused on incubating novel technologies and ways of living.\n\nChiang Mai is a city where ancient history meets cutting-edge innovation. Nestled in the mountains of Northern Thailand, Chiang Mai offers 700-year-old temples, bustling markets, and a vibrant modern culture.\n\nStart your day meditating in serene temples and end it discussing the latest advancements in AI and BioTech. Join us in this dynamic setting to live, learn, and experiment with frontier projects, and be part of a community dedicated to accelerating human flourishing.", "lastUpdated": 0, "projectTwitter": "joinedgecity"}, "recipient": "0x1917b7113208C228235da8e7d0cfCA38fEFba3A7"}}