Frequently Asked Questions

New DAO

How do I deploy a new DAO?

The easiest way to launch a DAO is using DAOcreator - an interactive tool created by dOrg to deploy your new DAO.

Know about the project, get help from our team to customise your DAO and get started on Alchemyhere

Another alternative to deploy a DAO could be via command line, This give you access to advanced features like - adding custom schemes and global constraints. Refer to our starter-template example or the custom scheme tutorial for details.

I have deployed a DAO, what next?

Once you have deployed your DAO you would want to do one of the following

Get it shown in Alchemy

In order to get your app added to Alchemy, you will need to get it registered with DAOregistry and indexed by DAOstack subgraph.

Since the process has not been automated yet, we would suggest you to submit PR to the DAOstack subgraph repo by adding the output of the deployment process ( json object ) in this folder.

Alternatively, you can DM the output to Shiv (telegram: @shivgupt), Open Source Developer Relations Coordinator, who can then submit PR on your behalf.

Create a new dApp interface

You can use starter-template example in DAOstack Hacker-kit as the starting point. The example provides a basic react-app and setup a dev environment will core layers of DAOstack.

Developer Onboard

Which layer of stack can I work/contribute?

While contributions are welcome for all layers of the stack, we suggest the first time contributors to start at the dApp layer i.e. Alchemy. Checkout dev setup guide for Alchemy

Please refer to our Stack guide on Developer's Portal for details on when to work on each layer.

I want to contribute but don't know where to get started?

Onboarding on any new project can be a daunting process.

Please checkout the intro to the various layers of the DAOstack's Stack.

For the first time contributors we suggest any of the following

Once you are more familiar with the stack you may want to play with and add to various layers of the stack and might find the following guides useful

Can DAOstack fund me for my contribution?

All external contributions to the DAOstack are funded by GenesisDAO and must be passed by the Genesis members.

GenesisDAO is the DAO designed to be the inheritor of the DAOstack treasury, and the entity tasked on steering the GEN token economy and use.

Please, checkout our Ecosystem repo and refer to the proposals for grants section for details.

I still have questions

Where do I post queries ?

If you still have questions, please feel free to post queries on DAO Research and Dev channel and tag @shivgupt (our Open Source Developer Relations Coordinator)

Whom do I contact for technical help or for discussing integrations?

For more one-one technical help and queries DM Shiv on telegram: @shivgupt