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By GozmanGonzalez on
"The first time I used Unlock Protocol, it clicked for me. I wasn’t just buying access to something, I was holding a key. A real, onchain key that couldn’t be taken away by a platform or hidden behind a fine print."It felt different. Safer. Fairer. And it made me realize that the way we’ve been doing memberships online all these years, with passwords, credit cards, and middlemen, is long overdue for change. That change is onchain memberships. And no one is building them better than Unlock.Mem...
By Stella Achenbach on
Unlock Protocol DAO is taking things beyond the screen—join Ceci, Jonathan, and Stella (that’s me!) as we tour Devconnect in Buenos Aires, bringing unlocked energies to the main event this year and a whole bunch of merch quests for you, our community!Teaser: Rise Up Livestream → Real Life Adventure If you caught our segment on the Rise Up Morning Show with Evan Mann, you’ve already seen that we’re kicking off new marketing initiatives and opening the doors to more outward-facing magic. Now, i...
By Trigs on
Hey Locksmiths! Wait, who's sending this newsletter? If you're wondering what is going on, there's a new voice in the Unlock community! I'm Trigs, and you may or may not have noticed me starting to elbow my way in around here. I started making waves in the Unlock community with my proposal draft for the Governance & Membership Steward role. If you're new to DAOs, sometimes these things take time, but as I onboard myself into the community, I have been taking on new responsibilities. Hosting t...
By Stella Achenbach on
A bit over a year ago, Unlock Labs integrated the Gitcoin Passport hook into the protocol. A lot has changed since then, starting with the fact that the Gitcoin Passport is now called Human Passport and has become part of human.tech and the Holonym Foundation. Human Passport has matured and is now more focused than ever on laying the foundations for an internet where people and not bots hold the keys to trust in a trustless world.Why Human Passport The internet was built for connection, but a...
By Stella Achenbach on
Did you know that Unlock DAO is a decentralized autonomous organization that governs the actual protocol? These are ordinary people, like you, making decisions about the protocol and its future development in a decentralized manner, using the $UP token as the governance currency. DAO Members propose new ideas through proposals and vote on them to help the protocol be future-proof. However, aside from DAO Members, we also have DAO Contributors, Ambassadors, and Stewards. These members have ded...
By Stella Achenbach on
Hey Locksmiths!Unlock DAO enters October with an energized pulse where creators, builders, and community organizers are abuzz with new experiments and collaborative initiatives. As headlines swirl about potential shakeups in the creator economy, our commitment to decentralized creativity and open collaboration grows even stronger. In a landscape shifting beneath the feet of platforms and audiences alike, our DAO continues to put creators first, prioritizing transparency and the open internet....
By sohobiit on
For years, accessing online content, communities, or services has been reduced to a simple login: an email, a password, and often, a credit card. This traditional model taught us to rely on centralized platforms: as long as we pay and follow their rules, we have access; if we stop or the terms change, we lose everything. It's a rental system, not an ownership system. But the web is changing. With the arrival of Web3 and tools like Unlock Protocol, access is no longer just a permission; it is ...
By Stella Achenbach on
Did you know that Unlock DAO is a decentralized autonomous organization that governs the actual protocol? These are ordinary people, like you, making decisions about the protocol and its future developments in a decentralized manner, utilizing the $UP token as a governance currency. DAO Members propose new ideas through proposals and vote on them to help the protocol be future-proof. However, aside from DAO Members, we also have DAO Contributors, Ambassadors, and Stewards. These members have ...
By GozmanGonzalez on
When you join a new community, there's always that moment of confusion: "Okay, I’m here… but how do I actually take part?" That’s exactly how I felt when I first started hanging around the Unlock DAO. I kept hearing about "UDT migration" and "UP governance," and honestly, at first, it sounded like some secret language only insiders understood. But here's the truth: it's not that complicated once you see the story behind it. This is my attempt to explain the shift from UDT to UP in plain, huma...
By Stella Achenbach on
Hey Locksmiths!Happy September, everyone, and hopefully, calm, relaxing summer holidays for most of you! At Unlock Protocol DAO, we are gearing up for a dynamic and exciting second half of 2025 and the next phase of DAO operations. After figuring out our organizational structure over the past year, we are now focusing our united forces on bringing revenue to the DAO. The truth is that open-source and free technology still has costs and requires ongoing maintenance. To ensure that we are setti...