What is Common Aura?

Common Aura: Your Network Reputation Aura tracks your contributions across the Common ecosystem. It’s not points or tokens — it’s your network reputation. Whether you're exploring communities, using the Common Client, or completing ecosystem quests, every action helps grow your Aura. Note: A separate blog will go

Zero-Knowledge Proving for Security and Accessibility with Boundless

Zero-knowledge (ZK) proving is taking crypto by storm for good reason. ZK is changing the way we think about computing, privacy, and security with fascinating use cases and innovations. We had a talk with Mash from Boundless where we got to chat through the exciting opportunities that come with this

Regen Network: Enhancing Ecological Markets Through Blockchain Tech

Environmental sustainability and crypto isn’t a crossover we see often, but the use case for using web3 is particularly appealing with Regen Network. In an Alpha and Yap Space with Dave Fortson, Chief Growth Officer of Regen Network, we learned about how they're using blockchain tech to

Advanced Trading Made Accessible with Starbase

Alpha and yapping has been action-packed recently. We had an awesome convo with Ana from Starbase, a DEX aggregator built on Base. Our chat started off by learning how Starbase is approaching product and community, and then we walked through how they can develop solid goals for their roadmap. Here’

How AthenaDAO is Making Women's Health a Priority

DeSci is paving the way for new ways to fund and promote innovation for medical research. One area of health research that’s often overlooked and underfunded is women’s health and fertility. AthenaDAO is on a mission to change that. We spoke with Victoria and Jenna from the team

Bridging Biology Research and DeSci with Quantum Bio DAO

Recently we alpha and yapped with Clarice D. Aiello and Geoff Anders from Quantum Bio DAO about the intersection of DeSci, quantum biology, and community governance. We learned about how quantum mechanics plays a fundamental role in biology, the DAO's ambitious research roadmap, and the ways they are

Tevaera's Strategic Migration to Base

Tevaera, a leader within web3 gaming, recently made a strategic decision to migrate from Zksync to the Base network. This move reflects a data-driven approach to find the most aligned ecosystem for their vision. We talked with Gav, founder of Teva to learn more about his thought process behind the

Based Meme Szn: Mochi x Common

Meme culture moves fast, so why should meme contests be any different? We've teamed up with Mochi to launch our first-ever Farcaster Contest, putting $3,000 in prizes on the line for the best Base memes. This contest leverages Farcaster Frames, allowing the entire experience to happen natively

Introducing Swaps on Common

We’re excited to announce the release of Swap functionality as an independent feature for all communities on Common! With this functionality, communities and users gain access to powerful tools to manage and grow their favorite tokens with ease. Each community on Common is centered around a token. Now, you

Introducing Farcaster Contests

Contests, launched in November 2024, provide a way to fund output that you want to see in your community, such as generating community specific content, research competitions or meme contests.  Currently, contests can be run directly on Common, funded with tokens and open for participation by community members on the

A New Approach to Stablecoins with Nerite

In a recent Alpha and Yap space, we talked with Joseph, a DeFi OG and solidity developer, about his latest venture, Nerite. Joseph is building Nerite as a streaming stablecoin, calling it the “friendly Liquity V2 fork for Arbitrum.” We learned a lot about how he’s innovating on stablecoins

Bringing Our Vision to Life Through a Design Rebrand

In a recent Twitter Space, our CEO Dillon Chen and designer Adam Ho chatted about the story behind our rebrand—a narrative that goes much further than cosmectics. We talked about how our vision of community coordination was incorporated into the designs and the future of Common’s internal and

BeerMe: Enhancing Connections Through Social Tokens

Most of the world is now very online, and with that has come the loss of genuine connection. BeerMe is a new payments platform that's revolutionizing how we share moments and experiences through social tokens. We had the opportunity to chat with the founders of BeerMe, Gray and

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Introducing Common Protocol: Programmable Communities

Overview Launching a token is only the first step in creating a successful community. Projects need continuous coordination of attention and capital to support the core idea that the token represents. Various activities drive progress for communities: onchain transactions like funding or voting, offchain posts on Farcaster or forums, and

Weighted Voting and Contest FAQ

What is weighted voting?  Weighted voting enables you to create a topic where upvote power of the community members depends on their token holdings. You can weight a topic using ERC20 (that is on the same chain as your community) when you create a new topic. You can also weight

Launching Contests on Common

Today, we are launching Contests on Common. This feature will enable communities to increase engagement and boost transactions for their coins. Any ERC20 token on Base can fund these contests and vote on entries. All of this happens within the forum of Common, where discussions and chats about your community

Community-Driven Governance with Planq and Diva Staking

Navigating community engagement and governance can be one of the most important and challenging parts of growing a crypto project. We were recently joined by Planq and Diva Staking to hear their perspectives on how they’re balancing community involvement with decision-making. You can listen to the full chat below.

Web3 for Social Impact with Public Goods Club

Last week we talked with Trav, the founder of Public Goods Club, to learn all about their initiative to fund public goods projects. In the process, we learned a lot about how to use crypto for good, and ways to get people interested and onboarded into web3. Let’s recap

Benefits of DAO Governance for Communities with Arthera and Thirdfy

Can DAOs address the issues faced by traditional organizations? How can you be part of the growing movement towards decentralization? Last week, we went live with Arthera, the next-gen EVM compatible L1 Blockchain, and Thirdfy, a zero gas fees trading platform, to discuss DAO governance and community building. We'

How to Foster Engaged Discussions in Crypto Communities

There’s no better feeling than being in a community where there’s active members who are passionate about a project. The quality of discussions is a distinguishing factor of thriving communities. Great discussions lead to valuable insights that drive the community’s goals forward, as well as a sense

Redefining Golf: How LinksDAO Leveraged the Web3 Community to Buy a Golf Course

“Wen golf course?” A phrase you don’t typically hear in crypto, unless of course, you’re LinksDAO. LinksDAO was formed with the goal of purchasing and operating golf courses through a community-led model. Their approach to golf course ownership is an incredible example of how web3 can be used

Crypto Loves a Group Chat and New Product Update

Crypto highlights & things we found cool this week: * Uniswap just released the Uniswap Extension, allowing people to swap, sign transactions, and send/receive crypto from the sidebar.  * Friends With Benefits is having their FEST event next month! FEST is an internet exposition for all things music, tech, and culture.

How to Build Trust Within Onchain Communities

Trust is one of the most important aspects to building communities onchain, especially because of the disillusionment that comes with scams within the crypto space. In an environment where integrity is often questioned, establishing and maintaining trust becomes a key indicator of which communities will thrive. So, how can you

How Onchain Collaboration Helps with Community Building

Communities are the heart of innovation, driving the creation of projects and solutions that people truly care about. As the importance of community continues to grow, so do the challenges of fostering trust and effective collaboration. How do we get people to come together and put all these moving pieces

Contributing to DAOs with StableLab: How Can You Get Involved and Make an Impact?

Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) help power community-driven decision-making and empower contributors to have a real impact on their projects. We recently had the opportunity to speak with Kene from StableLab, a leader in decentralized governance solutions for protocols, about how individuals can get started in DAOs. Here’s what we