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We\u2019re doing this by building an on-chain contribution based community to incentivize participation in open-source cannabis research.\n\nVideo: [Intro to Cannabis Genome DAO (90s)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9xwdnLKx7E&pp=ygUTY2FubmFiaXMgZ2Vub21lIGRhbw%3D%3D)\nTalk: [DAODenver 2023 \u201cHigh On Data\u201d (10min)](https://www.youtube.com/live/HdF8nOVk_Lk?feature=share&t=25684)\n\n## Values\nAll cannabis is medicine. Therefore, the information and tools to best utilize it should be accessible to the public domain. We will accomplish this by forming a community that governs: A) itself, B) sources of funding for scientific research, and C) the products or services rendered through the results of research initiatives.\n\n## Background\nCannabis sativa (cannabis) has traditionally been bred and cultivated in a very decentralized manner. There was a brief period of time between the industrial revolution and widespread prohibition where industrial production of cannabis (primarily low-THC hemp) did thrive around the world. And, there have been areas in some countries where sporadic large-scale production exists. However, the necessarily clandestine nature of cannabis cultivation over the past century resulted in a distributed network of primarily small-scale producers, particularly the breeders. \n\nCannabis itself is also incredibly decentralized in its natural ability to grow feral in the wild on every continent except for Antarctica. These features have resulted in an incredible amount of genetic and phenotypic diversity among cannabis plants. The extraordinary range of shapes, sizes, and colors that can be produced by genetically distinct varieties of cannabis is a testament to that underlying genetic diversity. This bodes well for the longevity of cannabis breeding at both the amateur and professional level. Many experts have begun to analogize it to the breeding of wine grapes. Winemakers breed unique varieties in the same way cannabis growers do.\n\nHowever, cannabis is not wine. We believe all cannabis is a medicine; therefore, a key component of our mission is to democratize access to information and technology that facilitates open access to the cannabis genome. This will be accomplished using regenerative crypto-economic principles to create a value system linked to contribution scores based on actions performed by community participants, thereby aligning the interests of all cannabis producers and consumers depending on their level of contribution. The end-goal of these efforts is to expedite the development of highly optimized therapeutic applications for cannabis.\n\nCannabis Genome DAO (CGD) started with an idea to connect cannabis growers with scientists and clinicians who can benefit by using the data growers collect. In early 2022, we began work on a fully on-chain data NFT marketplace enabling growers to list data for sale (or free), while maintaining provenance over their publications. Since then, we've made great progress overcoming concerns raised regarding how to accomplish our goals ethically - in a way that's fair to all participants.\n\nWe decided to focus more on building and less on marketing. Much of the problem solving and coordination has been led by a few dedicated core team members. However, you can keep up with occasional updates, news, and information by following CGD on Twitter.\n\nBlog Article: [\"What Is Cannabis Genome DAO?\"](https://medium.com/@cannabisgenome/what-is-cannabis-genome-dao-695a5b347002)\n\n## Where Are We Going?\nThe path toward deploying a functional data NFT marketplace that enables user-controlled privacy and permissions is now well charted. DAO governance and incentive models have also been thoroughly explored through both simulation and synthesis of research into other communities. Check out a recent series of blog posts from CGD core contributor Flowscience to get a sense of the depth that we're considering these topics.\n\nBlog Article: [\"Quantifying Reputation In DAOs (part one)\"](https://mirror.xyz/elijahspina.eth/1ll79DEikQuPkMvjBXVg2XQn4IVtbkGrUUk4SygHlho)\n\nIn the coming weeks we'll engage with DAO contributors and organizations identified as strategic partners; stakeholders in the CGD knowledge economy. We'll recruit new CGD core contributors to lead working groups geared toward one goal: deploying a functional marketplace with integrated community governance. Platforms like SourceCred, Coordinape and DeWork can allow us to track the efforts of our community members from the very beginning; then, provide retroactive remuneration after work is completed and people have formed social trust networks that lead to fair allocation and recognition.\n\nBy establishing robust contribution tracking mechanisms for the DAO we can incentivize the creation of a community owned data marketplace, which will act as a core component in the regenerative crypto-economic platform we are working to deliver. The marketplace will subsidize the cost of fees for new users to upload and store data on-chain by charging a commission on subsequent transactions to sell or \u201crent\u201d that same data. All revenue generated by commissions will go back to the DAO treasury and community to incentivize further adoption of the marketplace. \n\nWe are currently working to establish a detailed technical roadmap for deploying our planned implementation of Ocean Market through hands-on experimentation using the Aurora testnet development environment. Additional funding will be required to continue this work and subsidize data upload/storage fees during the early stages of the marketplace. Eventually, commissions on marketplace transactions paid to the DAO treasury will regenerate and support financial reserves for ongoing maintenance of the platform and community growth.\n\n## Use Cases\nWe\u2019re building a community organized around a regenerative crypto-economic system designed to align incentives between public and private interests related to scientific cannabis research. Our plan to do this is by using a combination of well-known tools to track and reward contributions of individuals toward collectively agreed-upon goals. Our first products will be a community owned open-source data marketplace, open-access publishing server and decentralized seed bank.\n\nImmutable traceability of contributions, such as the results of breeding projects, will incentivize people (particularly those in areas where cannabis is still illegal) to share their information without fear of losing proper credit and acknowledgment for their work. Both small and large contributions to the field can be attributed to the rightful source and contributors can be rewarded for participating in the community.\n\nWe aim to facilitate securely sharing assets and information pertaining to cannabis research on a non-duplicatable, non-corruptible, trustless, and decentralized network. Examples of assets and information that would be shared on our network include genome sequences, variant analysis files, coding and analysis scripts, laboratory protocols, breeding information, cultivation parameters, cultivar descriptions (general text), phenotypic traits (using standardized values), or pretty much any other relevant data.\n\n**Follow us on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/csatgenome) and join our [Discord](https://discord.gg/) to get involved.**\n\n-----\n\n*Cannabis Genome DAO (the \"DAO\") is a \"nonprofit association\" under the Delaware Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act, Del. Code Ann. Tit. 6, \u00a7\u00a7 1901-1916. The DAO is not intended to be, and shall not be deemed to be, a partnership.*", "logoImgData": {}, "bannerImgData": {}, "projectGithub": "CannabisGenomeDAO", "projectTwitter": "csatgenome"}
Cannabis Genome DAO
## Mission
Accelerate development of new cannabis based therapeutics by improving data availability. We’re doing this by building an on-chain contribution based community to incentivize participation in open-source cannabis research.

Video: [Intro to Cannabis Genome DAO (90s)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9xwdnLKx7E&pp=ygUTY2FubmFiaXMgZ2Vub21lIGRhbw%3D%3D)
Talk: [DAODenver 2023 “High On Data” (10min)](https://www.youtube.com/live/HdF8nOVk_Lk?feature=share&t=25684)

## Values
All cannabis is medicine. Therefore, the information and tools to best utilize it should be accessible to the public domain. We will accomplish this by forming a community that governs: A) itself, B) sources of funding for scientific research, and C) the products or services rendered through the results of research initiatives.

## Background
Cannabis sativa (cannabis) has traditionally been bred and cultivated in a very decentralized manner. There was a brief period of time between the industrial revolution and widespread prohibition where industrial production of cannabis (primarily low-THC hemp) did thrive around the world. And, there have been areas in some countries where sporadic large-scale production exists. However, the necessarily clandestine nature of cannabis cultivation over the past century resulted in a distributed network of primarily small-scale producers, particularly the breeders. 

Cannabis itself is also incredibly decentralized in its natural ability to grow feral in the wild on every continent except for Antarctica. These features have resulted in an incredible amount of genetic and phenotypic diversity among cannabis plants. The extraordinary range of shapes, sizes, and colors that can be produced by genetically distinct varieties of cannabis is a testament to that underlying genetic diversity. This bodes well for the longevity of cannabis breeding at both the amateur and professional level. Many experts have begun to analogize it to the breeding of wine grapes. Winemakers breed unique varieties in the same way cannabis growers do.

However, cannabis is not wine. We believe all cannabis is a medicine; therefore, a key component of our mission is to democratize access to information and technology that facilitates open access to the cannabis genome. This will be accomplished using regenerative crypto-economic principles to create a value system linked to contribution scores based on actions performed by community participants, thereby aligning the interests of all cannabis producers and consumers depending on their level of contribution. The end-goal of these efforts is to expedite the development of highly optimized therapeutic applications for cannabis.

Cannabis Genome DAO (CGD) started with an idea to connect cannabis growers with scientists and clinicians who can benefit by using the data growers collect. In early 2022, we began work on a fully on-chain data NFT marketplace enabling growers to list data for sale (or free), while maintaining provenance over their publications. Since then, we've made great progress overcoming concerns raised regarding how to accomplish our goals ethically - in a way that's fair to all participants.

We decided to focus more on building and less on marketing. Much of the problem solving and coordination has been led by a few dedicated core team members. However, you can keep up with occasional updates, news, and information by following CGD on Twitter.

Blog Article: ["What Is Cannabis Genome DAO?"](https://medium.com/@cannabisgenome/what-is-cannabis-genome-dao-695a5b347002)

## Where Are We Going?
The path toward deploying a functional data NFT marketplace that enables user-controlled privacy and permissions is now well charted. DAO governance and incentive models have also been thoroughly explored through both simulation and synthesis of research into other communities. Check out a recent series of blog posts from CGD core contributor Flowscience to get a sense of the depth that we're considering these topics.

Blog Article: ["Quantifying Reputation In DAOs (part one)"](https://mirror.xyz/elijahspina.eth/1ll79DEikQuPkMvjBXVg2XQn4IVtbkGrUUk4SygHlho)

In the coming weeks we'll engage with DAO contributors and organizations identified as strategic partners; stakeholders in the CGD knowledge economy. We'll recruit new CGD core contributors to lead working groups geared toward one goal: deploying a functional marketplace with integrated community governance. Platforms like SourceCred, Coordinape and DeWork can allow us to track the efforts of our community members from the very beginning; then, provide retroactive remuneration after work is completed and people have formed social trust networks that lead to fair allocation and recognition.

By establishing robust contribution tracking mechanisms for the DAO we can incentivize the creation of a community owned data marketplace, which will act as a core component in the regenerative crypto-economic platform we are working to deliver. The marketplace will subsidize the cost of fees for new users to upload and store data on-chain by charging a commission on subsequent transactions to sell or “rent” that same data. All revenue generated by commissions will go back to the DAO treasury and community to incentivize further adoption of the marketplace. 

We are currently working to establish a detailed technical roadmap for deploying our planned implementation of Ocean Market through hands-on experimentation using the Aurora testnet development environment. Additional funding will be required to continue this work and subsidize data upload/storage fees during the early stages of the marketplace. Eventually, commissions on marketplace transactions paid to the DAO treasury will regenerate and support financial reserves for ongoing maintenance of the platform and community growth.

## Use Cases
We’re building a community organized around a regenerative crypto-economic system designed to align incentives between public and private interests related to scientific cannabis research. Our plan to do this is by using a combination of well-known tools to track and reward contributions of individuals toward collectively agreed-upon goals. Our first products will be a community owned open-source data marketplace, open-access publishing server and decentralized seed bank.

Immutable traceability of contributions, such as the results of breeding projects, will incentivize people (particularly those in areas where cannabis is still illegal) to share their information without fear of losing proper credit and acknowledgment for their work. Both small and large contributions to the field can be attributed to the rightful source and contributors can be rewarded for participating in the community.

We aim to facilitate securely sharing assets and information pertaining to cannabis research on a non-duplicatable, non-corruptible, trustless, and decentralized network. Examples of assets and information that would be shared on our network include genome sequences, variant analysis files, coding and analysis scripts, laboratory protocols, breeding information, cultivation parameters, cultivar descriptions (general text), phenotypic traits (using standardized values), or pretty much any other relevant data.

**Follow us on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/csatgenome) and join our [Discord](https://discord.gg/) to get involved.**

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*Cannabis Genome DAO (the "DAO") is a "nonprofit association" under the Delaware Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act, Del. Code Ann. Tit. 6, §§ 1901-1916. The DAO is not intended to be, and shall not be deemed to be, a partnership.*
Cannabis Genome DAO