Decentralized Voices Cohort 5 - AIWeb3 DAO

Application for Decentralized Voices Initiative by AIWeb3 DAO

Dear Polkadot Community and Web3 Foundation,

This is Dr. Cao, I am writing to you today to apply for decentralized voice initiative as the founder of AIWeb3 DAO (https://linktr.ee/aiweb3 ) and represent the AIWeb3 DAO, the most vibrant Chinese community within the Polkadot ecosystem. Our mission has always been to amplify the voice of the Chinese-speaking community, support Chinese content creators, ensuring it plays a pivotal role in shaping the future of Polkadot. With over 28,000+ followers on Twitter and daily active engagements across Discord (9000+ members) and Telegram (9000+ members), we have established ourselves as a central hub for discussion, education, and collaboration surrounding specifically the Polkadot and Polkadot ecosystem.

More details about AIWeb3 DAO can be found in our previous DV application: https://forum.polkadot.network/t/decentralized-voices-program-cohort-3-aiweb3/10202

What’s New in Our DV Cohort 5 Plan

  1. Core-Member Ballots, Publicly Logged

    • Each AIWeb3 core member (initial list will be shared below) will cast an individual vote on every OpenGov referendum.

    • They will also publish a short rationale—Chinese & English—within 24 h on Subsquare / Polkassembly and in our weekly recap thread on X.

  2. Community-Wide Signal Vote

    • We will open a snapshot-style poll for every referendum.

    • Voting power = on-chain activity score (OpenGov participation + staking) + off-chain reputation(Telegram, Discord, weekly voice-chat attendance).

    • Scores refresh monthly; new members can climb quickly through meaningful contribution.

  3. Weekly “OpenGov Townhall” (双语)

    • Live on X Spaces / Discord every week.

    • Agenda: review proposals, translate highlights, collect questions, crowd-source amendments.

    • Audio & minutes archived publicly.

  4. Open Door for New Core Delegates

    • Any Chinese builder who attends ≥ 4 Townhalls and has ≥ 2 constructive Polkassembly comments can join the core ballot roster (after community confirmation vote).
  5. Transparent Funding Dashboard

    • Real-time tracker of AIWeb3 Treasury inflow/outflow, linked to our DV address.

    • Shows marketing spend, grant-follow-up KPIs, and contributor rewards.


Why This Matters

  • Closes the feedback loop: proposals ↔ voters ↔ builders ↔ content creators.

  • Bootstraps governance literacy for thousands of Chinese users who still feel disconnected from OpenGov.

  • Produces data (activity scores, poll deltas vs. on-chain outcome) that the broader Polkadot community can study and reuse.

We served as Kusama DV Cohort 2, voting through
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(history on Polkassembly).


Initial Core-Member Roster

  • Dr. Cao – Founder, educator, 300+ Polkadot videos

  • Ben (BentheVC) – KOL, macro & governance analyst

  • Xiucai – DeFi educator, 50 k+ total views

  • Kyrie – Technical writer & translator

  • polkadot 波卡哥/ 劉六六/ Web3-刮刮乐/ Dragomyst | Skythorn/ 東東|寫點加密貨幣/ Roger / Francis / Xupan / Giki / – Advisors + core members + council members

All will publish individual votes and rationale.


Political Philosophy (unchanged, but reinforced)

  1. Deep context before capital: proposals must show ecosystem understanding.

  2. Long-term accountability: funding unlocked in tranches tied to deliverables.

  3. Performance-weighted support: new builders start small; proven teams get head-room.

  4. Collaborative synergy: we back proposals that link multiple parachains or bridge Polkadot ↔ external ecosystems.

  5. Bear-market builders first: reward those who kept shipping when the price chart didn’t.


Closing

AIWeb3 DAO has grown into the Chinese “town square” for Polkadot. With DV Cohort 3 we want to turn that square into a polling booth—a bilingual, data-driven governance lab that any community can replicate.

We’re ready to shoulder the work; we ask for your delegation so we can prove this model.

Thank you for your consideration. Questions, comments, or challenges are welcome any time.

Warm regards,

**
AIWeb3 DAO**

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