Back to collectionA Long Watch Enters the Treasury Debate
Background: The DAO forum proposal to use treasury funds for the trademark lawsuit kept drawing replies overnight. Today: Some people discussed contributing money; others worked through the proposal. Impact and next steps: The thread now showed another kind of commitment: someone who had watched over the network for years also cared where the lawsuit went.
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Background: The DAO forum proposal to use treasury funds for the trademark lawsuit kept drawing replies overnight. The Night Watchman, a longtime community member who runs a Sentry node at home, wanted to take part, though he did not yet know how the foundation might receive the community’s offers of help.
Today: Some people discussed contributing money; others worked through the proposal. At the end of the thread, the Night Watchman wrote neither yes nor no. He posted a log showing his home Sentry node had stayed online for more than 900 consecutive days. He chose not to turn those years of work into a pledge of money. The narrator added half a sentence: this was probably his longest speech.
Impact and next steps: The thread now showed another kind of commitment: someone who had watched over the network for years also cared where the lawsuit went. A log cannot count as a vote. It did make the Night Watchman consider how far he could help if others needed on-chain records checked. Whether the treasury would contribute remained for the formal debate.