SOS - Notice Period: One-Off Objectives Submissions Feb '25

DAO Programs & Initiatives Strategic Objective Settings (SOS)
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2-year Objective: Arbitrum’s Social Media and Chat App Expansion

Statement

Expand Arbitrum’s presence and usefulness by adding onchain features to popular social networks and messaging apps using bots, agents, and mini-apps. Also, support the creation of native decentralized social networks and chat apps on Arbitrum.

Explanation

This objective aligns with Arbitrum’s MVP by making Arbitrum more accessible and integrating it into users’ daily online interactions.

We’ve seen many interesting use cases in recent months where onchain actions were performed through text-based interactions with agents on social media and messaging apps. The most commonly used platforms were X (Twitter), Farcaster, Telegram, and Discord, while the most used blockchains were Solana, Base, and, to some extent, TON.

Performing onchain actions through social media and messaging apps will become more common over time, and it’s important that Arbitrum doesn’t get left behind. That’s why we need to take action to integrate Arbitrum with popular social networks and chat apps.

Risks include the complexities of integrating with centralized platforms (API restrictions, deplatforming), security considerations, and existing competition.

Non-capital resources required involve software development, community engagement, and marketing.

Wider-reaching outcomes include increased DeFi activity, easier onboarding for people new to crypto, and establishing Arbitrum as a trusted platform to enhance the usefulness of social applications.

Key Results

  1. The launch of at least 10 functional bots, agents, and mini-apps for popular social networks (e.g., Twitter/X, Facebook) and chat apps (e.g., Telegram, Discord), which will perform onchain Arbitrum actions such as sending and swapping tokens, using DeFi, and copy trading.

  2. Achieve a combined user base of 10,000 users across all integrated bots, agents, and mini-apps within two years of launch.

  3. Establish a grants program to support the development of these bots, agents, and mini-apps on existing social media and messaging apps. As well as development of Arbitrum-native decentralized social networks and chat apps.

  4. Host at least two hackathons focused on building social and chat applications (bots, agents, mini-apps, standalone apps) with Arbitrum integration.

  5. Launch at least two successful Arbitrum-native decentralized social networks or chat apps with a combined user base of 50,000 within two years of launch.

I look forward to hearing everyone’s thoughts on this.

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