LS/DAO and LS/D_O
This project is called LS/DAO.
However, it will be become a real DAO and LS/DAO in 2028 five years from now.
Until then, the project will be called LS/D_O, and the community will be operated centrally.
The LS in the name of this project, LS/DAO, is an abbreviation for Liquid Staking. The term is borrowed from “Rivers never cease to flow and never stay the same” – a verse from a poem by Kamo no Chomei, a Japanese poet, essayist, and traveler of the 12th to 13th centuries (late Heian period to early Kamakura period). Of course, we also plan to do liquid staking of tokens.
DAO stands for Decentralized Autonomous Organization but also refers to Democracy / Architecture / Organization.
So, what exactly is that like?
In the early 90s, the parties that brought together computer engineers from Silicon Valley and the guys from Mondo2000 (later WIRED) who went to raves in San Francisco’s South Park at the time were super interesting. Those guys set up a headquarters in San Francisco, and the rave flyer design was da bomb, so the designer was hired and the magazine WIRED was launched. I like that story (though there are also connections with Negroponte, Stewart Brand, and Bruce Sterling). I think that interesting things start bottom-up from an unfathomable, chaotic, culturally rich entity without a name.
So, what exactly is that like?
The first thing LS/D_O launches is NFT.
We requested choko, who continues to create sweet flyers (and T-shirts) in Japan’s rave/dance/club culture, to make the design. (I will also mention here that it was choko who was the DJ who was playing crazy dance music and making people dance at the first club we went to after we crashed.) We asked prodigious DJ and designer, choko, to create NFT with motifs of Japanese designs from the Jomon (1300 to 300 BC) and Yayoi (300 BC to 300) to Edo periods (1600 to 1868).
The second thing LS/D_O makes is clothing.
We requested clothes to be made by 831 who has been making awesome clothes favored by Japanese dance and clubbing fans. Those clothes are made using the NFT motif designed by choko. This is the first collaborative work for the creator economy that we strive for. Japan’s sewing technology is excellent, so they should be able to make warm clothes perfect for outdoor raves. These are special clothes that can be purchased only at LS/DAO and will be released as NFTs with benefits.