The Bionic DAO launch: details revealed

Hello Team,

If you haven’t noticed already, it’s been a big week for Bionic. We’ve officially launched and after a year of planning and hard work behind the scenes, our product and our mission have been revealed in full.

We’re been busy ✅ 

✨ New even shinier website
📹️ Project Launch Trailer

There’s lots more come 🔜 

💬 Announcements
🤝 Partnerships
👀 $BCNX

Keep an eye on our socials for up to the minute news.

So what’s the TLDR on Bionic? We’re an investment DAO with a market-leading tech product that enables our community to invest in innovation.

And yes, we have a token.

So why’s this exciting? We’re heading into a new phase where web3 and future technologies impact the world around us in incredible new ways. The rubber is about to hit the road.

As you know, we’re focussed on Web3’s convergence with AI, Extended Reality and DeSci. These rapidly evolving sectors are gathering momentum every day. The potential for massive, positive impact on humanity is huge - and the teams of talent forming to work on some of our biggest challenges inspires us more every day.

We’re ready to play our part and contribute to this story. What’s going to make this even more special is doing it with a growing community of partners and collaborators who share this vision. (And don’t blush, that means you!)

This really is just the start. Keep reading for more details below.

We think you’ll be into it ⏩️

💊 The Game-Changing Platform for Game-Changing Ideas 

Unlocking the potential of Founders and innovators doesn’t just require a platform - it requires a movement.

Get a sense of the scale of the mission that Bionic has in its sights in this feature. Read here.

ON YOUR RADAR

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🧬 GenomesDAO is onboarding 23andme users into web3.

👀 Coinmarketcap has added a DeSci section.

📺️ Farcaster hits 100k MAU. Founder Dan Romero appears on Bankless.

🏅Check out the Desci channel top casters 

⬅️ OpenAI founding member Andrej Karpathy leaves. Is he heading here?

🥽 Mark Zuckerberg compares Apple Vision Pro with the Meta Quest. Guess which one he prefers!

THE BREAKDOWN
🖼️ Is this Farcaster’s Big Moment 

It’s inescapable, Farcaster is having a real moment.

And we’re excited to see the areas that we’re focusing on have nascent communities growing on the app.

Check out the Telegram-style groups forming under tags like “DesSci” and “DePin”.

Get involved and you can even rank on the leaderboards for top casters within these topics.

Plus the creativity and pace of Frames development is a hot space to keep a close eye on.

So we paid attention when Dan Romero, the founder of Farcaster, discussed the platform's unique features and future plans on the Bankless podcast.

Here are some highlights, But do go and watch for yourself!

• Farcaster introduces "frames," allowing for interactive and programmable posts that can perform blockchain-related functions.

• The platform focuses on a seamless consumer experience, particularly on mobile, to attract a broader audience.

• Farcaster balances decentralization with usability, ensuring ease of use for average consumers while providing blockchain's benefits.

• Users own their data and social graph, offering the potential to move to other clients, promoting an open social media ecosystem.

• The platform aims to onboard the masses to crypto by integrating blockchain functionality in an accessible manner.

• Farcaster's approach could redefine social media engagement, combining traditional usability with blockchain's innovative capabilities.

3 Quotes from Founder Dan Romero

What can you do with Frames?

So far, Frames have been used for a variety of interactive and creative purposes:

1. Minting NFTs: Frames can be designed to mint NFTs directly from a post, simplifying the process for users.

2. Checking Airdrops: Users can check eligibility for or claim airdrops through a frame.

3. Buying Products: An example given was a frame that allows users to buy Girl Scout cookies, showcasing how frames can facilitate e-commerce transactions.

4. Games: Frames have been used to create simple games within a post, such as a version of Doom and chess, where each move is made by interacting with the frame.

5. Polls and Surveys: Similar to traditional social media polls but with enhanced capabilities, possibly leveraging blockchain for transparency and verifiability.

6. Interactive Content: Frames can host interactive content that engages users in unique ways, beyond static images or text.

7. Crypto Wallet Interactions: Frames can initiate interactions with a user's crypto wallet, such as tipping or sending tokens, without leaving the Farcaster app.

8. AI Integration: With the addition of text input fields to frames, users can interact with AI models directly within a post, such as generating content or responses based on user input.

Frames provide a versatile, dynamic and interactive social media experience, blending traditional social media functionalities with the innovative capabilities of blockchain technology.

📺️ Watch the full video for yourself here

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Disclosure: Authors may own cryptoassets named in this newsletter.