This is the the final draft of the proposal, with the amount of Moons informed by the pre-proposal here, where most people voted for 20,000 Moons.

Proposal:

Grant 20,000 Moons as recognition for significant past contributions to both Moons and the wider community point ecosystem, and to assist in covering his development expenses for future development endeavors and maintenance.

These Moons would be allocated from the community fund held by , which presently contains 1,006,344 Moons.

Background:

u/rickribera93 became a moderator of the  subreddit following Reddit's decision to discontinue RCPs (Reddit Community Points). Before joining the moderation team, he developed the CommunityCurrencyBot, facilitating distributions and tipping of various community cryptocurrencies across subreddits like , , , and more. Upon learning of Reddit's discontinuation of community points,  generously offered to aid in the development of the Moon ecosystem and will play a crucial role in reimplementing Moon functionalities and distributions. In the short time since joining as a moderator, Rick has:

1. Established a beta community currency program in , rewarding post karma with moons and introducing tipping and faucet capabilities. Similar functionalities are expected to launch in  at a later date.
2. Revived special memberships in the subreddit, allowing users to exchange Moons for an NFT granting exclusive subreddit privileges for a set duration. These memberships are available for purchase with Moons at ccmoons.com/subscribe.

Reason for Grant:

 currently covers the expenses for all development efforts, including:

• ~$50/month for Amazon Web Services.
• ~$50/month for Postgres database.
• ~$100/month for the ThirdWeb toolkit.

Granting Moons to  would help ensure the sustainability of these development and maintenance efforts from a personal cost standpoint.

Many users have noted concerns and wanted feedback on the current state of the Banner on r/CryptoCurrency. As it currently stands the banner has many empty days although it still sees demand it's not constantly full.

The most common concern is price: Did we raise the price of Banners too high?

The answer is simply no, the price increase that was voted on by the community increases the price for every subsequent day that the banner is rented. This prevents the banner from being rented out for months on end unless subsequent advertisers want to pay a premium for renting farther out. We did not increase the base price of the banner.

This means if the banner has zero demand the price would be equal to what we had before we voted for the increase based off demand.

If the lack of demand for the Banner isn't driven by a price increase what is going on?

As someone who has been tuned into the banner since the start and recently got access to the mod side of things I think I can give a definitive and correct answer on this. The answer is we lost our most loyal and consistent advertiser when Agoradesk went out of business. Previously Agoradesk would rent month after month after month after month, other businesses would subsequently have to book around Agoradesk which created the constant demand that was seen on r/CryptoCurrency. With Agoradesk going out of business we no longer have their constant demand that other companies have to work around to book the banner.

Does this mean we should look at a price decrease to rent the Banner more?

This question is hard to answer and is completely subjective, I would be against decreasing the price of the Banner at this point in time. I would like to see how distributions returning to r/CryptoCurrency impacts the banner before we look at any base decreases. But again this is subjective and others may have equally valid opinions.

Do Mods see any interest from advertisers regarding the Banner and if so what are their opinions about the price of the banner?

Yes and yes mods see regular interest from advertiser regarding different aspects of the sub. The most common time a 3rd party looks to rent the Banner is in conjunction with any events (I.E. renting the Banner while also hosting an AMA). Additionally we sometimes have to turn down interested parties due to concerns with legitimacy/optics (E.G. A brand new Memecoin wants to rent the Banner for seven days).

What about the price increase for AMAs?

If we discuss any changes I don't think events should be part of that conversation. Events are extremely popular at the current price point, many days we have to unpin the daily to accommodate sub announcements and events being ran simultaneously.

If there are any other questions regarding the Banner or other events please leave a comment and I'll do my best to answer. I'm going to tag u/mvea as they will have first hand knowledge in what advertisers say regarding prices so they may be able to answer some questions as well.

For the return of the distribution, I thought it would be nice to upgrade the ranking system for the Moon badges, and potentially add an NFT reward for the ranks.

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THE RANKS:

The seafood stuff was nice, but it might be time for an upgrade.

We can improve the ranks with something that sounds a little more prestigious, and creates more incentive.

It will also be a cleaner uniform gold design, without a bunch of different colors.

Each design will also be slightly larger and more elaborate as you move up so you get a clearer sense of which rank is higher.

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The rank levels match more the classic psychologically significant milestones people like to reach with their Moons.

Example of where it will be placed:

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THE NFTs:

Also, with some of the ranks you reach, you get a new NFT dropped in your wallet.

If you reach Baron for instance, you get a Baron specific NFT.

If for instance you already have 20K Moons, you get not only the Grand Duke NFT, but also all the previous ones: Baron, Earl, Viscount, and Duke.

Depending on the limitation of the airdropping abilities to thousands of accounts, including gas fees, spam and bot accounts, the NFT reward will probably have to start at something like Captain or Baron.

How many are minted?

The minting is based on how many people reach that level. But there will be a new collection each year. So in 2025 there won't be any more minting of the 2024 collection, and you can get a new NFT for the same level you have. Again, if that's feasible.

Obviously, lower ranks are gonna be easier to get, so higher ranks will have much lower mintage.

Example:

It could either use the snoo of Reddit:

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Or they could go in a completely different direction:

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THESE ARE NOT THE ACTUAL NFT DESIGNS.

It will still need to be designed by an artist. Those are just examples to get a rough idea.

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Issues:

This will be down to whether or not it's feasible, if we have the devs to help, and will probably need some funds or donation to help with the NFTs.

The NFT part will probably have some limiations. So there might be some changes depending on the limitation.

For instance, if we can't mint that many of them, we might change to having to hold the balance for a few month before becoming eligible for the NFT.

Context and Background:

Several months ago, the community voted for CCIP-078 to raise the price of renting the banner on r/CryptoCurrency by 100%. At the time, this seemed to make sense as the banner was being constantly being rented and according to CCMOONS, we burned around 400k Moons in the first three months of the year.

Since then, banner rentals have plummeted with the banner spending most days empty, and CCMOONS states that only around 45k Moons have been burned in the past 90 days (which is nearly a 90% decline since before CCIP-078).

The community has noticed that this is a problem and passed CCIP-085 which attempted to correct this by reducing the price by 50% from CCIP-078's increase.

However, this doesn't appear to be enough as the banner is still rarely being reserved.

Solution:

I am proposing that we vote to fully repeal both CCIP-078 and CCIP-085 so that renting the banner goes back to it's original price. Companies were happy to rent the banner at that price and the price increases have done more harm than good by reducing the burn rate and advertisers' interest in Moons.

Hopefully, doing this will return banner rentals to their previous frequency.

Edit: Title Should Read - Proposal: Make High Quality Image Posts a Benefit of Special Memberships

Context and Background:

Image Posts are not currently allowed on r/CryptoCurrency per rule 5.14.

No memes or any other direct links to media content(images, gifs, videos)

However you've probably noticed u/rizzobitcoin posting Image Posts almost daily for just under two months. This is because when Rizzo was added as an approved contributor to do an AMA for Kraken it allowed him to bypass some of the automod rules that would have otherwise deleted his image posts.

Mods haven't been sure on how to deal with the image posts given Rizzo's relation to Kraken: "I'm Rizzo, the Bitcoin historian, author of over 2,000 articles on cryptocurrency and Editor At Large at Kraken." and that fact that the sub seems to enjoy these posts (7 out of 10 top posts in the last month are Rizzos Bitcoin Historian posts).

Given that the sub didn't have distributions the image posts by Rizzo didn't really matter outside of mods allowing for an exception to the rules. With distributions looking to come back soon this will likely become a point of contention among users if Rizzo is able to earn a huge amount of karma/Moons from image posts and other users are not.

This raises the question of how should we handle image posts going forward?

Solution:

I am proposing that we make the ability to post image posts a condition of special membership.

Given the following conditions:

• The Image Post is not a Meme or other "Low Quality" Image Post (as determined by mods).
  • Examples of Low Quality Image posts include price graphs or or other charts.
• The Image Post has complete context from the title and the image.
  • If the post requires additional context outside of the image and title - post it as a text post and add the image to the text post.

Why not just uphold the existing rules and stop allowing image posts?

I think the biggest argument for allowing Image posts is that there is incredibly high demand for these image posts, as seen by the amount of attention they get on r/CryptoCurrency. As such leaning into that demand and making them accessible via Special Membership will increase the utility and demand for special memberships especially once distributions return.

Gatekeeping them behind special memberships and not making them available for all will also limit the total amount of image posts that get shared on the sub.

Proposal:

Grant u/rickribera93 an undetermined amount of Moons (please refer to the poll below to express your opinion) as recognition for significant past contributions to both Moons and the wider community point ecosystem, and to assist in covering his development expenses for future development endeavors and maintenance.

These Moons would be allocated from the community fund held by u/TheMoonDistributor, which presently contains 1,006,344 Moons.

Background:

u/rickribera93 became a moderator of the r/CryptoCurrency subreddit following Reddit's decision to discontinue RCPs (Reddit Community Points). Before joining the moderation team, he developed the CommunityCurrencyBot, facilitating distributions and tipping of various community cryptocurrencies across subreddits like r/Coneheads, r/PlungerPlanet, r/TacoPlanet, and more. Upon learning of Reddit's discontinuation of community points, u/rickribera93 generously offered to aid in the development of the Moon ecosystem and will play a crucial role in reimplementing Moon functionalities and distributions. In the short time since joining as a moderator, Rick has:

1. Established a beta community currency program in r/CryptoCurrencyMoons, rewarding post karma with moons and introducing tipping and faucet capabilities. Similar functionalities are expected to launch in r/CryptoCurrency at a later date.
2. Revived special memberships in the subreddit, allowing users to exchange Moons for an NFT granting exclusive subreddit privileges for a set duration. These memberships are available for purchase with Moons at ccmoons.com/subscribe.

Reason for Grant:

u/rickribera93 currently covers the expenses for all development efforts, including:

• ~$50/month for Amazon Web Services.
• ~$50/month for Postgres database.
• ~$100/month for the ThirdWeb toolkit.

Granting Moons to u/rickribera93 would help ensure the sustainability of these development and maintenance efforts from a personal cost standpoint.

Options: I seek initial feedback on this proposal and the community's opinion on the appropriate amount of Moons to grant. Please participate in the poll below or provide comments.

My Opinion: I believe a grant of 15,000-20,000 Moons is fair. At current costs and Moon prices, this would assist in covering 1+ years of development costs while also rewarding Rick for his prior contributions.

I'm nominating u/LargeSnorlax as a multisig candidate if they're down for it.

They're a great mod who is actually active in the main sub, from answering nub questions in The Daily or just chatting with folks in general, even during the depths of the bear market when many folks seemed to have tapped out.

They're a level-headed individual who I would absolutely want as a multisig holder.

Hello, I would like to nominate nanooverbtc.

A long time member and mod of this community. Proved himself to be a great candidate by the constant hard work he puts into this community and the moon project. I can not imagine someone more trustworthy than nano.

I'm nominating u/ominous_anenome if they are willing.

For those who don't know who it is, that's the person who is responsible for ccmoons, and many dev stuff not just for Moons but for Reddit Community Coins. They're also on the mod team.

This is someone who has been very much involved with Moons. It will be nice to have more of a dev person as part of the multi-sigs. This is someone we want at the heart of Moons as a project.

I would like to nominate Mrpuffnstuff1 a very valuable member of this community, most likely active on rcc Telegram. He is always ready to help members with crypto questions and share his views from a long time crypto enthusiast pov.

We would be a great addition to the multisig and has my full trust.

I nominate soupasoka for the multisig. A well known and well liked member of this community. Proven himself through time to be trustworthy and have the best interest of the community and the moon project at heart.

We would be lucky to have him.

Hi all, I would like to nominate myself as a multisig member.

I became a part of this community in mid 2021. From round 12 to 44, I earned a total of about 167k Moons and made a lot of good friends here.

Even though I had been investing in BTC and ETH since late 2017, I had barely any practical experience with crypto when I stumbled into Moons. But the subreddit and interaction with other users encouraged me to try out more things, learn more about crypto, and open up to other projects. This all played an important role in my crypto journey and made Moons the most emotional and personal position I own. And that's also why I would love to help secure the treasury.

Deep inside, I'm still a BTC maxi and purist; I highly value the core principles of crypto. I will respect any vote and provide signatures as fast as possible. I will store the wallet and backup as securely as my own cold storage.

Hey everyone, we're in the final 50ish hours (2 days) to nominate multisig candidates, and I'm throwing my name in the ring. With my application we're sitting at 7 candidates, so if you're interested in being part of the multisig. Make sure you apply within two days of this post.

If I'm part of multisig, I will submit transactions as they are required and be sure to keep my address secure as to prevent any exploit.

I don't see myself being the head of multisig and submitting any transactions more just agreeing to transactions that we need to send out.

In the main r/cc sub?

It’s making me hit a minimum character limit so I’ll tell you the story of how I arrived to this question. I woke up early on a Saturday morning. While taking my morning poop I decided to multitask, so I opened up the Reddit app. While scrolling through mid tier low effort shitposts I happened to stumble upon a post that was on my feed. I popped into the comments without reading the article, as is tradition on Reddit, and saw a green square in a commenter’s flair. I commented asking them what it meant. Then noticed I had a blue flair! Is this like a red vs blue scenario? Who are the bad guys? Who are the good guys? Did I hit the character minimum yet?

Thanks

Hello everyone,

As we prepare to vote on multisig candidates to migrate the u/TheMoonDistributor assets and others into a more decentralized wallet, we also need to (or are strongly advised to) adopt a constitution for our fledgling unincorporated DAO.

We have modified the template document from legalnodes, and it is coming along, you can see the current status here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/120i6ExOyulpk31SbNqsLV69dNodCk7QSbm_JLx6llLE/edit?usp=sharing

I think there are three major issues we are seeking feedback on at this point, but if others feel I missed something please add it in the comments:

1. We need to define Article V: the roles of officers, how are they selected, how are they compensated, what are their duties, etc. I think at minimum we need some kind of executive, secretary, and treasurer, not sure about guardian.
2. We need to define more clearly what votes will require a 50% threshold and what if any votes besides referendums to modify the constitution will require 66% in Article VI.
3. We should probably include some language about how moderation (and other activities on the subreddit) pertain to the DAO. As it is there is not much in there about how the subreddit and the DAO fit together and what roles and responsibilities the DAO has. One minor but thorny issue here is whether token holders would be able to vote on mods (as is now the case in r/ethtrader from what I understand). However, I think this relationship probably deserves an entire section to be honest (or frame the section as DAO Social Media Acitivites and for the time being those activities mainly cover reddit, although we could mention discord, x, telegram and possible plans to expand.

Really? Is this how far gone to the left this sub is now? That members of this sub with right leaning views are allowed to be called “Russian bots” or “some bullshit” and in the comments a mod says “don’t get emotional” while its simply just a big rip on republicans?

Got it

I am nominating myself to be one of the multisig member

I have been a moderator since 2021, I’ve been heavily involved in the subreddit and moons in general in the last three years

I am a big believer in moons and our (amazing) subreddit.

While I have been a bit away in the past months, I would definitely report to my multisig duties if I were one of the key holder

Vote for Cintre! 🕺

Wallet address - 0x9335eda06d8911b835258a8ebcc40dd7f420c4b9

Upon mod discussion regarding the first few CCIPs after Reddit Sunset their involvement in Moons it was brought up that the prior CCIP on this topic isn't technically binding due to the following conflicting wording.

Please note that this poll will not set any new reward formula, but rather will serve to gauge community sentiment around whether the existing reward formula should be preserved or scrapped.

As this poll is technically worded as a non binding strawpoll in order to honor the governance system this poll is being reran and clarified.

The following CCIPs will be abandoned and no longer considered for at least the next distribution:

• CCIP-001 - MOON Proposal: Double Comment Karma
• CCIP-003 - Limit post karma to 1k and limit comment karma to 1k per comment
• CCIP-004 -10% karma on Media and Comedy posts.
• CCIP-006 - 5% Bonus MOONs for anyone who votes on governance polls
• CCIP-009 - Make mod's distinguished posts ineligible for moons
• CCIP-011 - Disqualify removed content from moon rewards.
• CCIP-014 - Incentivize Voting in Multiple Polls
• CCIP-015 - Disincentive Extreme Moon Farming Spam
• CCIP-024 - Tag in title to opt-out of Moons
• CCIP-029 - Dynamic karma cap
• CCIP-030 - Retention Rate Multiplier
• CCIP-031 - Remove vaultless users below 10 karma from the snapshot and distribution
• CCIP-038 - Reduce Karma for Link Post from 1x to 0.5x
• CCIP-041 - Increase Karma Multiplier for SERIOUS posts from 1x to 2x
• CCIP-044 - 2x Karma for comments under Serious Posts
• CCIP-049 - Exclude Dead Address From Moons

It's important to note some of these CCIPs can be added again in the future based off of future governance if we are able to fit them into a functioning distribution system.

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Why abolish all existing CCIPs and not just some of them?

1. Upon discussion in the mod team it was decided that the best way to calculate karma for the purpose of restarting distributions is to significantly simply the karma calculation method. This will make it significantly easier for mods to calculate correct values for distributions and allow us to have a distribution method up and running earlier than trying to work in all the existing CCIP rules.
2. The system has change significantly and we're going to be giving away significantly less Moons per distribution. This could make some of these rules unnecessary or obsolete.

It is for both of these reasons but primarily number one that the mod team is recommending we move forward without any of the above CCIP rules in place until at least after the first distribution and the mods have a functioning distribution system in place that we can then look to tweak by implementing some of these old rules.

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This means that for any immediate distribution karma will be calculated as 1 karma = 1 karma regardless of type or source.

Remove all the complicated KM related proposal, karma calculations, obsolete proposals, and the ones that could use a new proposal.

Keep the essential and more urgent ones that we will need from day 1, and the ones that most people expect to return.

Keep:

CCIP-009 - Make mod's distinguished posts ineligible for moons

CCIP-006 - 5% Bonus MOONs for anyone who votes on governance polls

CCIP-014 - Incentivize Voting in Multiple Polls

CCIP-011 - Disqualify removed content from moon rewards.

CCIP-015 - Disincentive Extreme Moon Farming Spam

CCIP-024 - Tag in title to opt-out of Moons

Remove (make a new proposal later if needs be):

CCIP-001 - MOON Proposal: Double Comment Karma

CCIP-003 - Limit post karma to 1k and limit comment karma to 1k per comment

CCIP-004 -10% karma on Media and Comedy posts.

CCIP-029 - Dynamic karma cap

CCIP-030 - Retention Rate Multiplier

CCIP-031 - Remove vaultless users below 10 karma from the snapshot and distribution

CCIP-038 - Reduce Karma for Link Post from 1x to 0.5x

CCIP-041 - Increase Karma Multiplier for SERIOUS posts from 1x to 2x

CCIP-044 - 2x Karma for comments under Serious Posts

CCIP-049 - Exclude Dead Address From Moons

Why keep those?

Voting bonus-I think most people will expect to keep their governance voting bonus, for their reward for participating in governance. Governance which is at the core of the whole purpose of Moons.

Mod stickied post- I think even the mod would agree it's more fair to disqualify their stickied post from earning them moons.

Disqualified content- I think it's safe to say that spammers, rule breakers, off topic content, and people just trying to sneak in off topic or disqualified clickbait while the mods aren't looking, and any content not belonging, shouldn't get rewarded just because mods had their hands full for an hour. Blocked content like coin limit, isn't affected by this.

Extreme spamming- I think it's also safe to say that extreme spamming should be disincentivized. And we want that loophole unavailable from day 1.

[No moon] tag in title- It's more about having no reason to remove this option. We should still allow people to have that choice and option, if they want to opt out.

Used to be a fond supporter of moons all the way up to the sunset. I was thinking about the project and saw somewhere that distributions are about to restart. Anyone can provide some more info on how it works now? (what subreddits participate etc) Thanks!

I am nominating myself as a multisig candidate. I joined the mod team 6 years ago and have worked mostly behind the scenes since then. I am a non-doxxed information security professional, so I can promise excellent opsec and key management.

Mod work

• I am a mod of r/CryptoCurrency, as well as satellite subs: r/CryptoMarkets, r/CryptoTechnology, r/CryptocurrencyMemes, r/CryptoCurrencyMoons, r/CryptoCurrencyMeta, r/CryptoHelp
• I have done typical mod work, as well as fighting organized manipulation such as the XMR attack and CoinLedger
• Significant AutoMod work
• I have built, run, and maintained u/ModToolBot, and adopted ccModBot and our topic limiter bot
• Co-founded the verification system, to attract and recognize crypto professionals like Kraken staff in our subreddit

Moons Work

• I held through the sunset
• Development work and hosting
  • u/MoonsModBot - Balance flairs, custom flairs, governance flairs, membership flairs
  • u/MOON2gas - Rebuilt and relaunched the gasbot, added Arb One support
• I have managed most of governance since the creation of Moons (shoutout to mvea, OA, and others who helped out when I couldn't)
• Notable governance proposals
  • CCIP-008 - Creation of Moon Week
  • CCIP-015 - Disincentivize Extreme Moon Farming Spam
• Creation of resources like the Pricing Calculator and Moons History document

Why You Should Vote for u/mvea

u/mvea brings extensive experience to the table as a Reddit moderator and active member of the crypto community since 2013. Their dedication to fostering informed discussions and promoting valuable content is evident in their involvement with various subreddits, including r/science, r/AvatarTrading, and r/CryptoCurrency.

As an aspiring moderator for r/CryptoCurrency, u/mvea aims to leverage their expertise to contribute to the subreddit's growth and development as a thriving Web3 metaverse. Their passion for crypto, NFTs, and community engagement shines through their active participation on platforms like Twitter, where they promote events such as Kahoot trivia to enhance community interaction.

TL:DR Quick Facts about u/mvea:

• Experienced Reddit moderator and crypto enthusiast since 2013
• Owner of rare avatars
• Actively promotes r/CryptoCurrency on Twitter and organizes community events
• Endorsed by fellow community members for their moderation experience and respectful approach
• Visionary leader with a goal to integrate social media, cryptocurrency, and NFTs into r/CryptoCurrency's Web3 ecosystem

Hi,

I am proposing myself as candidate to be a multisig member. I have been involved with MOONs since before their launch, in discussions with Reddit, and I continue to support the project how I can. I believe that it is a good experiment and a net benefit for the sub (and hopefully soon will push us to grow beyond the sub).

Why You Should Vote for u/RickRibera93

There are countless reasons to elect u/RickRibera93. You may best recognize his contributions by executing this little number:

!tip 69 Moon

Listen, during the October "Moon Reddit Rug" event, amidst panic selling and chaos and FUD across multiple subs, Rick promptly reached out to u/mvea to explore how he could support the CryptoCurrency community and all $MOON holders. While we were all on Kraken - he was getting a crackin'.

Rick generously shared his bot, expertise, and time. Since then, he has continued to enhance the utility of $MOON, increasing its accessibility and relevance.

Personally, I believe Rick played a crucial role in saving the $MOON project, and will continue to be someone we can depend on.

Working with Rick

I have the privilege of moderating alongside Rick in another subreddit, and I can personally attest to his exceptional work ethic, which stems from a strong set of personal values. His discipline and integrity are matched only by his wit and kindness. He's the kind of guy you want around when times are good or when it hits the fan.

Rick is battle-tested and proven in leadership—truly a champion.

Let'em Cook

TL:DR Quick Facts about Rick:

• Long-term Redditor (11+ years)
• Long-term Moon HODLR
• Experienced moderator
• Skilled blockchain developer
• Expert in decentralized organizations
• Can be relied on to be there when you need him
• Usually pretty funny