DAO Vote #5 - Default seller list of Boson dApp

Along with the deployment of the Boson Protocol v2 smart contracts, there will be an end-user facing decentralized application. This dApp provides a user-friendly interface for the parties to interact with the system and finalize their agreement about the transaction.

The dApp will use a list of curated sellers to help users identify high quality sellers. To decentralize the curation process, the Boson dApp allows for the usage of Seller lists. Users will be able to choose from a variety of seller lists as well as adding custom seller lists. When new users land on the application, a default Seller list will be applied.

The community will vote on which seller list will be the default for the Boson dApp.

Boson dApp Architecture

The Boson dApp leverages a stack of decentralized technologies to provide a user-friendly marketplace interface to Boson Protocol v2:

• Data storage is enabled by IPFS, a decentralized protocol, hypermedia and file sharing peer-to-peer network for storing and sharing data;
• Data indexing is enabled by a sub-graph running on the Graph, an indexing protocol for organizing blockchain data and making it easily accessible;
• Messaging between sellers and buyers is enabled by XMTP, a secure messaging protocol and decentralized communication network for web3; and
• User Profiles are enabled by Lens Protocol, a composable and decentralized social graph.

Curation Lists Overview

The concept of the curation lists includes a seller list and a product/offer list. Both of these hold a set of IDs which relate to their relevant entity type and allow content to be curated at application level. The seller list, for example, allows the application to show only products/offers which have been created by a seller in the list.

This allows for decentralized curation, in which different actors can propose, publish and apply new seller lists to the dApp. Users are then free to choose one or multiple seller lists they prefer. The simplicity around seller lists allows their creators to decide how they are maintained. In the future we can imagine different models, from centrally maintained seller lists to seller lists maintained by a DAO or Token curated registry protocols.

About Redeemeum Labs & Redeemeum Labs Seller list

Redeemeum Labs is on a mission to connect the world to Web3 commerce. Redeemeum is a private company, contracted to build Boson- the breakthrough decentralized commerce protocol. You can think of Redeemeum as the Red Hat to Boson’s Linux. Redeemeum is also building a suite of Web3 commerce products.

The Redeemeum Labs seller list will consist of sellers that Redeemeum Labs vetted and who offer products that Redeemeum Labs deems high quality. Sellers will be able to fill out a form to get added to the Redeemeum Labs seller list.

If Option A is adopted in this vote, the Redeemeum Labs seller list will be implemented as the default seller list in the dApp, and be maintained as the default list until the DAO decides to implement a different list.

Proposal Details

Should Boson dApp implement Redeemeum Labs seller list as the default seller list?

Option A Yes

Option B No