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Title:

[SEP 36]: [OBRA] - Simulations/Demos and Tidbits for All Safe Use Cases

Authors:

@DoDAO

Created:

2024-07-11

Abstract

We propose creating a "Tidbits Site" which will have series of simulations (clickable demos, e.g., Uniswap University Clickable Demos) and Tidbits (one-minute reads, e.g., Compound Education Tidbits) for all Safe use cases. We will cover three categories:

1. Safe for DAOs
2. Safe for Teams
3. Safe for Individuals

Despite many people knowing about the Safe wallet, they often find it difficult to use due to its complex learning curve. Both Clickable Demos and Tidbits will help make the Safe wallet easier to understand and use, improving its adoption.

Funding request

$24,000

Aligned strategy

[Strategy 3] Increase awareness of Safe Ecosystem

Relation to budget

9.6% of the total budget for Strategy 3

Metrics and KPIs

1. Clickable demos for at least 12-18 use cases of Safe, with a quality of at least 8/10.
2. Tidbits - At least 25-30, with a quality of at least 8/10.

Initiative description

Anyone involved in the Ethereum ecosystem for a few months is likely familiar with Safe's name and the significant amount of funds managed through it. Thus, initial awareness is not a major challenge for Safe. However, due to its complexity for new users, the actual usage is much lower than it could be.

Safety is essential for DAOs (Decentralized Autonomous Organizations) and teams, and it's also beneficial for individual users. Each team has its own way of using it, making it difficult to grasp all possible applications. We aim to simplify Safe for the following three types of users and help them understand and use Safe effectively:

1. Individuals who know about Ethereum but have not yet used any multi-sig or have not used Safe.
2. Teams (two or more individuals) who plan to use Safe as a multi-sig for coordinated transactions.
3. DAOs planning to use Safe for various workflows. (We also need to research these exact use cases.)

To achieve this, we propose creating a series of simulations (clickable demos) and short informative pieces (tidbits) covering all Safe use cases. We will focus on three categories:

1. Safe for Individuals
2. Safe for DAOs
3. Safe for Teams

Simulation (Clickable Demos)

Interacting with a Web3 app is not the same as using a traditional web app. Each action can incur transaction fees (gas) and has security implications, which deters many from exploring different uses of Safe.

Safe's flexibility and customizability add to its complexity. Modules and apps increase this complexity further.

Simulations, or clickable demos, provide a risk-free environment to experiment with various use cases. Users can follow steps and learn how to utilize Safe for different purposes.

We have previously created clickable demos for Uniswap, Compound, Arbitrum, Optimism, and other projects.

Examples:

• Uniswap University - Clickable Demos - https://uniswap.university/clickable-demos
• Compound Education - Clickable Demos - https://compound.education/clickable-demos

We plan to create at least 4-6 clickable demos for each category, totalling approximately 12-18 demos.

Tidbits

Tidbits are short, one-minute reads designed to explain a concept or a use case quickly. This format was developed after nearly two years of educational efforts and about eight revisions of various formats. Tidbits allow us to cover the entire project in 15-20 minutes, a task that would normally take hours with traditional documentation.

Here are some examples:

• Compound Education - Tidbits - https://compound.education/tidbit-collection-categories
• Arbitrum Education - Tidbits - https://arbitrum.education/tidbit-collections
• Uniswap University - Tidbits - https://uniswap.university/tidbit-collections

We will create at least 10 tidbits for each category, resulting in around 30 tidbits in total.

Current status

Our core platform exists which is already being used for top projects. However the simulations and tidbits for Safe will be created from scratch.

Risks

We don't foresee any risks in this initiative.

Timeline and Milestones

We estimate this initiative will take 7-8 weeks to complete.

• First 4 weeks: Research and study
• Next 2 weeks: Creation of clickable demos(50%)
• Next 2 weeks: Creation of tidbits(remaining 50%)

Initiative lead

Organization: DoDAO

Team:

DoDAO Team

DoDAO has been working on many tooling and educational initiatives in the blockchain space. We have been working with some of the top projects in the space and have been contributing to the ecosystem in various ways. We have been working on

Governance Tooling Initiatives

• Onchain Governance Proposal Analyzer for Compound (Done) - Link
• Command Line Interface code generation POC for Compound's Governance (Done) - Link
• Asset Analysis Dashboards(In Progress)
• Uniswap's V4 Technical Documentation (Done) - Link

Educational Initiatives

• https://uniswap.university/
• https://arbitrum.education/
• https://compound.education/
• https://optimism.university/
• Alchemix Academy (In Progress)

DoDAO's Products

• Academy Site Builder
• Tidbits Hub(Tidbits & Clickable-Demos/Simulations)

We take a team based approach and for this initiative we will be working with a team of 1 full-time researcher and 1 full-time developer for a period of 7-8 weeks.

Once approved, we can share the exact team members who will be working on this initiative.

Implementation dependencies

None

Notes

For any major updates to the UI, we will update the simulations for the next 12 months.

Copyright

Copyright and related rights waived via CC0.

Other information

We did include the same proposal in the last sprint also, but didn't get a clear "yeh" or "neh" from any of the delegates or guardians. https://forum.safe.global/t/draft-orba-strategy-3-simulations-clickable-demos-and-tidbits-for-all-safe-use-cases/5367

We has also submitted another proposal in the last sprint for "[DRAFT] [OBRA, Strategy 4] Safe Tech Stack Decentralization Framework ". We are not re-submitting the proposal until we have a detailed conversation with one of the core devs as this proposal needs close coordination.

Updates from conversations

Conversations with @Denham (last sprint - June 21, 2024)

We had a chat with @Denham last sprint, and we think he likes the concept and the proposal, but was unsure about the "cost." He also had questions about the stats/engagement on past work, and we have updated the proposal with that information.

We didn't get a clear "yes" or "no" from him. We can definitely try to adjust the cost a bit, but we believe our effort is fairly priced. We are currently working with Alchemix, and if you want, we can get a reference from them regarding the amount of detail and effort we put into these sites.

Conversation with @Malik_ElBay - July 15, 2024

Today we had a conversation with @Malik_ElBay and here were some key discussion points

1. The Distribution Mode - Explained Malik that this will be a separate tidbits site similar to the ones we had created for other projects. I have updated the proposal - Done
2. Outreach effort and coordination - Malik recommended connected with marketing team of Safe to ensure that this is not an isolated effort, which we develop but is not used. We completely agree with the feedback and will reach our to the marketing members in Safe.
3. Include links to past proposals - Done
4. "Everyone -> Be specific" - Done
5. Links to dev projects - Added in proposal - Done

@LuukDAO also shared great feedback on the last proposal, but we were unable to get a meeting with him in the last sprint.

He provided feedback regarding the change in the Safe UI, and we have included a commitment to update the simulations for any changes in the UI for the next year.

Breaking this into smaller efforts—It's a great suggestion; however, there are a lot of fixed costs (homework, research, preparation) required to deliver high-quality work. Dividing the project into smaller chunks would put us in a highly unfavorable situation.

Safe Team

Tagging some of the safe members who have been working in community or marketing efforts so that we can get their feedback @Jorge-Safe @lorny @Andre

Again thanks to all the delegates and guardians who connected with us and shared this valuable feedback. Definitely it helped improve the proposal.