Back from the Dead — Building a Discord-Based DAO System From Scratch

🧟‍♂️ Guess Who’s Back?
So… I disappeared. Yeah. That happened.

Life threw its usual cocktail of chaos, doubt, burnout, and "wtf am I even doing?" moments. But I’m not here to make excuses — just to say sorry for the silence and let you know:
I’m back 😎.

I just turned 20 on 06.05.2025 (yep, official adult mode unlocked), and I’ve made a promise to myself: this decade is mine to build something real. Not some half-baked side project. I mean real-world, use-case-makes-sense, fire-up-the-blockchain kind of stuff.

So let’s talk about what I’m building, why I’m doing it, and how far it’s already come.

🛠️ What the Hell Am I Building?
A DAO governance system, but not the kind that only looks cool in whitepapers and breaks when you actually try using it.

Think:

A Discord-based system that watches your activity (especially VC usage)

Rewards you on the monthly basis with governance tokens accordingly to your contribution to the community and personal development.

Lets you create, queue, vote, and execute proposals — both via a clean UI and a custom Discord bot

Uses job queues (hello, BullMQ 👋) and cron logic to automate proposal lifecycle

Basically:
👉 Web3 meets Discord in an actual useful way, not just a wallet verification meme.

🧠 Why I’m Building This
Because DAOs right now feel like they were designed by a group of people who never had to use them daily. Too much friction, too much tech overhead, and let’s be real — it’s easier to nuke your DAO than to pass a vote.

I want to make:

Governance simple

Engagement rewarded automatically

Proposal life cycles automated and unstoppable

I’ve been in communities where good ideas die in discussions and never make it to votes. I’m done with that. Let’s ship real systems.

🧩 What’s Done So Far?
A surprising amount, actually — despite the chaos.

✅ Smart Contract Stack
Governor, Timelock, Token — all deployed and working with my UI/backend.

✅ Not-full Proposal Lifecycle Flow
You can create for now the proposal only, this week I'm gonna sweat my ass with cron and discord bot smart-contract integration.

Backend endpoints are running and tested (with some bruises but they work).

Delegation flows built in (because token != vote unless delegated, duh).

✅ Discord Bot: In Progress
Slash commands being wired up

Plan is for users to check their token balances, mint tokens, and interact with proposals all from Discord — no more clicking through 5 tabs and praying MetaMask works.

✅ Backend Stack Improvements
Working on integrating BullMQ for background tasks (cron-based proposal queueing/executions)

Redis setup ongoing

Planning a job queue that doesn’t cry itself to sleep when 10 tasks hit at once

🎯 What’s Coming Next
Let’s talk challenges — because oh boy, they’re lining up like bounty hunters in Clone Wars.

Automating DAO proposal actions (timed delays, cron-job + queue hybrids)

Making the Discord bot not dumb (context-aware interactions, response messages, etc.)

Tracking meaningful VC participation, not just idle time farming

Securing every step, because you can’t have an on-chain system that breaks on off-chain bugs

UI/UX polishing, because right now it’s very "developer art" — aka usable but ugly

But I’m not scared. I’ve got a battle plan, GitHub issues, and a dangerously large coffee supply.
Bring it on.

💥 Turning 20, Turning a Page
This week marked a big checkpoint — I hit 20 years old, left behind the foggy teenage years, and stepped into a mindset I’m calling "it’s time to build or die trying."

No more delays.
No more distractions.
It’s time to commit and deliver.

💬 Wrapping It Up
So yeah. I’ve been gone, but I’ve been learning, planning, refueling — and now I’m shipping.

This DAO system is going to be something I’m proud to look back at 5 years from now and say:
"Yeah, I built that from scratch. No funding. No fancy team. Just fire and late-night commits."

Thanks for sticking around. I’m aiming to post weekly or at least semi-weekly updates now. Expect progress. Expect jokes. Expect brutal honesty.

Let’s smash the upcoming challenges like Maul in a hallway full of clones.
(Except in this version, I win.)

See you in the next update, commander.

Luftie out.