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Polylaunch is a proposed protocol that aims to make decentralized fundraising safer and fairer by allowing supporters to invest stablecoins to receive a venture bond NFT that entitles them to a vesting stream of project tokens as well as governance rights over the project funds, while the funds are locked and can earn yield until milestones are met or the supporters vote to revoke funding. The protocol is designed to prevent rug pulls by giving supporters the ability to collectively refund their investments if a project fails to deliver or scams investors.
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Polylaunch deck
- 1. Safer, fairer Web3 fundraising True Stakeholding: supporters receive a functional NFT Venture Bond with unique privileges Safe: DAO-based capital management prevents rug pulls Yield Bearing: locked stablecoin funds are invested into yield bearing protocols through a Polyvault Aligned Incentives: based on transparency and trust
- 2. Problems Rugs cut multiple ways: ● Scammers launch credible-looking projects, raise capital and then stop working ● Early investors dump liquid tokens on retail investors at launch Honest projects raise capital, launch, then fail to deliver Early investors cannot liquidate their vested assets if they want to exit their position Solution Safer, fairer token fundraising, building upon the DAICO (Vitalik, 2018) ● Supporters invest a stablecoin (like Dai) to receive a venture bond, a functional NFT ● Venture bond holders are streamed purchased project tokens over time ● Developers are streamed raised funds over time - meanwhile, locked assets can earn yield in a yield bearing protocol via a Polyvault ● Venture bond holders can vote to collectively revoke project funding and reclaim invested Dai ● Or they can sell their venture bond to exit investment position while still vesting, without dumping tokens on market
- 3. Launchers Honest projects looking to raise capital Initiate Polylaunch: transfer project tokens to the Polylaunch contract with launch parameters Supporters invest stablecoins; reaching soft cap means project is funded Launchers withdraw Dai on a schedule, which they can vote to accelerate: secure, automated treasury management Supporters Invest stablecoin to purchase project tokens locked in the contract If soft cap is reached, Supporters can claim an NFT venture bond Venture bond entitles the holder to a vesting stream of project tokens and governance rights Venture bond can be traded on secondary market, or bond holders can vote to revoke funds
- 4. Venture Bonds A new DeFi primitive: functional, financial NFTs with governance rights ERC721 tokens: composable with other NFT protocols, and governance and vesting tokens are transferable with the venture bond Supporters can keep the Venture Bond NFT as a collectible - evidence of their early support for a project
- 5. Benefits No more rug pulls - if a project scams or severely underperforms, trigger a refund vote Unvested assets are liquid as Venture NFTs - supporters can exit still-vesting positions by selling their venture bond Supporters receive a collectible which serves as evidence of their early support for a project Launch teams gain a more informed, engaged community Launch teams prove to supporters that they have no intention of scamming or misrepresenting themselves Launch tokens are stablecoin- backed due to the possibility of refund, not just speculation backed. Tokens therefore have a price floor Launch tokens are a lower risk investment than non Polylaunched ERC20 tokens
- 6. Status Solidity contracts are nearly ready for audit, currently undergoing peer review Front end is developed, contract connections pending More details in the Polylaunch Protocol whitepaper - open for comment at https://hackmd.io/@polylaunch/BJxaI06HO Next: token economics, project and artist onboarding
- 8. Interfaces
- 9. Future Regulatory compliance: third-party KYC Venture bond composability in other DeFi / NFT protocols Venture Options: collectible ERC721 call options on project tokens, with governance rights Public goods funding / philanthropy - donors receive an NFT collectible with governance rights but no token stream