JUP AND JUICE Work Group Proposal

Jupiter DAO Working Groups
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Greetings from Indonesia! I sadly missed catstanbul and hope to join the next one. To be honest, though I staked Jup for 1+year now and try to be as active as I can in my spare time, this is the first time I heard about Jup & Juice. But of course, reading through the chats and replies, it’s clear you guys are well known and seems like everybody trust and have met some you and knows you to some extend so I have some more catching up to do to be more updated.

For this reason and also Jup&Juice’s vision in growing Jup 10x, you have my vote and I wish you all for unity from the heart, good health and joy in pursuing your work!

I wanted to be more informed / active but I’m not sure how to do it apart from following you and jup on X and try reading more your posts. So I have a question, how can someone like me now get more exposure to the Jupiter activities? are you guys active on Instagram?

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Hi guys. I’ll support you with my votes. Strong social media presence and quality media content are very important for attracting new active members to our community. The only thing I’d like to see is clearly defined targets by the end of the next year, so that we can evaluate the performance of each working group and compare planned vs. actual results. Then we could tie JUP rewards to performance-based coefficients, where 1.0 means full achievement of all planned goals. Otherwise, it feels more like we’re paying for promised efforts, without having any idea how to evaluate or measure them.

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I admire the work, dedication and enthusiasm, and your contribution is clearly useful and needed. I however think i would need more clarity on the $JUP allocation, it seems astronomical when already the salary is a solid+ one. I’m all in for you guys getting paid a good amount for your work but the extra $JUP should come as a tier of bonus defined by levels of achivements IMO. For me, until it is not clarify in relation to specific goals and clear objectives reached that bonus extra seems out of measure. If there is a specific table for those goals and it seems doable, clear and proportional i’m completely open to change my vote and my mind. BEST OF LUCK FOR ALL YOUR PLANS !!!

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Im FOR because JUP AND JUICE proved their value with strong results and no budget. They bring energy, clarity, and connection to the Jupiter community. With funding, they can do even more. I trust tthe team and support their growth :saluting_face:.

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Hey Jeidel04!

Big thanks for the support, we family <3

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Hey HGP very grateful for you vote!

We are dedicated to the cause and super glad you see that <3

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Hey Rida thanks for the support your trust means a lot!

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The JUP allocation is for long-term alignment and it is locked for 1 year

Plus skin in the game :slight_smile:

The JUP is for long-term alignment and gives contributors skin in the game to make things work.

There are also accountability processes in place to make all WGs do their part :slight_smile: this is important for the health of the DAO

LFG OBCJUP

Thanks for your great reply.

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Hey Jekos!

Firstly thank you for your support and your vote <3

Knocking it out the park this coming 1 year period means growing our reach, following and organic audience inside and outside the Jupiverse to a major degree <3

This is an interesting idea! Although the ebs and flows of crypto audience attention and market sentiment may hinder appraisal here

Thanks again!

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Hey James Halim!

So grateful for the trust and support even though you have been so busy!

That’s a kind message and one we all appreciate a lot

Thanks <3

YouTube is a great place if you’re not on X a lot, as Uplink and Jupiter currently run an official Jupiter account over there.

X is definitely the place IMO and the official JUP Discord of course :slight_smile:

Let me know if you need any links?

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Absolutely a Yes from me!!!

Y’all were there for me at the beginning of my Catdet Journey. We’ve spent some quality times in VC and we were actually able to link up on the Pod as well!

Y’all are dedicated, and I know the community appreciates you for that. While I do appreciate how much y’all work. I hope with time that doesn’t mean you cannot sleep properly also. I honestly believe the quality of your work would go up even higher if you tended to this detail ;).

I think the budget is more than fair provided each member works hard and yall foster a healthy work environment for eachother going forward. Honestly living in London on 5k USD is only 3,695 GBP. I know someone is going to inevitably gripe about the salary. But living in London on < 4k British Pounds doesn’t leave a lot of wiggle room honestly. So I think y’all nailed the budget and probably deserve more. At least for those of you that live there.

I do have one request. That you make J&J available on Apple or Spotify Podcasts. Since we’re going to be paying you to be a Podcast your show should go where podcasts go! :wink: (in addition to X or YouTube).

Y’all are a big inspiration to me. Thank you for everything you’ve done and will do!
Excited to keep walking this road with you my friends!

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probably for a reason like it sounds.

You are comparing a web 3 salary with your job at mcdonalds

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Im not from the UK but they have some of the top university’s in the world. A degree in UK costs a lot more than one in India or Nigeria for example, and therefore has more acreditation.

You really have an extreme hate western countries i can tell. I dont know what your problem is

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This proposal doesn’t just fund a podcast. It sets a price tag on what DAO-funded contribution is now “worth.”

If $61K USDC + 87,000 JUP is the new standard for a media initiative, we need to be honest about what follows.

You’re not just greenlighting JUP & JUICE. You’re giving the green light to every other person who’s about to say:

“I want to launch a podcast for Jupiter in my language. Where’s my $150K?”

And why shouldn’t they?

If the argument is “we work full-time, we live in London, Web3 is risky” — then what happens when someone says the same from Seoul? or Prague? or Buenos Aires?

Will we match this level of funding in every case?
Will we tell new teams in lower-cost countries they should accept less?
Or will we pretend this was a one-off exception that just somehow keeps repeating?

This vote signals that if you wrap your work in DAO language and show up first, you get a permanent high-value stream of community money — no monetization needed, no competition invited, no real benchmarking.

That’s not decentralization. That’s early-mover privilege locked in with a ribbon on top.

And we all know what comes next:

There are at least 10 major untapped languages where Jupiter-focused media could (and should) emerge. That’s a few million USD in requests, easy. Then there’s TikTok. Instagram. Telegram. YouTube. Facebook. Newsletters. Meme accounts.

What happens when someone starts a competing English-language show — with better reach, stronger execution, and a clearer growth plan?

Will we fund them too — or does “being second” mean being ignored because we’ve already locked in one team with no room for others?

And if we do fund them — what happens to JUP & JUICE? Do we double the media budget? Start picking favorites? Or keep endlessly growing the spend to avoid hard choices?

Because right now, we’re not just funding work — we’re institutionalizing one team as the team.
That’s not scalable. That’s not decentralized. And over time, it’s not fair.

And one last thing — maybe the most important of all:

Who actually negotiated this proposal on behalf of the DAO?

Who set the numbers?
Who reviewed them?
Who said, “Yes, this is worth $282K and 355,000 JUP — no changes needed”?

Did the core team approve it?
Did Cats of Culture have to sign off?
Or did the JUP & JUICE team write their own terms — and the DAO just nodded it through?

Who decides what’s worth funding?
What standards are being used?
And how do other contributors get a fair shot?

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I think this conversation has gone on long enough to justify a call.

To really expand on your line of questioning,
I suggest we hop on a call whether that’s in a private or public setting,
I’ll leave up to you.

We are willing to bring a translator dzien dobry

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Thank you, SP you’re a real one.

JUP & JUICE will never take your trust for granted.

We’ll give it everything we’ve got, like we always do.

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282K USDC (246K team, 36K operations) Doesn’t sound right, voted no.

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Appreciate the response — and the invitation to chat. I’m open to it. We can set something up on X or elsewhere if you like. My spoken English is good enough, just the written part is not :wink:

That said, I think you and I would agree on one thing: most of the questions I raised aren’t personal critiques. They’re not even really about J&J as a team. They’re about the deeper layer: how governance decisions are made, how precedent is set, and how scalable this model really is.

I’m not suggesting anyone’s acting in bad faith. But when proposals like this land fully formed — with size, structure, and long-term funding baked in — and get to a vote without clear benchmarks or guardrails, it raises structural questions that no working group alone can answer.

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I’d like to share a concern that’s been on my mind during this voting round. I’ve noticed a growing number of comments that openly state how people voted — especially “yes” votes — often without much reasoning or thoughtful explanation.

While everyone is, of course, free to express themselves, I personally believe votes should remain private to preserve the integrity of the process and to avoid influencing others, even unintentionally. Public declarations, particularly when not supported by clear reasoning, can create subtle social pressure and risk distorting honest, individual judgment.

In my view, the real value of this forum lies in open discussion, analysis, and constructive questioning of proposals — not in campaigning or building political momentum. Otherwise, we risk becoming indistinguishable from those who claim to be different, but are ultimately more focused on personal gain and consolidating influence.

I truly believe we can make a meaningful difference only if we move beyond the cult of money and focus on genuine collective growth — where the entire community benefits, not just those who are already well-connected or more visible. Otherwise, we end up reinforcing the same dynamics many of us came here to change: a few rising, while the rest simply watch.

What do others think?
Should we be more mindful about how we engage with proposals during active voting?

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts.
P.S. I really resonated with @Ihateoranges’ recent posts — thank you for sharing your perspective.

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Honest question - why does it make more sense for the DAO to fund this than Jupiter themselves? If Jupiter want a top notch content team then they should just hire you.

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