The Complete Guide to district0x and DNT

The concept of online marketplaces and communities is well-established. Companies like Amazon, eBay, and Etsy are all examples of major e-commerce marketplaces with large userbases. Task-based marketplaces like Upwork, Fivver, and TopTal have become popular for freelancers and companies from around the globe. However, with these platforms, users typically don’t have a true voice in determining the future direction of how platforms should operate. If these companies ever go away one day, the user data, reputation, and identity established by each individual user goes away too.

Essentially, only a few leaders at the top (i.e. executives or board of directors) usually make important decisions on fee structures, usage guidelines, and even the UI/UX of sites. The opinions of the users that rely on Web 2.0 online platforms on a daily basis are oftentimes neglected altogether. district0x aims to solve this problem through the creation of online districts that serve as decentralized, autonomous organizations (DAOs). With district0x, each individual can vote with DNT to determine how districts will function. Districts are built on open standards and don’t rely upon a centralized decision-maker to remain operational. This means they will always be accessible to users, and data will never go away. Districts are censorship resistant, persistent, and permanent.

Districts are decentralized marketplaces on the district0x Network. Virtually ANY type of marketplace that exists today could be re-built as a district on the district0x network.

Each district has a few core functionalities:

Districts are innovative because both owners AND users can determine how a given district operates. Decisions impacting one district don’t impact another. This means that every aspect of these communities can be highly customized to match the needs of the people that use them on a regular basis.

The district0x project team has already established a few districts that serve as unique marketplaces and communities. Let’s examine what these districts aim to accomplish and how they are currently being developed.

Ethlance is a decentralized freelancer website. On Ethlance, which launched in January 2017, individuals or companies can find and hire freelance talent. Unlike websites like Upwork which receive high commissions (10–20%) on completed work, Ethlance doesn’t charge any fee. The types of jobs posted on the site are quite diverse. A few examples include smart contract development, dapp development, UI/UX design, website translation, copywriting, and more.

According to the November 27, 2018 development update, district0x smart contracts for Ethlance have reached a feature complete state. The major effort in the past cycle has been a schema to model data from these smart contracts out to IPFS. The team is now working on experimenting with new, expandable models as well as adding a syncer and data generator.

Name Bazaar, which launched in October 2017, serves as a peer-to-peer marketplace for the exchange of names registered via the Ethereum Name Service (ENS). As of December 2, 2018, there are 3,947 names offered on the site. Some proposed features for the continued development of Name Bazaar include subdomain leasing as well as hardware wallet support for Trezor and Ledger Nano S.

Moving forward, all Meme Factory updates/changes, curation, and decision-making will take place with the TCR, d0xTasks, or other governance tools.

Create Your Own District: There are plans to add more districts in the future. These will serve as sandboxes for the refinement of the d0xINFRA framework (explained below in the “Key Technologies” section) while showcasing the powers of decentralized markets and communities. The project team even plans to build a district creation platform that will provide anyone with the ability to quickly launch new districts on the district0x network.

Now that we’ve covered the big picture of what the project is aiming to do, let’s take an in-depth look at some of district0x’s established features.

d0xINFRA Framework: At the core of every district is the d0xINFRA framework, a stack of Ethereum smart contracts and front-end libraries distributed on IPFS (InterPlanetary File System) which power a district’s basic functionalities. One thing to note is that d0xINFRA doesn’t impact the visuals of each district. Designs of a district are chosen by the creator or the community that uses it. d0xINFRA is designed to be open and extendable, allowing districts to implement unique features.

Auxiliary modules provide enhanced functionality for districts. You can think of auxiliary modules as sort of like WordPress plugins for the blockchain. They are designed to be plug-and-play and implemented on a case-by-case, according to the creators or users of each district. The district0x core team encourages third-party development of auxiliary modules and even offers the potential for built-in monetization of those that are used to power the functionality of various districts. In the future, there will be a marketplace layer, which serves as an app store for users wanting to find a full list of available auxiliary modules.

Aragon for Governance: Voting is a major component of creating decentralized marketplaces and communities. district0x has chosen to utilize Aragon to create, administer, and govern individual districts. Voting rights can be used to partake in the processes that determine the characteristics of a district ranging from its design, to its functionality, to its accepted code of conduct, to the integrations it utilizes, and beyond.

For the development of the District Registry (as with many of district0x’s current dev tasks), the biggest goal for the near future is to reduce the smart contract set down to a more manageable size. This will help ensure that the code being used to develop the District Registry is reusable and easy to implement across various districts.

d0xTasks is a voting dapp that will be used to assign project work (i.e. community management or district building) to contractors. According to the Nov 27, 2018 development update, most of the core application, both front-end and back-end, is complete. The team is also working on the mobile UI and styling for d0xTasks. Currently, this dapp is in QA deployment and will soon be deployed to Ethereum’s Ropsten testnet.

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