# elizaOS Discord - 2025-01-20

## Overall Discussion Highlights

### Development & Technical Updates
- **ElizaOS V2 Development**: The team is prioritizing V2 development and tokenomics revamp over PR activities, with jin working on slides for an upcoming tokenomics plan.
- **Model Selection Issues**: Users reported that character files with "model": "small" still default to using large models, causing configuration confusion.
- **Database Challenges**: Multiple users encountered SQLite connection problems and database configuration errors, particularly with the node plugin.
- **Installation Recommendations**: Community members advised using the main eliza repository instead of eliza-starter due to dependency issues in the latter.
- **DeepSeek R1 Model**: The community discussed DeepSeek's R1 model release, noting it offers O1/Sonnet-level performance at 30x lower cost with MIT licensing.
- **Memory Management**: Developers identified the need for better memory management to allow agents to persist data between messages.

### Integration & Plugins
- **Twitter Integration**: Users discussed various challenges with Twitter integration, including authentication with 2FA, rate limits, and difficulties with the agent liking posts. Workarounds using Twitter cookies were shared.
- **Telegram Setup**: Several users worked through Telegram client setup issues, with EcchiPen sharing a helpful video tutorial.
- **Screenpipe Integration**: Development of a Twitter plugin for Screenpipe integration is underway to automate development updates.
- **Custom Plugins**: Users are developing plugins for cryptocurrency trading, news aggregation, and image generation.

### Projects & Applications
- **3D AI TV Projects**: Two main projects are in development - a news show and a "Block Tank" set in Unity, with technical implementation of image display on TVs and character models.
- **DegenAI Website**: Jin shared an early draft (https://degen-spartan.netlify.app/) and received feedback about the design feeling "scammy" and lacking cohesion with the ai16z brand.
- **Virtual Exchange Environment**: Jin mentioned developing a 3D virtual exchange that could potentially be integrated into the DegenAI website.
- **Agent Projects**: Community members are building various projects including a "Ninja Terminal" for viewing limit orders, a "GOAT ARENA" for AI trading agents to compete, and integration with Livepeer Protocol.

### Business & Strategy
- **Enterprise Support Model**: A proposal for an "enterprise support" model where the DAO would pay people and AIs for providing support to Fortune 500 companies using ElizaOS.
- **Certification Program**: Discussion of a three-tier certification program: Certified ElizaOS Operator (for non-developers), ElizaOS Developer (for plugin creators), and Eliza Developer Pro (for contributors).
- **Cybers Partnership**: Proposal from Cybers (tokenization platform) to collaborate with ai16z, including agent token launches with ai16z as token pair and 50% fee sharing.
- **Made in America**: The team is working to get ai16z listed as "Made in America" on CoinMarketCap to align with current market sentiment.

## Key Questions & Answers

### Technical Implementation
- **Q**: How will images be displayed in the news show?  
  **A**: Through a "tv" actor whose dialogue line is the image URL to display; "none" clears the image.

- **Q**: How to fix "Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'name')" error in Discord?  
  **A**: Switching the model to OpenAI resolved the issue; Anthropic has problems in Discord.

- **Q**: How to change to use local db?  
  **A**: Change the relevant variable in .env to database.

- **Q**: What machine configuration is suitable to run this program without a GPU?  
  **A**: 2GB RAM is more than enough; build process takes about 2GB, running agent takes minimal processing power.

- **Q**: How to make the agent only retweet/comment/like or quote?  
  **A**: Add and alter code within the Twitter plugin.

### Project & Community
- **Q**: Is Eliza Labs the not-for-profit research arm for ai16z, and is ai16z dao the foundation entity that owns ai16z tokens?  
  **A**: Eliza Labs is the dev co so we have a legal footprint in the US.

- **Q**: Why do you think OpenAI won't let us do the stuff we want with AI agents?  
  **A**: They have the disadvantages of being a big company that is not close enough to crypto and not degen enough. Web2 AI agents is their home turf, but crypto-centric is definitely not.

- **Q**: How many AI16Z tokens are needed to be a partner vs associate?  
  **A**: Partner 100k, Associate 10k (AI16Z tokens).

- **Q**: Is the URL in this Twitter post legit or is it a wallet suck?  
  **A**: That's a scam.

## Community Help & Collaboration

### Technical Problem Solving
- **mconstant** helped **0xLabsTheCoder** identify the correct API endpoint format and curl command for sending messages to an agent.
- **EcchiPen** shared a video tutorial that helped **Neel Kanani** get Telegram bot setup working.
- **perez** provided **averma** with a modified initializeDatabase function to force SQLite instead of Supabase, resolving database errors.
- **Haphazardly** shared a solution for better-sqlite3 binding errors by running `cd node_modules/better-sqlite3 && npm run build-release`.
- **SM Sith Lord** guided **boom** on implementing TV image display in Unity using a "tv" actor with image URLs as dialogue lines.

### Community Support
- **jin** recommended using Claude to write Mermaid markdown for creating flow charts and diagrams to improve documentation and communication.
- **𝔭𝔩𝔞𝔱𝔞 𝔑𝔬 𝔉𝔞𝔭 𝔞𝔯𝔠** suggested using Phantom wallet to **MicoM.ron** when they had transaction issues on JUP.
- **Kenk** provided **an1muss** with a legitimate link to join the developer Discord for Eliza.
- **jin** timed out a disruptive user after repeated negative comments to maintain a positive community environment.
- **yikesawjeez** helped **Mike** connect a company building AI music framework with the ai16z team by providing the partnerships link.

## Action Items

### Technical
- Fix model selection in character files so that "model": "small" setting is respected
- Implement proper memory management for actions to persist data between messages
- Fix Twitter like functionality for agents
- Fix SQLite database connection issues with node plugin
- Develop Twitter plugin for Screenpipe integration to automate development updates
- Implement Eliza plugin for Screenpipe that integrates with Omi (open source wearable)
- Explore DeepSeek R1 model integration as it offers O1/Sonnet-level performance at 30x lower cost
- Implement TV image display functionality in Unity frontend for the news show
- Fix the news aggregator JSON date issue
- Implement proper visemes for character models including Vitalik
- Investigate node plugin errors with agent startup
- Develop agents capable of managing concentrated liquidity positions
- Create plugin for AI trading agents to compete in GOAT ARENA
- Integrate Eliza with Livepeer Protocol for AI inference
- Build functionality to pull recent news data for agent tweets
- Implement Twitter integration using API keys
- Review PR for Eliza that has been pending for over a month

### Documentation
- Create comprehensive guides for scaling and deploying agents
- Create better plugin documentation with clear examples
- Improve Telegram client setup documentation
- Document proper model configuration and how to set modelClass in character files
- Complete and publish tokenomics white paper/plan
- Submit information to get ai16z listed as "Made in America" on CoinMarketCap
- Document character personalities for Degen, Eliza, and Tubbs
- Create diagrams/visuals using Mermaid markdown to improve communication and coordination
- Create and publish tokenomics information and 8% buyback details
- Develop and share project roadmap with timeline
- Create clear explanation of DegenAI's utility and purpose

### Features
- Develop "Ninja Terminal" to visualize limit orders for trading
- Create "GOAT ARENA" for AI trading agents to compete
- Build physical robot integration with ElizaOS
- Add news aggregation capability for agents
- Add multi-agent communication to enable agents to interact with each other
- Implement three-tier certification program for ElizaOS users and developers
- Launch agent tokens with ai16z as token pair on Cybers platform
- Implement 50/50 fee sharing between ai16z treasury and Cybers
- Develop staking mechanism for CYBR against agent tokens
- Create agent that can mint whitelists during inconvenient time windows
- Develop agent that knows everything about project management
- Consider implementing a token burn mechanism as part of tokenomics
- Create a repository with "official" VRMs, personality profiles, and voices for common characters
- Improve website responsiveness as current version is not mobile-friendly
- Develop virtual exchange environment with real-time trade displays
- Visualize DegenSpartan's trades on the website
- Add AI16Z branding to establish official connection
- Create 3D environment with DegenSpartan at trading desk
- Monitor celebrity tweets for trading opportunities
- Consider creating a fan art page for community-created artwork