# elizaOS Discord - 2025-03-12 ## Overall Discussion Highlights ### Rebranding and Governance - The project is transitioning from ai16z to ElizaOS, with token ticker change from $ai16z to $elizaos in progress - Current bottleneck with daos.fun is preventing metadata updates for the token ticker change - Community members expressed concerns about DAO transparency and decision-making processes - Various governance models are being explored including agent governance, swarm patterns, and the Negation Game - The team is focused on getting the core (Labs/Studios) operational before expanding DAO functionality ### ElizaOS v2 Development - ElizaOS v2 beta will be released next week with significant improvements: - Better onboarding for non-coders - Enhanced multichain functionality - Reorganized character files - Multi-agent system supporting both swarm-style implementations and commerce-like agent interactions - Agent Dev School will restart alongside the v2 release - DegenSpartanAI is being tested in a separate channel before reactivation in main channels - The v2 develop branch on GitHub contains the latest development progress ### Technical Challenges - Users report multiple issues with Twitter integration, including agents stopping after one cycle - Discord bot authentication failures and disappearing messages are common problems - Plugin integration is challenging, with users struggling to import custom plugins - Confusion exists about which branch is most stable (main vs 0.25.9) ### AI Agent Applications - Discussion about AI agents as "interns" with potential for competition format - Interest in sentiment analysis and trading database terminal functionality for DegenSpartanAI - Development of "Eliza on FAB for UE5" - an open-source tool for Unreal Engine integration - New data pipeline aggregating AI news for better context and market opportunity discovery ## Key Questions & Answers **Q: If we are rebranding to Eliza, aren't we dealing with copyright issues with Joseph Weizenbaum?** A: No, and he's dead. A program name isn't a trademark (answered by HoneyBadger) **Q: What's the function of Eliza DAO (holders of the $ai16z token)?** A: The team is focused on getting the core (Labs/Studios) up and running at the moment (answered by vincentpaul) **Q: When will the team change the ticker for $ai16z, any ETA?** A: No ETA yet but it is in the works - move from $ai16z to $elizaos will help people understand growth beyond roots (answered by vincentpaul) **Q: Anyone know if V2 is available (even unfinished) at this point?** A: Just go on the v2 develop branch on GitHub. Everything is verifiable there (answered by Sangeet) **Q: Why Ai16z token price is down?** A: Macro hasn't been hot for risk assets, and there's a bottleneck issue being worked on with daos.fun (answered by Patt) **Q: What is Shaw developing for the Ai16z Eliza token in V2?** A: Better onboarding for noncoders, better functionality for multichain support, less disorganized character files (answered by Patt) **Q: Why degenai included in ai16z ecosystem?** A: It's a showcase agent demonstrating the framework's capabilities and part of the vision as a VC fund DAO (answered by Patt) **Q: How do I prevent duplicate responses when using custom actions?** A: Set suppressInitialMessage: true in your action (answered by notorious_d_e_v) **Q: Which branch is the most stable for use now?** A: Use the latest release (0.25.9) with git checkout $(git describe --tags --abbrev=0) (answered by Abderahman) **Q: After ElizaOS v2 will we able to speak with aiagent again?** A: We are speaking with Degen now in a test channel - we will turn him back on in here very soon, and also in the arena to collab with other agents. (answered by rhota) **Q: What are the communities main fears and doubts concerning the DAO and token at this moment?** A: Concerns include that the DAO is not actually a DAO, holders' voices don't matter in decision making, and wanting to see tokenomics for the launchpad (answered by Patt) **Q: Who's working on the tokenomics for the marketplace?** A: elizaLabs is working on it, and it's basically finished but bottlenecked by daos.fun developing the metadata update for the ticker name change (answered by Patt) ## Community Help & Collaboration - **notorious_d_e_v helped Okul** with duplicate responses issue by suggesting setting suppressInitialMessage: true in action configuration - **Candycat helped multiple users** with Twitter plugin integration issues by investigating code incompatibilities between agent/index.ts and plugin-twitter - **Abderahman helped d3nyal** with branch confusion by providing git command to checkout the latest stable release - **m1337d helped d3nyal** with Discord authentication failure by sharing GitHub branch with debugging tools - **yikesawjeez helped Patt and Alsara2k** by sharing tokenomics documentation and explaining current governance status - **Void offered Korean translation help** for Eliza or Degenai updates - **Rick researched Ethos Network** for on-chain reputation and shared findings with hubert ## Action Items ### Technical - Implement ElizaOS v2 beta release next week (mentioned by rhota, yikesawjeez) - Resolve bottleneck issues with daos.fun to enable go-to-market strategies (mentioned by Patt) - Fix Twitter plugin stopping after first cycle issue (mentioned by brownie) - Resolve Discord client authentication failures (mentioned by d3nyal) - Fix disappearing Discord messages issue (mentioned by d3nyal) - Implement proper plugin import system (mentioned by d3nyal) - Fix inconsistencies between plugin.clients and plugin.client in codebase (mentioned by d3nyal) - Resolve Instagram plugin issues (mentioned by Abderahman) - Reactivate DegenSpartanAI in main channel (mentioned by rhota) - Enable DegenSpartanAI collaboration with other agents (mentioned by rhota) - Improve the "jintern" AI agent to make it more useful (mentioned by jin) - Continue improving the awesome-eliza GitHub list (mentioned by jin) - Further develop the data pipeline for AI news aggregation (mentioned by jin) - Implement actions functionality for Eliza on FAB for UE5 (mentioned by PENDINGREALITY) - Explore alternatives to daos.fun bottleneck for token metadata updates (mentioned by Patt) - Implement the Negation Game as a governance method (mentioned by yikesawjeez) ### Documentation - Update documentation for Docker deployment (mentioned by Sreesha Baraar) - Update documentation for character file modification (mentioned by Candycat) - Create clear instructions for Twitter integration (mentioned by Candycat) - Improve plugin documentation to match Eliza's quality (mentioned by adamwilliams94) - Create guide for hosting ElizaOS as a web application (mentioned by d3nyal) - Potentially add Korean translations for Eliza or Degenai (mentioned by Void) - Improve transparency on DAO finances and ongoing initiatives (mentioned by yikesawjeez) - Revamp website and set up mirror.xyz for long-form content (mentioned by ben) - Consolidate information resources and fix broken links (mentioned by Patt) ### Feature - Implement token metadata update for launchpad release (mentioned by Patt) - Change token ticker from $ai16z to $elizaos (mentioned by vincentpaul) - Implement consistent user tagging in Discord (mentioned by d3nyal) - Add support for crypto token swapping (mentioned by d3nyal) - Improve folder2knowledge functionality (mentioned by d3nyal) - Add OAuth support to Twitter client (mentioned by charlis) - Return DegenSpartanAI to Twitter/X for public accessibility (mentioned by Void) - Implement sentiment analysis functionality (mentioned by Void) - Create trading database terminal (mentioned by Void) - Explore autonomous investing capabilities (mentioned by Void) - Create ecosystem grants program for developers (mentioned by yikesawjeez) - Implement token utility mechanisms including burns and deflation (mentioned by Alsara2k) - Develop on-chain reputation system (mentioned by hubert) - Develop 3D agent marketplace and wearables collection for Eliza avatar (mentioned by Alsara2k) - Gather feedback on UE5-specific use cases for Eliza on FAB (mentioned by PENDINGREALITY)