⚖️Mission and Ideals

How the Curio DAO and its members guide their activities for the Curio Cards ecosystem

Mission

• We protect and preserve the historical Curio Cards project

• We serve the the artists, the cardholders, and the community

• We follow the dual mandate to support and develop Curio Cards

• We support opportunities for education and safety in the NFT community

• We foster collaboration and harmony between Curio and the NFT community

• We offer opportunities for DAO member growth within the Curio Cards project

Ideals

Art

• We believe in the power of art to create personally meaningful connections for people with crypto

• We work to keep the spirit of art experimentation and exploration alive

• We believe that artists deserve to be paid fairly

• We respect artistic choice

Crypto

• We believe in the power of crypto to enable and support digital artists

• We believe in the power of Open Source to create beneficial public goods

• We are advocates for crypto and Web3

• We believe more education about crypto is always a positive thing

• We honor all questions as learning opportunities

Community Respect

• Our goal is to prioritize excellence, kindness, and creativity over all else

• We nurture an accepting community open to all Curious Raccoons

• We believe that everyone deserves respect, and we have zero tolerance for harassment

• We value long-term integrity over short-term reward

• We don’t support FUD or misinformation, even if it benefits Curio Cards
• We are a family-friendly project

• We respect the right to anonymity

Community Collaboration

• We believe in coordination, not speculation

  • The Curio DAO is a coordination tool, not a token. We vote with the cards

• The DAO is organized into Guilds, which are supportive spaces that act as the “first stop” for anyone looking to help out or share an idea
• No secret sponsorship — any paid collaborations are fully transparent

• We value collaboration over the "speed of one." Consensus is a feature, not a bug

• Instead of oversight and control, we start from trust and communication. We work to empower groups and favor decentralized decision-making

• We believe community contributions deserve compensation from the DAO

• We believe that community contributions deserve compensation, the level of which can grow with the DAO over time. See the Coordinape page for more info
• We favor breaking large projects into smaller ones and getting them across the finish line

• We believe in iterative change. The best things are built over time, not perfect the first try

• We encourage bold and original ideas