# This Week In POKT (As seen on Twitter 😏)

**URL:** https://forum.pokt.network/t/this-week-in-pokt-as-seen-on-twitter/4553
**Category:** Roundups
**Created:** [June 24, 2023, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.pokt.network/t/this-week-in-pokt-as-seen-on-twitter/4553 "2023-06-24T20:22:02Z")
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### Author: ![PoktNews](https://forum.pokt.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/22d042/32.png) [@PoktNews](https://forum.pokt.network/u/PoktNews)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2023, 7:52am UTC](https://forum.pokt.network/t/this-week-in-pokt-as-seen-on-twitter/4553/10 "2023-08-28T07:52:50Z")

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## **AUG 26TH POCKET HIGHLIGHTS ✨**

## Protocol Highlights ✨

- 🔌 Preparations were initiated to allowlist BASE, both Mainnet and Testnet, on August 28th. #onchain summer is here! [Allowlisting announcement here](https://discord.com/channels/553741558869131266/553762399497224233/1143570009499639838)

## Governance Highlights ✨

- ✅ PEP-63 voting concluded. The DAO approved the proposal with 0 rejections. Uniswap, we coming! [https://snapshot.org/#/poktdao.eth/proposal/0x4865ce0455c5ce2d1a77485412e2ae36d27b491f485abae368962aab5bd2be76](https://snapshot.org/#/poktdao.eth/proposal/0x4865ce0455c5ce2d1a77485412e2ae36d27b491f485abae368962aab5bd2be76)

## Community Highlights ✨

- 🌀 Nodies announced that terms have been reached with PNF on the Journey into the Gateway-verse. 2nd Gateway loading! [Into the Gateway-verse: Bootstrapping a Multi-Gateway Ecosystem - #20 by poktblade](https://forum.pokt.network/t/into-the-gateway-verse-bootstrapping-a-multi-gateway-ecosystem/4532/20)

- 👋 Our new Head of Community was unveiled. Meet @doctorrobinson [Head of Community - Hello!](https://forum.pokt.network/t/head-of-community-hello/4691)

## More Community Highlights ✨

- 📞 We had an engaging community call that focused on naming Pocket v1. Join the Discussion: [Discord](https://discord.com/channels/553741558869131266/553757870123122708/1145040457152340040)

- 🛠 Our very own @h5law and @Adz led two workshops at Encode Club’s Expert Bootcamp. See the proposal that made it all happen. [PEP-59: Sponsor Encode Club Bootcamp Series](https://forum.pokt.network/t/pep-59-sponsor-encode-club-bootcamp-series/4106)

## Must-Read 📚

- This week’s must-read is an insightful piece by PNF’s @JackALaing on #DAOs’ power imbalances.  
“Data from Chainalysis found that just 1% of all holders had 90% of the voting power across 10 major DAO projects” 😧  
Dive in 👇  
[How to avoid DAO apathy — and power struggles](https://forkast.news/how-to-avoid-dao-apathy-and-power-struggles/)

## Must-Listen 🎧

- PNF’s @Dermot talked about the #DePIN revolution with Andy Pickering in this week’s must-listen.  
Listen here 👇  
[Pocket Network - Pioneering the DePin revolution - Brave New Coin](https://bravenewcoin.com/insights/podcasts/pocket-network-pioneering-the-depin-revolution)

## Highlight of the Week 🏆

This week’s trophy went to, as voted by the community, went to BASE’s allowlisting!!! [Results here](https://twitter.com/POKTnetwork/status/1695574192551555202?s=20)

## There’s so much going on! WATTBA! See you next week 👋

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