Summary As proposal #350 has passed and with the disbanding of the Charter, the Juno Communications SubDAO presents this funding proposal to continue the work it has been accomplishing since December 2022. We have demonstrated that our subDAO can self-organize and effectively collaborate with other stakeholders and projects in the ecosystem. This collaboration has been instrumental in spreading the word about Juno and providing consistent updates and exposure. With your support, we can ensure the continuity of these efforts and backing the dedicated individuals behind them. We are requesting funding with a total allocation of $12,000 from the community pool, to cover 3 months of July, August, and September. The Juno Communications SubDAO currently consists of 5 members: Highlander, Camel, Max, Papayo, and Dimi. For this proposal, the funding distribution goes towards Highlander and Camel, who have been the most active dedicated contributors fulfilling the objectives of the SubDAO. The SubDAO members are responsible in deliverable oversight and proposal voting to ensure achieving accomplishments up to the expected standards and justly protect the integrity of the SubDAO.

This proposal updates the terms of contractor, Camel, under the Communications Department starting April 2024. Assigned Objectives Graphics ProductionMaintain and manage a unique brand/visual identity for Juno. Produce different templates to be consistent for specified use cases. Produce graphics to be used by Juno's content distribution channels such as Medium, YouTube, and Twitter. Sustain the quality of graphics to remain on a correlated standard. Maintain the brand-identity docs page with up-to-date core branding elements. Tweets Writing

Epona marks our 6th software upgrade of the year. We have added 11 new modules to the chain in 2023, proactively found and patched 4 security issues, and increased our internal testing coverage. In our final upgrade for the year, we bring you 3 new modules for developers to leverage in their smart contract applications. One of the core themes you will discover is our unwavering commitment to providing the best user and developer experience. Our solutions avoid chain lock-in so your applications can be deployed on many networks without multiple forks and developer overhead. Lowering the barrier of entry for contract deployment is a major consideration in how we add protocol features to Juno. FeePay Module One of the biggest user experience pitfalls of the interchain is gas and fees. These topics while seemingly straightforward are confusing to users and developers with both the command line and website UIs. FeePay provides the functionality for smart contract developers to cover the execution cost of a transaction with their contract. Privacy is a human right. For v2 of the FeePay module, we are working to provide new accounts the ability to interact with a smart contract without any tokens or previous chain interactions. The developer of the smart contract can leverage FeeShare to pay for half of the transaction, and the other half out of their own funds. Why? It will enable protocols like Juicer to function without being dependent on a user facing faucet UI (which could scrape IP addresses and link to your wallet). On-chain faucet interactions with smart contracts that can pay your fees is a necessity to make the onboarding experience easier and add privacy to the chain.

As the world of blockchain evolves, developers are turning their attention to a revolutionary concept known as Interchain applications. Jake from HackWasm, in his insightful talk on YouTube, underscored the growing relevance and potential of this new paradigm, which could potentially disrupt the current multi-chain world. The Emergence of Interchain Applications The past few years have witnessed the rise of various Layer 1 (L1) blockchains, each operating independently with their bridges, creating a multi-chain world. However, this siloed structure often leads to subpar interoperability, limiting the full potential of blockchain technology. The year 2023 marks a shift towards an interconnected blockchain universe, the ‘Interchain’, consisting of over 60 blockchains. One key technology propelling this shift is the Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC) protocol. The IBC facilitates seamless interaction between different blockchains, enabling the creation of new types of applications — the ‘Interchain applications’ or ‘Interchain protocols’. Interchain Applications and their Advantages Interchain applications are protocols deployed across multiple chains, leveraging the IBC’s capabilities. These applications might involve building new protocols or harnessing existing ones. The crucial advantage they offer is the network effects due to their presence on multiple chains, leading to more user adoption and usage.