An infinite work of art and headless brand built on top of Ethereum. Nouns DAO has allocated over $70 million in grants to builders around the globe and are redefining how public goods are funded through decentralized decision making.
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This is a Noun
Every day one Noun is randomly generated and auctioned off to the highest bidder. 100% of the proceeds go to the Nouns treasury. Nouns holders vote on which ideas are funded and help shape the direction of the DAO.
How It Works
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What Does Nouns Fund?
Together, these pieces form a permissionless ecosystem anyone can join, shape, and contribute to.
A Global Community And Network Of Builders Noun holders and non-holders alike build under one shared banner. From artists and developers to organizers and explorers around the world, Nouns is for everyone.
An Open-Source (CC0) Infinite Art Project Every Noun is a unique piece of generative pixel art. Anyone can use, remix, or build on the art and underlying code, completely free, without permission.
A Decentralized Funding Engine Noun holders and delegates vote on proposals that decide how the treasury is used. It’s an ongoing experiment in collective capital allocation, with real-world impact across art, tech, culture, and public goods.
A One Of A Kind Headless Brand
Nouns is a DAO (decentralized autonomous organization) built on Ethereum. It's an open-source protocol that blends art, governance, and community into one evolving experiment.

At its core, Nouns is:
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This is just a small taste of what Nouns has funded in the past. Find more funded projects and proposals ↗
Nouns has funded some wild ideas and collaborated with some incredible builders from across the globe. From helping discover a new species to funding schools, art installations, athletes artists and events.
Nouns fund ideas, like these:
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Nouns is a community-driven creative ecosystem building playful, open-source experiences through art, technology, public goods, real-world activations, and digital culture. Nouns is for everyone ⌐◨-◨
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A Global Community of Artists, Developers and Do-Gooders.
Nouns Resources
The community is the driving force behind Nouns growth and have created countless tools and resources to help support the project. Find sub-DAO's, resources for art, code, contracts, community made tools, and more...
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Anyone can join and build on top of Nouns (no permission necessary). Join us at one of our events, for one of our weekly community calls, or participate in Nouns governance.
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The Goal?
Nouns artwork and code are CC0 — This means you can do whatever you want with them. People are encouraged to take nouns code and artwork and start new projects or build on top of Nouns by proposing contract upgrades for new traits or changes to the Nouns protocol.
Nouns Is Open Source
This is Yours
And So Is All Of This...
The goal? Grow the Nouns meme, empower creators, and push the boundaries of decentralized, community-owned culture. Funded projects and the community help complete the virtuous cycle, aka, the "Nounish flywheel," in an attempt to keep the project and brand living on... forever ⌐◨-◨
Proliferate Nouns
“do good with no expectation of return,
create positive externalities, embrace absurdity & difference, teach people about nouns & crypto, have fun”
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