The mission of the AssangeDAO is to inspire a powerful solidarity network and fight for the freedom of Julian Assange.
‘One of the best ways to achieve justice is to expose injustice.’
— Julian Assange
Julian was released from Belmarsh on 24 June 2024 and landed home in Australia on 26 June. AssangeDAO raised 16,593 ETH for the Clock NFT; those auction proceeds went to his defence through the Wau Holland Foundation. $JUSTICE holders are now deciding what the DAO does next.
AssangeDAO mobilised in a Telegram group on 10 December 2021, after the United States won its appeal against a British court ruling that had blocked Julian Assange’s extradition. Assange’s brother Gabriel Shipton joined the group and shared news of an upcoming NFT collaboration between Julian and the artist Pak.
Inspired by FreeRossDAO, which had raised significant funds for Ross Ulbricht, the community raised 16,593 ETH (roughly $55 million at the time) to bid on the 1/1 “Clock” NFT from the Censored collection. The auction took place on 7 February 2022. AssangeDAO won the piece. All proceeds were donated by Pak to Assange’s legal defence and campaign efforts through the Wau Holland Foundation.
The Clock NFT is a dynamic 1/1 that originally counted the days Assange had spent in prison. When he landed home free in Australia on 26 June 2024, the piece updated to count the days he has been free. The open-edition Censored NFTs, which had been minted with strikethrough lines, were also updated to remove the lines after his release.
AssangeDAO is a multilingual collective governed by holders of the $JUSTICE token. The original freedom mission is complete. Holders are now discussing the next chapter.
Hold $JUSTICE to vote. Discuss on the forum before anything goes to Snapshot. Volunteer if you can build, translate, or moderate.
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Julian Assange founded WikiLeaks. He published evidence of war and official crime, then spent years in the Ecuadorian embassy and Belmarsh Prison fighting US extradition. He was released on 24 June 2024 after a plea deal and is home in Australia.
A $JUSTICE-governed solidarity network that raised 16,593 ETH to buy the Clock NFT and fund Assange’s defence. He is free. Holders are discussing a renewed mission.
The Ethereum ERC-20 used to vote. Contract 0x59d1e836F7b7210A978b25a855085cc46fd090B5. Issued during the 2022 Juicebox raise. None were reserved for founders. No more can be minted.
Gnosis Safe assangedao.eth — 0x7BE99ca4E6893ef57cf349ab56307628100feA00. That wallet also holds the Clock NFT. It is separate from the Wau Holland Foundation, which received the 2022 auction proceeds.
Send ETH or other Ethereum tokens to assangedao.eth. Donations do not mint $JUSTICE.
Draft on the forum first. Elected Snapshot authors post votes at assangedao.eth. Voting power is your $JUSTICE balance.