Logos Circle Los Angeles

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Proposing the creation of a Los Angeles Logos Circle, building on the momentum of existing circles in Brno, London, Lisbon, and Zanzalu.

The objective of this circle is to bring together Logos-aligned individuals in the LA area to explore network state concepts, foster Logos community engagement, and identify meaningful, winnable causes that leverage the Logos stack that the group can pursue together, potentially in concert with other Logos circles.

If the initial proposal is approved the location will be booked for the first meeting. Target neighborhoods are West Hollywood, Hollywood, west-side/Santa Monica, in that order.

Meeting Structure & Recurring Elements

Each meeting should follow a consistent format to ensure continuity and engagement:

  • Overview of the Logos core stack
  • Featured speaker and topic presentation
  • Distribution of the Logos Zine
  • Distribution of stickers and goodies
  • Onboarding attendees to the Logos forum and discord
  • Snacks and refreshments

Budget

Budget for each meeting should not exceed $500.

Proposed Meeting Schedule

First Meeting - August 15th (Estimated)

Featured Speaker: chair (op)
Topic: Introduction to Logos
Expected Attendance: ~25 people

Agenda:

  • Present the evolution story from Bitcoin to Ethereum to Status to Logos
  • Introduce the Logos stack and showcase what has already been accomplished with existing Logos tech, and Logos circles
  • Identify and discuss issues important to the group, and causes and initiatives the group can work towards
  • Determine focus areas for future meetings

Key Focus Areas:

Second Meeting - September 15th (Estimated)

Featured Speaker: TBD
Topic: TBD
Expected Attendance: ~25 people

Objectives:

  • Feature speaker presentation and group discussion
  • Narrow down ideas and focus on identifying specific causes and initiatives to pursue, assign roles and responsibilities

Third Meeting - October 15th (Estimated)

Featured Speaker: TBD
Expected Attendance: ~30 people

Building on our previous meetings with continued speaker presentations, and initiative progress reports.

Meeting Promotion

  • Luma page
  • Los angeles based meetup group chats, tg, discord, etc.
  • Support from comms (posts from @Logos_network and @exit_operator accounts on X and Farcaster)
    • Potentially targetted post boosts on X
    • LA area targeted social media posts/campaign
    • Blog post

Potential Special Event: Road to PSF Event

If we generate enough of the correct type of momentum at the first three meetings, I would like to plan a larger community event to be held at a music venue, with The Virgil as the leading candidate location. This event can feature:

  • Musical performances
  • Speaker presentations
  • Community networking

The goal is to secure a significant speaker and energetic performing acts to maximize impact and attendance.

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Happy to hear this will be happening regularly in Motor City. Everything seems very much on point. Just fyi we are prepping some updated guidelines for starting a Circle and leading one with @Bitzu. This will help inform the points on agenda and setting these up. Still coming up with te best way to share it… a wiki would be wonderful but… oh well haha.

As a note we were discussing starting more technical focused Circles, led by technical CCs and I you would be perfect.

The focus would be more on building tools, looking at the underlying technology, speccing ideas out, getting feedback, finding synergies with other protocols and communities… with the same greater goal.

It doesn’t mean the Circle can also have the same en goal - it’s just another starting point, wdyt?

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Fully support this the LA Logos Circle proposal. The city’s mix of builders, artists, and tech-focused communities makes it a strong fit. From past events in LA, I’ve seen how much energy can build when the right conversations happen in the right setting. This feels like a natural next step and a solid anchor point for the first N America circle

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sir LA is the city of angels :angel:

This sounds great, would this be an online based circle?

My objective with the LA circle sessions to have a heavy mix of technical content, presentations, and tooling demos, with enough balance to keep less technically interested members engaged. The technically-focused circle would be a good source for material and collaboration.

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sir LA is the city of angels :angel:

Woops, TIL hehe. Saw a sign when I was there and always thought it was natural because of all the cars lol.

This sounds great, would this be an online based circle?

No, same IRL meetup format, just with a more targeted technical audience + content. So actually close to what you just described. Ideally the less technical members contributes to finding the reasons behind what the technical members are building i.e in Lisbon we found the need for a marketplace, that can be built by the technical members including remotely.

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What I can recommend:
a. Lots of 1:1 invites to your existing network.
b. Promo on personal and entity accounts (Farcaster, X, Telegram, Discord).
c. Promo in existing groups and meetups - I usually just mention I’m organising an event, and ask people to DM if they’re interested in joining. Instead of just sharing the link (which may get you banned).
d. Depending on how many register, Luma may feature it in the LA events page, which is great advertising.
e. Referrals are strong, encourage people to bring a friend.

In terms of Registration, what worked:
a. Have a poll at registration asking how familiar people are with Logos - this helps make an educated guess on the knowledge of Logos among attendees. Also gives you cool post event stats.
b. Luma has a setup where people can drop their ETH and SOL addresses, you can make it non-mandatory.
c. You can limit the registration numbers but add a waitlist option - this helps when you’re estimating costs of the event. Expect around 30-40% show-up rate.

Just some thoughts to share. The format is up to you, if you do have guest speakers, it may be more difficult for the rest of the attendees to engage. The Circles are a way for all attendees to share their story and have an open forum discussion.
However, I’ve done an open forum chat once on a boat with Vinay Gupta & a few others, where we were more opening the dialogue, but the room audience sustained it. It worked out nicely.

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Inaugural LA Meetup Recap:

Location: Arts District Brewing Company, Downtown Los Angeles
Attendees: 25

Venue staff was great, need to enquire about speaking space in the outside tent area for next event.

Many meaningful conversations with attendees about Logos and beyond. Interaction ritual chain (book and zine distribution), gave bitcoin>Logos mini lightning talk many times.

Very few “non-aligned” (free-loading) types.

A dev spun up an nwaku node from scratch from source, they praised the Waku documentation. It was a great live demo for the other devs in attendance.

In particular notable interactions with Human-tech crew and Light, a UCLA masters student.

The Human tech crew is highly aligned and there can be synergy with their group.

Light is eager to contribute, observed Jon’s node process, eager to contribute more and received best next steps.

Discussed identifying specific issues and made a goal to have something specific isolated by end of next meeting.

15 Logos Zines and 5 FTW books distributed.

I am asking those who received a FTW book to read it, leave an anon note in the book, and bring it to the following Meetup event where we can pass it to the next person. A veritable sisterhood of the traveling pants situation.

Next event will either be at the same location, or at a location in Venice, updates to follow early next week.

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Great Logos Circle progress report here (and PSF announcement!):

Leadership doc: Notion

@petty re: how I spun up the first LA circle

  1. Identify key Logos-aligned contacts I already know in the area
  2. Find a good venue (Arts District Brew Co is great)
  3. Network with other local group organizers and cross promote where appropriate
  4. Tenacity
  5. Coordinate with location managers prior to the event to ensure smooth day-of-event experience
  6. Plan for an “interaction ritual” – TLDR Interaction Ritual Chains - HedgeDoc – I handed out copies of FTW and asked folks to read at their leisure, return them at the next Circle event with an anonymous note inside and we will pass it on to the next reader. Also handed out high quality copies of the Logos Zine.
  7. Follow up with attendees following the event
  8. Plan the next one
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Work group session Tuesday 2025-09-23

Details

8 attendees

Objectives

  • Discuss qualifying social issues effecting Southern California/Los Angeles
  • Distill down to one idea to begin working toward

Outcome

The ZK Nextdoor App emerged as the primary candidate for development.
Secondary focus on ZK Whistleblowing solutions for schools and organizations.
Twelve distinct project concepts were explored across multiple problem domains.

Action Items

  • Research and validate data to support NextDoor and Whistleblowing app ideas
  • Schedule next Networking session
  • Schedule next work group session

Notes

Featured Solution: ZK Nextdoor App

The most developed concept addresses neighborhood engagement reluctance through privacy-first design:

Core Problem: People avoid participating in community issues due to fear of retaliation, judgment, or privacy concerns.

Technical Approach:

  • ZK Passport for identity verification without disclosure
  • Waku messaging for private communications
  • LLM language sterilization to obscure writing styles
  • Economic incentives through staking/slashing mechanisms

Key Features:

  • Anonymous profile generation with random character assignments
  • Location obfuscation while maintaining neighborhood relevance
  • Reward system for positive contributions, penalties for destructive behavior
  • Pool Together functionality for collective fund management
  • Anti-troll mechanisms through entry barriers and platform-generated test posts

Implementation Challenges Identified

Troll Prevention: Creating adequate barriers without excluding legitimate users Incentive Balance: Strong participation incentives vs. effective bad behavior disincentives Governance: Avoiding centralized moderation abuse while maintaining community standards User Adoption: Overcoming network effects and building critical mass

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The music and entertainment industry in Los Angeles/Hollywood is a cesspool of abuse and exploitation perpetrated by powerful people and organizations, preying upon the often gullible, naive, and non-local talent base that migrates to Los Angeles pursuing dreams of success.

Victims of these abuses often find law enforcement that is less than helpful in pursuing high-profile or powerful abusers, and are silenced from speaking out to others in their community from fear of being “blackballed” from their industry.

The whistleblowing application discussed at the work group session might indeed be the best issue to pursue moving forward given the reality of the Hollywood exploitation machine and the need for such an application.

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A friend of mine recently got exploited by a prominent LA based music production company, and it’s been frustrating to watch.

He composed music for a major broadcast network show and was paid a minimal flat fee while the company retained all royalty rights to his work. The executives continue to earn residual income from his creative output while he received nothing beyond his initial payment.

This isn’t an isolated case. Multiple composers have experienced similar arrangements at this company, and I’ve since learned this extends beyond just music. Writers, VFX artists, designers, and other creatives face the same exploitative practices.

What makes this particularly difficult is that affected people can’t speak publicly about their experiences. There’s a real fear of professional retaliation, including reputation damage and blacklisting that could end careers. This seems to be especially prevalent in the LA area, where the power dynamics in the industry enable this kind of behavior.

I’m sharing this because I think people should know what’s happening behind the scenes. Young creatives walking into these situations deserve to understand what they might be getting into.

Honestly, I think having a platform or app where creatives could share their experiences completely anonymously would make a real difference. If people could call out companies and individuals engaging in these exploitative practices without fear of retaliation, it might actually create some accountability. Right now, the power imbalance is so severe that nothing changes because everyone’s too afraid to speak up.

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LA Circle Networking Event - October 30, 2025

Overview

Date: Thursday, October 30, 2025

Location: Arts District Brewing Company, Downtown Los Angeles

RSVPs: 17

Actual Attendance: 7

Despite lower-than-expected turnout, the session featured highly engaged participants with excellent discussion quality.

  • 5 recurring members

  • 2 new attendees

The smaller group size facilitated deeper, more focused conversations around our core initiatives.

ZKNextDoor Development

The group reaffirmed commitment to the privacy-first neighborhood engagement application. Progress continues on the technical architecture leveraging ZK Passport, and Waku messaging.

Farm-to-Table Community Ecosystems

Conversation with new Circle attendees introduced compelling perspectives on alternative food economies and community-based agricultural systems. The discussion centered on:

  • Practical challenges of exiting legacy food systems

  • Economic demands and operational burdens on participating farmers

  • Infrastructure and support requirements for farmer adoption

  • Community coordination mechanisms for local food networks

This represents a potential new direction for Logos-aligned solutions that deserves further investigation. The intersection of decentralized coordination tools and regenerative agriculture presents interesting opportunities for meaningful impact.

Next Steps

Upcoming Work Group Session

A technical work group session will be scheduled for approximately 2 weeks from now, where we’ll begin hands-on development of the ZKNextDoor application.

Date & Location: To be announced shortly

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Excellent. It looks like you folks got down to business. The alternative food economy idea is both intriguing and much needed.

Good stuff you guys. Sorry for not being able to make it out there last night : ( !

  • Shaq
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awesome to see folks working on Farm to Table stuff. Solarpunk has a lot of interesting input, and while I’m not sold on the scalability of micro-farming, it can definitely make an impact.