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Year of the ZABAL - Day 291

Fractal 120 is tomorrow, Monday, October 19, at 6 PM Eastern in The ZAO Discord. Free, and first-timers are welcome.

Oct 18, 2026

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year of the zabal day 291

Tomorrow is Fractal 120. Every Monday The ZAO meets in Discord, each of us shares what we did for The ZAO that week, and we rank it together. Last week we needed 2 rooms for the first time in a while, and I want to keep that going.

If you have never played, tomorrow is a good first one. Here is everything you need.

Monday, October 19, 6 PM Eastern

Fractal 120 meets in The ZAO Discord. It is free and anyone can come.

Join here: https://discord.thezao.com

Every ZAO event, with one-tap RSVP: https://luma.com/zao

Before you come

Run /register in the fractal bot with your Optimism wallet. Nobody can receive Respect without a wallet linked.

How it works

We meet in one room, then split into groups of up to 6.

Each person shares what they did for The ZAO that week.

Each group ranks the week's contributions by consensus. 1st place earns 110 Respect, then 68, 42, 26, 16 and 10.

I propose the results afterwards. They settle after a 72 hour vote and a 72 hour veto window.

Respect is earned, not bought. It is a record of contribution, and you cannot buy or sell it.

Last week

Fractal 119 ran two rooms with 11 people, the first time in a while we needed two.

Room 1: civil, DCoop, Joseph Goats, MatJamEz, Rhia23k and me.

Room 2: EyeTeaJohnny, Tom Fellenz, OhnahjiB, ReNaiSsAnCe and Sovereign Mu.

The recap: https://paragraph.com/@thezao/year-of-the-zabal-day-285

How far this has come

We started recording fractal results in public on July 30, 2024. As of October 12, results were recorded in 72 different weeks, and 165 different people hold Respect. In July that number was 157.

The format comes from Eden Fractal and the fractal democracy work Dan Larimer started in 2021. We adapted it for The ZAO, an impact network bringing profit margin, data, and IP rights back to artists. Music first, community second, technology third.

The whitepaper and the rest of our papers: https://thezao.xyz/papers

See you tomorrow at 6 PM Eastern: https://discord.thezao.com

- BetterCallZaal on behalf of the ZABAL Team

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