CityDAO Podcast | A Crypto City of the Future

Today’s guest is Alessandro Palombo, the Founder of Jur, which claims to bring power back to the people with a blockchain for building new societies for governance, systems, and network states. Jur is developing a Layer 1 blockchain network on Polkadot that will provide tools for creating new societies including governance services: passports, government models, treasury, census, crowdfunding territories, and rules. Jur is the composable infrastructure for societies, countries, and network states. As a Layer 1, Jur's modules provide advanced, agnostic Web3 governance while creating the ultimate trustless coordination layer.

Our guest for today is Jordan Gray, the ideator of AstroDAO. AstroDAO gives everyday users access to advanced tooling through a simple interface. AstroDAO is also flexible enough to give crypto native power users unlimited possibilities. The AstroDAO community is a vibrant ecosystem with hundreds of active organizations. They are building a new economy and defining the future of work as a fluid collective. Their partners include NEAR, Sender, Pagoda, Halborn, and Magic Powered.

Dakotah is the CEO of Cohere. A designer of buildings, communities and businesses, Dakotah's training has informed his passion for using built environments to create regenerative systems that restore the health of ecosystems and communities.

Cohere is a member-owned network of conscious co-living communities located in seductively remote areas of the world. From the locations they’ve chosen to the amenities they provide, their spaces have been intelligently designed for remote workers and distributed teams that are seeking a higher quality of life, frictionless collaboration, and a deeper connection with themselves, their community, and the natural world. For the cost of a studio apartment, their members have the freedom to travel between a continually evolving network of locations while earning equity that goes with them, wherever their journey takes them.

Angelo is the Founder and Protocol Architect at build_cities. The build_cities mission is to build, accommodate, and invest in a collective of innovators vested in the best interests of their respective localities. They are starting with a decentralized network of coworking spaces organized via DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization) frameworks and laying the foundation for a new era of startup cities.

So, what exactly is build_cities doing? They are creating the infrastructure to create, finance, and govern startup cities around the globe starting with fostering Type 1 startup cities with digital-first tools. While some of these efforts will naturally start to overlap with Type 2 & 3 startup cities, the core of their efforts is focused on unlocking innovation in every corner of the globe from the bottom up.

Our guest for today is Denys from Satoshi Island. Denys is head of operations for all things on the ground, taking care of the arrangements needed for the physical development of the island. Satoshi Island is a 32 million square foot private island, located in the tropical paradise of Vanuatu, tucked between Australia and Fiji. The island, which is owned by Satoshi Island Holdings Limited, is intended to become home for crypto professionals and enthusiasts, with a goal to be considered the crypto capital of the world. After years of preparation, a green light from the Vanuatu Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and all approvals in place, Satoshi Island is now ready to be developed into a real-world crypto economy and blockchain based democracy.

Ankit and Rob are Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Sapien Nation. Ankit has a passion for understanding the status quo and shaping social systems to be more aligned with nature, culture, and human-centered technology. He graduated with a degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley and quickly fell in love with the ethos, design, and potential of decentralized technologies to revolutionize the way we connect with each other. As an Indian immigrant and a believer in equal opportunity, he seeks the truth in order to create and live a mindful life that harmonizes his story with the story of his tribes.

Rob graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in Mathematics and is a lifelong student of many disciplines who understands the vital importance of seeing the world through many different perspectives. Never content to let the status quo remain unchallenged, Rob seeks to apply his knowledge of Mathematics, Technology, Culture and History to build tools to empower people and their tribes to achieve their full potential.

Mayur Mistry is the Founding Member of ArchiDAO. He is also one of the lead web3 developers working on decentralized city infrastructure, fractionalized real estate, and open-source tools at CityDAO. In ArchiDAO, they aim to push the boundary in the Architecture, Engineering & Construction Industry with a blockchain and web3 native approach. Mayur and his team in ArchiDAO are focused on developing web3 integrated solutions in metaverse and blockchain in both physical & digital domains.

Mayur is a multidisciplinary design engineer who is passionate about integrated design solutions for the built environment along with a better lifestyle and experience of occupants. He became the first civil engineer to be awarded IIT Bombay Tech Person of the Year Award and represented India at Solar Decathlon China competition. In his leisure time, Mayur is usually busy working on passion projects and solving challenging problems.

Here with us today are two of our fellow CItyDAO citizens David and Scott. In this episode, we talked about topics related to the traditional education system, Web3 education, the CityDAO Academic Conference, and the network state. The CityDAO Academic Conference will be held virtually (on Zoom) on Sept 3-4, 2022 from approximately 11:00 am - 5:00 pm EST. Some of the key speakers at the conference include David Staley - Professor of History at the Ohio State University, Scott Meyer - Founder Ed3.gg & VP of Learning at Proof of Learn, Vriti Saraf - Co-founder @Ed3DAO, Michael Dennin - Professor of Physics and Astronomy, and many more. The CityDAO Academic Conference welcomes a range of scholarly papers, including discussions of web3 initiatives or physical projects in fields related to DAOs, governance, on-chain assets, web3 education, cities and communities.

Today on our CityDAO Podcast episode, we had another enriching discussion about network state with our amazing guest, Eche Enziga from Afropolitan. In this episode, we will learn more about the story of Afropolitan, their vision and goals, and other interesting issues about the network state. Afropolitan aims to create a Digital Nation that will enable all Africans to build abundant lives. It is a network comprising the best that Africa and the diaspora offer across art, finance, tech, health, sports, and media. The Afropolitan Network is a Curator of Black and African - Talent (recruit, partner up), Culture (art, media, fashion), Capital (investment DAOs), Information (newsletter, blog, Twitter), and Experiences (events, curated offerings). Afropolitan’s objective is to solve the Crisis of Legitimacy experienced by Africans worldwide by building a new source of Legitimacy embodied in their Digital Nation and they plan to do this in four phases. Currently, they are at Phase One and they are looking to onboard the most dedicated and ambitious people to join their fledgling Network.

Our guest for today is Luis Cuende from Nation3, who is ready to share his knowledge and insight on network city related topics. In this episode, we will cover the Nation3 manifesto, their progress, their activities in the network state space, the network cities, and the future of human civilization. Nation3 is a new nation state on the cloud. Nation3 is a sovereign cloud nation that is building a community of like-minded people to create a nation on the cloud. The Nation3 DAO aims to gather together the builders, creators, and artists that are reimagining nation states. If you want to learn more about Nation3 and their manifesto, you can visit their website at Nation3.org.