CityDAO Podcast | A Crypto City of the Future

Two of our fellow CityDAO citizens join us on today's episode: DenverCitizen9 and MayurMistra. For this episode, we are focusing on a very special topic, which is Parcel 0. We are also going to talk about the Network State and the next step toward the Network State approach. Both our guests will share their own unique perspectives and insight about what Parcel 0 is for them. Parcel 0 is the first parcel owned by CityDAO. It is 42 acres of undeveloped land located near Cody, Wyoming, US. Parcel 0 NFT represents governance token for Parcel0, collectively Parcel 0 NFT holders can vote to decide on what happens to Parcel 0.

Here with us today on our CityDAO Podcast is Carl Youngblood, who is currently spending his vacation in Madrid, Spain. Carl is a Software Engineer for over twenty years, specializing in highly scalable web services and applications. He is especially interested in blockchain technology and smart contracts. For today’s episode, we will have a more in-depth discussion about Charter Cities, Carl’s transition to the blockchain space, his work in AWS (Amazon Web Services), proof-of-work versus proof-of-stake, designing the city of the future, and so much more.

Carl used to be a part of the Amazon Web Services as a Senior Solutions Architect and Blockchain specialist. He is also the Co-Founder of Blockscale LLC, which provides highly-available, reliable, and scalable blockchain services for crypto projects. Blockscale has led the deployment of the Tezos Foundation's baker infrastructure during their mainnet launch, and continues to maintain it today. They have also released open-source projects and tools for Ethereum and Tezos. Blockscale was recently acquired by Coinbase.

Our CityDAO Podcast episode today focuses on women in crypto. We welcome our guests Juliette Chevalier and Denise Schaefer, Co-Founders of Surge. Concerned by the lack of participation from women within the crypto space, Juliette and Denise decided to build a community with one goal in common: to help each other grow.

Software Engineer and programming teacher, Juliette works as a Developer Advocate at Aragon, helping engineers build the future of work through DAOs. She and Denise met online through a Web3 online course, and have been building Surge remotely ever since.

Marketing, branding, NFT-enthusiast, Denise came up with the idea for this project after diving into a self-educating crypto journey. She realized the capabilities of Web3 and became passionate about making it more accessible to women everywhere.

Welcome back, this is your host @memebrains and today is a very different CityDAO podcast episode because CityDAO just provided an official testimony to the Wyoming blockchain committee in an annual committee meeting. This is relevant to every CityDAO citizen since this is representing the voice of the community in an official legislative capacity. This is about bridging the gap between the decentralized online world and the real world. The gap between Web3 and the 'real world' shrinks every time people step up to open communication streams. Check out the CityDAO Testimony to the Wyoming State Blockchain Committee with @scott, @memebrains, @chris et al.

For this CityDAO podcast episode, we have Andrew Hitchcock as our special guest. Andrew has a project called Montanoso wherein he bought 21 acres of land outside Austin, Texas in order to build a village DAO. We will talk to him about this awesome crypto co-operative project in the heart of Texas Hill Country. We will also know more about his plans for this village DAO, his views on physical land governance, and so much more.

Montanoso is an experiment in crypto governance. They are creating a traditional village surrounded by a managed ecosystem and they aim to promote crafts, arts, and intellectual development. The plan is to build a dense village on top of a hill, inspired by towns such as Monteriggioni. The buildings will be semi-traditional designs and made from long-lasting materials. They will experiment with generative design in collaboration with craftspeople and artisans. Currently, Andrew is looking for long-term residents who are aligned with the vision of building and living in a traditional town.

Today’s guest is Julian Weisser, who is one of the core contributors to the legendary ConstitutionDAO. In this episode, we will talk about ConstitutionDAO, fractionalized ownership of assets, web3 talent sourcing, workplace, shifting of talents, and many more. Julian is also the Co-Founder of On Deck, which is a growing community of the world’s top talents and this is where investors, founders, career leaders, creatives, and vertical-change makers connect.

As a leader at On Deck, Julian works with talented people to explore various ideas for new businesses and products. Prior to On Deck, he went to music school in Boston, dropped out, and then built some healthcare startups. He is an angel investor in 70+ startups including Roam Research, Levels, MainStreet, Clubhouse, Stir, and Atmos.

How long before 1% of the global economy works for a DAO? Join us for a discussion about DAO infrastructure, workflow management, market predictions, freelancer economy, and shifting economies with @_Lonis_ hosted by @memebrains. Lonis Hamaili is the Co-Founder of Dework, a Web3-native project management with token payments, credentialing, bounties, and more. Dework is a powerful solution for DAOs with bounties and tasks for the community to complete. CityDAO is a customer of Dework and has been working with Lonis for quite a long time now. CityDAO is also the first DAO server that Lonis joined and he was one of the early contributors.

Zach Caceres is a software engineer and technology consultant focused on early-stage companies. Startup Cities is written by Zach Caceres, often known on the internet as zach.dev. Ten years ago, he coined the term “Startup Cities” to describe neighborhoods and cities built by startup companies. From 2012 to 2016, he co-founded and led the Startup Cities Institute, an interdisciplinary research group, at Universidad Francisco Marroquín in Guatemala City.

Zach has spoken around the world on Startup Cities, alternative education, and programming for venues ranging from the Singapore National Library, the St. Gallen Symposium, The Gruter Institute for Law and Behavioral Sciences, MIT Global Startup Workshop, college clubs, entrepreneur's groups, government delegations, the Yandex corporation, ClassCentral, and more. Zach’s work has won multiple awards and has been published by Palgrave MacMillan and Routledge. He's also been published or featured by outlets like Virgin Entrepreneur, The Atlantic's CityLab, NYU's Governance Lab, Barron's, The New Zealand Initiative, the Adam Smith Center of Singapore. The World Design Organization selected him as a judge for the World Design Capital 2020.

When will we live in a Network City? What could that look like? The definition of the word city is evolving. Listen in and join the CityDAO discord for more. Our guest for today is Joni Baboci, a planner, architect, and all-around urban enthusiast currently working on getting getlayer.xyz off the ground. Layer is an urban orchestration platform that enables you to plan, design, and manage better urban environments. Their vision is to be the software infrastructure that will run the cities of tomorrow.

Joni spent the last decade working in the public sector, serving as the General Director for Planning and Urban Development for the City of Tirana in Albania. His previous experiences include stints in the private sector and leading a groundbreaking planning and architecture start-up for the Albanian Government nicknamed Atelier Albania. He has consulted for various multilateral and cultural institutions including the World Bank and the Triennale of Milano.

Tasafila, the founder of BlockbusterDAO is here as our guest. We also have Gugz, who is also a CityDAO citizen and very active in the community guilds. Some of the topics that we discussed on the show today include the evolution of streaming, the creator economy, brand acquisitions, and so much more. We will also focus on our fellow Web3 community – BlockbusterDAO, what it’s all about and how they started.

BlockbusterDAO is a decentralized streaming ecosystem that enables an unprecedented, direct relationship between creators, curators, and consumers. They give creators the freedom to distribute and monetize their content and fans the ability to curate content and earn as a result, all on a community-owned and governed platform.