The Juicecast

Ep. 16 - ConstitutionDAO Retrospective Pt. 2


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In this special series of the Juicecast in celebration of the 1-year anniversary of ConstitutionDAO, Matthew and Brileigh are joined by several former core members including Anisha Sunkerneni, Miguel Piedrafita, Graham Novak, Alice Ma, Jonah Erlich, Ittai Svidler, Jon Hillis as well as Pablo Moncada-Larrotiz. ConstitutionDAO was a single purpose acquisition DAO that raised over $40M in an attempt to buy one of the last thirteen remaining copies of the U.S. Constitution at Sotheby’s on November 18th, 2021. What started as a joke in a group chat onboarding thousands into crypto and gave the world a glimpse of the power of blockchain technology, decentralization, and new forms of governance.

In this episode, Matthew and Brileigh follow the events that took place after the auction at Sotheby’s. They discuss the criticisms of ConstitutionDAO, the role of the media, and Ken Griffin’s involvement as the winning bidder. They also reflect on the big picture of ConstitutionDAO as a mental model for the public to learn about DAOs and what this story represents for crypto more broadly.


Chapters:

00:00:21 Result of the auction

00:03:24 Why ConstitutionDAO lost the bid

00:05:19 Discovering Ken Griffin as the winner of the auction

00:10:12 Ken Griffin’s comments on crypto and its threat to traditional finance

00:16:04 Choosing to wind down ConstitutionDAO

00:18:30 The rise of $PEOPLE and PeopleDAO

00:21:02 Reflecting on the big picture of ConstitutionDAO

00:23:54 Miguel the “purple haired dev” & the importance of web3 projects not about speculation

00:26:55 Jonah & Ittai on ConstitutionDAO as a model for DAOs to the public and early internet use cases

00:29:07 Anisha’s thoughts on the role of media and working with the press

00:30:49 Common criticisms of ConstitutionDAO

00:32:27 Pablo’s on leaving ConstitutionDAO

00:35:39 Jon’s thoughts on the future of DAOs & the value of the Constitution being owned by the people

00:37:43 Graham on what the story of ConstitutionDAO represents to him

00:38:34 The last privately owned Constitution going on auction at Sotheby’s on December 13


Topics discussed:

ConstitutionDAO

Ken Griffin

Sothebys

Early internet use and mental models for DAOs

American history

The upcoming auction at Sothebys

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