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Wen Merge with Danny Ryan | Green Pill #44

On this episode of Green Pill, Kevin is joined by Ethereum core developer, Danny Ryan.

This episode was recorded in late August, but Danny brings the insight heat as it relates to all things the merge. Specifically, his deep dive explanation of Proof of Stake, how crypto can do good for the world, and so much more

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0:00 Intro 2:46 Wen Merge 5:10 How Does it Feel 6:50 Behind the Scenes 9:21 Celebration Plans 12:51 How PoS Works 26:41 Asymmetry Slashing 27:47 Unknown Unknowns 33:05 Public Goods 33:48 Advice for Gitcoin 40:33 Carbon Neutrailiy of PoS 45:05 How Crypto Can Do Good For the World 53:05 Final Thoughts

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Danny Ryan https://twitter.com/dannyryan

Ethereum is game-changing technology, literally. https://medium.com/@virgilgr/ethereum-is-game-changing-technology-literally-d67e01a01cf8

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Pluriverse.WTF with Travis Wyche | Green Pill #43

On this episode of Green Pill, Kevin welcomes artist, philosopher, ontological anarchist, ux researcher of the expanded field, holobiont, aspiring symbiont, inhabitant of terra that is learning how to live in a dying world—Travis Wyche.

The two cover so much ground, but the main topic of exploration is their new project the Pluriverse Guide [https://pluriverse.wtf/]! What's that, you might be wondering? Tune in to hear all about it and so much more.

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0:00 Intro 5:45 Travis's Background 6:49 The Pluriverse Guide 15:52 The Pluriverse Guide DAO 22:52 The Pluriversality & Anti-fragility 28:40 The Importance of Science Fiction 33:25 Building Together in Crypto 41:25 Capitalism 51:33 Kevin & Travis's Friendship 53:40 Optimism & Full Comprehension 59:09 80/20 Meditations 1:04:18 Closing

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Pluriverse.WTF https://pluriverse.wtf/

Fund the Project https://yeet.daohaus.club/dao/0x64/0x06b109353f6f2b5c028b9493f0787127bc6e1560/1 https://gitcoin.co/grants/7369/a-dao-for-the-pluriverse

Arturo Escobar - Designs for the Pluriverse: Radical Interdependence, Autonomy, and the Making of Worlds https://www.amazon.com/Designs-Pluriverse-Interdependence-Ecologies-Twenty-First/dp/0822371057

Donna Haraway - Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene https://www.amazon.com/Staying-Trouble-Chthulucene-Experimental-Futures/dp/0822362244

The Clock of the Long Now - The Long Now Foundation https://longnow.org/clock/

Mark Fisher - Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? https://www.amazon.com/Capitalist-Realism-There-No-Alternative/dp/1846943175

Mark Fisher - Postcapitalist Desire: The Final Lectures https://www.amazon.com/Postcapitalist-Desire-Lectures-Mark-Fisher/dp/191346248X

Benjamin Bratton - The Stack: On Software and Sovereignty https://www.amazon.com/Stack-Software-Sovereignty-Studies/dp/026202957X

Thomas Ligotti: The Conspiracy Against the Human Race https://www.amazon.com/Conspiracy-against-Human-Race-Contrivance/dp/0143133144

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GR15 | Green Pill #42

On this episode of Green Pill, Kevin is joined by Leon Erichsen, Associate PM on Passport, Annika Lewis, Workstream Lead for PGF, and Brent Martin, Senior PM at Moonshot Collective to team to talk all about Gitcoin Grants Round 15.

GR15 starts on September 7th and will be open until September 22nd. In addition, the group also talks about the history of GitcoinDAO, how Gitcoin Grants are shifting, and of course—how to get involved in this round!

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Topics Covered:

0:00 Intro

3:11 History of Gitcoin Grants

4:38 GR15

7:55 Moving Towards Grants 2.0

10:23 Gitcoin Passport

20:20 Gitcoin Passport Stamps

26:16 Sybil Resistance

29:09 Grants 2.0 Protocol

35:45 Closing

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Resources:

Gitcoin Grants

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Gitcoin Passports

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Sergey Nazarov | Green Pill #41

On this episode of Green Pill, Kevin is joined by Sergey Nazarov, Co-Founder of Chainlink, the industry-standard oracle network for connecting smart contracts with real-world data and off-chain computations.

Sergey shares his vision for the future of Chainlink, how oracle networks and decentralized computing can bring value to everyday people, how a decentralized identity can create a more regenerative world, and so much more.

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0:00 Intro 3:02 The Sergey & Chainlink Story 7:31 Chainlink's End Game 14:15 Open Source Software & Funding 19:48 Economic Fairness & Transparency 27:11 Decentralized Identity Solutions 32:10 Gitcoin Passport 33:46 Deco 39:54 The Ultimate Vision of Chainlink 43:59 Closing

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SBF | Green Pill #40

On this episode of Green Pill, Kevin sits down with Samuel Bankman-Fried (SBF), founder and CEO of FTX, a cryptocurrency exchange.

SBF has pledged to give a majority of his and FTX’s income to charitable causes via effective altruism.

What is effective altruism? What’s the driving force behind SBF’s effective altruism philosophy? How can crypto be good for the world? Hear answers to these questions and so much more in the interview.

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0:00 Intro
3:29 SBF’s Effective Altruism Origin
4:43 Effective Altruism Summary
5:34 Pledging to Donate
6:05 Causes SBF Cares the Most About
7:44 FTX’s Effective Altruism
8:38 SBF’s Advice for Donating
10:02 Effective Altruism Critiques
11:21 Deciding Where to Give
13:07 Skeumorphism of Impact Giving
15:13 Crypto’s Force for Good
16:38 SBF & FTX’s Future Success
19:36 Equitable Market Access
22:20 SBF on Remote Work
23:32 What SBF Wants to See More of
24:44 On-Chain Social Media
27:21 Crypto Capital Formation
28:25 Undoing the Matthew Effect
29:25 Keeping Your Optimism Alive
30:40 Closing

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SBF
https://twitter.com/SBF_FTX 

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----- GovernorDAO with Jon Greenwood & Zane Huffman | Green Pill #39

Next up in our series on sybil resistance, we're speaking with Jon Greenwood and Zane Huffman from GovernorDAO, a protocol that offers several services as part of Governance-as-a-Service (GaaS) sandbox for any project to ensure their governance model works out of the box.

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0:00 Intro 3:13 GovenorDAO Explained 5:14 The Sybil Resistance Problem 6:28 Proof of Existence 11:58 Chain Enrollment 13:13 Apps Built 17:08 Toolkits 18:29 GovernorDAO End Game 22:27 Closing Thoughts 24:16 Where to Find GovernorDAO

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----- Victor Paradigm | Green Pill #38

Continuing our series on sybil resistance, today we're speaking with Victor Paradigm from Humanode, which is working on a decentralized biometric approach to building a regenerative society.

Humanode works with a mission statement: One Human, One Node. Crypto infrastructure must be decentralized, and Humanode is tackling these challenges at the protocol level.

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0:00 Intro 2:30 Victor's Story 4:30 Humanode 7:00 How it Works 9:30 Dystopian Problems 12:10 Usage and Growth 15:10 Roadmaps and Alpha 17:55 Sybil Resistance in Web3 23:00 Use Cases 26:05 Gitcoin Passport 30:45 Governance 34:30 Changing the World 40:00 The Fourth Turning 41:20 Closing

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Humanode: https://humanode.io/

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----- Danny Zuckerman | Green Pill #37

Danny Zuckerman joins the pod to discuss his work with 3Box Labs and Ceramic, which are on a mission to "bring data composability to the web."

Today, we're discussing the flywheel of digital identity, in which network effects will create a positive relationship between identity, utility, and cryptoeconomic values.

Identity is inherently multiplayer; it's all relative. What can we build on top of a reputation-based economy?

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0:00 Intro 4:15 Danny Zuckerman 9:00 Ceramic 14:48 Interoperable Ecosystems 21:20 Keys to Success 26:45 Reputation on the Line 31:30 Identity is Multiplayer 35:00 Privacy Preservation 39:00 Reputation-Based Economies 43:40 Decentralized Dance Party 47:45 Closing ------ Resources:

Danny on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dazuck Ceramic https://mobile.twitter.com/ceramicnetwork Into the Dataverse https://blog.ceramic.network/into-the-dataverse/ Multiplayer Identity https://twitter.com/dazuck/status/1551958789464760322

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----- Petr Porobov | Green Pill #36

Petr Porobov is an entrepreneur and programmer. After founding startups in 3D-printing, art, and drones, Petr created Upala Digital Identity—the anti-sybil price-of-forgery system for DApps.

The regenerative society rabbit hole continues in this episode, exploring the role of cryptoeconomic identity and its many challenges.

Petr brings a fresh, fascinating perspective on matters both broad and micro.

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0:00 Intro 3:00 Why Sybil Resistance Matters 6:10 Upala Digital Identity 9:30 Price-of-Forgery 16:00 Use Cases 19:05 Informing Trust 21:15 Impact and Usage 25:05 Bots and Adversaries 29:00 The Honey Pot 33:30 Petr's Vision 38:35 Organic Synergies 42:40 A Regenerative Society ------ Resources:

Upala https://docs.upala.id/en/latest/whitepaper.html Upala on Twitter https://twitter.com/TheUpala?s=20&t=U-gSAKxhceJfWg6z0mEROQ Get Involved https://medium.com/six-degrees-of-separation/ampere-hour-token-launch-491f9c333840 Who Watches the Watchmen? https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.05300

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----- Adam Stallard | Green Pill #35

Adam Stallard is the founder of BrightID, a decentralized proof of unique humanity social identity platform.

In this episode, Adam shares some new exciting things that the BrightID team has been working on, the inner workings of the BrightID DAO, and much more.

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0:00 Intro 3:13 Importance of Sybil Resistance 8:05 BrightID 14:40 BrightID Use Case 21:05 Web of Trust 23:15 Aura 35:51 BightID Verified Integrations 43:40 BrightID DAO 48:40 DAO:DAO Relationships 55:20 BrightID's Future Success 1:02:00 Closing

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BrightID https://www.brightid.org/

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