We check in with the founder of the ReFi (Regenerative Finance Summit) to explore how blockchain technology can promote the conservation of our environment, promote flourishing communities and preserve wildlife, specifically elephants, with Rex St. John of “Proof of Elephant.” 

We explore the future possibilities of funding public goods and governance using Quadratic Voting and Quadratic Funding RadicalxChange movement with Matthew Prewitt.

We explore with Regenerative Finance and NFTs with Scott Kilgore from ReFi Punks & Acre NFT. a profile pic community project focused on contributors in the ReFi community. We ask Scott to share his take on what the ReFi movement is all about as we explore how NFTs can be leveraged to support ecological projects.

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ReFi Punks Twitter

Acre NFT Twitter

Ogallala Twitter

Ogallala Life

We dive deep into public goods funding with Leon Erichsen from Gitcoin as we explore Quadratic Funding and how it can be used to change how we coordinate to make economic and governance decisions. 

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Gitcoin

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We have a conversation with Dr. Lisa Cortez about promoting mental health awareness in web3, creating an NFT project, and her NFT project, the Moody Minks.

We met TR at the Ethereum Denver ReFi Summit and instantly connected. A longtime eco-activist, he's now involved in building an NFT marketplace with regenerative actions embedded in the infrastructure. We explore what the Regenerative Finance (ReFi) movement encapsulates and how NFTs can play a role in funding public goods.

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Avano LinkTree

Avano Twitter

In September 2021, El Salvador became the first country in the world to make Bitcoin legal tender, and all economic agents were required to accept Bitcoin for all payments. A new study was recently published by the National Bureau of Economic Research with illuminating data about the roll out. 

We discuss the reported survey data and how it's going with our friend Andru Mejia, who recently visited El Salvador to research Bitcoin adoption and get the pulse of the feelings on the ground.

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National Bureau of Economic Research Survey on Bitcoin in El Salvador

We interview Bruno Škvorc, Founder of RMRK, and Mark Ryan Business Development for RMRK to discuss NFTs 2.0 - the next stage of NFTs. 

RMRK is building the infrastructure for NFTs that are eternally liquid and forward compatible plus highly composable. They're also creating the capabilities for nested, conditional, & multi-resourced NFTs.

We explore one of the biggest misconceptions about cryptocurrency in this discussion about privacy versus anonymity as we demonstrate that blockchain networks contain open and public data and are not private.

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Bitcoin Is Not Private, Your Transaction History is Public by Co-Host Colin Brightfield

We get featured on the sTeVe TV stage at the Lucidity Festival in Santa Barbara, California presented by our friend and crypto skeptic, Steve, for a light-hearted and fun talk about all things crypto, NFTs, ReFi and why web3 and blockchain matter.