Tom McLeod: Genius of the Commons - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.39]

This is Eric Golden and my guest today is Tom McLeod. Tom is the founder and executive director of Arkive, the first ever decentralized museum. We discuss Tom’s early career in music and technology, the inspiration to start a museum, and the inner workings of the Arkive community - including voting, incentives, and ownership. Please enjoy my conversation with Tom.

For the full show notes, transcript, and links to the best content to learn more, check out the episode page here.

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Show Notes

[00:02:04] - [First question] - Having a vision to work with computers in the second grade

[00:05:14] - Going from a child computer coder and starting an indie record label

[00:07:00] - Working in a big music studio in the midst of the streaming and digital revolution 

[00:09:22] - The road leading from Omni to Arkive 

[00:13:02] - A high level sketch of Akrive and what their mission is  

[00:14:17] - Finding pieces to fill this new approach to curating a museum 

[00:16:15] - Who can become a member and vote for what makes it into the museum

[00:18:55] - Community owned capital and community owned assets 

[00:21:07] - How members can earn their Arkive points 

[00:22:30] - Mechanics of voting and the curation community decisions

[00:26:14] - Sourcing items of the caliber able to excite their participants  

[00:27:49] - How they approach pricing and valuation for art and collectibles

[00:29:48] - What it was like to hold the ENIAC patent for the first time

[00:32:24] - Making sure items purchased can be seen by the public 

[00:34:58] - Whether or not they plan to step outside of the viewable museum model 

[00:37:09] - Plans to make fractional ownership and private investing possible 

[00:39:09] - Advertising that they’re hiring on-chain pricing oracles

[00:41:45] - The likelihood of liquidity in light of exclusivity 

[00:42:45] - Building out their own infrastructure and tools 

[00:45:17] - What he’s most excited to see built over the next six months and six years

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