In this episode, we dive into the evolution of DAO communities and events with Yalor and Stacey. From the early days of MetaCartel, MCON & MetaCamp, to the ambitious vision of MetaCampus, we talk about the importance of in-person gatherings and building the social fabric. What are MetaCamp and MetaCampus? Why choose Costa Rica for building a Web3 v…

What does it take to market the future? Amanda Cassatt, founder of Serotonin and former ConsenSys CMO, shares her tactics that helped build the biggest developer community in crypto and put Ethereum on the map - as well as her insights from shaping the future of crypto marketing. Topics: - From decentralized media to Ethereum and ConsenSys - Early …

What if the future of cities isn't about building bigger metropolises, but creating tight-knit neighborhoods where people actually know each other? 🤔 In this episode, we explore how Cabin is building a "network city", aiming to combat loneliness and the rising costs of living in big cities, to create more fulfilling ways of living in our increasing…

The biggest regulatory threat to crypto is not Gary Gensler and the dreaded SEC. Why? We‘ll let Gabriel tell you all about it. Other than that, he‘ll be talking about upgrading DAOs with BORGs, about the whole suite of tools being built by MetaLeX and about his crypto lawyer journey of making the traditional legal systems obsolete. "We can create o…

In this episode of NextMeta, we interviewed 0xJustice from the Polygon governance team about DAO design, rganizational efficiency, and a new tokenization mechanism. 0xJustice shares his journey from IT, team management and org design, to getting hyped about DAOs. As opposed to most DAOists, he is less interested in governance and decentralization -…

Griff Green! An OG regen crypto veteran and a serial founder. From chemical engineering and being one of the first people ever to get a degree in digital currencies, to whitehat hacking The DAO, founding Giveth, Commons Stack, DappNode, a Burning Man camp called Camp Decentral, etc. etc. Griff has no lack of projects, but he does have a lack of tim…

Cooper Turley, also known as "the music NFTs guy," joins NextMeta to talk about his humble beginnings, ascent, the evolution of crypto, onchain music, memecoins, celebcoins and building a web3 record label. The meta he keeps going on about is the one of onchain music and the future of artist-fans relationships that keep giving 👀 Topics: Cooper's jo…

Welcome to the very first episode of NextMeta - a merge/rebrand of MetaView & Frontiers of Coordination, along with Realizing MetaGame (newsletter) coming next!In this episode of NextMeta, peth sits down with David Phelps, co-founder of JokeRace and a prominent figure in the crypto Twitter space. David's candid and humorous takes shed light on the …

Primavera de Filippi, a legal scholar and researcher, discusses the governance of blockchain technologies and the challenges they pose. She explains the concept of governance by design, which involves embedding governance structures into technological architectures. Primavera also introduces one of her past projects, Plantoids, blockchain-based lif…

In this episode, TokenBrice discusses the challenges and shortcomings of DAO governance. He emphasizes the concept of governance minimization, where automation and incentivization are preferred over relying on governance which can be twisted to serve individual or external needs for profit. He talks about shortcomings of plutocratic DAOs but also s…

In this episode, we're excited to welcome Sero, a key player in MetaGame, whose unique journey from a high school dropout to a tech and Web3 enthusiast offers a fresh perspective on self-learning, autonomy and the future of decentralized systems. Sero’s story is not just about overcoming traditional educational hurdles but also about finding his pa…

In this episode, we dive in with Trent Van Epps, a non-technical core contributor to Ethereum and the founder of Protocol Guild. Trent shares his journey from studying to be an architect to working at the Ethereum Foundation & founding the Protocol Guild. Currently serving on the Protocol Support team, overseeing network upgrades & maintenance; Tre…

Hugi is an Icelandic entrepreneur & technologist involved in participatory political movements & decentralized organizations for over 15 years. He was a founding member of the Swedish Pirate Party, he helped build the participatory festival Borderland & currently works on open source platforms like Open Collective & Cobudget, empowering collaborati…

This time we got Stephen Reid - a teacher, technologist and coach who is involved in a variety of projects related to web3, metacrisis, metamodernism, psychedelics & personal development. He has taught numerous courses including Tools for the Regenerative Renaissance, DAOs, Web3, and AI. Currently he is studying for a certificate in machine learnin…

In this episode, we welcome Zakku of Coordinape, a platform for decentralized compensation where people acknowledge & reward each other's contributions. An activist & a coordinator - Zach has a deep background in building, coordinating & advising networks for impact. His path took him to co-founding Converge before his interest in peer-to-peer coll…

Malcolm & Intentions In this episode of the MetaView Podcast, we welcome Malcolm Ocean; a goal-setter, developer & a solopreneur who’s been building Intend for the better half of a decade. Reflecting on his own experience of realizing the power of setting intentions & pursuing values-aligned projects, Malcolm shares his journey of exploring intenti…

In this MetaView episode, peth talked to Rob Morris; a metamodernist, a game b player & a serial entrepreneur since the dotcom era - currently running FunDAOmental & Prismatik as well as advising & investing in several other projects along the way. His passion for technology and people, cooperative coordination and the metacrisis led to a deep conv…

Visa Veerasamy is a prolific writer and creator. With a large list of followers on twitter, he is known for crafting a web of curious exploratory threads as well for being the author of the books Friendly Ambitious Nerd & Introspect. On a mission to spark curiosity, creativity, and prolificacy in the digital age, he is knitting a global network and…

Simona Pop has been involved with the Ethereum community and DAOs since the early days and recalls the levels of enthusiasm and energy that made her get involved into many different projects in the ecosystem among which are co-founding Bounties Network and organizing Schelling Point, a unconference around coordination, regenerative economics and De…

In this episode of Share What You’re Making Chair & Bacon have a chat with Derrick Coleman, who is the community steward at Ethereum Denver as well as a regular contributor on Raid Guild, where his journey in Web3 began. From there he would make the bridge to his current role, taking care of the health of the community. An appropriate role for him …

On this episode of Frontiers of Coordination Peth welcomes artist, philosopher and researcher Travis Wyche. After a couple of years in the Web3 space he considers himself a more culturally focused contributor rather than a technical person even when he spends part of his time doing a variety of research on UXs and developing UI design. The fact is …

Will Ruddick is an econo-optimist; in his words. A physicist that got into economics. Experiences such as being in the Peace Corps helped shape his vision around using technology for mutual credit on community groups coming together to produce mutual aid for each other. So he founded Grassroots Economics, a non-profit foundation developing economic…

Brandon Norgaard is a researcher, writer and founder of the Enlightened Worldview, a project described in short as a quest to promote peace through societal understanding and inner awareness. In this episode he shares with Peth about the perks of building an organization that will help people improve self-awareness and mindfulness. Norgaard explain…

Jim Rutt remembers his days as a businessman, CEO of Network Solutions and CTO of Thomson-Reuters. When he retired in 2001 he went back to his original love: science. He then started working with the Santa Fe Institute as a researcher -where he met Jordan Hall- and eventually became the chairman. It was 2012 when he and some friends started the soc…

Chair & Bacon are back with a new episode! This time they take us into ETHDenver, with Chair telling us about his experience at the largest blockchain festival in the world. The event, where he got to meet a lot of octos from MetaGame was a, was a good way to get both hyped about MetaFest2, the only MetaCartel event happening this year, from august…

Patrick Rawson discovered Ethereum in January of 2017 and it seemed to him like a game changer. By 2019 he quit his job in advertising and became a full-time DAOist and regen. He is a co-founder of Curve Labs & Kolektivo. In this episode he talks about his view on the evolution of crypto space and what he has learned so far. From his perspective, w…

After writing the latest MetaGame Newsletter Metagame & Metadornism, pt.1, peth sat down to talk with Hanzi Freinacht, political philosopher, historian and sociologist, author of ‘The Listening Society’ and ‘Nordic Ideology’ to dive deep into foundations, views and mindset of Metamodernism. “Metamodernism comes from the heart of postmodern thinking…

In this episode Peth has a talk with one of his favorite people in the space to chat about the challenges and the future of DAOs and governance. Dekan Brown is a developer and a Daoist. He’s one of the founders of DAOHaus, Raid Guild and Metacartel. His work has been focused in governance and community type experiments. This time he shares the less…

Just days before starting her 6 week workshop, DAO consultant and co-founder of PricelessDAO Grace Rachmany, talked to Peth about her journey on team management and her perspectives on the ReFi space, decentralized organizations, independence, autonomy & much more.. As someone who has specialized in team management, leadership & governance, she rai…

From sunny Croatia to sunny Miami, Peth talks to Aaron Soskin and Stefen Delev from Govern friends with vibes of epic proportions, working on, an open platform that helps DAO contributors to track and record their own work, while enabling communities to value & reward such contributions. The idea, as they explain, is to make sure that DAO contribut…

Ven is a designer and a general coordinator in several DAOs such as MetaCartel, DAOhaus and Raid Guild, among others. In this episode he shares his views and perspective on pioneering in DAOs and how to expand the frontiers of coordination. “One thing the community have to do is sustain itself but the other thing is to explore the frontiers”, he sh…

Back home in The Bahamas after doing several conferences at Austin, New York and Barcelona, Stefen Delev took time to have a casual conversation with Peth. Stefen came up as being the president of the Caribbean Blockchain Alliance, a NGO that promotes the adoption of blockchain technology in the region mostly through education - eg. with a big even…

Dawg is a freelance designer & token engineer that has been deep in the Web3 ecosystem since 2017. He is a founding member of Moonjelly DAO and Natix Network, both projects with the goal, among others, to “decentralize the entire aspect of ocean conservation and ocean ecosystem restoration”. In this episode he shares with Chair and Bacon more about…

Arrakis Finance is a #web3's liquidity layer. While nearly all major #DeFi projects and platforms have suffered losses in TVL, Arrakis has amassed $1+ billion TVL and is closing in on capturing 1% of total DeFi TVL, overtaking the leading DeFi projects like dYdX and Aave V3. What does it take to make #Arrakis the largest LP on Uniswap V3? And what'…

Anthony D’Onofrio, better known as Texture, started coding at a young age by learning BASIC on his grandma’s computer. From there, he became a full-stack developer and got involved in different projects that ultimately failed, but always with a mindset of embracing opportunities while developing himself, which led him to be one of the co-founders o…

Chair and Bacon have their second episode with a first recurring guest: Penguin, a platinum member of MetaGame and CTO of Mud Games, among other titles. Penguin started playing at the age of 12 and has a long journey in the gaming industry. In this episode he shares about Battle for Evermore, his new NFT gaming project, and his perspectives on the …

It's been around two and a half years since The Blockchain Socialist started his website to explain Blockchain 101 from a socialist point of view, and although the name was just tentative, in time he got stuck with it and the project expanded to different analysis and, eventually, to a podcast. He is currently working on a documentary called Crypto…

Back from a long hiatus since their last podcast, Chair and Bacon come back to catch up. In this episode, they welcome CupOJoseph from HeroDAO who shared about how they’re creating the first community owned superhero franchise, a very competitive field, which he views as a long term media franchise. He also shared how he’s building for an easier on…

Mike Gilliland is the co-founder of Future Thinkers and The Portal DAO. At present-day, he is building a smart village in Canada along with his partner & family. In this episode, Peth and Mike talk about his vision of regenerative living and how to make bridges between the virtual and the physical realm. Mike explained how they plan to use the vill…

Although their next event, Global Governance Gathering during Devconnect in Amsterdam will be their biggest yet highly experimental event to accelerate DAO creativity - The DAOist plans on going way beyond organizing conferences. In this episode, Felipe shares his story, The DAOist’s story and some philosophical thoughts about life and DAOs. Some o…

Star Trek and Star Wars both picture a future where space has become a geopolitical battleground for nations. Stellar Magnet wants to build the counterpart to that dystopian image. Her goal with “Black Sky” is to create a decentralized and non-governmental organization that is a serious contributor to the future of humanity and space. Some of the t…

As you may already know, Owocki & the gang have been shifting Gitcoin into being a DAO. However, trying not to be the benevolent dictator anymore doesn’t mean he has less work to do. He wrote a book, he’s trying to figure out how impact DAOs can scale, and he and the Gitcoin team just announced Grants 2.0. While doing all this, the mission remains …

Jordan saw himself pulled into the technology milieu early on and lived a life as an archetypical west coast tech entrepreneur until seeing through the facade & carving another path, of digging into misaligned incentives & existential risks in the world at large. Years later, we see him as one of the originators of the GameB meme. In this episode, …

DAOs should aim for local actions and reconnect citizens with nature, the city, and with their neighbors, say Xavier and Leen from DAO Brussels and All for Climate. In this episode, they talk with Peth about the ability of DAOs to have their own economies and to reward people for community work. Some of the topics are: Localism: starting the system…

Daniel is a design facilitator and leadership nerd that started as a chef. From a restaurant where he learned about molecular cuisine and the intersection of science & cooking but got annoyed by hierarchy, to helping people build decentralized organizations & starting rnDAO. His journey was anything but straight. From the food industry through cons…

Mia Grodsky and Dave dive into the #DAO space and find out what's the blueprint for building a successful DAO. Listen now. You can also watch this episode on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgDzxNzn2yo — Gelato Network is Web3’s premier automation network, enabling developers to automate a wide variety of arbitrary smart contract exec…

It's never too late to talk about decentralized governance, says Aaron the founder of Govrn. So in this episode, Peth and Aaron discuss the question of "How do we turn politics from a negative-sum game (what it is right now) into a positive-sum game? How can we realign our incentives to be on the same team?" Govrn builds bottom-up coordination tool…

Tracer DAO is a derivative platform that provides a suite of risk management tools for both the digital and real world - and it's on Layer 2! Today, Dave finds out how Tracer DAO is building composable derivatives with Tracer's CTO Raymond Mogg. Listen now. You can also watch this episode on YouTube here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwBuSteQ…

The whole space is wrestling with the question, “What is a DAO?”. Spencer from DAOhaus has thought about this intensively and shares his definition and the reasons why he loves working for DAOs in this episode. “I realized that the thing that DAOs are really great at, or what makes them so different from traditional organizations, is that they are …

It's time to take a deep dive into the #DAOs. What's the ethos of DAO coordination, how to create a culture of collaboration, why DAOS are the future, and how do we onboard millions of people? That's what we're tackling today on The DeFi Scoop with Yalor Mewn from MetaCartel and Raid Guild. Listen now. You can also watch this episode on YouTube her…