Special Episode: LIVE at MCON2

Welcome back to another special episode of Crypto Sapiens. Today we are featuring conversations captured LIVE from MCON2. This was an emotional experience for me as MCON1 was my first ETH event; it was also the public debut of Crypto Sapiens. Previous to that, we had published just 2 episodes, and there I was now hosting LIVE interviews!?! Thankfully I was embraced as a longtime contributor and friend. MCON is clearly an important event for the web3 community. MCON2 brought together many builders and enthusiasts to experience “valuable conversations, learnings and experimental growth all about DAOs.” In this episode, we feature a few of those participants to learn from their stories. I hope that you find the conversations fun and engaging and get a sense of the energy from the event.   Our speakers include:  Nathan from Snapshot, Stacy, Mandy, and Kyle with gmBus, 0xJustice from Bankless DAO, Grendel with Polygon DAO, Reese from Coordinape, Diana from Rehash DAO, Sasquatch with RaidBrood, Jen with Crypto Stitch, Peth from Metagame and Andros from Wonderverse.  And an extraordinary conversation with Yalor about the mission of MCON and the impact it has on web3.   I enjoyed every minute of this event, and I truly hope you got a sense of the energy from these conversations. I would highly recommend marking your calendar for MCON3 next year. Because I believe the spectacle will be even more incredible than ever.   To learn more about MCON, go to mcon.fun and on Twitter at @ mcon_world Thanks for listening to Crypto Sapiens. If you enjoyed this episode, please give us a 5-star review wherever you enjoy your podcasts. It costs zero dollars, means the world to us, and helps others discover this content too. You can also find more conversations like this one by visiting our website @ cryptosapiens.xyz. I look forward to reconnecting with you at our next discussion.  Crypto Sapiens is produced in partnership with Bankless DAO.  https://bankless.community   --- Crypto Sapiens hosts lively discussions with innovative Web3 builders to help everyone learn about decentralized money systems, including Ethereum, Bitcoin and DeFi.   https://www.cryptosapiens.xyz/ https://twitter.com/CryptoSapienshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC26aOc_4vSGiQATW1V4e9Tw https://www.instagram.com/cryptosapiensofficial/ https://www.facebook.com/CryptoSapiens-Podcast-107678875061018   Connect with Humpty Calderon https://twitter.com/humptycalderon ---   --- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. 

Mini Series: Web3 ID |Proof of personhood, & sybil resistance - BrightID -Philip & Adam, Gitcoin -Disruption Joe

Welcome to episode 1 of our 4 part mini-series, Web3 ID.Overview of Web3 ID Web3 Identity is a new Crypto Sapiens series that features discussions with key builders from across the web3 landscape including Gitcoin, BrightID, DAOHaus, Orange Protocol and more to demystify the emerging topic of self-sovereign identity and reputation. We explore the value of owning your digital identity across DeFi, public goods, and DAOs.   Today's episode is all about proof of personhood. We will explore what it is, how it protects against sybil attacks, and how it impacts pseudonymity. We'll also cover specific examples of proof of personhood using BrightID and Gitcoin dPoPPs.  In this episode, we'll be talking with BrightID's Philip & Adam & Gitcoin's Disruption Joe about the longterm vision for proof of personhood in web3. And we'll also explore other examples of proof of personhood applications. We hope you enjoy the show! Follow our SpeakersAdam Stallardhttps://twitter.com/cadamstallardhttps://www.brightid.org/Disruption Joehttps://twitter.com/DisruptionJoegitcoindao.com== Thanks for listening to Crypto Sapiens. It costs zero dollars, means the world to us, and helps others discover this content. If you enjoyed this episode, please give us a 5-star review wherever you enjoy your podcasts. You can also find more conversations like this one by visiting our website @ cryptosapiens.xyz. I look forward to reconnecting with you at our subsequent discussion.  Crypto Sapiens is produced in partnership with Bankless DAO.  https://bankless.community   --- Crypto Sapiens hosts lively discussions with innovative Web3 builders to help everyone learn about decentralized money systems, including Ethereum, Bitcoin and DeFi.   https://www.cryptosapiens.xyz/ https://twitter.com/CryptoSapienshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC26aOc_4vSGiQATW1V4e9Tw https://www.instagram.com/cryptosapiensofficial/ https://www.facebook.com/CryptoSapiens-Podcast-107678875061018   Connect with Humpty Calderon https://twitter.com/humptycalderon ---   --- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. 

How to turn a traditional business into a DAO | Samantha Marin, Communications & Growth - Aragon DAO

Guest Intro 0. 00 - 2.37  Transition to Bankless DAO 2.37 - 6.30  Writing and its contribution to DAOs and web3 6.30 - 15.00  Writing and exploration of Aragon 15.00 - 20.03  Expectation, Commitment and the Freedom in BanklessDAO 20.03 - 26.24  Gaining Equity in DAOs 26.24 28.20  Recognition of Plans 28.20 - 29.19  Reasons why Aragon becomes a DAO 29.19 - 37.09     Welcome back to Crypto Sapiens. Today we are talking with Samantha Marin, author of the Quorum Newsletter and Core contributor in writing and comms at Aragon. Samantha recounts her discovery of DAOs as an early subscriber to Bankless and becoming an early contributor to Bankless DAO.  She describes her experience working in a traditional startup wanting equity in the project she was helping to build and how being remunerated for her work at BanklessDAO in $BANK, their governance token, was a monumental step in the direction of what she had been seeking. Of course, there are challenges with bounty pay too.  She recalls times when she attended meetings and participated in retrospectives that added value to the DAO but didn't see any compensation for it. She consistently produced articles and other tangible work to earn a sustainable income.   We compare the flexibility of bounty pay vs the stability of salary payment.  We also talk about the emergent structure in DAOs vs centralized organizations seeking to decentralize and the challenges in both.   I hope you enjoy this conversation with Samantha. She is an incredibly gifted writer tackling many crucial topics both through her blog and at Aragon. Many of the topics we discussed have inspired me to be more thoughtful about how we structure decentralized organizations and build incentive mechanisms.   If you'd like to connect with Samantha, you can find her on Twitter @ samanthajmarin and her blog at quorumnewsletter.xyz  And to learn more about Aragon, go to aragon.org and on Twitter at @ aragonproject Thanks for listening to Crypto Sapiens. It costs zero dollars, means the world to us, and helps others discover this content. If you enjoyed this episode, please give us a 5-star review wherever you enjoy your podcasts. You can also find more conversations like this one by visiting our website @ cryptosapiens.xyz. I look forward to reconnecting with you at our subsequent discussion.  Crypto Sapiens is produced in partnership with Bankless DAO.  https://bankless.community   --- Crypto Sapiens hosts lively discussions with innovative Web3 builders to help everyone learn about decentralized money systems, including Ethereum, Bitcoin and DeFi.   https://www.cryptosapiens.xyz/ https://twitter.com/CryptoSapienshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC26aOc_4vSGiQATW1V4e9Tw https://www.instagram.com/cryptosapiensofficial/ https://www.facebook.com/CryptoSapiens-Podcast-107678875061018   Connect with Humpty Calderon https://twitter.com/humptycalderon ---   --- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research.         

Building an NFT Project | Crypto Bushi, Co- founder DAO Punks.

Hello, and welcome back to Crypto Sapiens. Today we are talking with Crypto Bushi, Founder of DAOpunks and now also Memelord at Bankless HQ. We start our discussion with Crypto Bushi describing how he became green pilled and joined Bankless DAO after receiving an airdrop as an early supporter of Bankless HQ. He also recalls the role Bankless DAO community members had in inspiring DAO Punks. We talk about the manifesto which seeks to inspire a movement of CorpRats to become DAO Punks. To this effect, DAO Punks has created a grants program intended to provide individuals with the initial resources needed to take the leap and go full-time DAO.   In our conversation, we also touch on activating new joiners to a DAO, empowering new ideas, and making space for emergent leadership.   I hope you enjoyed this conversation with Crypto Bushi and Livefast. It’s great to see the organic growth of communities, and the value they unlock by empowering their members. I hope to see the flipping of more corpRATS into DAOpunks in the future. If you’d like to connect with Crypto Bushi, you can find him on Twitter @ thecryptobushi  And to learn more about DAOPunks, go to daopunks.io and on Twitter at @ DAOpunksNFT Thanks for listening to Crypto Sapiens. If you enjoyed this episode, please give us a 5-star review wherever you enjoy your podcasts. It costs zero dollars, means the world to us, and helps others discover this content too. You can also find more conversations like this one by visiting our website @ cryptosapiens.xyz. I look forward to reconnecting with you at our next discussion.  Crypto Sapiens is produced in partnership with Bankless DAO.  https://bankless.community   --- Crypto Sapiens hosts lively discussions with innovative Web3 builders to help everyone learn about decentralized money systems, including Ethereum, Bitcoin and DeFi.   https://www.cryptosapiens.xyz/ https://twitter.com/CryptoSapienshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC26aOc_4vSGiQATW1V4e9Tw https://www.instagram.com/cryptosapiensofficial/ https://www.facebook.com/CryptoSapiens-Podcast-107678875061018   Connect with Humpty Calderon https://twitter.com/humptycalderon ---   --- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research.     

Connecting Communities | Niran - Founder, Panvala

Today we are talking to Niran, Founder of Panvala.  We begin our conversation with a brief introduction to Niran and his crypto journey thus far. He recalls his initial thoughts of Ethereum, and crypto as a whole was not very positive. It wasn’t until he learned of Augur that he began to understand the possibilities of crypto and began to contribute to it. This eventually led him down the Ethereum rabbit hole as he realized that Ethereum was a tool that allows for “rules to be written for any interaction between individuals or groups of people, like the rules for a board game. Except this game does not need an intermediary, or game master, because the network (the computers around the world) are promising to be an impartial game master for any rules you publish on the network.” This made him wonder, what should we do with the technology if we have this toolkit for economic and social coordination that unlocks better cooperation for all of mankind. Eventually leading him to develop Panvala. And set its mission, as a mass movement to reshape the way value flows in the economy to improve the stuff that we share.There are very few people that ask the types of questions that Niran does, or are able to dissect topics so precisely.I am excited to share this conversation with you; so let’s get started.I really enjoyed my chat with Niran, and I hope you did too. The Panvala movement is a crucial one, not just for the success of web3, but IMO the success of humanity as a whole.If you’d like to connect with Niran, you can find him on Twitter @ niran And to learn more about Panvala, go to panvala.com and on Twitter at @ PanvalaHQ. https://twitter.com/PanvalaHQ Thanks for listening to Crypto Sapiens. If you enjoyed this episode, please give us a 5-star review wherever you enjoy your podcasts. It costs zero dollars, means the world to us, and helps others discover this content too.You can also find more conversations like this one by visiting our website @ cryptosapiens.xyz. I look forward to reconnecting with you at our next discussion. -- Crypto Sapiens is produced in partnership with Bankless DAO.  https://bankless.community   --- Crypto Sapiens hosts lively discussions with innovative Web3 builders to help everyone learn about decentralized money systems, including Ethereum, Bitcoin and DeFi.   https://www.cryptosapiens.xyz/ https://twitter.com/CryptoSapiens https://www.instagram.com/cryptosapiensofficial/ https://www.facebook.com/CryptoSapiens-Podcast-107678875061018   Connect with Humpty Calderon https://twitter.com/humptycalderon ---   --- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. 

DeSci & TalentDAO | Saulthorin - Founder TalentDAO

Today we are talking to BanklessChick, Core founder of talentDAO. Our conversation explores her background in research science, her contributions to Bankless DAO including being a member of their Governance Solutions Engineers, and the inspiration for launching talentDAO. BanklessChick says, “ETHDenver was where she first learned of DeSci and is where talentDAO was born; later at ETHAmsterdam is where talentDAO made its debut.”BanklessChick believes DeSci will use science to save the world, and the role of talentDAO is to make sure that DAOs are using the best science to achieve that mission.Finally, we tackle some of the diversity and inclusion issues plaguing the science community, and present opportunities for DAOs to evaluate these issues to keep from repeating them I really enjoyed my chat with BanklessChick. I especially enjoyed our talk on human coordination, and building the tools we can't see, but know that we need. To connect with BanklessChick, please follow her on Twitter @saulthorin https://twitter.com/saulthorin  And to learn more about TalentDAO, go to talentdao.io and on Twitter at @talentdao_ https://twitter.com/talentdao_ Thanks for listening to Crypto Sapiens. If you enjoyed this episode, please give us a 5-star review wherever you enjoy your podcasts. It costs zero dollars, means the world to us, and helps others discover this content too.You can also find more conversations like this one by visiting our website @ cryptosapiens.xyz. I look forward to reconnecting with you at our next discussion.-- Crypto Sapiens is produced in partnership with Bankless DAO.  https://bankless.community   --- Crypto Sapiens hosts lively discussions with innovative Web3 builders to help everyone learn about decentralized money systems, including Ethereum, Bitcoin and DeFi.   https://www.cryptosapiens.xyz/ https://twitter.com/CryptoSapiens https://www.instagram.com/cryptosapiensofficial/ https://www.facebook.com/CryptoSapiens-Podcast-107678875061018   Connect with Humpty Calderon https://twitter.com/humptycalderon ---   --- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. 

Decentralized VC |Fight Club - Tesa

Welcome back to Crypto Sapiens. Today we are talking to Tesa, self-described Cat Herder, at Fight Club. We start the conversation with her describing her journey to becoming a Bankless DAO member in its early days, and the role the DAO played in launching Fight Club. This conversation was super enlightening, especially in learning about the similarities and differences between traditional venture funds and venture DAOs; from membership, deal flows, to governance. We also discuss Fight Club’s upcoming Black Glove public mint, how you can earn your own Glove, and the launch of their 2nd educational cohort. I really enjoyed my chat with Tesa. I especially enjoyed learning about the collaboration happening in the venture DAO ecosystem.    To connect with Tesa, please follow her on Twitter @ defin00b  And to learn more about Fight Club, go to flightclub.vc and on Twitter at @ fight_club_vc https://twitter.com/fight_club_vc https://twitter.com/defin00b   Thanks for listening to Crypto Sapiens. If you enjoyed this episode, please give us a 5-star review wherever you enjoy your podcasts. It costs zero dollars, means the world to us, and helps others discover this content too.   You can also find more conversations like this one by visiting our website @ cryptosapiens.xyz. I look forward to reconnecting with you at our next discussion. -- Crypto Sapiens is produced in partnership with Bankless DAO.  https://bankless.community   --- Crypto Sapiens hosts lively discussions with innovative Web3 builders to help everyone learn about decentralized money systems, including Ethereum, Bitcoin and DeFi.   https://www.cryptosapiens.xyz/ https://twitter.com/CryptoSapiens https://www.instagram.com/cryptosapiensofficial/ https://www.facebook.com/CryptoSapiens-Podcast-107678875061018   Connect with Humpty Calderon https://twitter.com/humptycalderon ---   --- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. 

DAOPlanet.NYC 2022 | Attendee Interviews

Hello, and welcome to a very special episode of Crypto Sapiens. We recently traveled to New York to attend NFT NYC and the various DAO-related events being hosted that same week. Today’s episode features conversations with some of the speakers and guests at the DAOPlanet NYC event.  DAOPlanet NYC presented an opportunity to connect with the top thinkers and operators in the DAO space.  The 2-day program encompassed legal structures and considerations, tokenization and tokenomics, regulatory implications, governance and strategy, and so much more. We hope the conversations we captured, give you a glimpse into the diversity of topics and people at the event. And an extra thank you to the people and projects who shared their time with us for this episode. To learn more about DAOPlanet, and to access the full archive of their event, please go to DAOPlanet.org and on Twitter at @DAOPlanet_ Thank you for listening to Crypto Sapiens. If you enjoyed this episode and would like us to do more of this, please follow and message us on Twitter @Cryptosapiens_ We deeply appreciate it if you would give us a 5-star review wherever you enjoy your podcasts. It costs zero dollars to you, means the world to us, and helps others discover this content too. You can also find more conversations like this one by visiting our archives on our website www.cryptosapiens.xyz

WellnessDAO | Bringing Mindfulness and Wellness to Web3 - Zeez & Eric

We're excited to be chatting with Zeez and Eric, Co-founders of WellnessDAO. Many times, especially in web3, I think, we find ourselves putting off our mental health and wellbeing in order to keep up with all the development news and speculation.Today we will explore this topic framed by the personal journeys of Zeez and Eric, and WellnessDAO.We start off by learning of both of their own wellness practices such as yoga, meditation and journaling, and how it influences how they connect and engage with the community.We also discuss how NFTs can be used to promote and reward participation, and aligning the community as a whole.Lastly, we close out on a conversation about the importance of having a clear mission to inspire a strong culture and future development of the DAO.  I truly enjoyed my chat with Zeez and Eric; and I hope you did too.To learn more about them please follow them on Twitter @ bienamii and @ the_web3_yogi respectivelyAnd to learn more about WellnessDAO go to their website wellnessdao.life and on Twitter @ wellnessDAO Thanks for listening to Crypto Sapiens. If you could give us a 5-star review wherever you enjoy your podcasts, it would mean the world to us.I look forward to reconnecting at our next discussion. Crypto Sapiens is produced in partnership with Bankless DAO.  https://bankless.community   --- Crypto Sapiens hosts lively discussions with innovative Web3 builders to help everyone learn about decentralized money systems, including Ethereum, Bitcoin and DeFi.   https://www.cryptosapiens.xyz/ https://twitter.com/CryptoSapiens https://www.instagram.com/cryptosapiensofficial/ https://www.facebook.com/CryptoSapiens-Podcast-107678875061018   Connect with Humpty Calderon https://twitter.com/humptycalderon ---   Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. 

Snapshot | Digital Governance - Nathan VDH

Hello, everyone. And welcome back to Crypto Sapiens. Today we are talking with Nathan, Ecosystem Lead at Snapshot, to discuss digital governance and the role that Snapshot, the decentralized voting system, plays in it.We kick off the conversation with an introduction to Nathan and unpack his interest in political philosophy from a young age. He recounts his desire to learn more about this subject, eventually leading him to study Political Philosophy in college.He shares his initial exposure to web3 and contributions to it as a writer. This eventually led him to learn about Snapshot, write a deep dive about it, and meet its Founder, Fabian, with whom he hit it off immediately. We explore the Snapshot platform, its humble beginnings, and the role it now plays in the governance of protocols and communities. Touching on some of the unique attributes that make it an invaluable tool in the web3 ecosystem.As Nathan says, Snapshot exists to help Humans Participate In Communities They Are Part Of. If you’d like to connect with Nathan, you can find him on Twitter https://twitter.com/NathanVDH0x   And to learn more about Snapshot, follow them on Twitterhttps://twitter.com/SnapshotLabs   or go to their website snapshot.orgThank you for listening to Crypto Sapiens. If you enjoy this type of content, I would appreciate it if you would give us a 5-star review wherever you enjoy your podcasts. To keep up to date with our latest developments, you can find us on Twitter @ CryptoSapiens_ and our website @ cryptosapiens.xyz. Stay tuned for our next discussion. Crypto Sapiens is produced in partnership with Bankless DAO.  https://bankless.community   --- Crypto Sapiens hosts lively discussions with innovative Web3 builders to help everyone learn about decentralized money systems, including Ethereum, Bitcoin and DeFi.   https://www.cryptosapiens.xyz/ https://twitter.com/CryptoSapiens https://www.instagram.com/cryptosapiensofficial/ https://www.facebook.com/CryptoSapiens-Podcast-107678875061018   Connect with Humpty Calderon https://twitter.com/humptycalderon ---   Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research.