Crypto Altruism Podcast

In episode 119, we’re excited to welcome Mitch, DAO Steward at Giveth, a community-driven movement to transform the way we fund nonprofits and social causes. We discuss how they are using Web3 tools to reimagine philanthropy and the donor experience, DAOs and Giveth’s “Decentralized Altruistic Community”, optimizing public goods funding with conviction voting and quadratic funding, and much more.

--Three Key Takeaways--

• Traditionally, donors are rewarded for their contributions with a tax receipt and will often receive thank you letters and small gifts from charities. Web3 opens the door to more engaging rewards and recognition opportunities including special tokens which can be exchanged for rewards or sold on secondary markets, opportunities to participate in a DAO, token-gated NFTs, and more.
• Quadratic Funding provides greater matching funds to projects with the most unique donations, not those that just receive the most money. It empowers smaller donors by amplifying the impact of their contribution and minimizing the disproportionate impact of wealthier donors.
• Smaller nonprofits, grassroots organizations, and informal social movements are often excluded from traditional fundraising mediums, despite often being the ones implementing real change locally. By decentralizing the giving process, and creating new mechanisms for verifying projects, it can ensure that grassroots changemakers who are working on the frontline get the funding they need.

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In episode 159, we’re excited to welcome Rodrigo Nuñez, Co-Founder of MesoReefDAO, a decentralized organization leveraging Web3 technology to scale coral reef conservation efforts in the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System. We discuss how Web3 mechanisms can help incentivize coral restoration efforts, partnering with local organizations as a DAO, the role of decentralized science in conservation efforts around the world, and much more!

--Three Key Takeaways--

• Coral Reefs are not only essential to a healthy environment, providing habitats for numerous marine species and supporting the removal of carbon from the environment, but there are also important economic benefits that support the livelihoods of millions. That being said, it’s important to implement initiatives in collaboration with local communities that are most impacted.
• Introducing new technologies to local organizations can be complex and disruptive to approaches that have been used by these organizations for a long time. That being said, it’s important to approach communities with patience and work to educate and onboard them in collaboration with trusted local partners and community leaders.
• Token incentive mechanisms can be helpful for engaging and incentivizing various stakeholders to support conservation efforts, whether it be researchers, observers, or NGO workers. This can be helpful in supporting local communities who will likely face severe economic impacts in the coming decades.

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In episode 162, we’re excited to welcome Rod Mamin, Founder of LunCo, an organization on a mission to decentralize space exploration and catalyze open source space engineering. We talk about the growing DeSpace movement, how Web3 can help address the pain points in traditional space research, bringing an open source ethos to space engineering, why the average person should care about space exploration, and much more.

--Three Key Takeaways--

• One of the greatest benefits of DeSpace is how it opens space exploration to the broader community by coordinating scientists, enthusiasts, and citizens around the world in funding and supporting space research. It’s also important to remember that space exploration is about more than just rocket science, and requires diverse skill sets and professions. Web3 can help coordinate this talent across borders.
• Web3 incentive mechanisms will be key in driving the Decentralized Space revolution. Whether it’s using tokens to incentivize participation in data networks, or IP-NFTs to monetize research discoveries, these mechanisms will be key in coordinating the community and building a sustainable DeSpace ecosystem.
• Supporting space exploration and research extends beyond missions to the moon or Mars. In reality, space engineering and research touch our daily lives in numerous ways. Whether it's using GPS to navigate, accessing the internet via satellite, or utilizing data collected by satellites, these advancements have a broad impact. Therefore, community involvement in the space movement is essential.

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In episode 171, which is part 1 of a 2-part series, we’re excited to welcome five amazing guests: Njeri Muhia and Abeera Akhtar from Mercy Corps Ventures, Greg Schneider and Marie-Odile Zanders from Empowa, and Irthu Suresh from Atlantis. We explore the pilot projects that Empowa and Atlantis recently completed with the help of Mercy Corps Ventures which leverage Web3 to scale climate-resilient housing in Mozambique and improve clean water access in India. We discuss the key findings, challenges, and impacts of these projects.

--Key Takeaways--

• In Mozambique, it is very difficult for the average individual to purchase a home. This is especially true as many individuals in Africa have informal or inconsistent incomes, making it difficult to get a mortgage. Empowa addresses this through their unique on-chain Rent-to-own project where individuals contribute capital over time to the principle as they pay their rent.
• When it comes to climate resilience, access to clean water is essential. Currently, access to energy and water is highly centralized in India. However, these centralized networks can be susceptible to climate shocks. To address this, Atlantis explored how decentralized networks can help communities coordinate around clean water access and build greater resiliency to climate shocks.
• When designing Web3 interventions, especially in traditionally underserved and excluded communities, it is important to focus on building solutions that are easy to use and don’t require the user to have knowledge of Web3. Blockchain is simply the plumbing behind the initiative.

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In this episode, we’re excited to welcome Jay Velasco, Co-Founder and Project Lead for Cool Crypto Kids, an NFT project supporting social impact projects and organizations in collaboration with children’s hospitals, artists, and the community at large. Their first series features children’s artwork turned NFTs, with proceeds benefiting the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles. We discuss the vision behind Cool Crypto Kids, and how it all got started, how they’ve turned inspiring children’s art work into beautiful NFTs, the causes they are supporting, now and into the future, and the amazing potential of web3 to drive social impact.

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Episode Time Stamps

01:18 - What was your “Ah hah” moment that got you interested in cryptocurrency and web3?

04:09 Tell me about Cool Crypto Kids, and how it all got started.

09:24 - Tell me about your first NFT series in support of the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles.

11:45 - Tell me about the artists behind the artwork

16:05 - Tell me about how the revenue splitting works from the sales of your NFTs.

20:18 - Tell me about some of the utility behind Cool Crypto Kids NFTs?

22:52 - What is the long-term vision for Cool Crypto Kids?

26:05 - What is the best way for listeners to learn more?

27:43 - To wrap things up, if you could name one thing that excites you most about the social impact potential of web3, what would it be and why?
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