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 collaboration led him to explore the potential of crypto, become an early contributor at Yearn & eventually start Coordinape.

Inspired by decentralized compensation on a round table at Converge - Coordinape allows people to write their contributions for evaluation by peers. Each member receives 100 GIVE tokens to allocate to other members based on their contributions, then the funds get divided based on % of total GIVEs each member received.

There’s a lot more to it & Zakku emphasizes the importance of communication & reflection throughout the whole process - but that’s it in a nutshell.

Zach & peth dived into the challenges & opportunities of decentralized collaboration, discussing trade-offs of decentralization & efficiency, highlighting the need for context & cohesive team dynamics before going into the potential of AI to assist us.

They brushed on the difficulties of founding software projects as non-technical people as well as other personal & interpersonal challenges inherent in online collaboration;

In conclusion, Zakku & peth share similar beliefs in the potential of Web3 to create new systems, build better organizations & address societal issues.

“Web3 offers the potential to create new systems rather than fighting against the old ones. We have the tools to do things better than default systems."

Some of the topics:

- The launch of CoSoul NFTs in Coorinape

- Experience in activism, coordination & Converge

- Using Coordinape for decentralized compensation

- Challenges & advantages of decentralized collaboration

- Importance of context & communication

- Potential of AI in assisting DAOs

- Future vision of Coordinape

- Potential of Web3 & projects that make Zakku bullish

"We're trying to use technology to solve what is fundamentally a social problem...difficulties in working this way require self-awareness, emotional intelligence & open communication."

Resources:

Coordinape

Converge

Impact Networks (book)

How to Build Impact Networks (playbook)

Cabin

Krause House

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