GreenPill Network Nations Ep:6 Regen: Toward a Network Nation Identity, Commons & Collective Agency
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Nov 28, 2025 Austin Wade Smith, executive director at Regen Foundation, discusses innovative ecological state protocols. Kevin Owocki, founder of Gitcoin, highlights the importance of public goods funding and regenerative culture. Monty Bryant, co-founder of ReFiDAO, delves into coordinating the regenerative finance movement. The trio explores whether the Regen movement is evolving into a network nation, examining shared identities, the interplay of bioregionalism and digital worlds, and how community-driven activism shapes a collaborative future.
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Ecological State Protocols
- Regen Network frames its mission as building ecological state protocols to credibly sense and report the health of the living world.
- This distributed sensing model aims to inform economics, policy, and law rather than rely on centralized actors.
Gitcoin And GreenPill Origins
- Kevin recounts Gitcoin funding ~$70M across 23 rounds for public goods like open source and climate projects.
- He describes GreenPill growing from a book into a global community with local chapters and events.
ReFiDAO: From Hype To Coordination
- Monty describes ReFiDAO's start in 2021 during carbon tokenization hype and its pivot from 'network state' thinking.
- He explains ReFiDAO evolved into regen coordination, aligning networks like GreenPill and Regen Network.
