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Ether's Phoenix with Optimism's Karl Floersch | GreenPill #2

Feb 24, 2022

Karl Floersch, co-founder of Optimism and advocate for public goods in Ethereum, passionately discusses the transformative potential of retroactive public goods funding. He introduces the concept of Ether's Phoenix, promoting collaboration within the Ethereum community to address societal challenges. The conversation reveals the need to align personal values with technology to build a sustainable financial infrastructure, and how optimism and community can drive meaningful change in a space often overshadowed by speculation.

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Intro

3min

Navigating Crypto: Public Goods and Optimism

20min

Collective Values and the Future of Ethereum's Scalability

3min

Embracing Optimism and Community in the Face of Challenges

2min

Cooperative Futures: Ether's Phoenix Initiative

6min

Regenerative Finance vs. Speculation

5min

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Karl Floersch is the co-founder of Optimism, the Ethereum rollup scaling solution, as well as one of the primary advocates in the space for public goods funding.

Karl is inspiring on many levels—both individually with his seemingly boundless optimism and energy, and also his prolific work in the Ethereum ecosystem.

Optimism is simultaneously scaling Ethereum’s transaction space and its values & ethos, pledging to recycle its fees into public goods. A central goal of regenerative finance is to align economic value with our moral values, and Karl’s work on retroactive public goods funding is pushing us towards that brighter, solarpunk future.

We also explore the concept of ‘Ether’s Phoenix,’ a hypothetical being that rewards you for manifesting it—directly contrasting the concept of Roko’s Basilisk (research at your own risk).

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------ Topics Covered:

0:00 Intro 2:40 Karl Floersch 4:38 Optimism & Public Goods 7:30 Solving Governance 11:32 Retroactive Public Goods Funding 18:09 The Endgame 21:18 Karl’s Favorite Public Goods 28:25 Ether’s Phoenix 32:12 Grinding & Mindset 34:02 Memes & Narratives 37:49 Closing

------ Resources:

Karl on Twitter: https://twitter.com/karl_dot_tech?s=20&t=-oO_ckIiZ6BKahlmZVvB8w

Kevin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/owocki?s=20&t=A1yy1WYtQlNAOiSxXtGuNQ

Vitalik on Twitter: https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin?s=20&t=6oPk84CaEN12Es6e7Nze3A

Optimism: https://twitter.com/optimismPBC?s=20&t=-oO_ckIiZ6BKahlmZVvB8w

----- Music by WABI SABI - snowflake - https://thmatc.co/?l=7786B012

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