Episode 013 - Designing Better Possible Futures with Impact Markets with Dr. Shaun Conway of IXO Protocol

In this episode, Martin and Jahed sit down with Dr. Shaun Conway of IXO Protocol, to talk about the future of measuring, verifying, and delivering social impact with new mechanisms and designs enabled by blockchains. In the conversation, Dr. Conway leads us through his history working as a medical doctor, then transitioning to HIV / AIDS impact projects in his native South Africa, to working with the WHO, UNICEF, and other NGOs on policy measures. This experience led him to conceive of an impact marketplace long before the current ReFi space brought together off-chain impact with on-chain data. We cover the possibilities for better incentive design, governance structure, and real-life impact measurement through the IXO protocol. This episode will be particularly insightful for those working in NGOs, sustainability and social impact projects, and social impact entrepreneurs.

Here are the show notes:

• Impact Alpha Bonds
• The Tokenized Impact Economy
• The Origins of IXO
• Risk Adjusted Bonding Curves
• Statistics: Are you Bayesian or Frequentist?
• Podcast with Chimple / IXO
• UBS Impact Bonds - Optimus Foundation
• Nature 2.0 - Ocean Protocol
• MIT Connection Science