Beyond Billionaires: MoonDAO and the Radical Vision of a Decentralized Space Economy

What if space exploration wasn’t driven by governments or billionaires but by a decentralized community? Enter MoonDAO, an experiment in blockchain-powered space governance. In this episode, Pablo Moncada shares insights into how MoonDAO successfully crowdfunded a spaceflight, the potential of blockchain-based lunar economies, and whether decentralization can truly work in space.

Pablo also takes us through the unexpected lessons learned from attempting to buy a copy of the U.S. Constitution with a DAO and how these lessons now shape their bold vision for the Moon. This conversation is about technology, power, ownership, and the future of humanity among the stars.

Quotable Insights:

• “50 million dollars sprang up out of nowhere in a week—that’s the power of DAOs.”
• “Imagine the Moon as a blank slate. How would you design governance, ownership, and society?”
• “What happens when we build lunar infrastructure owned by the people, not corporations?”
• “We don’t need permission from governments to explore space anymore.”

Links to Explore:

• Join MoonDAO: https://moondao.com/join
• MoonDAO on Discord: https://discord.gg/moondao
• ConstitutionDAO: constitutiondao.com
• Music Choice: Since I Left You - The Avalanches
• Space Café Playlist for the Aspiring Space Traveler: Listen on Spotify

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