

GreenPill
Kevin Owocki
GreenPill is about crypto-economic systems that create positive externalities for their neighbors & for the world.
We explore the intersection of programmable money, game theory, & mechanism design. We search for powerful new ways to fund, design, develop, & market regenerative web3-era applications and digital assets. We launch the meme of regenerative crypto-economics into the world.
Ethereum is the ultimate substrate for human coordination. Learn about the web3 builders who are solving coordination failures and creating a more regenerative infrastructure for the world using Ethereum.
Take the Green Pill!
We explore the intersection of programmable money, game theory, & mechanism design. We search for powerful new ways to fund, design, develop, & market regenerative web3-era applications and digital assets. We launch the meme of regenerative crypto-economics into the world.
Ethereum is the ultimate substrate for human coordination. Learn about the web3 builders who are solving coordination failures and creating a more regenerative infrastructure for the world using Ethereum.
Take the Green Pill!
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Aug 22, 2023 • 45min
142 - Gitcoin Citizens Round: Results & Lessons with Kris, Shawn & Umar
Join Kris Decoodt, Shawn Grubb, and Umar Khan of Gitcoin on the GreenPill podcast as they discuss the Retroactive QF Round, Gitcoin Governance, Airdrop Farmers, and the future of Gitcoin.

Aug 17, 2023 • 40min
141 - The Village that Accidentally Slayed Moloch with Victor Rortvedt
Victor Rortvedt, former attorney turned Ethereum developer, shares the story of The Tribe that Slayed Moloch and discusses the significance of community rituals in fostering trust and unity. They explore the concept of Moloch as a demon god of coordination failure and highlight the importance of cooperation and rituals in crypto projects. Stay tuned for the host's story of the Laheda tribe and their ritual technology.

Aug 15, 2023 • 43min
140 - Impacting Real-Life Communities through Digital Ones with Michelle, Will & Lawson
✨ Subscribe to the Green Pill Podcast ✨ https://pod.link/1609313639 🟢 Get the GreenPilled Book 🟢 https://greenpill.party/ Apple Show Link https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1609313639 Spotify Show Link https://open.spotify.com/show/0l6aXWC94dd0RA3tkKfxjd ----- How can we Impact IRL communities through Digital ones? Joining the podcast today is Will Little, Michelle Schubert aka alidra_xyz, and Laté Lawson. They're collectively working on Impact Stream, creating transparent streams of impact between digital and real-life communities. We talk about their ongoing projects including their work on Togo, the role of Web3, and lessons from the history of NGOs. Take the green pill anon. ----- SPONSOR PILLS: 🌄 ValleyDAO | Build the SolarPunk Future https://bankless.cc/ValleyDAO ----- TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro 04:15 What is Impact Stream? 09:28 Making Togo Onchain 15:49 How Web3 Provides Transparency and Efficiency 21:24 Impact Stream Projects 34:12 Learning from the History of NGOs 37:58 Closing Thoughts ----- RESOURCES: Learn More https://impact.stream/ Follow https://twitter.com/impact_stream Donate impactstream.eth ----- SOCIALS: 🐦Twitter - https://twitter.com/greenpillnet 🎵 TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@greenpill.network 💼 LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/91100841 🎧 Discord - https://discord.gg/greenpill 📞Telegram - https://t.me/+g9TM8i7GpxAzMGUx ----- Music by WABI SABI - snowflake - https://thmatc.co/?l=7786B012 ----- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures

Aug 10, 2023 • 34min
139 - BASE Mainnet: Making Ethereum Accessible to Everyone with Jesse Pollak
✨ Subscribe to the Green Pill Podcast ✨ https://pod.link/1609313639 🟢 Get the GreenPilled Book 🟢 https://greenpill.party/ Apple Show Link https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1609313639 Spotify Show Link https://open.spotify.com/show/0l6aXWC94dd0RA3tkKfxjd ----- How can we make Ethereum Accessible to everyone? Joining the podcast today is Jesse Pollak, Head of Protocols at Coinbase and BASE Contributor #001. We explore the recent launch of BASE Mainet, the Projects being built on this layer 2, and what's next for our Onchain Future. Take the green pill anon. ----- SPONSOR PILLS: 🌄 ValleyDAO | Build the SolarPunk Future https://bankless.cc/ValleyDAO ----- TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro 02:49 Introducing Base 05:34 Why Onchain? 10:24 Oakland Community Currency 11:59 What Ethereum Scaling Unlocks 14:18 BASE Projects 17:13 From Crypto Natives to the Average User 19:09 Getting Gitcoin on BASE 21:12 From Centralized to Decentralized 23:03 Why is Onchain the Next Online 27:06 Upgrading the System 32:02 Closing Thoughts ----- SPEAKERS: Jesse Pollak https://twitter.com/jessepollak Kevin https://twitter.com/owocki ----- RESOURCES: Base https://base.org/ Base Twitter https://twitter.com/buildonbase ----- SOCIALS: 🐦Twitter - https://twitter.com/greenpillnet 🎵 TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@greenpill.network 💼 LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/91100841 🎧 Discord - https://discord.gg/greenpill 📞Telegram - https://t.me/+g9TM8i7GpxAzMGUx ----- Music by WABI SABI - snowflake - https://thmatc.co/?l=7786B012 ----- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures

Aug 8, 2023 • 1h 14min
138 - How Capitalism Ruined Crypto & How to Fix it with Josh Dávila
✨ Subscribe to the Green Pill Podcast ✨ https://pod.link/1609313639 🟢 Get the GreenPilled Book 🟢 https://greenpill.party/ Apple Show Link https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1609313639 Spotify Show Link https://open.spotify.com/show/0l6aXWC94dd0RA3tkKfxjd ----- Can we Programme Socialism into Blockchains? Joining the podcast today is Joshua Dávila, also known as The Blockchain Socialist. He Blogs and podcasts about the intersection of blockchain and the left. We cover his new book, Blockchain Radicals, Josh's Critiques on Balaji's Network State and the Green Pill Coordination Meme and much more. Take the green pill anon. ----- SPONSOR PILLS: 🌄 ValleyDAO | Build the SolarPunk Future https://bankless.cc/ValleyDAO ----- TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro 14:42 Introducing Blockchain Radicals 20:15 Deconstructing the Network State 29:38 Josh's Coordination Critique 39:49 The Purpose of Mental Models 45:30 Josh's Book & Podcast 47:18 The Coordination Debate 59:14 Programming Socialism into Blockchains 1:04:55 Unlocking New Political Ideologies 1:11:18 Closing Thoughts ----- SPEAKERS: Josh Dávila https://twitter.com/TBSocialist Kevin https://twitter.com/owocki ----- RESOURCES: Blockchain Radicals https://linktr.ee/blockchainradicals Get the Book on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Blockchain-Radicals-Building-Beyond-Capitalism/dp/1914420853/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= The Blockchain Socialist Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-blockchain-socialist/id1501607045 Crypto Socialists Discord https://cryptoleftists.xyz/ ----- SOCIALS: 🐦Twitter - https://twitter.com/greenpillnet 🎵 TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@greenpill.network 💼 LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/91100841 🎧 Discord - https://discord.gg/greenpill 📞Telegram - https://t.me/+g9TM8i7GpxAzMGUx ----- Music by WABI SABI - snowflake - https://thmatc.co/?l=7786B012 ----- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures

Aug 3, 2023 • 34min
137 - Polygon ID: Private Identity Infrastructure for Web3 with Otto & Sebastian
✨ Subscribe to the Green Pill Podcast ✨ https://pod.link/1609313639 🟢 Get the GreenPilled Book 🟢 https://greenpill.party/ Apple Show Link https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1609313639 Spotify Show Link https://open.spotify.com/show/0l6aXWC94dd0RA3tkKfxjd ----- How can we build trusted relationships between users and dApps? Joining the podcast today is Otto Mora & Sebastian Rodriguez, Americas Biz Dev Lead, & Product Manager at Polygon ID, respectively. We cover what exactly is Polygon ID and what problems it is trying to solve. Take the green pill anon. ----- SPONSOR PILLS: 🌄 ValleyDAO | Build the SolarPunk Future https://bankless.cc/ValleyDAO ----- TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro 03:14 How does Polygon ID work? 09:46 Polygon ID Applications 15:19 The Developer Experience 19:31 What would Success look like? 22:23 The Catalonia Story 26:21 Design Choices 28:12 How to Get Involved 32:27 Closing Thoughts ----- SPEAKERS: Otto https://twitter.com/ottomorac Sebastian https://twitter.com/PolygonSSI Kevin https://twitter.com/owocki ----- RESOURCES: Polygon ID https://polygon.technology/polygon-id ----- SOCIALS: 🐦Twitter - https://twitter.com/greenpillnet 🎵 TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@greenpill.network 💼 LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/91100841 🎧 Discord - https://discord.gg/greenpill 📞Telegram - https://t.me/+g9TM8i7GpxAzMGUx ----- Music by WABI SABI - snowflake - https://thmatc.co/?l=7786B012 ----- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures

Aug 1, 2023 • 43min
136 - Sound.xyz: Music Without the Middleman with David Greenstein
✨ Subscribe to the Green Pill Podcast ✨ https://pod.link/1609313639 🟢 Get the GreenPilled Book 🟢 https://greenpill.party/ Apple Show Link https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1609313639 Spotify Show Link https://open.spotify.com/show/0l6aXWC94dd0RA3tkKfxjd ----- Can we bring Web3 Coordination Mechanisms to the Music Industry? Joining the podcast today is David Greenstein, the Co-Founder and CEO of Sound.xyz. We explore Sound's origin story, the current problems being faced in the music industry and how Sound.xyz plans to tackle them. Take the green pill anon. ----- SPONSOR PILLS: 🌄 ValleyDAO | Build the SolarPunk Future https://bankless.cc/ValleyDAO ----- TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro 03:04 Sound.xyz Origins 06:10 The State of the Music Industry 12:32 Bringing Web3 Coordination Mechanisms to Music 21:40 Aligning Incentives while Maximizing Reach 27:02 Retrieving Pre-Internet Music Experiences 30:19 How to Get Started with Sound.xyz 33:06 The Long Game 37:56 Closing Thoughts ----- SPEAKERS: David Greenstein https://twitter.com/dgreenstein1 Kevin https://twitter.com/owocki ----- RESOURCES: Sound.xyz https://www.sound.xyz/ Sound.xyz Twitter https://twitter.com/soundxyz_ ----- SOCIALS: 🐦Twitter - https://twitter.com/greenpillnet 🎵 TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@greenpill.network 💼 LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/91100841 🎧 Discord - https://discord.gg/greenpill 📞Telegram - https://t.me/+g9TM8i7GpxAzMGUx ----- Music by WABI SABI - snowflake - https://thmatc.co/?l=7786B012 ----- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures

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Jul 27, 2023 • 46min
135 - Engineering a Stellarpunk Future with Puja Ohlhaver
✨ Subscribe to the Green Pill Podcast ✨ https://pod.link/1609313639 🟢 Get the GreenPilled Book 🟢 https://greenpill.party/ Apple Show Link https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1609313639 Spotify Show Link https://open.spotify.com/show/0l6aXWC94dd0RA3tkKfxjd ----- What exactly is Stellarpunk? Joining the podcast today is Puja Ohlhaver, a lawyer, innovator, and technologist in Healthcare and Web3 who co-authored "Decentralized Society: Finding Web3's Soul." with Glen Weyl and Vitalik Buterin. We cover what constitutes Stellarpunk by differentiating Solar and Lunarpunks. This podcast is full of Memes, Analogies and Metaphors. Take the green pill anon. ----- SPONSOR PILLS: 🌄 ValleyDAO | Build the SolarPunk Future https://bankless.cc/ValleyDAO ----- TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro 02:58 Plurality Conference Talk 09:08 What's Solarpunk? 15:17 The Lunarpunks 20:34 What Constitutes Stellarpunk 30:45 Metaphors for Coordination 37:58 What would a Stellarpunk World look like 42:48 Closing Thoughts ----- SPEAKERS: Puja Ohlhaver https://twitter.com/pujaohlhaver Kevin https://twitter.com/owocki ----- RESOURCES: Plurality Conference Talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTQNdUGIG58 PluralCC https://github.com/PluralCC#plurality ----- SOCIALS: 🐦Twitter - https://twitter.com/greenpillnet 🎵 TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@greenpill.network 💼 LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/91100841 🎧 Discord - https://discord.gg/greenpill 📞Telegram - https://t.me/+g9TM8i7GpxAzMGUx ----- Music by WABI SABI - snowflake - https://thmatc.co/?l=7786B012 ----- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures

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Jul 25, 2023 • 59min
134 - Building Collective Intelligence Tools for Human Alignment with Nicholas Brigham
✨ Subscribe to the Green Pill Podcast ✨ https://pod.link/1609313639 🟢 Get the GreenPilled Book 🟢 https://greenpill.party/ Apple Show Link https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1609313639 Spotify Show Link https://open.spotify.com/show/0l6aXWC94dd0RA3tkKfxjd ----- We talk about AI Alignment, but shouldn't we focus on Human Alignment first? Joining the podcast today is Nicholas Brigham, Founder & Chief Scientist at Goodly Labs, an R&D lab focused on developing collective intelligence systems for a "self-improving" society. We touch on a variety of the lab Projects, the role of AI in Human Alignment, Coordination and much more. Take the green pill anon. ----- SPONSOR PILLS: 🌄 ValleyDAO | Build the SolarPunk Future https://bankless.cc/ValleyDAO ----- TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro 02:34 What's Goodly Labs 03:54 Why Human Alignment 12:16 The Role of AI in Human Alignment 14:53 On Coordination 17:32 Building Collective Intelligence Tools 23:43 Tackling the Misinformation Problem 27:35 Goodly Labs Projects 44:37 What Success would look like in 10 Years 52:07 Closing Thoughts ----- SPEAKERS: Nicholas Brigham https://twitter.com/nick_b_adams Kevin https://twitter.com/owocki ----- RESOURCES: Goodly Labs https://www.goodlylabs.org/ ----- SOCIALS: 🐦Twitter - https://twitter.com/greenpillnet 🎵 TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@greenpill.network 💼 LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/91100841 🎧 Discord - https://discord.gg/greenpill 📞Telegram - https://t.me/+g9TM8i7GpxAzMGUx ----- Music by WABI SABI - snowflake - https://thmatc.co/?l=7786B012 ----- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures

Jul 20, 2023 • 37min
133 - CultDAO: Investing in the Decentralized Revolution with Artorias
✨ Subscribe to the Green Pill Podcast ✨ https://pod.link/1609313639 🟢 Get the GreenPilled Book 🟢 https://greenpill.party/ Apple Show Link https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1609313639 Spotify Show Link https://open.spotify.com/show/0l6aXWC94dd0RA3tkKfxjd ----- How can we Invest in the Decentralized Revolution? Joining the podcast today is Artorias, the Anonymous Co-Founder of CultDAO, whose purpose is to empower and fund those building and contributing towards our decentralized future. Take the green pill anon. ----- SPONSOR PILLS: 🌄 ValleyDAO | Build the SolarPunk Future https://bankless.cc/ValleyDAO ----- TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro 02:27 What is CultDAO 05:43 CultDAO Public Goods Projects 07:56 The CultDAO Manifesto 16:21 CultDAO Incentive Structure 23:24 The Future of CultDAO 30:50 The Importance of Funding Plurality 33:23 What CultDAO's Success would look like 35:36 Closing Thoughts ----- SPEAKERS: Artorias https://twitter.com/Artorias_eth Kevin https://twitter.com/owocki ----- RESOURCES: CultDAO Website https://cultdao.io/ CultDAO Twitter https://twitter.com/wearecultdao ----- SOCIALS: 🐦Twitter - https://twitter.com/greenpillnet 🎵 TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@greenpill.network 💼 LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/91100841 🎧 Discord - https://discord.gg/greenpill 📞Telegram - https://t.me/+g9TM8i7GpxAzMGUx ----- Music by WABI SABI - snowflake - https://thmatc.co/?l=7786B012 ----- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures


