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Kevin Owocki
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Apr 21, 2023 • 27min

107 - Goldfinch with Co-Founders Mike Sall & Blake West

✨ Subscribe to the Green Pill Podcast ✨ https://pod.link/1609313639  🟢 Get the GreenPilled Book 🟢 https://greenpill.party/   Apple Show Link:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/greenpill/id1609313639   Spotify Show Link: https://open.spotify.com/show/0l6aXWC94dd0RA3tkKfxjd  ----- Is overcollateralization holding us back? Today on Green Pill, Kevin is joined by the co-founders of Greenfinch, Mike Sall and Blake West, who set out to tackle the imbalances they saw in providing capital access to underserved communities globally by removing the largest financial barrier to entry. Goldfinch has served over 2 million people across 20 countries and is a decentralized DeFi lending protocol whose goal is to provide sound, undercollateralized loans that are backed and fully collateralized off-chain.  Take the green pill anon. ------ SPONSOR PILLS: 💈 HAIRDAO | SOLVING HAIR LOSS https://bankless.cc/HairDAO  ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro 1:52 Goldfinch Overview 5:12 Expanding Capital Access 12:55 Overcoming The Finance Stigma 19:35 Real World Sustainability 24:10 Don't Trust, Verify ------ Resources: Mike Sall https://twitter.com/sall  Blake West https://twitter.com/_blakewest  Goldfinch https://goldfinch.finance/  ----- 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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Apr 18, 2023 • 50min

106 - Regens Unite with Xavier Damman and Leen Schelfhout

✨ Subscribe to the Green Pill Podcast ✨ https://pod.link/1609313639  🟢 Get the GreenPilled Book 🟢 https://greenpill.party/   Apple Show Link:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/greenpill/id1609313639   Spotify Show Link: https://open.spotify.com/show/0l6aXWC94dd0RA3tkKfxjd  ----- What does Regen and the ReFi movement mean to you? Today, Kevin is joined by the co-founders of Regens Unite Xavier Damman and Leen Schelfhout. Regens Unite is a community that invites people from a wide range of sectors, backgrounds, and experiences to unite, learn together, and work on regenerative solutions for their communities and our collective environments.  Together, they have published the “Regens Unite Handbook: A Practical Guide for Regenerative Gatherings” and in our discussion today talk about what it means and the necessary steps to take to evolve the culture and to how to participate IRL. Take the green pill anon. ------ SPONSOR PILLS: 💈 HAIRDAO | SOLVING HAIR LOSS https://bankless.cc/HairDAO  ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro 1:32 What is Regen's Unite? 7:50 Defining Regen 15:55 Regens IRL 22:00 ReFi's Identity 29:40 Maximum Success 35:46 Evolving the Culture 47:00 How to Contribute ------ Resources: Xavier Damman https://twitter.com/xdamman  Leen Schelfout https://twitter.com/leen_schelfhout  Regens Unite https://www.regensunite.earth/  https://twitter.com/regensunite  ----- 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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Apr 14, 2023 • 51min

105 - Integral Currency Matrix with Stephanie Lepp

✨ Subscribe to the Green Pill Podcast ✨ https://pod.link/1609313639 🟢 Get the GreenPilled Book 🟢 https://greenpill.party/  Apple Show Link:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/greenpill/id1609313639  Spotify Show Link: https://open.spotify.com/show/0l6aXWC94dd0RA3tkKfxjd ----- Polarization is becoming worse than ever, and the question is often is asked: is technology to blame?  In this thrilling discussion, we're joined by Stephanie Lepp - an award-winning producer and creator of Infinite Lunchbox, a production studio devoted to accelerating the evolution of culture in America. She's the former Executive Director at the Institute for Cultural Evolution, a non-profit think tank devoted to transcending polarization. Before that, she was the Executive Producer at the Center for Humane Technology, the organization at the heart of the Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma.  Take the green pill anon. ------ SPONSOR PILLS: 🌟Glo | The Anti-Poverty Stablecoin https://bankless.cc/glo 📎 OPOLIS | CRYPTO NATIVE EMPLOYMENT https://bankless.cc/Opolis ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro 1:41 The Polarization Problem 11:02 What do? 12:06 Golemann's SLS Matrix 19:55 Golemann's Applied To Money  35:01 Rethinking Currency 41:11 Defining Multi-Polar Traps ------ Resources: Stephanie Lepp https://twitter.com/stephlepp Stephanie's DAO SLS Matrix Tweet https://twitter.com/stephlepp/status/1611243574011777024 ----- 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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Apr 11, 2023 • 39min

104 - Mapping Digital Tribes with Nadia Asparouhova

✨ Subscribe to the Green Pill Podcast ✨ https://pod.link/1609313639  🟢 Get the GreenPilled Book 🟢 https://greenpill.party/   Apple Show Link:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/greenpill/id1609313639   Spotify Show Link: https://open.spotify.com/show/0l6aXWC94dd0RA3tkKfxjd  ----- What's your digital tribe? Todays guest is Nadia Asparouhova, who has been trying to understand techs growing social and political influence and researching what the new tech elite of tomorrow will look like. A former independent researcher at Protocol Labs, she was the 2nd employee at Substack, spent many years putting open source ideals into practice at Github, and she's the author of the book 'Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software'.  Take the green pill anon. ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro 0:57 Mapping Digital Worlds 7:35 Interpreting Tech's Influence 11:30 Capital Tribalization 19:15 Web3's Role 26:28 Network States 30:17 Lessons From A Changing Era ------ Resources: Nadia Asparouhova https://nadia.xyz/  https://twitter.com/nayafia  Mapping Digital Worlds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvAyJImbEeA  Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software https://www.amazon.com/Working-Public-Making-Maintenance-Software/dp/B08KWR85F8/ref=sr_1_1  ----- 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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Apr 6, 2023 • 39min

103 - Celo 2.0 with Rene Reinsberg

Green Pill Shownotes ✨ Subscribe to the Green Pill Podcast ✨ https://availableon.com/greenpill   🟢 Get the GreenPilled Book 🟢 https://greenpill.party/   Apple Show Link:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/greenpill/id1609313639   Spotify Show Link: https://open.spotify.com/show/0l6aXWC94dd0RA3tkKfxjd  ------ Rene Reinsberg is a co-founder of Celo and currently President of the Celo Foundation. Celo's layer-1 blockchain is at the center of an ecosystem of technologies, organizations and individuals that all share a common mission of building a regenerative financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity for everyone. In this episode, we cover Celo’s position in the marketplace, funding public goods, and using crypto for regenerative economics. Take the green pill anon. ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro  1:30 Celo 10:40 Proof of Impact 13:40 ReFi Summer 18:00 Use Cases 22:30 Talent and Capital 25:30 ReFi’s Big Moment 29:13 The Post-FTX Landscape ------ Resources: Rene Reisberg https://twitter.com/RegenRene  Celo  https://celo.org/  Hyperstructures https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7wSeSJqWsE  ReFi: Saving the World https://beincrypto.com/refi-saving-world-web3-easier-think/  Year of the Regen https://twitter.com/owocki/status/1594477266368483328  Great Crypto Reset https://www.cnbc.com/video/2023/01/18/wef-panel-discusses-the-great-crypto-reset.html  Celo 2.0 https://blog.celo.org/the-next-chapter-introducing-celo-2-0-by-clabs-b535db54a564  Branding Blockchains https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/a-new-approach-to-branding-blockchains  Climate Summit https://www.climatesummit.world/  ------ 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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Apr 4, 2023 • 49min

102 - Privacy Preserving Web3 Identity with Daniel Kelleher

✨ Subscribe to the Green Pill Podcast ✨ https://availableon.com/greenpill   🟢 Get the GreenPilled Book 🟢 https://greenpill.party/   Apple Show Link:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/greenpill/id1609313639   Spotify Show Link: https://open.spotify.com/show/0l6aXWC94dd0RA3tkKfxjd  ------ Privacy! Identity! Positive sum games! All of these are on the agenda as we explore  Civic. Join us as we discuss the frontier of decentralized identity and how positive sum games are intrinsically linked to a shared identity layer.  Daniel Kelleher is the VP  of Engineering at Civic and has been asking himself what's the best way to roll out identity as we venture forth towards a more identity based web3. Together, we discuss what the future may look like as well as cover the history and the roots of Civic which allowed them to get there. Tune in to learn how all of this relates to Solana, what Civic Pass is, what the platform looks like, and how to get started. Take the green pill anon. ------ SPONSOR PILLS: 🌟Glo | The Anti-Poverty Stablecoin https://bankless.cc/glo  📎 OPOLIS | CRYPTO NATIVE EMPLOYMENT https://bankless.cc/Opolis  ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro  4:02 Civic Me & Civic Pass Overview 9:27 The Future of Identity  15:32 Identity vs Reputation 19:21 Use Cases 25:35 Sybil Resistance 33:56 The Next Wave of Users 38:42 Decentralized Identity and Defense 43:51 Sunrise Stake & Regen Funding 48:02 Closing Out ------ Resources: Daniel Kelleher https://twitter.com/danbkelleher  Civic https://www.civic.com/  Civic Me https://civic.me/  Sunrise Stake - Climate Positive Staking on Solana https://www.sunrisestake.com/  ------ 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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Mar 30, 2023 • 55min

101 - Building a Coordi-Nation with Primavera De Filippi

✨ Subscribe to the Green Pill Podcast ✨ https://pod.link/1609313639  🟢 Get the GreenPilled Book 🟢 https://greenpill.party/   Apple Show Link:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/greenpill/id1609313639   Spotify Show Link: https://open.spotify.com/show/0l6aXWC94dd0RA3tkKfxjd  ----- Have you heard of The Network State by Balaji Srinivasan? Do you agree with it's premise? Today we're joined by Primavera De Filippi, a research fellow at Harvard University’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society, and research director at the National Center of Scientific Research in Paris.  A long time researcher on blockchain technology, she is the director of the European-funded research project “Blockchaingov” and a co-host of the The Blockchain Socialist podcast series called “Overthrowing the Network State” in which provides an alternative narrative to the popular concept being put forth by Balaji. Primavera joins Kevin today to explore the pros and cons of the Network State and discuss at a broad scale what we can do to organize alternatives. Take the green pill anon. ------ SPONSOR PILLS: 🌟Glo | The Anti-Poverty Stablecoin https://bankless.cc/glo  📎 OPOLIS | CRYPTO NATIVE EMPLOYMENT https://bankless.cc/Opolis  ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro 4:04 Overthrowing the Network State 10:13 Definitions and Vision 20:33 Exit vs Commons 26:33 Communations/Coordi-Nations 34:50 The Challenge 40:10 Success and Sovereignty 48:20 Plantoid ------ Resources: Primavera De Filippi https://twitter.com/yaoeo  Overthrowing The Network State https://theblockchainsocialist.com/category/podcast/overthrowing-the-network-state/  ----- 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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Mar 29, 2023 • 47min

100 - Metacrisis.xyz with Stephen Reid

✨ Subscribe to the Green Pill Podcast ✨ https://pod.link/1609313639  🟢 Get the GreenPilled Book 🟢 https://greenpill.party/   Apple Show Link:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/greenpill/id1609313639   Spotify Show Link: https://open.spotify.com/show/0l6aXWC94dd0RA3tkKfxjd  ----- Will we achieve world peace through blockchain? Stephen Reid is a facilitator, teacher, coach, and multi-faceted developer currently working closely with Supermodular and Kevin on the metacrisis.  Once a former board member of Greenpeace and the founder of The Psychedelic Society, Stephen has an extensive academic background and is avidly studying machine learning and AI at UC Berkeley. He shares with us the next frontier of blockchain use cases and the ramifications for humanity.  Take the green pill anon. ------ SPONSOR PILLS: 🌟Glo | The Anti-Poverty Stablecoin https://bankless.cc/glo  📎 OPOLIS | CRYPTO NATIVE EMPLOYMENT https://bankless.cc/Opolis  ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro 5:27 The Metacrisis Recap 11:15 DAO Community Announcements 17:03 Daniel's Latest Prompts 25:55 Blockchains and Bioterrorism? 32:57 Proof of Nuclear Disarmament 42:37 Closing Thoughts ------ Resources: Stephen Reid https://stephenreid.net/  https://twitter.com/lunarpunk_0x  Metacrisis DAO https://forum.metacrisis.xyz/  Previous Episodes in the Metacrisis Series with Daniel Schmachtenberger: The Metacrisis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVEP0zAK-xQ  Superstructures https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRohQKNNuM4  MetacrisisDAO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hv_xBK_XZjw    ----- 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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Mar 20, 2023 • 41min

98 - Ethics of Decentralized Social Technologies with Danielle Allen & Glen Weyl

✨ Subscribe to the Green Pill Podcast ✨ https://pod.link/1609313639  🟢 Get the GreenPilled Book 🟢 https://greenpill.party/   Apple Show Link:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/greenpill/id1609313639   Spotify Show Link: https://open.spotify.com/show/0l6aXWC94dd0RA3tkKfxjd  ----- Web3 is decentralized social technology. But what are it's ethics? Joining the podcast today are Danielle Allen and Glen Weyl who are two of the coauthors on a new paper entitled 'Ethics of Decentralized Social Technologies: Lessons from Web3, the Fediverse, and Beyond', which is linked below for you to read in full. Danielle Allen is a professor of political philosophy, ethics, and public policy at Harvard University. Glen Weyl is Research Lead at Microsoft Research, founder of RadicalxChange and the Plurality Institute, and Co-Author of the book Radical Markets. Take the green pill anon. ------ SPONSOR PILLS: 🌟Glo | The Anti-Poverty Stablecoin https://bankless.cc/glo  📎 OPOLIS | CRYPTO NATIVE EMPLOYMENT https://bankless.cc/Opolis  ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro 7:53 Plurality Defined 8:25 Web3 Ethics TLDR 16:03 Foundational Systems 22:38 Degen -> Regen 28:17 Values Dissemination 34:17 Maximum Success Scenario  37:06 Closing Thoughts ------ Resources: Danielle On Twitter: https://twitter.com/dsallentess  Glen On Twitter:     https://twitter.com/glenweyl  Read the paper: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1L4Au0J2JHed-CWhBjfxbWzd_1OlUW2vj/edit?rtpof=true&sd=true  Plurality: https://www.plurality.net/  ----- 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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Mar 16, 2023 • 54min

97 - DAO Alignment with Sam Spurlin of The Ready

✨ Subscribe to the Green Pill Podcast ✨ https://pod.link/1609313639  🟢 Get the GreenPilled Book 🟢 https://greenpill.party/   Apple Show Link:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/greenpill/id1609313639   Spotify Show Link: https://open.spotify.com/show/0l6aXWC94dd0RA3tkKfxjd  ------ Is learning from frontline veterans your thing, anon? Sam is a Partner at the organizational change and transformation consultancy, The Ready, and is co-stewarding The Ready’s efforts to contribute to DAOs and the web3 space more broadly.  Join us today as we dive in today as we explore the past, present, and future of DAOs and discuss the nature of structureless organisations as they evolve over time and react as they are subject to various different climates.  Take the green pill anon. ------ SPONSOR PILLS: 🌟Glo | The Anti-Poverty Stablecoin https://bankless.cc/glo  📎 OPOLIS | CRYPTO NATIVE EMPLOYMENT https://bankless.cc/Opolis  ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro 4:23 Future of Organizing 7:50 The Ready Origins 15:15 Common Misalignments  23:25 Defining Purpose 31:45 State of DAOs 39:41 Consent-based Agreement 46:53 Maximum Success ------ Resources: Sam Spurlin https://twitter.com/samspurlin  The Ready https://theready.com/  Murmur https://www.murmur.com/  DAOs and Their Evolving Operating Systems https://theready.mirror.xyz/gqDXVHQjY1bChb27CN4AzQU2O5t5dAQtY9HqaI7NS_Y  An Org Designer in the Land of the DAOs https://theready.mirror.xyz/HXvvxlYHQWaPGLm3D2SbuJBECWMT3peSdJ-Hth6CrFo  ----- 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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