

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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Jan 17, 2023 • 49min
80 - The Gitcoin Alpha Round | Janine Leger, Connor O'Day, and Nate Gosselin
✨ 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 ----- The Gitcoin Alpha Round is live! Today, we're discussing the Gitcoin Grants decentralized Alpha Round. This is a quadratic funding round hosted by Gitcoin on the completely new modular protocol, built by Gitcoin. Janine Leger and Connor O'Day join from Gitcoin Partnerships Team, while Nate Gosselin is coming from Gitcoin's Product Team. Tune in to find out more about the $1 Million Web3 funding round, taking place from January 17th-31st. Git involved! Take the green pill anon. DONATE: https://gitcoin.co/ LEARN: https://go.gitcoin.co/blog/announcing-the-gitcoin-alpha-round ------ SPONSOR PILLS: 🌟Glo | The Anti-Poverty Stablecoin https://bankless.cc/glo 📎 OPOLIS | CRYPTO NATIVE EMPLOYMENT https://bankless.cc/Opolis ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro 5:30 The Grants Round 8:25 New Product Changes 13:30 Testing Rounds 19:15 What's Coming Next? 27:30 Coordination Mechanisms 39:10 Grant Stack 45:00 High Level Thoughts ------ Resources: Connor O'Day https://twitter.com/connoroday0 Nate Gosselin https://twitter.com/heynate_g Janine Leger https://twitter.com/JanineLeger ----- 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

Jan 12, 2023 • 35min
79 - Local Currencies & Basic Income | Alain Brenzikofer
✨ 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 ----- On today's episode, we're joined by Alain Brenzikofer from Encointer, the project built for enabling communities everywhere to generate their own, autonomous currency, and use it to stimulate the local economy. Stick around as we dive into sybil resistance, economics, and the impact of public goods as we build a brighter, more regenerative world. ------ SPONSOR PILLS: 🌟Glo | The Anti-Poverty Stablecoin https://bankless.cc/glo 📎 OPOLIS | CRYPTO NATIVE EMPLOYMENT https://bankless.cc/Opolis ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro 3:30 Encointer 6:30 Sybil Resistance 9:25 The First Iteration 14:00 The Pilot Program 17:54 Local Currencies 22:10 Network Effects 27:15 Rwanda 31:00 The Roadmap 34:15 Get Involved ------ Resources: Alain on Twitter: https://twitter.com/brenzi5 Encointer https://encointer.org/ ----- 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

Jan 10, 2023 • 45min
78 - SuperModularity with Divya Siddarth
✨ 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 ----- In today's episode, Kevin welcomes back galaxy brain thinker, Divya Siddarth, a collective intelligence fundamentalist at the Collective Intelligence Project and political economist at Microsoft. Today's show is all about super modularity. What is that? Don't worry, you'll have a better idea by the end of the episode. Take the green pill anon. ------ SPONSOR PILLS: 🌟Glo | The Anti-Poverty Stablecoin https://bankless.cc/glo ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro 4:33 SuperModularity 9:18 Richer Spectrum Design 18:00 The Future of Web3 24:50 Fruitful Path Towards Decentralization 28:30 Building Polycentric Systems 31:18 What Else Divya is Excited About 34:19 Longterm Greedy, Prevention, & Optimism 40:20 Steve Jobs Email 43:10 Web3 Appreciation 44:37 Closing ------ Resources: https://cip.org/ https://twitter.com/divyasiddarth https://twitter.com/IrinaMarinescu ----- 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

Jan 5, 2023 • 50min
77 - Universal Profiles with Fabian Vogelsteller
✨ 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 ----- In today's episode, Kevin chats with Fabian Vogelsteller, Founder LUKSO, Author of ERC-20 and ERC-725 and former -Mist, -web3.js and -Lead Ðapp developer of Ethereum. The two chat about Fabian's path to founding LUKSO, the ERC-20 and ERC-725 standards Fabian created, and trends in the identity space and so much more. Take the green pill anon. ------ SPONSOR PILLS: 🌟Glo | The Anti-Poverty Stablecoin https://bankless.cc/glo ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro 4:20 Fabian's Path 8:12 ERC-20 12:20 Redoing ERC-20 16:40 ERC-725 25:57 ERC-725 Use Cases 30:00 Trends in the Identity Space 35:03 Decentralized Society 39:52 What Fabian is Focused On Now 43:46 10 Years in the Future 46:33 Closing & Resources ------ Resources: Fabian Vogelsteller https://twitter.com/feindura LUKSO https://twitter.com/lukso_io Universal Profile https://universalprofile.cloud/ ----- 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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Dec 29, 2022 • 50min
76 - Self-Actualization in the Age of Crisis with Ron Rivers
✨ 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 ----- On this episode, Kevin chats with Ron Rivers, the author of "Self-Actualization in the Age of Crisis." The two chat about Ron's book, Ron's DAO, SpiritDAO (launching in 2023), and so much more. Take the green pill anon. ------ SPONSOR PILLS: 🏦 CELO | DEFI FOR EVERYONE https://bankless.cc/Celo 🔑 COINSHIFT | TREASURY MANAGEMENT https://bankless.cc/Coinshift 🐤 GOLDFINCH | REAL WORLD LENDING https://bankless.cc/Goldfinch 📎 OPOLIS | CRYPTO NATIVE EMPLOYMENT https://bankless.cc/Opolis ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro 4:46 Self-Actualization in the Age of Crisis 9:13 DAOs 11:22 Eight Dignities 15:40 The Single Truth 18:57 The Science of Self-Actualization 22:00 Speculation 23:57 SpiritDAO 26:13 New Core Values 31:14 Existential Crisis 34:50 Synopsis 44:00 Web3 45:28 What's Next for Ron 48:41 Closing ------ Resources: SingleTruth.org https://www.singletruth.org/ ----- 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

Dec 27, 2022 • 57min
75 - Is Web3 the New Occupy Wall St? with Benjamin Life & Sarah Baxendell
✨ 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 ----- Take the green pill anon. ------ SPONSOR PILLS: 🏦 CELO | DEFI FOR EVERYONE https://bankless.cc/Celo 🔑 COINSHIFT | TREASURY MANAGEMENT https://bankless.cc/Coinshift 🐤 GOLDFINCH | REAL WORLD LENDING https://bankless.cc/Goldfinch 📎 OPOLIS | CRYPTO NATIVE EMPLOYMENT https://bankless.cc/Opolis ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro 3:17 Backgrounds 4:23 Web3 the New Occupy Wall St? 19:30 Gartner Hype Cycle 29:08 Cooperation Across Distance 39:32 Capitalism 42:52 Regen Experiments 49:12 Closing Thoughts ------ Resources: https://twitter.com/owocki/status/1587966848527540229 https://twitter.com/omniharmonic https://twitter.com/erde_kette ----- 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

Dec 22, 2022 • 47min
74 - Decentralized Music Platforms with Roneil Rumberg of Audius
✨ 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 ----- On today's episode, Kevin is joined by Roneil Rumberg, the Co-founder and CEO of Audius. Audius is a fully decentralized music platform. Roneil and Kevin dive into how creativity is also a regenerative public good, how Audius is changing the future of music curation, and what trends Roneil is seeing in the decentralized music space. Take the green pill anon. ------ SPONSOR PILLS: 🏦 CELO | DEFI FOR EVERYONE https://bankless.cc/Celo 🔑 COINSHIFT | TREASURY MANAGEMENT https://bankless.cc/Coinshift 🐤 GOLDFINCH | REAL WORLD LENDING https://bankless.cc/Goldfinch 📎 OPOLIS | CRYPTO NATIVE EMPLOYMENT https://bankless.cc/Opolis ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro 4:25 Audius 5:42 Motivation 7:16 Trends 15:50 Triple-Sided Marketplace 23:45 Collective Intelligence 31:31 Curation 36:02 No Intermediary 37:35 Maximum Success 41:15 Creative Work 44:41 Closing Thoughts ------ Resources: Roneil Rumberg https://twitter.com/roneilr ----- 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

Dec 20, 2022 • 51min
73 - Making ReFi Real with Jahed Momand
✨ 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 ----- On today's episode, Kevin chats with Jahed Momand Co-Founder, General Partner at Cerulean Ventures. Jahed invests in and contributes to projects building a decentralized regenerative world, with a specific focus on the natural asset economy across blockchains, especially in Cosmos and Regen ecosystems. Jahed and Kevin discuss how Web3 is regenerating the world, Jahed's ReFi investment thesis, and so much more. Take the green pill anon. ------ SPONSOR PILLS: 🏦 CELO | DEFI FOR EVERYONE https://bankless.cc/Celo 🔑 COINSHIFT | TREASURY MANAGEMENT https://bankless.cc/Coinshift 🐤 GOLDFINCH | REAL WORLD LENDING https://bankless.cc/Goldfinch 📎 OPOLIS | CRYPTO NATIVE EMPLOYMENT https://bankless.cc/Opolis ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro 3:08 Web3 Regenerating the World 7:13 Critiques & Ownership 11:27 Funding & Smart Contracts 17:11 Investors 21:13 Jahed's Investment Thesis 25:45 Fund Domino Effect 30:21 Patient Capital Meme 35:36 Rewarding Stewards 40:20 Jahed's Twitter Names 47:00 Mark Fisher 49:45 Closing ------ Resources: Jahed Momand https://twitter.com/againstutopia Cerulean Ventures https://twitter.com/cerulean_xyz ----- 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

Dec 15, 2022 • 1h 1min
72 - Digital Identity is Not Human Identity with Phillip Sheldrake
✨ 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 ----- On today's episode, we welcome Philip Sheldrake. Philip is a writer, thinker, educator, and moral philosopher. Philip and Kevin critique the current web3 identity dynamic and how it's flawed compared to how we actually act in the world. Philip also gives some valuable advice to builders towards the end of the episode. Take the green pill anon. ------ SPONSOR PILLS: 🏦 CELO | DEFI FOR EVERYONE https://bankless.cc/Celo 🔑 COINSHIFT | TREASURY MANAGEMENT https://bankless.cc/Coinshift 🐤 GOLDFINCH | REAL WORLD LENDING https://bankless.cc/Goldfinch 📎 OPOLIS | CRYPTO NATIVE EMPLOYMENT https://bankless.cc/Opolis ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro 3:48 Philip's Piece 5:30 Doomer Optimism 7:30 Philip's Essay 14:02 Identity Mindset 19:58 Computer vs. Social Science 21:45 Framing the Problem & Complexity 28:52 Critiques 33:17 Code vs. Lawyers 35:55 Generative Identity 41:25 Lens & Social Graphs 44:00 Building Advice 53:20 Doomer Optimist 56:56 Closing ------ Resources: Philip Sheldrake https://philipsheldrake.com/2022/07/digital-identity-is-not-human-identity-and-that-matters/ https://philipsheldrake.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

Dec 13, 2022 • 41min
71 - Decentralized Identity with Gregory Rocco of Spruce
✨ 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 ----- Today on the show we're chatting with Gregory Rocco of Spruce, which lets users control their data across the web. Gregory is also a massive proponent of sign-in with Ethereum, decentralized identity, reputation, and society. Take the green pill anon. ------ SPONSOR PILLS: 🏦 CELO | DEFI FOR EVERYONE https://bankless.cc/Celo 🔑 COINSHIFT | TREASURY MANAGEMENT https://bankless.cc/Coinshift 🐤 GOLDFINCH | REAL WORLD LENDING https://bankless.cc/Goldfinch 📎 OPOLIS | CRYPTO NATIVE EMPLOYMENT https://bankless.cc/Opolis ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro 3:20 Spruce Explained 4:07 Gregory's History 7:34 Regen Thesis 9:34 Privacy 10:46 Data Leaking 12:20 Web3 Moats 14:51 Sign-in with Ethereum 20:04 Data Use Cases 26:26 On vs. Off-Chain Credentials 30:09 Sign-in with Ethereum Excitement 36:06 The Future 38:53 Closing ------ Resources: Gregory Rocco https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregoryvrocco/ Spruce https://www.spruceid.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


