

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.
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Dec 8, 2022 • 40min
70 - Circles UBI with Martin Koppelmann
✨ 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, we're speaking with Martin Koppelmann of Gnosis and Circles UBI. Circles UBI is a web-of-trust mechanism for digital identity, which is a necessary primitive for Universal Basic Income. 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 3:00 Circles UBI 9:35 How it Works 11:22 Web of Trust 16:55 Solving Hard Problems 21:20 The Power of Mechanisms 25:00 Next Steps 31:00 Sybil Resistance 33:18 Gnosis 37:00 Shared Incentives 39:00 Get Involved ------ Resources: Martin on Twitter https://twitter.com/koeppelmann Circles UBI https://joincircles.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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Dec 6, 2022 • 54min
69 - Kolektivo with Luuk Weber
✨ 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 Kolektivo Framework is a collection of institutional technologies that allow local communities to launch, finance, and govern their own regenerative economies. Kolektivo issues geo-NFTs to enable autonomy in communities to help regenerate their commons. We bring on Luuk Weber, founder of Kolektivo, to discuss collective infrastructure and the future of tech. 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 3:30 Kolektivo 10:50 Bridging Communities 15:30 The Mechanism 21:07 Use Cases 27:30 Local Capital 33:45 Incentivizing Good 37:45 Bringing this Mainstream 43:55 Normalizing Value 47:30 Looking Forward 52:20 Get Involved ------ Resources: Kolektivo https://twitter.com/Kolektivo?s=20&t=zyjs7kboLUjVptULJAHt8g ----- 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 1, 2022 • 48min
68 - Idena Network with Founder Andrew
✨ 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, we're joined by Andrew, the anonymous founder of Idena Network. We're continuing our exploration of decentralized identity through Idena's approach to sybil resistance, which operates through a Proof-of-Personhood consensus. 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 3:00 Idena and Sybil Resistance 11:10 The Identity Primitive 16:50 What is Idena? 32:10 The Ceremony 40:55 Use Cases 43:55 The Community 46:20 Closing Thoughts ------ Resources: Idena https://www.idena.io ----- 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

Nov 29, 2022 • 58min
67 - Quadratic Voting with Tim Daubenschütz
✨ 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 ----- Tim Daubenschütz | Green Pill #67 Tim Daubenschütz is a pluralistic freelancer & engineer seeking tough challenges. He's also a blogger about topics like soulbound tokens and harbinger taxes. In this episode, we dive into the mechanisms Tim has explored, such as quadratic voting. Tim brings a high level perspective to complex topics in the regenerative world. 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 3:00 Quadtratic UX Problems 7:50 Why Quadratic Voting? 12:20 Expressing Preferences 20:20 Harbinger Taxes 29:50 Making Sense of Complexity 34:00 Soulbound Tokens 42:20 Decentralized Society 49:30 What Excites Tim ------ Resources: Tim on Twitter https://twitter.com/timdaub Tim's Website https://timdaub.github.io Tim's Writing https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4105763 ----- 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

Nov 24, 2022 • 38min
Hypercerts.xyz with Holke Brammer | Green Pill #66
✨ 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 ----- Hypercerts.xyz with Holke Brammer | Green Pill #66 Holke Brammer is a research scientist at Protocol Labs. Kevin and Holke discuss all things hypercerts—what they are, why they're important, and the future of hypercerts might look like. 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 4:35 Impact Evaluators 13:35 Buy Pressure 18:08 Status of Hypercerts 22:40 Hypercerts Pilots 29:14 Getting Involved 30:05 More on Hypercerts 30:39 Future of Hypercerts 36:15 Closing ------ Resources: Holke Brammer https://twitter.com/holkeb Hypercerts https://hypercerts.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

Nov 22, 2022 • 2h 25min
Better Collective Intelligence to Better Collective Resource Allocation with Griff Green | Green Pill #65
✨ 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 ----- Better Collective Intelligence to Better Collective Resource Allocation with Griff Green | Green Pill #64 Griff Green is the founder of Giveth, which is building the Future of Giving. He's also the founder of Commons Stack. In this episode, Griff and Kevin share over twenty different mechanisms for doing better collective intelligence. Why? Because when you can do better collective intelligence, you can do better collective resource allocation. 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 3:56 Griff's Work 5:25 Tithing 7:51 Taxes 10:07 Voting 12:47 Markets 19:04 Web-Based Mechanisms 20:20 Quadratic Funding 23:10 Conviction Voting 25:05 Retroactive Public Goods Funding 31:42 Web-Based Category 35:00 NFTs 37:08 Network Goods 39:42 Effective Altruism 44:40 HyperCerts 49:00 Augmented Bonding Curve 53:57 Dominance Assurance Contracts 59:15 Donation Mining 1:02:06 Budget Box 1:06:30 Futurarchy 1:09:10 Stigmergy 1:11:00 Praise 1:17:20 Demurrage 1:20:13 Proposal Inverter/Milestones 1:21:45 Prop.house 1:23:20 Quadratic Voting 1:27:20 Joke Race 1:29:17 Opportunities 1:35:48 Holographic Consensus 1:40:26 Skeuomorphism 1:44:55 Sortition 1:48:35 Aqueduct 1:54:38 Ranked Choice Voting 1:58:43 Staking/Slashing 2:03:03 Proof of Work 2:07:00 Sybil Resistnece/Identity 2:13:20 Web3 Social & The Regen Space 2:23:28 Closing ------ Resources: Collective Resource Allocation https://twitter.com/owocki/status/1592930125146116101 Griff Green https://twitter.com/thegrifft Giveth https://giveth.io/project/gitcoin-grants-matching-pool ----- 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

Nov 17, 2022 • 47min
64 - Novel Coordination Architectures with Awa Sun Yin
✨ 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 ----- Novel Coordination Architectures with Awa Sun Yin | Green Pill #64 Awa Sun Yin is co-founder of Anoma, the decentralized application architecture which allows for complex applications with new primitives. In this episode, we explore the boundless possibilities of the Anoma design space, which orbits around coordination and solving complicated problems. 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 4:30 Anoma 11:40 Intents and Marketplaces 17:00 The Gitcoin Example 19:25 Elegant Architecture 23:18 The New Whitepaper 28:00 Anoma Roadmap 32:20 Multichain 36:50 Namada 44:07 Making Design Decisions ------ Resources: Awa on Twitter: https://twitter.com/awasunyin Anoma: https://anoma.net/ Anoma Whitepaper: https://github.com/anoma/whitepaper/blob/main/whitepaper.pdf Namada: https://namada.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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Nov 15, 2022 • 57min
63 - Is Crypto Good for the World? with David Hoffman & Juan Benet
✨ 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 ----- Is Crypto Good for the World? with David Hoffman & Juan Benet | Green Pill #63 After one of the toughest weeks in crypto history, many are left wondering, "is crypto even good for the world?" Kevin brings on Bankless Co-Founder, David Hoffman and CEO of Protocol Labs, Juan Benet to answer that question. In addition, the three chat about how markets have a memories, the difference between squad and individual wealth, and how to make the next FTX meltdown preventable. 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 4:23 David's Tweet 7:19 Juan's FTX Take 10:50 Crypto Regulation 13:39 Market Memory 18:23 Individual vs. Squad Wealth 29:04 Positive Externalities 34:24 DeFi vs. CeFi 37:10 Bridge Security 39:53 How Can We Make Crypto Good For the World 46:24 Internet of Jobs & Commerce 53:13 Progress & Closing ------ Resources: David Hoffman https://twitter.com/TrustlessState Juan Benet https://twitter.com/juanbenet ----- 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

Nov 10, 2022 • 10min
62 - Ethereum is Punk
✨ 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 ----- Ethereum is Punk | Green Pill #62 This is the third and final episode in a three-part series about the concept of Punk. What is it, and what kind of punk best maps to Ethereum as an ecosystem? In this episode, we show a talk that Kevin gave at Devcon Bogota in 2022, which walks through Cypherpunk, Solarpunk, Lunarpunk, and Terrapunk. Ultimately, Ethereum is the punk that we make of it. 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 1:50 Cypherpunk 2:30 Solarpunk 4:20 Lunarpunk 5:24 Terrapunk 6:24 Ethereum is a Mirror 8:30 HyperStructures ------ Resources: Manu Alzuru https://twitter.com/ManuAlzuru Rachel-Rose O'Leary https://twitter.com/lunar_mining ----- 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

Nov 9, 2022 • 28min
61 - Terrapunk with Jack Nasjaq
✨ 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 ----- Terrapunk with Jack Nasjaq | Green Pill #61 This is the second episode in a three-part series about the concept of Punk. What is it, and what kind of punk best maps to Ethereum as an ecosystem? Nasjaq is an author and thinker who wrote the 'Terrapunk Manifesto,' which explores Solarpunk with a more human-centric perspective. How can we reconcile being pro-sustainability and pro-human? 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 3:00 The Terrapunk Manifesto 8:00 Forking Solarpunk 11:15 Envisioning Terrapunk 14:50 The Hero's Journey 20:00 Privacy and Decentralization 25:35 Web3 and Punk ------ Resources: Jack's Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nasjaq-fvtrism/id1547924205 The Terrapunk Manifesto https://nasjaq.substack.com/p/the-terrapunk-manifesto Terrapunk https://twitter.com/terrapunk ----- 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


