ZEROPOD #4- ”We Eat VC’s Alive!” - Ben West & Azeem from Gitcoin (Video Version)

Aug 9 / 2023

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Welcome to Episode 4 of the Zero Rights Reserved video podcast, in which hosts Toady Hawk and Robotfishgirl from The Noun Square Media Collective sit down for a fireside chat with Ben West and Azeem from Gitcoin! 

 

We talk about: 

- The history of Gitcoin, 

- The importance of open source, 

- Keeping both Nouns & Gitcoin weird, 

- Why impact funding is so crucial 

- Plus much, much more... including how you can apply for funding in their current impact round! 

 

Grab a coffee and sit down!

 

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Timestamps:

 

0:00 - Teaser: “We eat VC’s alive.”

1:31 - Intro

2:40 - The Ben West origin story

4:15 - The Juggler
5:11 - The Azeem Villain arc (just kidding)
7:28 - Harassing Richard Heart

9:52 - Getting to the kernel of Kernel: https://www.kernel.community/en/

12:05 - WTF are the Quadratic Lands? https://youtu.be/mTU6J4WTPtk

14:04 - The Genesis of Gitcoin

16:00 - Funding public goods

16:30 - The ubiquity of open source in software vs. art

18:08 - We like Short Shorts: https://zora.co/collect/eth:0xd64ce3231839fed12c0ee132d6b33b4238ff9929

18:42 - Quadratic Funding — what is it?

22:02 - Keep Nouns Weird

22:24 - New funding round that just started! #GG18

23:21 - Everything is beta

26:45 - Quadriga X Side quest. https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/904-a-death-in-cryptoland ; https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/trust-no-one-the-hunt-for-the-crypto-king-trailer

29:10 - Who can apply for funding in a Gitcoin round?

29:18 - Keep Gitcoin Weird

31:48 - Gitcoin x Nouns Prop House?

34:28 - The Pillars of Gitcoin

36:00 - Hidden benefits of open sourcing infrastructure and software

38:18 - Gitcoin Passport. (Our explainer video: https://youtu.be/z-EiaGbY_2Y)

43:20 - Gitcoin as a bridge for non-crypto people

44:20 - In search of humans who don’t use Linked In

45:34 - Everybody hates CAPTCHAS

46:26 - What are Ben’s favourite projects funded by Gitcoin?

47:51 - The $BALD rug solved

49:02 - Trying to explain crypto things to normal friends

49:28 - Crypto Mom story time

50:07 - Azeem’s favorite Gitcoin-funded projects: “We eat VC’s alive.”

53:40 - Nouns and Attention-ROI

55:01 - Why is it so important to fund Public Goods? Azeem

56:27 - And Ben 

01:00 - Turning the tables: Ask us about Nouns

01:20 - Where can people go to learn about Nouns? http://tns.wtf; https://nftnow.com/guides/an-nft-every-day-a-guide-to-the-nouns-nft-project-dao-and-ecosystem/ ; http://nouns.center ; https://metaversal.banklesshq.com/p/nouns-birthday?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=reader2

01:05 - Must-follow Nouners

01:07 - Outro

 

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Podcast recorded and edited by Toady Hawk.

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