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Kevin Owocki is the leader behind the Gitcoin project, but he is also a husband, a father, an ultimate frisbee player, and a self-described hippie. As one of the most compelling individuals in the space, for Kevin it all boils down to coordination.

In this episode of Layer Zero, we focus on Slaying Moloch, Incentivizing Public Goods, the Solarpunk aesthetic, and much more. Dive in and find out why we're optimistic about the future of society.

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Topics Covered:

0:00 Intro
4:00 Kevin Owocki & Gitcoin
9:12 Public Goods
13:05 Open-Source Business Model
19:59 Kevin’s Start
28:02 Who is Kevin?
35:00 Running on the Shoulders of Giants
42:00 Solarpunk
50:00 Nightmare Fuel & Branding
54:58 Ethereum vs Moloch
1:00:55 Regen Finance
1:06:24 Optimistic about the Future

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Resources:

Kevin on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/owocki?s=20 

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Gitcoin is turning itself into Gitcoin DAO, governed by the community and GTC holders!

Come learn all about Gitcoin DAO, GTC distribution, and the responsibilities of the governors!

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State of the Nation #47: Gitcoin DAO & $GTC token
Guest: Kevin Owocki

In this week's State of the Nation, we bring on Kevin Owocki to discuss the decentralization and DAO-ization of public goods funding platform Gitcoin, and the launch of their $GTC token. Kevin is the former benevolent dictator (CEO) of Gitcoin and a General in the war against Moloch (human coordination failure).

The purpose of Gitcoin is to provide a platform for open-source software developers to acquire funding for their projects. Kevin mentions that open-source creates $500B in economic value yearly. In the crypto space, and on the internet at large, open-source development means that something is free to use, fork, or build on. This accessibility has been a driving force behind web development, and Gitcoin's mission is to create a business model for open-source software developers. Gitcoin has raised around $20M since its initial launch in November 2017.

Gitcoin DAO is seeking to meme itself into the Quadratic Lands, where public goods are well-funded and digital democracy reigns. As Gitcoin has grown, it has come to the point in which a DAO is more well-served for Gitcoin's goals of activism and open-source development. Anti-fragility and distributing points-of-failure are key benefits of transitioning into a DAO. The alignment of incentives between the individual and society is crucial for optimizing capital efficiency and organically generating a better society.

GTC = Grow The Community

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Resources:

Coordination Failures
https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/know-thy-enemy-coordination-failures 

Claim GTC
https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-alpha-alert-claim-gitcoin-token 

Gitcoin
https://gitcoin.co/ 

Quadratic Lands
https://gitcoin.co/quadraticlands/ 

Kevin on Twitter
https://twitter.com/owocki?s=20 

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STATE OF THE NATION #14 - Tuesday, September 15th, 2020

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The State of the Bankless Nation is....FUNding

It that time of year....GITCOIN TIME!!!

Every quarter, 4 times a year, Gitcoin Grants rolls around. This is one of the few times where the money in your wallet means 10x more than it used to... IF... AND ONLY IF.... you donate to your favorite DeFi and Ethereum infrastructure. 

We bring on Kevin Owocki, el presidente of Gitcoin, to discuss the role of Gitcoin in funding the DeFi ecosystem and the technology behind funding public goods. 

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STATE OF THE NATION #14 - Tuesday, September 15, 2020 The State of the Bankless Nation is....FUNding

Special Guest...Kevin Owocki @owocki on Twitter

TOPICS:

GITCOIN with Kevin Owocki

1) Gitcoin Round 7... START
2) This round is different... WE'RE IN A BULL MARKET
3) DeFi protocol, DeFi farms, DeFi teams are SENDING GITCOIN $$$ 
4) Gitcoin is out of the shadow of Consensys, the EF
5) Decentralized Identity, Sybil Resistance of Gitcoin

StableCredit USD

1) Bankless Video was helpful... still need more help in understanding Andre Conje's new StableCredit USD system
2) Aave + Maker + Uniswap + Synethix = StableCredit USD (?)
3) Yearn needs a place to park its capital; it filled all the other protocols
4) Contracts done, UI soon

BTC and ETH are the crypto monies that matter

1. 1. MicroStrategy Buys $175M More in Bitcoin, Upping BTC Holdings to $425M
      1. Bitcoin’s prisoners dilemma 
   2. ETH just passed BTC on total value transferred and that’s huge
   3. Fake DeFi doesn’t cut it (CeDeFi)
      1. Binance Smart-Contract Chain
         https://www.binance.com/en/blog/421499824684900933/Binance-Smart-Chain-Launches-Today
      2. 100m fund Binance
      3. Block Explorer https://bscscan.com/
   4. Token Sets
      1. Introducing the DeFi Pulse Index on TokenSets | by Anthony Sassano | Set Labs | Sep, 2020

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