118 episodes

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!

GreenPill Kevin Owocki

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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!

    117 - Summoning Ether's Phoenix with Karl Floersch

    117 - Summoning Ether's Phoenix with Karl Floersch

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    Ether's Phoenix has risen.
    Today, we welcome back Optimism founder and Public Goods champion Karl Floersch to join Kevin for a rousing conversation around the next phases of Public Goods. The conversation touches upon the current state of affairs of Ether's Phoenix, what a world looks like with many different 'competing' public good services available, and we end on discussing the future of AI alignment and Karl's take.
    Take the green pill anon.

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    Topics Covered:
    0:00 Intro
    2:00 Ether's Phoenix Review
    7:38 Gitcoin Round 2
    14:14 Round 3 Considerations
    22:13 Plurality of Public Goods
    35:05 Philosophies of the Future
    39:00 AI Alignment
    49:51 Karl's Unix Case

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    Resources:
    Karl Floersch
    https://twitter.com/karl_dot_tech 
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    Optimism 
    https://www.optimism.io/ 
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    GreenPill - Ether's Phoenix 
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slMdeSBwC7I 

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    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 

    • 58 min
    116 - Solving Crypto Hacks with Taylor Monahan

    116 - Solving Crypto Hacks with Taylor Monahan

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    Did you know that there was $3.2b lost to crypto hacks in 2022?
    Today we are joined by Taylor Monahan, founder of MyEtherWallet and MyCrypto as well as building MetaMask at Consensys. Taylor spends a significant portion of her days investigating hacks, rug pulls, and determining attack vectors. 
    Given her considerable background in the space, Kevin dives deep into the nuances and motivations behind why hacks occur and if there's a way to improve the landscape—ultimately helping people save their lost funds.
    Take the green pill anon.
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    Topics Covered:
    0:00 Intro
    3:35 Background and Motivations
    9:19 Hackers in Web3
    14:56 Root Causes
    21:45 White Hat Ossification
    29:07 Beating the Clock
    37:42 Scam Prevention
    45:44 Real-World Solutions
    51:45 Final Thoughts
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    Resources:
    Taylor Monahan
    https://twitter.com/tayvano_ 
    MyEtherWallet
    https://www.myetherwallet.com/ 
    MyCrypto
    https://mycrypto.com/ 
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    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 

    • 56 min
    115 - The Regenaissance with Gnoman

    115 - The Regenaissance with Gnoman

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    Are you ready for the Regenaissance?
    Kevin is joined today by Gnoman - a Regen theorist, philosopher, entreprenuer, and design lead at Weco. Weco is the we(collective), an open source coop social network platform experimenting with democratic governance processes and social network features. 

    Together, we discuss the current paradigms and define the Regenaissance and explain what Holos is and how it can fundamentally drive change as we navigate the Metacrisis of the 2020s.
    Take the green pill anon.
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    Topics Covered:
    0:00 Intro
    1:28 The Regenaissance
    14:02 Defining Holons
    22:31 Weco
    34:53 A Brighter Tomorrow 
    38:12 Getting There
    43:32 The Current Paradigm
    49:01 Closing Thoughts
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    Speakers:
    Gnoman on Twitter
    https://twitter.com/gneversaygnever 
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    Resources:
    Playdrive - June 4 - June 11
    https://www.regensunite.earth/event/playdrive 
    Weco
    https://weco.io/#/ 
    Holos: A Holonic Community Computer
    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lLlXFSMNUNnIU8K2ltVpT3aROcIosbkhuupQQFBubag/ 
    The Regenaissance - A Metamodern Playbook
    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1toqpJ8IcOnc-TeP_-AnGNEKz5jTIZk6OeWj2XD1REuE/ 
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    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 

    • 53 min
    114 - Our 1000-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity with Simon Johnson

    114 - Our 1000-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity with Simon Johnson

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    Do we get to choose the outcomes of our Technology?

    Joining the podcast today is Simon Johnson, former Chief Economist at the IMF and Professor of Entrepreneurship at the MIT. He recently co-authored Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity. A book that explores the history and economics of major technology developments. Simon shares his valuable advice on how the next generation can redirect technology away from Vision Oliigarchs in a Bottoms Up Fashion.
    Take the green pill anon.

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    Topics Covered:

    0:00 Intro
    3:58 Technology Consequences
    7:43 Coordination & Web3
    13:06 Are we on the Right Track?
    19:46 The Role of Decentralization
    30:39 Advice for the Next Generation
    37:18 Top Down vs. Bottomps Up
    43:06 Closing Thoughts

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    Speakers:

    Simon on Twitter
    https://twitter.com/baselinescene 

    Kevin on Twitter
    https://twitter.com/owocki 

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    Resources:

    Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity
    https://www.amazon.com/Power-Progress-Thousand-Year-Technology-Prosperity/dp/1541702530 

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    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 

    • 47 min
    113 - Protocol Guild: 1 Year In with Tim Beiko and Cheeky Gorilla

    113 - Protocol Guild: 1 Year In with Tim Beiko and Cheeky Gorilla

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    Public goods are good.
    Today, we're checking in with Tim Beiko and Cheeky-Gorilla from The Protocol Guild. It's been a year since we last spoke with The Protocol Guild, and we use our time today to take a moment and provide reflections and updates from what has happened in the last year. The Protocol Guild is a new public goods funding mechanism that aids in alligning incentives for publici goods and Ethereum protocol developers. 
    Want to get involved? Take the green pill anon.

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    Topics Covered:
    0:00 Intro
    2:01 What is Protocol Guild?
    9:03 Updates & Challenges
    20:52 One Year Reflections
    27:52 Getting Involved
    33:16 Recent Raise & Future Plans
    41:40 The 10 Year Horizon

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    Resources:
    Cheeky Gorilla
    Twitter - https://twitter.com/cheekygorilla0x 
    Tim Beiko
    Twitter - https://twitter.com/TimBeiko 
    Protocol Guild
    Twitter - https://twitter.com/protocolguild 
    Discord - https://t.co/vQ2eo6zdLA 
    Greenpill Episode 10, Protocol Guild - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjE9a9COahc 
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    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 

    • 55 min
    112 - Hypercerts.org with Carl Cervone

    112 - Hypercerts.org with Carl Cervone

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    Web3 needs to reward positive impact, but how do we measure it?

    Joining the podcast today is Carl Cervone, Startup Operator at Protocol Labs, building Hypercerts, an open data layer for tracking and rewarding positive impact. Using the same hypercert primitive, funders and projects create a scalable, interoperable, and transparent funding environment for innovative public goods. Carl is helping Web3 PGF scale to the real world and unlock its deserved legitimacy.

    Take the green pill anon.

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    Topics Covered:
     
    0:00 Intro
    1:52 What are Hypercerts?
    4:02 How to Measure Impact
    9:03 Improving Public Goods Funding
    12:48 Scaling Web3
    18:23 Hypercerts Roadmap
    29:09 Unlocking Legitimacy
    35:46 The Green Pill Movement
    39:42 Closing Thoughts

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    Speakers:
     
    Carl on Twitter
    https://twitter.com/carl_cervone

    Kevin on Twitter
    https://twitter.com/owocki

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    Resources:

    Hypercerts
    https://hypercerts.xyz/

    GiveGratitude
    https://www.givegratitude.io/

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    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:
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    • 43 min

Customer Reviews

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45 Ratings

JoshuaSL ,

Fantastic Pod

Highly recommend to anyone going down the Web3 / DAO rabbit hole. Owocki is one of the stronger and genuine thought leaders we have and when you couple that with his ability to draw top talent to the pod, you get a recipe for quality content.

aieioioua ,

Finally a show about regenerative economics

Really grateful for the deep thought and discussion about regenerative economics and future society. Really brilliant guests and strong interviewing. I daresay this show fills the most important niche in the space.

Colton Oreo ,

Inspiring and actionable

My new favorite podcast! Optimistic, concise, and a useful guide toward our solarpunk future ☀️

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