Me and my digital self
How do you exist on the internet? In an essay titled, "I don't want to be an internet person" writer Ginerva Davis chronicles the strange story of Charlie, the founder of the NFT collection Milady Maker, and his unique way of existing on the internet. It describes his practice of creating online personalities—various twitter accounts, mostly—as art. He created shocking, often uncomfortable content on his main account, then created other accounts to "swarm" around it to boost its posts an...
Me and my digital self
How do you exist on the internet? In an essay titled, "I don't want to be an internet person" writer Ginerva Davis chronicles the strange story of Charlie, the founder of the NFT collection Milady Maker, and his unique way of existing on the internet. It describes his practice of creating online personalities—various twitter accounts, mostly—as art. He created shocking, often uncomfortable content on his main account, then created other accounts to "swarm" around it to boost its posts an...
Auditing the social layer of a DAO
Originally published on quorummedia.xyz on January 30, 2023. Writer: Samantha Marin When you think of web3 security, you probably think of smart contract vulnerabilities. You think of being rugged in DeFi or not properly storing the keys to your crypto. But web3 security isn't only about learning the do's an do-not's of this new technology. It's also about understanding the security attacks carried out in web2. In fact, DAOs might be even more vulnerable to traditional sec...
Auditing the social layer of a DAO
Originally published on quorummedia.xyz on January 30, 2023. Writer: Samantha Marin When you think of web3 security, you probably think of smart contract vulnerabilities. You think of being rugged in DeFi or not properly storing the keys to your crypto. But web3 security isn't only about learning the do's an do-not's of this new technology. It's also about understanding the security attacks carried out in web2. In fact, DAOs might be even more vulnerable to traditional sec...
Learning and relearning: reflecting on the DAO toolkit series
Originally published on quorummedia.xyz on January 10, 2023. Writer: Samantha Marin When I recorded the DAO toolkit series this summer, it was a unique time for me. I'd just started this newsletter, had transitioned out of BanklessDAO and into Aragon full-time, and was living nomadically for a bit. I was also about at the one-year mark of working in DAOs. I had a lot to reflect on, and this series helped me do so. Published during the fall, these episodes were my first real foray into sh...
Learning and relearning: reflecting on the DAO toolkit series
Originally published on quorummedia.xyz on January 10, 2023. Writer: Samantha Marin When I recorded the DAO toolkit series this summer, it was a unique time for me. I'd just started this newsletter, had transitioned out of BanklessDAO and into Aragon full-time, and was living nomadically for a bit. I was also about at the one-year mark of working in DAOs. I had a lot to reflect on, and this series helped me do so. Published during the fall, these episodes were my first real foray into sh...
What we learned about DAOs in 2022
This newsletter has grown from just an idea to thousands of readers since March. I can't wait for an exciting 2023 ahead! If you'd like to support Quorum, subscribe to this newsletter and consider minting your favorite edition here on Mirror. There's 100 of each, and one has been minted out! Also, leave us a review on the Quorum podcast and share it with a friend who might enjoy it :) By Samantha Marin Originally published on quorummedia.xyz on December 21, 2022. What did we le...
What we learned about DAOs in 2022
This newsletter has grown from just an idea to thousands of readers since March. I can't wait for an exciting 2023 ahead! If you'd like to support Quorum, subscribe to this newsletter and consider minting your favorite edition here on Mirror. There's 100 of each, and one has been minted out! Also, leave us a review on the Quorum podcast and share it with a friend who might enjoy it :) By Samantha Marin Originally published on quorummedia.xyz on December 21, 2022. What did we le...
Undesigning a DAO
"Wind extinguishes a candle and energizes fire. Likewise, with randomness, uncertainty, chaos: you want to use them, not hide from them. You want to be the fire and wish for the wind. "Prologue, Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder by Nassim Nicholas Taleb This essay is free to mint. Thank you all for being here! <3 I recently worked on a project to design the new Aragon delegated voting DAO. By the end of it, I was looking at DAOs in a completely different way. (In a good way.) Today,...
Undesigning a DAO
"Wind extinguishes a candle and energizes fire. Likewise, with randomness, uncertainty, chaos: you want to use them, not hide from them. You want to be the fire and wish for the wind. "Prologue, Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder by Nassim Nicholas Taleb This essay is free to mint. Thank you all for being here! <3 I recently worked on a project to design the new Aragon delegated voting DAO. By the end of it, I was looking at DAOs in a completely different way. (In a good way.) Today,...
