In 2024, blockchain’s quiet revolution isn’t in finance or tech—it’s in reprogramming human behavior. Ethereum’s “retroactive airdrops” now reward early contributors to open-source projects, while protocols like Optimism’s Citizens’ House allocate billions to public goods via decentralized voting. Bitcoin’s Lightning Network transforms tipping culture, enabling micro-rewards for everything from climate journalism to street art. Meanwhile, “non-extractive capitalism” gains traction: DAOs like ...