# Carl’s Writings

## Recent Posts

- [Crypto solves real problems](https://paragraph.com/@cerv1/crypto-solves-real-problems): Stablecoins make cross-border dollars as easy to send as a text message at 1/100th the cost. Yet most Americans fail to appreciate how valuable this is.
- [It's easy to poke holes in Retro Funding, it's hard to make it better](https://paragraph.com/@cerv1/its-easy-to-poke-holes-in-retro-funding-its-hard-to-make-it-better): Why most critiques of Retro Funding miss the mark—and what actually matters if we want to fund public goods better.
- [A deep dive on impact metrics for Retro Funding 4](https://paragraph.com/@cerv1/a-deep-dive-on-impact-metrics-for-retro-funding-4)
- [Exporting public goods funding beyond our immediate circles](https://paragraph.com/@cerv1/exporting-public-goods-funding-beyond-our-immediate-circles)
- [Opening the RetroPGF ballot box: analysis on 21,813 anonymous votes](https://paragraph.com/@cerv1/opening-the-retropgf-ballot-box-analysis-on-21%2C813-anonymous-votes)
- [What builders can learn from RetroPGF 3: separating the signal from the noise](https://paragraph.com/@cerv1/what-builders-can-learn-from-retropgf-3-separating-the-signal-from-the-noise)
- [Levels of the game: the psychology of RetroPGF and how to build a better game](https://paragraph.com/@cerv1/levels-of-the-game-the-psychology-of-retropgf-and-how-to-build-a-better-game)
- [Ecosystem Impact Vectors ](https://paragraph.com/@cerv1/ecosystem-impact-vectors)
- [Analysis on the 300+ OSS projects applying for RetroPGF 3](https://paragraph.com/@cerv1/analysis-on-the-300-oss-projects-applying-for-retropgf-3)
- [The past, present and future of public goods funding](https://paragraph.com/@cerv1/the-past%2C-present-and-future-of-public-goods-funding)
- [Reflections from my first days working on hypercerts](https://paragraph.com/@cerv1/reflections-from-my-first-days-working-on-hypercerts)
- [The most interesting economic experiment you’ve never heard of](https://paragraph.com/@cerv1/the-most-interesting-economic-experiment-youve-never-heard-of)
- [Maximizing the impact of RetroPGF: a review of RPGF2 and ideas for how data can improve future iterations](https://paragraph.com/@cerv1/maximizing-the-impact-of-retropgf-a-review-of-rpgf2-and-ideas-for-how-data-can-improve-future-iterations)
- [A Call for More Programmable Retro-Funding for Digital Public Goods](https://paragraph.com/@cerv1/a-call-for-more-programmable-retro-funding-for-digital-public-goods)
- [How I chose among the 649 projects in Gitcoin's Beta Round](https://paragraph.com/@cerv1/how-i-chose-among-the-649-projects-in-gitcoins-beta-round)
- [The Ethereal Placemat Co](https://paragraph.com/@cerv1/the-ethereal-placemat-co)
- [Impact evaluations for 158 Gitcoin Grants - and the 30 I chose to fund](https://paragraph.com/@cerv1/impact-evaluations-for-158-gitcoin-grants-and-the-30-i-chose-to-fund)
- [Does your food have eight forms of capital in it?](https://paragraph.com/@cerv1/does-your-food-have-eight-forms-of-capital-in-it)
- [Day 14: Send money to a friend](https://paragraph.com/@cerv1/day-14-send-money-to-a-friend)
- [Day 13: Fund public goods with Gitcoin Grants](https://paragraph.com/@cerv1/day-13-fund-public-goods-with-gitcoin-grants)

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