There’s nothing quite like a market crash to embolden crypto-sceptics and make the mainstream question everything. We’ve entered a phase where the schadenfreuders are louder than the shillers, and the lights on the community’s guiding torches have dimmed. It’s easy to dismiss the gleeful voices shouting “I told you so”, but engaging in critical discussion is healthy and necessary to progress. The critiques of Web3 range from absurd to moot to genuine and address blockchains, NFTs, cryptocurre...

There’s nothing quite like a market crash to embolden crypto-sceptics and make the mainstream question everything. We’ve entered a phase where the schadenfreuders are louder than the shillers, and the lights on the community’s guiding torches have dimmed. It’s easy to dismiss the gleeful voices shouting “I told you so”, but engaging in critical discussion is healthy and necessary to progress. The critiques of Web3 range from absurd to moot to genuine and address blockchains, NFTs, cryptocurre...

The Otternauts have been busy designing their Badges and bringing humans into the Otterverse to improve coordination and slay Moloch. As their mission has grown, they decided to bring a special group of intrepid explorers on board their Otter spaceship to help scale the impact of their work.We’re otterly excited to announce that earlier this year we brought a stellar set of backers on board our Otter spaceship and raised $3.7M in pre-seed funding. Our investment round was co-led by Cherry Cry...

The Otternauts have been busy designing their Badges and bringing humans into the Otterverse to improve coordination and slay Moloch. As their mission has grown, they decided to bring a special group of intrepid explorers on board their Otter spaceship to help scale the impact of their work.We’re otterly excited to announce that earlier this year we brought a stellar set of backers on board our Otter spaceship and raised $3.7M in pre-seed funding. Our investment round was co-led by Cherry Cry...

Over the years, the openness of wallets has been used for everything from genuine airdrops to spam and malicious attacks. Most recently we saw an attack that left thousands of accounts tarnished after being sent funds from a Tornado Cash wallet. sassal.eth/acc 🦇🔊 @sassal0x To be honest I expect this to happen with every app now Unfortunately these sanctions are so ill-thought out and so strict that people can now just withdraw funds from Tornado Cash to any address they want and get it blac...

Over the years, the openness of wallets has been used for everything from genuine airdrops to spam and malicious attacks. Most recently we saw an attack that left thousands of accounts tarnished after being sent funds from a Tornado Cash wallet. sassal.eth/acc 🦇🔊 @sassal0x To be honest I expect this to happen with every app now Unfortunately these sanctions are so ill-thought out and so strict that people can now just withdraw funds from Tornado Cash to any address they want and get it blac...

ANNOUNCING OTTERSPACEHow we come together online is changing at the speed of light. Before the global pandemic, remote work, virtual concerts in the metaverse, and Discord servers thousands strong were only a curiosity. Now they are the norm. We are living through the single most important shift in human connection in recent memory. DAOs exploded onto the scene in mid 2021, but the foundations were laid long before. COVID-19 made remote collaboration the norm, GenZ is seeking independent onli...

ANNOUNCING OTTERSPACEHow we come together online is changing at the speed of light. Before the global pandemic, remote work, virtual concerts in the metaverse, and Discord servers thousands strong were only a curiosity. Now they are the norm. We are living through the single most important shift in human connection in recent memory. DAOs exploded onto the scene in mid 2021, but the foundations were laid long before. COVID-19 made remote collaboration the norm, GenZ is seeking independent onli...

In Part I, we told the story of the Otterverse coming under attack from Moloch as more and more Otters floated in and coordination became harder. The rocks ($ROC) the Otters use as a currency for ownership and governance were not good enough for running the Otter planets. In part II, we tell the story of how the Otters discovered a new model for organizing the Otterverse. Otters are clever and curious creatures who do their own research. As they review human history for clues, they stumble up...

In Part I, we told the story of the Otterverse coming under attack from Moloch as more and more Otters floated in and coordination became harder. The rocks ($ROC) the Otters use as a currency for ownership and governance were not good enough for running the Otter planets. In part II, we tell the story of how the Otters discovered a new model for organizing the Otterverse. Otters are clever and curious creatures who do their own research. As they review human history for clues, they stumble up...

Since the publication of Decentralized Society by Weyl, Ohlhaver and Buterin, soulbound tokens (SBTs) have become one of the most discussed topics within the Ethereum community. Futures have been imagined, sparks have flown and flags planted in the ground. Shrey Jain @shreydiwjain Soulbound Tokens have create a lot of discussion on Twitter. I am aggregating all the posts in this thread. Please comment any posts that feel important to you. x.com/VitalikButerin… vitalik.eth @VitalikButerin Re: ...

Since the publication of Decentralized Society by Weyl, Ohlhaver and Buterin, soulbound tokens (SBTs) have become one of the most discussed topics within the Ethereum community. Futures have been imagined, sparks have flown and flags planted in the ground. Shrey Jain @shreydiwjain Soulbound Tokens have create a lot of discussion on Twitter. I am aggregating all the posts in this thread. Please comment any posts that feel important to you. x.com/VitalikButerin… vitalik.eth @VitalikButerin Re: ...

In the last part of our story, the Otternauts discovered The Badge. The Otter Badges are used to represent affiliation with a planet, give governance over the planet and recognize the achievement of extraordinary Otternauts. As Otternauts collect the badges and tuck them in their fur, they can show other Otters who they are and access the interplanetary rafts. Moloch doesn’t stand a chance against this level of coordination. As the coordination among the Otternauts improves, their societies f...

In the last part of our story, the Otternauts discovered The Badge. The Otter Badges are used to represent affiliation with a planet, give governance over the planet and recognize the achievement of extraordinary Otternauts. As Otternauts collect the badges and tuck them in their fur, they can show other Otters who they are and access the interplanetary rafts. Moloch doesn’t stand a chance against this level of coordination. As the coordination among the Otternauts improves, their societies f...

We’re excited to share that the Otterspace Protocol (Beta) is live on Optimism Mainnet! 🦦🚀 Sign up here to start using badges in your DAO. Badges are non-transferable tokens based on the new EIP4973 standard. They are earned, not bought, and can be used by your community to represent membership, achievements, roles, levels, skills, participation or pretty much anything else you can think of. Badges allow you to build a more nuanced membership model, non-financial governance and better incen...

We’re excited to share that the Otterspace Protocol (Beta) is live on Optimism Mainnet! 🦦🚀 Sign up here to start using badges in your DAO. Badges are non-transferable tokens based on the new EIP4973 standard. They are earned, not bought, and can be used by your community to represent membership, achievements, roles, levels, skills, participation or pretty much anything else you can think of. Badges allow you to build a more nuanced membership model, non-financial governance and better incen...

Welcome to the otter sideA long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, the otternauts lived peacefully – floating on their backs from planet to planet. The otterverse was distributed equally between planets, and they used their special floating powers to travel and collaborate with each other. Meanwhile in a neighboring universe, the vicious faang creatures were conquering more and more planets to add to their authoritarian empire. The faangs quickly conquered Interweb, the home of the humans. ...

Welcome to the otter sideA long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, the otternauts lived peacefully – floating on their backs from planet to planet. The otterverse was distributed equally between planets, and they used their special floating powers to travel and collaborate with each other. Meanwhile in a neighboring universe, the vicious faang creatures were conquering more and more planets to add to their authoritarian empire. The faangs quickly conquered Interweb, the home of the humans. ...

Special thanks to Rafa the Builder, Abbey and Vishesh for their feedback on this post. Much has been written about DAOs as a new form of organization, and how they can be built and maintained sustainably. We are very much still in the iteration and discovery phase as we learn how DAOs can best structure, govern, attract and retain members and produce value. However, it is not too early to start thinking about the implication of DAOs as a new organizational structure. As DAOs adopt new forms o...

Special thanks to Rafa the Builder, Abbey and Vishesh for their feedback on this post. Much has been written about DAOs as a new form of organization, and how they can be built and maintained sustainably. We are very much still in the iteration and discovery phase as we learn how DAOs can best structure, govern, attract and retain members and produce value. However, it is not too early to start thinking about the implication of DAOs as a new organizational structure. As DAOs adopt new forms o...

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, the Otternauts lived peacefully – floating on their backs from planet to planet. The Otterverse was distributed equally between planets, and they used their special floating powers to travel and collaborate with each other... The Otternauts have been bringing humans into the Otterverse, and away from the tyrannical regime of the FAANG creatures, but the number of new Otternauts has made coordination difficult... Mint your Soul Otter and join the mis...

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, the Otternauts lived peacefully – floating on their backs from planet to planet. The Otterverse was distributed equally between planets, and they used their special floating powers to travel and collaborate with each other... The Otternauts have been bringing humans into the Otterverse, and away from the tyrannical regime of the FAANG creatures, but the number of new Otternauts has made coordination difficult... Mint your Soul Otter and join the mis...