The Graph Network exemplifies the benefits of web3: decentralized, permissionless, and composable. Several teams develop the product, anyone is free to index their own data, query any subgraph, and organize it in whichever way they choose; while zk-scaling makes me bullish on Ethereum, The Graph’s multi-chain vision makes them a strong foundation for a distributed future. Already integrated in notable dApps like Uniswap and ENS, The Graph is critical web3 infrastructure. In terms of growth, T...

The Graph Network exemplifies the benefits of web3: decentralized, permissionless, and composable. Several teams develop the product, anyone is free to index their own data, query any subgraph, and organize it in whichever way they choose; while zk-scaling makes me bullish on Ethereum, The Graph’s multi-chain vision makes them a strong foundation for a distributed future. Already integrated in notable dApps like Uniswap and ENS, The Graph is critical web3 infrastructure. In terms of growth, T...

Web3 has succeeded in making “governance” cool again. Whether through air responsibility drops or treasury bribes, active participation has been brought to the crypto masses. Or has it? Looking at DeFi protocol turnout rates, they’re abysmal. With participation typically ranging from 7-15%, we can hardly call this “democratic”. Given that these proposals use token-weighted voting, this is little more than an apathetic plutocracy. Thankfully, I’m not here to talk about that since it’s not my a...

Web3 has succeeded in making “governance” cool again. Whether through air responsibility drops or treasury bribes, active participation has been brought to the crypto masses. Or has it? Looking at DeFi protocol turnout rates, they’re abysmal. With participation typically ranging from 7-15%, we can hardly call this “democratic”. Given that these proposals use token-weighted voting, this is little more than an apathetic plutocracy. Thankfully, I’m not here to talk about that since it’s not my a...

After posting about LCE in the CCS DAO Discord I connected with Olli Tiainen, author of a new public good: DIOs - Decentralized Impact Organizations. The journey since has been inspiring, giving me a peek into the new Social Impact DAO/DIO space and its projects. Conversing with the founders of several protocols, I’ve noticed similarities between their approaches –– where efforts could be amplified through coordination –– as well as differences that give each ecosystem their own sense of comm...

After posting about LCE in the CCS DAO Discord I connected with Olli Tiainen, author of a new public good: DIOs - Decentralized Impact Organizations. The journey since has been inspiring, giving me a peek into the new Social Impact DAO/DIO space and its projects. Conversing with the founders of several protocols, I’ve noticed similarities between their approaches –– where efforts could be amplified through coordination –– as well as differences that give each ecosystem their own sense of comm...