By Jon Connors, Web3 OG & activist 2024 election results are in, and the crypto community's unified support helped shape the political landscape. Now we have an unprecedented opportunity to bring our governance expertise to Washington. After years of building and managing complex DAOs, it's time to apply our deep understanding of decentralized governance to the ultimate DAO: the United States government. This isn't just another crypto bro's hot take. I've been in the trenches since the ICO da...

By Jon Connors, Web3 OG & activist 2024 election results are in, and the crypto community's unified support helped shape the political landscape. Now we have an unprecedented opportunity to bring our governance expertise to Washington. After years of building and managing complex DAOs, it's time to apply our deep understanding of decentralized governance to the ultimate DAO: the United States government. This isn't just another crypto bro's hot take. I've been in the trenches since the ICO da...

Full legislation proposal: Protecting Free Speech from Government Interference Act A BILL To protect free speech from government interference, repeal certain federal authorities related to content moderation, establish criminal penalties for government officials who attempt to suppress lawful speech, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the "Prote...

Full legislation proposal: Protecting Free Speech from Government Interference Act A BILL To protect free speech from government interference, repeal certain federal authorities related to content moderation, establish criminal penalties for government officials who attempt to suppress lawful speech, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the "Prote...

Just proposed the MAGA Act (Make America Governable Again): Putting all federal spending on-chain. Think: Etherscan for your tax dollars + anti-corruption smart contracts. No more midnight bills, congressional trading, or shadow spending. Feedback needed from web3 builders Technical stack: - Public L1/L2 for all federal transactions - Multi-node validation (Treasury/GAO) - Real-time fund tracking - 72hr timelock on all bills - Automated compliance - Public APIs Built for anon oversight Key fe...

Just proposed the MAGA Act (Make America Governable Again): Putting all federal spending on-chain. Think: Etherscan for your tax dollars + anti-corruption smart contracts. No more midnight bills, congressional trading, or shadow spending. Feedback needed from web3 builders Technical stack: - Public L1/L2 for all federal transactions - Multi-node validation (Treasury/GAO) - Real-time fund tracking - 72hr timelock on all bills - Automated compliance - Public APIs Built for anon oversight Key fe...

IN THE GLEAMING laboratories of America's pharmaceutical giants, scientists routinely perform miracles. Yet the legal framework governing their endeavors has, for nearly four decades, operated under what critics call an extraordinary exemption from market forces. Now, a proposed legislation threatens to upend this arrangement, sending tremors through boardrooms from New Jersey to California. The "Restore Integrity in Vaccine Development Act" aims to dismantle a cornerstone of American pharmac...

IN THE GLEAMING laboratories of America's pharmaceutical giants, scientists routinely perform miracles. Yet the legal framework governing their endeavors has, for nearly four decades, operated under what critics call an extraordinary exemption from market forces. Now, a proposed legislation threatens to upend this arrangement, sending tremors through boardrooms from New Jersey to California. The "Restore Integrity in Vaccine Development Act" aims to dismantle a cornerstone of American pharmac...

In the following policy proposal, the traditional venture capital model has a new, unexpected player: the US government. I'm proposing a framework that positions federal funding as seed investment in a revolutionary forest management marketplace, projecting a 162x return on public investment. Here's why this matters. The Core Innovation Think of our national forests as a startup waiting to be scaled. The problem is clear: overgrown vegetation creates catastrophic fire risk, costing billions a...

In the following policy proposal, the traditional venture capital model has a new, unexpected player: the US government. I'm proposing a framework that positions federal funding as seed investment in a revolutionary forest management marketplace, projecting a 162x return on public investment. Here's why this matters. The Core Innovation Think of our national forests as a startup waiting to be scaled. The problem is clear: overgrown vegetation creates catastrophic fire risk, costing billions a...