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In this episode I spoke to Geert Lovink, a Dutch media theorist and founder of the Institute of Network Cultures who has been engaged with internet culture since at least the 80s. We were recently together in Cyprus for the latest installment of MoneyLab, which he also co-founded. Talking with him was a great way to gain more understanding and context of venture capital's control of the internet and the influence of that on social movements and alternative economies.
During the interview we discussed his experience and history of the growth of the internet, the rise of crypto, and tactical media as a strategy for the left. One of the things that we noted was that the question of how the left needs to build its own autonomous infrastructure was one already being explored in the 90s by activists.
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How to Run an Election without the State with Vocdoni 1:03:12

for 8 dage siden1:03:12

1:03:12

I spoke to Ferran Reyes and Pau Escrich , co-founders of Vocdoni , a blockchain based voting protocol used by several non-web3 organizations. They were born out of the Catalan independence movement in Spain from which they have designed Vocdoni to be censorship resistant and friendly to your average non-web3 user. During the episode we discussed some of the elections where Vocdoni was used, the cryptographic primitives that make it all possible and the learnings they have had in their journey so far. We also discussed DAVINCI , their latest evolution of the Vocdoni voting protocol. If you liked the podcast be sure to give it a review on your preferred podcast platform. If you find content like this important consider donating to my Patreon starting at just $3 per month . It takes quite a lot of my time and resources so any amount helps. Follow me on Twitter ( @TBSocialist ) or Mastodon ( @theblockchainsocialist@social.coop ) and join the r/CryptoLeftists subreddit and Discord to join the discussion. Send me your questions or comments about the show and I'll read them out sometime. Support the show ICYMI I've written a book about, no surprise, blockchains through a left political framework! The title is Blockchain Radicals: How Capitalism Ruined Crypto and How to Fix It and is being published through Repeater Books, the publishing house started by Mark Fisher who’s work influenced me a lot in my thinking. The book is officially published and you use this linktree to find where you can purchase the book based on your region / country.…

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Conviction Voting for 24/7 Democracy with Paul Glavin 52:44

for 22 dage siden52:44

52:44

I spoke with Paul Glavin, contributor to 1Hive and founder of Gardens v2 , a platform for communities to manage assets democratically using conviction voting . 1Hive was one of the first projects in the crypto space to explore alternative governance mechanisms on Gnosis Chain which is the chain where we've build Breadchain Cooperative . We discussed what conviction voting is, how to better fund public goods in crypto with it and the learnings so far. I also wrote about conviction voting and 1Hive in my book Blockchain Radicals if you want to learn more about innovative voting mechanisms in crypto. Breadchain also has two ongoing conviction voting proposals in the 1Hive Gardens to increase BREAD adoption. If you have HNY we hope you'll consider delegating to our proposals! You can get HNY on any DEX with Gnosis Chain . BREAD x HNY Liquidity Pool Add BREAD to 1Hive Treasury If you liked the podcast be sure to give it a review on your preferred podcast platform. If you find content like this important consider donating to my Patreon starting at just $3 per month . It takes quite a lot of my time and resources so any amount helps. Follow me on Twitter ( @TBSocialist ) or Mastodon ( @theblockchainsocialist@social.coop ) and join the r/CryptoLeftists subreddit and Discord to join the discussion. Send me your questions or comments about the show and I'll read them out sometime. Support the show ICYMI I've written a book about, no surprise, blockchains through a left political framework! The title is Blockchain Radicals: How Capitalism Ruined Crypto and How to Fix It and is being published through Repeater Books, the publishing house started by Mark Fisher who’s work influenced me a lot in my thinking. The book is officially published and you use this linktree to find where you can purchase the book based on your region / country.…

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How to Build Community in Crypto with Beth McCarthy 30:53

for 5 weeks siden30:53

30:53

While at Devcon 2024 I spoke to Beth McCarthy , program director of Funding the Commons which I also spoke at in Bangkok about our progress on building on-chain post-capitalism with Breadchain Cooperative. Beth is also my co-author for the Katabasis crypto science fiction series and we spoke together at Devcon about the meme power of capital and why it's bad. We discussed Beth's suggestions for building community when things are so online, the importance of in-person events, and her experience of being up close and personal with many of the previous phases of crypto. If you liked the podcast be sure to give it a review on your preferred podcast platform. If you find content like this important consider donating to my Patreon starting at just $3 per month . It takes quite a lot of my time and resources so any amount helps. Follow me on Twitter ( @TBSocialist ) or Mastodon ( @theblockchainsocialist@social.coop ) and join the r/CryptoLeftists subreddit and Discord to join the discussion. Send me your questions or comments about the show and I'll read them out sometime. Support the show ICYMI I've written a book about, no surprise, blockchains through a left political framework! The title is Blockchain Radicals: How Capitalism Ruined Crypto and How to Fix It and is being published through Repeater Books, the publishing house started by Mark Fisher who’s work influenced me a lot in my thinking. The book is officially published and you use this linktree to find where you can purchase the book based on your region / country.…

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All my friends hate Google Docs with Andreas Tsamados 29:26

for 6 weeks siden29:26

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While at Devcon 2024 I spoke to Andreas Tsamados , cofounder of Fileverse and anime gif connoisseur. I highly recommend trying out ddocs.new as a decentralized alternative to google docs. We spoke about the issue of radical communities using google docs, the importance of decentralized and censorship resistance knowledge sharing systems, and how this is all possible on Fileverse. If you liked the podcast be sure to give it a review on your preferred podcast platform. If you find content like this important consider donating to my Patreon starting at just $3 per month . It takes quite a lot of my time and resources so any amount helps. Follow me on Twitter ( @TBSocialist ) or Mastodon ( @theblockchainsocialist@social.coop ) and join the r/CryptoLeftists subreddit and Discord to join the discussion. Send me your questions or comments about the show and I'll read them out sometime. Support the show ICYMI I've written a book about, no surprise, blockchains through a left political framework! The title is Blockchain Radicals: How Capitalism Ruined Crypto and How to Fix It and is being published through Repeater Books, the publishing house started by Mark Fisher who’s work influenced me a lot in my thinking. The book is officially published and you use this linktree to find where you can purchase the book based on your region / country.…

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Alternatives to VC, Digital Governance and Public AI with Josh Tan 39:39

for 7 weeks siden39:39

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While at Devcon 2024 I spoke to Josh Tan , the founder of Metagov , a laboratory for digital governance and lead of DAOstar , a DAO standards body (that I have also been doing some work with as well). We spoke about making democracy just as available as autocracy in digital systems, making alternatives to venture capital, and AI as collective intelligence. We also spoke a bit about the DAOIP-5 web3 grants metadata standard that I've been helping DAOstar with. If you want to listen to my review of Devcon 2024, check it out here . If you liked the podcast be sure to give it a review on your preferred podcast platform. If you find content like this important consider donating to my Patreon starting at just $3 per month . It takes quite a lot of my time and resources so any amount helps. Follow me on Twitter ( @TBSocialist ) or Mastodon ( @theblockchainsocialist@social.coop ) and join the r/CryptoLeftists subreddit and Discord to join the discussion. Send me your questions or comments about the show and I'll read them out sometime. Support the show ICYMI I've written a book about, no surprise, blockchains through a left political framework! The title is Blockchain Radicals: How Capitalism Ruined Crypto and How to Fix It and is being published through Repeater Books, the publishing house started by Mark Fisher who’s work influenced me a lot in my thinking. The book is officially published and you use this linktree to find where you can purchase the book based on your region / country.…

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How to Die a Good Death with Sarah Friend 43:27

for 8 weeks siden43:27

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While at Devcon 2024 I spoke to Sarah Friend ,an artist and software developer from Canada and based in Berlin. In 2023, she was a research fellow at Summer of Protocols, led by Venkatesh Rao and the Ethereum Foundation, studying the death of protocols and published a paper on " Good Death ". We discussed her findings in her research on how and when protocols are considered dead, how different human cultures view death and the silliness behind the longevity movement. If you want to listen to my review of Devcon 2024, check it out here . If you liked the podcast be sure to give it a review on your preferred podcast platform. If you find content like this important consider donating to my Patreon starting at just $3 per month . It takes quite a lot of my time and resources so any amount helps. Follow me on Twitter ( @TBSocialist ) or Mastodon ( @theblockchainsocialist@social.coop ) and join the r/CryptoLeftists subreddit and Discord to join the discussion. Send me your questions or comments about the show and I'll read them out sometime. Support the show ICYMI I've written a book about, no surprise, blockchains through a left political framework! The title is Blockchain Radicals: How Capitalism Ruined Crypto and How to Fix It and is being published through Repeater Books, the publishing house started by Mark Fisher who’s work influenced me a lot in my thinking. The book is officially published and you use this linktree to find where you can purchase the book based on your region / country.…

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How to do resilient Global Collaboration on decentralized protocols with Jake Hartnell 24:33

for 10 weeks siden24:33

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In Thailand at Funding the Commons I spoke to Jake Hartnell , co-founder of Layer , a modular tech stack to build decentralized protocols using Eigen Layer's shared security. Jake is also a contributor to Juno and DAO DAO in the Cosmos ecosystem. During the discussion we simplify how Eigen Layer works, what new affordances it brings, and what it means for collaborating across state lines. What is something that is normally being associated with hyper-financialization of computation can also be used to build the international commons. If you want to listen to my review of Devcon 2024, check it out here . If you liked the podcast be sure to give it a review on your preferred podcast platform. If you find content like this important consider donating to my Patreon starting at just $3 per month . It takes quite a lot of my time and resources so any amount helps. Follow me on Twitter ( @TBSocialist ) or Mastodon ( @theblockchainsocialist@social.coop ) and join the r/CryptoLeftists subreddit and Discord to join the discussion. Send me your questions or comments about the show and I'll read them out sometime. Support the show ICYMI I've written a book about, no surprise, blockchains through a left political framework! The title is Blockchain Radicals: How Capitalism Ruined Crypto and How to Fix It and is being published through Repeater Books, the publishing house started by Mark Fisher who’s work influenced me a lot in my thinking. The book is officially published and you use this linktree to find where you can purchase the book based on your region / country.…

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MEV is a time traveling god and we must nationalize the designers with Anuj Das Gupta 56:06

for 10 weeks siden56:06

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While at Devcon I spoke to Anuj Das Gupta , co-founder of Smart Transactions with Vlad Zamfir. Smart Transactions offers advanced blockchain solutions with context-aware, decentralized, and customizable transaction capabilities. We spoke about how MEV (maximum extractable value) gives someone the ability to control time for a split second, how the control of time has influenced the transition to capitalism and why we must nationalize designers. We also talk about communism and why it's free time, or real freedom. If you want to listen to my review of Devcon 2024, check it out here . If you liked the podcast be sure to give it a review on your preferred podcast platform. If you find content like this important consider donating to my Patreon starting at just $3 per month . It takes quite a lot of my time and resources so any amount helps. Follow me on Twitter ( @TBSocialist ) or Mastodon ( @theblockchainsocialist@social.coop ) and join the r/CryptoLeftists subreddit and Discord to join the discussion. Send me your questions or comments about the show and I'll read them out sometime. Support the show ICYMI I've written a book about, no surprise, blockchains through a left political framework! The title is Blockchain Radicals: How Capitalism Ruined Crypto and How to Fix It and is being published through Repeater Books, the publishing house started by Mark Fisher who’s work influenced me a lot in my thinking. The book is officially published and you use this linktree to find where you can purchase the book based on your region / country.…

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How to play the legal system for post-capitalism with Florian Gatz 26:39

for 12 weeks siden26:39

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In Thailand I spoke to Florian Glatz , probably the first crypto focused lawyer in Europe and possible the world and co-founder of Common Ground , an on-chain social network. Florian also helped author some part of the MiCA legislation in the EU which lays out the legal framework for cryptocurrences. We spoke about his experiences in the early days of the ICO boom, the unpreparedness of the legal system for crypto, and how Common Ground is leading the way for fairer ways to do ICOs. You can also join the Breadchain community on Common Ground here . Those who signed up with 100 BREAD in their wallet qualified for an airdrop of their token. If you want to listen to my review of Devcon 2024, check it out here . If you liked the podcast be sure to give it a review on your preferred podcast platform. If you find content like this important consider donating to my Patreon starting at just $3 per month . It takes quite a lot of my time and resources so any amount helps. Follow me on Twitter ( @TBSocialist ) or Mastodon ( @theblockchainsocialist@social.coop ) and join the r/CryptoLeftists subreddit and Discord to join the discussion. Send me your questions or comments about the show and I'll read them out sometime. Support the show ICYMI I've written a book about, no surprise, blockchains through a left political framework! The title is Blockchain Radicals: How Capitalism Ruined Crypto and How to Fix It and is being published through Repeater Books, the publishing house started by Mark Fisher who’s work influenced me a lot in my thinking. The book is officially published and you use this linktree to find where you can purchase the book based on your region / country.…

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Crimson Echo: On-chain art to support those in Gaza 53:01

for 13 weeks siden53:01

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To finish off the year I spoke again with Chainleft , a pioneer in the on-chain art world and my online dopple ganger. We spoke about his newly released piece Crimson Echo (codename: Blood Journey) which is "A generative film, built by Ethereum Virtual Machine, compressed and stored fully on Ethereum, exploring how stories emerge through permanent acts of individual and collective conscience." Be sure to be a part of the on-chain history being made to show that you did not support the ongoing genocide in Gaza. By taking part in the mint, you are supported ETH Evacuations and the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund . Google Aaron Bushnell. If you liked the podcast be sure to give it a review on your preferred podcast platform. If you find content like this important consider donating to my Patreon starting at just $3 per month . It takes quite a lot of my time and resources so any amount helps. Follow me on Twitter ( @TBSocialist ) or Mastodon ( @theblockchainsocialist@social.coop ) and join the r/CryptoLeftists subreddit and Discord to join the discussion. Send me your questions or comments about the show and I'll read them out sometime. Support the show ICYMI I've written a book about, no surprise, blockchains through a left political framework! The title is Blockchain Radicals: How Capitalism Ruined Crypto and How to Fix It and is being published through Repeater Books, the publishing house started by Mark Fisher who’s work influenced me a lot in my thinking. The book is officially published and you use this linktree to find where you can purchase the book based on your region / country.…

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How to live as a Post-Capitalist with Tony Lai 36:19

for 14 weeks siden36:19

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While in Thailand during the Funding the Commons design jam, I spoke to Tony Lai a co-steward of Mothertree Labs with Susanne Aichele who I spoke to in the last episode and Founder of the Blockchain Group at CodeX Stanford and an Edmund Hillary Fellow. We spoke about Tony's interest in how to embody being a post-capitalist, Buddhist vs. Christian imagery, as well as his recent trip to Bhutan where he and others advised on a new ecological special economic zone initiative funded by the bitcoin they've been accumulating . And no it has nothing to do with network states thankfully. If you want to listen to my review of Devcon 2024, check it out here . If you liked the podcast be sure to give it a review on your preferred podcast platform. If you find content like this important consider donating to my Patreon starting at just $3 per month . It takes quite a lot of my time and resources so any amount helps. Follow me on Twitter ( @TBSocialist ) or Mastodon ( @theblockchainsocialist@social.coop ) and join the r/CryptoLeftists subreddit and Discord to join the discussion. Send me your questions or comments about the show and I'll read them out sometime. Support the show ICYMI I've written a book about, no surprise, blockchains through a left political framework! The title is Blockchain Radicals: How Capitalism Ruined Crypto and How to Fix It and is being published through Repeater Books, the publishing house started by Mark Fisher who’s work influenced me a lot in my thinking. The book is officially published and you use this linktree to find where you can purchase the book based on your region / country.…

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Imagining Post-Capitalism through World Building with Susanne Aichele 27:18

for 15 weeks siden27:18

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While in Thailand during the Funding the Commons design jam, I spoke to Susanne Aichele from Mothertree Labs . Susanne is a filmmaker, researcher, and communication practitioner focused on the intersection of ecology, community, and identity, leveraging experience with BBC, National Geographic, the UN, and WHO to create projects that foster interconnected ecologies and non-extractive practices. We spoke about Susanne's previous documentary The Ways of the DAOs (2022), how to approach narratives from a post-capitalist lens and whether Breadchain is doing a good job at this! If you want to listen to my review of Devcon 2024, check it out here . If you liked the podcast be sure to give it a review on your preferred podcast platform. If you find content like this important consider donating to my Patreon starting at just $3 per month . It takes quite a lot of my time and resources so any amount helps. Follow me on Twitter ( @TBSocialist ) or Mastodon ( @theblockchainsocialist@social.coop ) and join the r/CryptoLeftists subreddit and Discord to join the discussion. Send me your questions or comments about the show and I'll read them out sometime. Support the show ICYMI I've written a book about, no surprise, blockchains through a left political framework! The title is Blockchain Radicals: How Capitalism Ruined Crypto and How to Fix It and is being published through Repeater Books, the publishing house started by Mark Fisher who’s work influenced me a lot in my thinking. The book is officially published and you use this linktree to find where you can purchase the book based on your region / country.…

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Is crypto a scam or FINDOM fetish? 1:12:39

for 19 weeks siden1:12:39

1:12:39

There seems to be an ever increasingly thin line between crypto, scams, and financial domination. I spoke Steve Pikelny, CEO, CTO, CFO, COO of http://FastCashMoneyPlus.biz and Jesus pamphlet collector aka steviep about his newest art project FinSexy to explore the uncomfortable intersection between findom and crypto. If you liked the podcast be sure to give it a review on your preferred podcast platform. If you find content like this important consider donating to my Patreon starting at just $3 per month . It takes quite a lot of my time and resources so any amount helps. Follow me on Twitter ( @TBSocialist ) or Mastodon ( @theblockchainsocialist@social.coop ) and join the r/CryptoLeftists subreddit and Discord to join the discussion. Send me your questions or comments about the show and I'll read them out sometime. Support the show ICYMI I've written a book about, no surprise, blockchains through a left political framework! The title is Blockchain Radicals: How Capitalism Ruined Crypto and How to Fix It and is being published through Repeater Books, the publishing house started by Mark Fisher who’s work influenced me a lot in my thinking. The book is officially published and you use this linktree to find where you can purchase the book based on your region / country.…

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Who Controls the Killswitch? 1:04:22

for 23 weeks siden1:04:22

1:04:22

I spoke to Eric Alston again ! Eric is a professor at University of Colorado and recently completed a fellowship with the Summer of Protocols studying the governance of killswitches. His report is titled " Killswitch Protocols: Or On Engineering Recursive System Death " and co-authored with Seth Killian and Garrette David. During the interview we discussed the history of killswitches, the many ways they can be governed and the implications of the governance system they lie in like in blockchain governance. But killswitches are not just about complex technical systems but also social ones, and so we also take a look at killswitches in complex social systems like labor strikes as an example and how they are governed. You can also find the interview in video form on YouTube here . If you liked the podcast be sure to give it a review on your preferred podcast platform. If you find content like this important consider donating to my Patreon starting at just $3 per month . It takes quite a lot of my time and resources so any amount helps. Follow me on Twitter ( @TBSocialist ) or Mastodon ( @theblockchainsocialist@social.coop ) and join the r/CryptoLeftists subreddit and Discord to join the discussion. Send me your questions or comments about the show and I'll read them out sometime. Support the show ICYMI I've written a book about, no surprise, blockchains through a left political framework! The title is Blockchain Radicals: How Capitalism Ruined Crypto and How to Fix It and is being published through Repeater Books, the publishing house started by Mark Fisher who’s work influenced me a lot in my thinking. The book is officially published and you use this linktree to find where you can purchase the book based on your region / country.…

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Tech Workers Coalition: Adapting the Labor Movement for the Digital Age 1:06:15

for 25 weeks siden1:06:15