RT The Chopping Block (@_choppingblock)zcash up 5x and suddenly everyone’s a privacy expert.@0xMert_ joins to discuss:🤑 Tempo’s ~$5B val; Dankrad exit⚖️ public-goods vs profit🔌 AWS/Base outageTimestamps00:00 Intro01:22 Mert: Madman of Solana & Now Zcash05:20 Bitcoin vs. Zcash: A Philosophical Clash14:35 Tempo Fundraise & Ethereum's Talent Exodus33:05 Ethereum's Social Layer & Public Goods34:45 Religious Priesthood in Crypto41:01 USDmanlet Proposal & Stablecoin Coordination49:32 AWS Outage & Its Impact on Cr ...

RT The Chopping Block (@_choppingblock)zcash up 5x and suddenly everyone’s a privacy expert.@0xMert_ joins to discuss:🤑 Tempo’s ~$5B val; Dankrad exit⚖️ public-goods vs profit🔌 AWS/Base outageTimestamps00:00 Intro01:22 Mert: Madman of Solana & Now Zcash05:20 Bitcoin vs. Zcash: A Philosophical Clash14:35 Tempo Fundraise & Ethereum's Talent Exodus33:05 Ethereum's Social Layer & Public Goods34:45 Religious Priesthood in Crypto41:01 USDmanlet Proposal & Stablecoin Coordination49:32 AWS Outage & Its Impact on Cr ...

RT david phelps (@divine_economy)> adds billions of dollars of value to the chain> paid 100k/year> clearly paid too muchi hate to say this, but at some point we need to reckon with the way that "public goods" has become a euphemism for not paying people what they're worth ...

We support public goods.We support @Giveth ♥️Congrats on another great round!Giveth (@Giveth):The Causes QF Round results are in!Our first Causes Quadratic Funding Round has officially wrapped 🙌Here’s what we achieved together 👇💰 Matching Pool: $40,000 in $GIV on @0xPolygon🌱 Causes in the Round: 45👥 Unique Donors: 232💸 Total USD Value of Donations: $4,596 https://t.co/3lqXawd8PR ...

Appreciate everyone who supported Ethereum public goods!Likewise to @gitcoin contributors! feel free to reply with a similar table @owocki if you happen to have itProtocol Guild (@ProtocolGuild):This report & funding we distribute is only possible due to the generosity of ecosystem partners over the last 3 years ♥️Here are the top 25 all-time funders - 1% Pledges marked with ⭐️ https://t.co/9mkw98KhZk ...

RT David Dao (@dwddao)Excited to share a small public good: a (still evolving) short history of mechanism design for public goods across academia and Web3. Explore the full timeline here: https://t.co/GJLc6KotIxAnd let this be the last time anyone says in web3 I don’t know what "incentive compatibility" is—or why it matters 😂 ...

Crypto Industry's Past Misconceptions - The crypto industry spent its first 10 years focused on open-source code, assuming value capture would occur organically, which was largely true initially, creating a positive feedback loop [1] - The "fat protocol thesis" led to infrastructure development without clear monetization strategies or defensible moats, a problem the industry is now addressing [1] - Public goods funding, while providing infrastructure, inherently lacks financial incentives, unlike traditional open-source models that monetize through SaaS offerings [1] - The strategy of building infrastructure first and monetizing later, common in traditional tech, differs from the crypto industry's reliance on tokens with questionable value propositions [1] Understanding the Shift in Perspective - Individuals deeply involved in crypto between 2016 and 2023 were influenced by the idea that projects didn't necessarily need to generate revenue, making the current emphasis on profitability jarring [2]