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132 - Polynya's Crypto Thesis Aug 15, 2022

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This conversation has been a long time coming. Polynya is a pseudonymous writer, investor, and crypto researcher.

Polynya coined the term “modular blockchain” and has been influential on 100 different crypto topics, most notably on rollups, though they’re quick to point out that rollups are no longer their main focus.

This is a unique episode, in which Bankless DAO’s Eureka John acts out Polynya’s voice based on a 5-hour text-based discord interview. Tune in as we explore Polynya’s fascinating mind, covering their broad crypto thesis, EIP-4844, and the future of Ethereum Scalability.

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0:00 Intro 9:00 Polynya the Anon 13:45 Polynya IRL 20:05 Cautious Optimism 25:35 Polynya’s Crypto Thesis 29:58 Accruing Value at the L1 31:54 Bitcoin vs Ethereum 33:30 Alt-L1s and Decentralization 35:10 Everything is Finance 38:10 Layer 2 Value Capture 41:33 Rollups vs ETH 45:30 Increasing L2 Demand 47:40 Layer 2 Tokens 52:45 A Symbiotic Relationship 56:08 Cosmos and Alt-L1s 58:45 App-Specific Chains 1:00:30 All Just Chains and Bridges 1:02:14 Why Cardano Rocks and Sucks 1:04:23 Cults and Tribalism 1:05:20 Changing Crypto 1:06:54 Changing the World 1:07:35 Polynya’s Message 1:08:30 Thank You Polynya

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Polynya’s Writing: https://polynya.medium.com/

Modular Blockchains: https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/ultra-scalable-ethereum

Eureka John: https://twitter.com/EurekaJohn1?s=20&t=ws5GNZKUSZtegsJQkvcuAg

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ROLLUP: Goerli Merge | Tornado Cash Ban | Coinbase BlackRock Deal | Fake Solana DeFi? Aug 12, 2022

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2nd Week of August, 2022

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Topics Covered:

0:00 Intro

5:00 MARKETS

7:30 ETH BTC Ratio

https://ratiogang.com/

12:30 Gas Markets

https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1555560926945939457?s=20&t=VcAg464--JOGiSzeNbyayA

15:45 CPI Interest

https://twitter.com/business/status/1557345174015066113

20:00 Layer 2 TVL

https://l2beat.com/

20:40 VC Money

https://twitter.com/fintechintern/status/1556444033555234816?s=21&t=XxUVGr0qz0svCx83Xdo7Rg

22:00 EIP-1559 Anniversary

https://twitter.com/takenstheorem/status/1555531313939087363?s=20&t=ptIP5_rsdZo0gUdYXg7U5A

26:30 NEWS

27:15 Goerli Testnet Merge

Announcement: https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1557544247619878913?s=20&t=-_fuRP3eW2MCE2WHkiWXyQ

Pandas! https://twitter.com/TimBeiko/status/1557543798523146240?s=20&t=-_fuRP3eW2MCE2WHkiWXyQ

Details: https://twitter.com/vdWijden/status/1557555377314701312?s=20&t=-_fuRP3eW2MCE2WHkiWXyQ

33:00 Tornado Cash Ban

Press Release: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0916

37:10 Secretary Blinken

https://twitter.com/SecBlinken/status/1556661834287140868?s=20&t=4wDLBQG8U7PusK0R-3UCTQ

Full Story: https://youtu.be/lJZx8RyeJys

38:20 Freezing USDC

https://twitter.com/bantg/status/1556712790894706688?s=21&t=iEzJRHGq48PgLH0Id10pNw

39:40 Github Suspensions

https://twitter.com/semenov_roman_/status/1556717890308653059?s=20&t=-Um1R1tQa_4YPLFEAY9GGw

40:30 Summary Thread

https://twitter.com/SethHertlein/thread/1557442355678117889

44:05 MakerDAO Impact

https://thedefiant.io/tornado-impact-makerdao-dai

48:30 Normalizing Tyranny

https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1557121749334065154?s=20&t=uv3Ux69ZVUrVvYjhUE9Okw

55:30 Fake Solana DeFi?

https://www.coindesk.com/layer2/2022/08/04/master-of-anons-how-a-crypto-developer-faked-a-defi-ecosystem/

1:02:00 Coinbase BlackRock Partnership

https://blog.coinbase.com/coinbase-selected-by-blackrock-provide-aladdin-clients-access-to-crypto-trading-and-custody-via-b9e7144f313d

1:03:00 Arbitrum Nova

https://twitter.com/arbitrum/status/1557025237769805825

1:06:35 Uniswap Foundation

https://gov.uniswap.org/t/temperature-check-create-the-uniswap-foundation/17358

1:07:30 MakerDAO HVBank

https://twitter.com/SebVentures/status/1555234746539581444?s=20&t=rtTTlkxuLHK_73JuqFqrSA

1:09:05 Meta Instagram NFTs

https://www.theblock.co/post/161497/meta-expands-digital-collectables-support-on-instagram-to-100-more-countries-adopts-flow-blockchain

1:09:30 Voyager Bankruptcy

https://decrypt.co/106791/voyager-digital-approved-return-270-million-clients

1:10:10 Immutable Gamestop

https://twitter.com/Immutable/status/1556797772275208192

1:10:30 Vitalik Compression

https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1554983955182809088?s=20&t=CP_wmjSv-X4KGDtdVjhk6A

1:12:30 Jobs

https://pallet.xyz/list/bankless/jobs

1:16:00 Questions from the Nation

https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1557397382744006656?s=20&t=D9vf5Thb0BlBK7osdhdYyg

1:16:30 How to get the PoW fork?

https://twitter.com/accounthome11/status/1557469851270238212?s=20&t=-_fuRP3eW2MCE2WHkiWXyQ

1:18:35 Bridge Risk

https://twitter.com/avi_g_/status/1557406430977994752?s=20&t=-_fuRP3eW2MCE2WHkiWXyQ

1:22:00 Staking Wait Time

https://twitter.com/mmaatt78/status/1557471309554237440?s=20&t=-_fuRP3eW2MCE2WHkiWXyQ

1:22:30 TAKES

1:23:00 Pausing OP Incentives

https://twitter.com/apolynya/thread/1556848533596037120

1:24:10 NFT Roulette

https://twitter.com/ryananderson/status/1555639880612564992

1:25:20 Banning SSL

https://twitter.com/phunk9871/status/1557309945841958912?s=21&t=V2jbdxuDNkHwLw9ZWbuQyA

1:26:50 State of Market

https://twitter.com/notthreadguy/status/1557370241377763329?s=20&t=FAvjCgR1WvvG4Fko8XHcug

1:27:30 What David’s Bullish On

1:30:10 What Ryan’s Bullish On

1:34:00 Meme of the Week

https://twitter.com/calebini/status/1556090898487816192?s=20&t=qS3xmkeCe0NChYWbcVIgiA

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Tornado Cash BANNED By OFAC... Is this the War on Crypto? Aug 11, 2022

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On Monday, the U.S. Treasury Department made a smart contract illegal.

They can do that??

David walks you through the news, with multiple interviews from Jerry Brito and Collins Belton, two experts in the matter.

Let us know how you like the format!

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0:00 Intro Opening Shot: https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1556743328774995971?s=20&t=OzfqFxxolrjhwZICo4KV6w Ripple Effects: https://twitter.com/collins_belton/thread/1556650759994970113 Neutral Tool: https://twitter.com/jerrybrito/status/1556667240711438337?s=20&t=avKH9mQ1_3KDno2P2THs7Q

4:00 What is OFAC? Overview: https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/office-of-foreign-assets-control-sanctions-programs-and-information Press Release: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0916 Sec Blinken: https://twitter.com/SecBlinken/status/1556677862345801728?s=20&t=QwqpNxU9CYKPz8LhBATSFQ

7:44 What is Tornado Cash? Breakdown: https://blog.chainalysis.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/tornado-pie-1536x1034.png Treasury Misleading: https://twitter.com/USTreasury/status/1556655337431785472?s=20&t=Jw5y0Xr4fHSelCzfhWvYlQ Alex Svanevik: https://twitter.com/ASvanevik/status/1556983834809614337?s=20&t=OCDr5P9jRweG9RVYdmmxKQ

10:20 Using Tornado Cash Neeraj Meme: https://twitter.com/NeerajKA/status/1556707552251060225?s=20&t=UNffL4gM4hBsaXDEZ0gJ_w Clean ETH2 Addresses: https://twitter.com/econoar/status/1556775153153048582?s=20&t=63-Nwh2Lv7u8tTC4E-CVUw More Use Cases: https://twitter.com/RezaJafery/status/1556751888896258049?s=20&t=9rJ2buSh4PCTPMlNKezAyw

12:15 Banning Smart Contracts Coin Center Announcement: https://www.coincenter.org/u-s-treasury-sanction-of-privacy-tools-places-sweeping-restrictions-on-all-americans/

17:08 Ripple Effects Circle: https://www.theblock.co/post/162172/circle-freezes-usdc-funds-in-tornado-cashs-us-treasury-sanctioned-wallets Github: https://twitter.com/bantg/status/1556721709931175937?s=20&t=LSCI_12-Giipv727Y52qUg Infura & Alchemy: https://twitter.com/0xdev0/status/1556933551073153024

20:55 A Ban on Who? Cobie & Gainzy: https://twitter.com/cobie/status/1556647650212155394?s=20&t=F8nhR0zX4PkbGGOl1JmBCQ Depositing .1 ETH: https://twitter.com/josephdelong/status/1557011056572129280?s=20&t=F1JszlO7Zm0lm4EGsgBrNg

23:14 A Chilling Effect Attacking Free Speech: https://twitter.com/matthew_d_green/status/1556764387796340736?s=20&t=w8K19sEWj_AVS372HOjHTw

25:47 Decentralization Priorities: https://twitter.com/econoar/status/1556825245381578753?s=20&t=63-Nwh2Lv7u8tTC4E-CVUw

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Cryptographer David Chaum | Layer Zero Aug 09, 2022

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David Chaum is a computer scientist and an OG member of the cryptography community. His innovation has driven much of the mathematical foundation of cryptocurrency, and he continues to work on projects like xx Network.

In 1985, David issued this warning to the public:

“Computerization is robbing individuals of the ability to monitor and control the ways information about them is used. Already, public and private sector organizations acquire extensive personal information and exchange it amongst themselves… The automation of payment and other consumer transactions is expanding these dangers to an unprecedented extent.”

In today’s surveillance capitalism, it’s clear that we need cryptography now more than ever.

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0:00 Intro 6:00 David Chaum 11:30 60s Technology 20:00 60s Culture 23:55 A New Direction in Cryptography 33:30 The Fork in the Road 41:50 Minimum Disclosure 48:25 Traffic Analysis 56:05 Surveillance Capitalism 1:02:00 The State of Data Today 1:12:00 New Ideas and Society 1:15:40 Advice to Crypto

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David’s Website: https://chaum.com/

131 - Rise of the Network State | Balaji Srinivasan Aug 08, 2022

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✨ DEBRIEF ✨ | Ryan & David's Unfiltered Thoughts on the Episode: https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/debrief-rise-of-the-network-state

Balaji Srinivasan is an investor, founder, and Former CTO of Coinbase and GP at a16z and author of The Network State, which will be the main focus of the podcast today.

The Network State explores ideas surrounding digital communities and the future of how we coordinate as a species. A startup society fosters the emergence of network unions, which evolve into a network archipelago—eventually calcifying into the network state.

As we muse about the fate of human systems, we explore mental models for understanding the digital revolution and how we can allow coordination to thrive.

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0:00 Intro 6:19 Common Denominators 8:50 Micro vs. Macro History 15:15 The Network State 19:05 Online Communities 23:50 Nation vs. The State 36:20 Why A Nation State 40:18 The One Commandment 1:02:44 Being Inside the Network State 1:08:00 Bankess x the Network State 1:13:38 What’s the Incentive? 1:19:30 Violence’s Role 1:33:48 Non-Wealthy Critique 1:38:53 Everyone Joins the Network State 1:44:20 Network State Action Items 1:48:46 Closing & Disclaimers

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The Network State https://thenetworkstate.com/

Dashboard https://thenetworkstate.com/dashboard

Vitalik’s Review https://vitalik.ca/general/2022/07/13/networkstates.html#what-is-a-network-state

One Commandment https://thenetworkstate.com/the-one-commandment

FDIC Insured Bank Charts & Fintech Tweets https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1351068210930601984

ROLLUP: Solana Wallet Hack | Nomad Bridge Hack | Ethereum PoW Chain | DeFi Tokens | Coinbase ETH Staking Aug 05, 2022

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First Friday of August, 2022

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0:00 Intro

5:00 MARKETS 7:23 All Time High https://messari.io/screener/bear-market-vibes-C66F0A22 9:30 Mainstream ETH https://twitter.com/TheStalwart/status/1554061312443006976 11:15 Bullish on the Merge https://twitter.com/data_always/status/1554521769591144448 15:20 Ethereum ESG https://twitter.com/Data_Always/thread/1554560847585886210 17:02 ENS Boom https://twitter.com/ensdomains/status/1554099225352290304 20:20 Opensea.eth https://twitter.com/degentraland/status/1554592812674449410

22:00 NEWS 24:00 $200m Nomad Bridge Hack https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2022/08/02/nomad-bridge-drained-of-nearly-200-million-in-exploit/ 31:55 Returning Funds https://www.theblock.co/post/161175/nomad-hack-ethical-hackers-return-9-million-to-exploited-crypto-bridge-platform 33:45 Are All Bridges Vulnerable? https://twitter.com/bkiepuszewski/thread/1554375783577276416 38:45 Bridge Security https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1483803596055621632

48:35 Solana Wallet Hack https://thedefiant.io/solana-wallet-breach/ 49:30 Explaining the Hack https://twitter.com/milesdeutscher/thread/1554853898497576960 52:20 Plaintext 54:00 David’s Wallet Advice https://twitter.com/trustlessstate/status/1554628479848685572

59:05 Ethereum Proof of Work Chain https://twitter.com/ceterispar1bus/status/1553113853361258505

1:06:00 Other News 1:08:00 Aave Multichain Strategy https://cointelegraph.com/news/aave-devs-propose-freezing-fantom-integration-citing-lack-of-traction-and-potential-vulnerability 1:10:10 SushiSwap Chef Compensation https://thedefiant.io/sushiswap-head-chef-may-pocket-a-third-of-all-tokens-paid-to-staff/ 1:10:40 Optimism Bedrock https://twitter.com/optimismFND/thread/1554528451767451650 1:13:15 Happy Birthday Ethereum! https://twitter.com/BlockGeekDima/status/1553331229285548044 1:13:35 Michael Saylor Steps Down https://twitter.com/tier10k/status/1554558287940669440

1:15:30 NFT News Tiffany CryptoPunks https://twitter.com/tiffanyandco/status/1553742328652877827 Magic Eden Supporting ETH https://twitter.com/MagicEden/status/1554497669032206336 Rainbow Wallet https://twitter.com/rainbowdotme/status/1551978336359890944 StarkNet https://twitter.com/aspectdotco/status/1554119172262490112

1:19:00 Robinhood Fined $30M https://twitter.com/alyssachoo_/thread/1554493577249669123 1:20:08 Commodity Senate Bill https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/senate-bill-would-hand-bitcoin-ether-oversight-commodities-regulator-2022-08-03/ 1:21:00 SEC Charges Forsage https://www.theblock.co/post/160624/sec-charges-forsage-founders-promoters-in-300-million-crypto-ponzi-scheme-lawsuit

1:21:50 Quick News Hits Celsius Leak https://blockworks.co/celsius-admits-customer-emails-leaked-in-third-party-data-breach/ Babel Finance https://www.theblock.co/post/160230/babel-finance-crypto-lost-280-million-proprietary-trading-restructuring Coinbase ETH Staking https://twitter.com/CoinbaseInsto/status/1554186523800526848 Swell Network https://twitter.com/swellnetworkio/status/1552891765237026816 Immutable X Gamestop https://twitter.com/Immutable/status/1552821358773448705

1:23:36 Raises Variant Fund III https://variant.fund/articles/introducing-variant-fund-iii/ Vee Friends a16z https://blog.veefriends.com/veefriends-closes-seed-round-from-a16z-crypto-afa151561051

1:24:15 Jobs https://pallet.xyz/list/bankless/jobs

1:26:00 Questions from the Nation 1:27:30 DCA into a Token https://twitter.com/Madge_80/status/1554862719223963652 1:31:00 Getting a Job in Crypto https://twitter.com/patduds/status/1554876401928454144

1:33:00 TAKES 1:33:30 Authoritarian vs Libertarian https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1552776283968323585 1:35:30 Goalposts Moving https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1553750144515842049 1:36:30 Call Out Scammers https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1554258761727938561 1:39:55 Caring About Decentralization https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1553488247564767234 1:41:00 Fees-Driven Bulls Market https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1553477269544484864

1:42:12 What David’s Bullish On 1:43:25 What Ryan’s Bullish On

1:46:20 Meme of the Week https://twitter.com/memejority/status/1554493706945720321?s=21&t=tu1DynjBZTppSHroSEfswg

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The zkWars | zkSync & Scroll Aug 03, 2022

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The zkWars are heating up. With 3 different teams recently announcing their zkEVM, we’re joined by Alex Gluchowski of zkSync and Ye Zhang of Scroll.

Optimism’s Ben Jones cohosts as we explore why zkEVM is such a big deal, the respective roadmaps to mainnet, and of course… wen token?

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0:00 Intro 3:15 Crypto 101 10:00 Alex and Ye 13:25 zkSync 18:20 Scroll 22:30 What's Different about zkSync 31:10 What's Different about Scroll 37:15 zkProof Performance 41:30 Decentralizing Provers 46:30 Approaching Developers 57:07 Challenges to Upgrading 1:03:40 Vibe Check 1:09:20 Centralized Keys 1:17:45 Closing

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Ben Jones https://twitter.com/ben_chain

Alex Gluchowski https://twitter.com/gluk64

Ye Zhang https://twitter.com/yezhang1998

The Centralized Food Production Crisis | Anthony Gustin Aug 02, 2022

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Anthony Gustin is the host of The Natural State Podcast, author of the best-selling, “Keto Answers,” and former sports rehab clinician turned entrepreneur, amateur farmer, investor, and advisor.

You might be noticing that Anthony isn’t a crypto bro. However, as David explains in many Bankless episodes, crypto principles can be seen in many other industries as well—including the food industry.

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0:00 Intro 7:35 Anthony’s Background 11:35 Centralized Food Production 14:08 Divergent Food Products 20:29 Fake Food Ingredients 22:30 Government Lobbying 25:40 Corn Subsidization 28:07 Remaining Problems 31:20 Disconnection to Food 36:11 Fragility Monocrop Culture 42:40 Systems Breaking Down 48:26 What Anthony’s Excited About 51:07 The Path Forward 1:05:00 Regeneration, Carbon, & Methane 1:20:19 Sustainable Scaling Solutions 1:28:43 Advice For You 1:32:18 Sunburn & Seed Oils 1:36:08 More Advice 1:38:58 Anthony’s Question to David 1:42:36 Closing

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Ground Work Collective https://groundworkcollective.com/

Anthony’s Twitter https://twitter.com/dranthonygustin/

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The Nounders | 4156, VapeApe, Seneca | Nouns DAO Series Ep #1 Aug 02, 2022

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In this two-part Bankless Series, we're exploring the Nouns DAO. In episode one, we're chatting with The Nounders, aka the founders of the Nouns DAO. In episode two, we'll be chatting with a few Nouners, aka some Nouns DAO members.

The Nouns project has taken the crypto ecosystem by storm. Hear why and how in the episode!

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------ Timestamps:

0:00 Intro 6:00 Nouns DAO Origin 9:05 CryptoPunks vs. Nouns 11:55 4156's Tweet Thread 13:05 Noun Distribution Mechanism 22:20 Noun Art, Properties, & Rarity 37:00 Nouns Governance 44:25 Nounish Culture & Direction 52:00 Nouns DAO Proposals 54:50 Nouners Wednesday Episode 57:05 Closing

Resources:

4156 https://twitter.com/punk4156

Vapeape https://twitter.com/punk4464

Seneca https://twitter.com/cryptoseneca

Nouns DAO https://twitter.com/nounsdao

130 - How to Fix DeFi Tokens | Hasu Aug 01, 2022

Show notes

✨ DEBRIEF ✨ | Ryan & David's Unfiltered Thoughts on the Episode: https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/debrief-how-to-fix-defi-tokens

This is Hasu’s 5th appearance on Bankless and this might be his best one yet. If you’re unfamiliar, Hasu is a crypto-economic researcher at Paradigm, strategist at Flashbots solving MEV, host of Uncommon Core, and more recently, a Governor delegate for MakerDAO and overall DAO governance thinker.

In this episode, we’re going to reorg your brain about what it means to be a DAO. Hear what’s broken about DAOs, the potential solutions, what regulation could do to help, and so much more.

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------ Topics Covered:

0:00 Intro 6:10 DeFi Token Brokenness 12:36 Treasury Management 15:29 Uniswap Token & Fees 27:09 Uniswap’s Strategy 29:58 DAO Governance & Business 33:06 DAOs vs. Digital Organizations 41:55 Regulation vs. DAO Governance 44:53 Founder & Protocol Alignment 50:09 Regulatory Clarity 1:00:16 Regulation’s Bull Case 1:03:58 Game Theory & Gov. Adoption 1:08:05 DAO Constitutions 1:13:13 The Value Prop of DeFi 1:21:03 SubDAOs & Voting 1:28:00 DAO Costs 1:31:04 Summary & Action Items 1:34:09 Why Be Optimistic of DeFi 1:40:53 Closing & Disclaimers

------ Resources:

Hasu https://twitter.com/hasufl

Fake Dao vs Real Daos by Gabriel Shapiro https://lexnode.substack.com/p/defining-real-and-fake-daos

The Market for Promises by Anthony Lee Zhang https://anthonyleezhang.substack.com/p/the-market-for-promises

A Stupid Simple Governance Framework by Andrew Beal https://30000feet.substack.com/p/issue-72-a-stupid-simple-governance

Hasu’s Recent Maker Governance Post https://vote.makerdao.com/address/0xafaff1a605c373b43727136c995d21a7fcd08989#delegate-credentials