[DC7 SEA talk] Protocol Guild: funding the Ethereum commons

PROTOCOL GUILD: funding the ethereum commons

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how many core contibutors?

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the commons is produced by peers

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peers can be orchestrated towards particular qualitative/quantitative outcomes

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ethereum is a commons: open, global, permissionless infrastructure

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this commons produces three resource types: network, asset, media

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these resources are produced through protocols

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which protocols guide the production of media?

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+11 funding entities host +28 mainnet projects

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Protocol Guild reconstitutes the individuals has a higher-level commons-scale org

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Protocol Guild is a collective funding mechanism

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It has 4 unique constraints/attributes

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building since 2021
today: $57k / yr / median member
Dune: http://dune.com/protocolguild/protocol-guild

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thanks to the Top 10 funders!

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onchain funding means we can lean into transparency: here's a funding diversity score! we want this to be as high as possible

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the 1% pledge allows core devs to move up the reward axis + while they continue doing the same work

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shoutout to projects taking the pledge! @ether_fi @pwndao @taikoxyz

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commons can succeed. what can we learn from early digital commons and their problems?

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IT'S A CALL TO ACTION. DMS OPEN IF YOU WANT TO FUND 0_____o

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