The Juicecast

Tune in live Wednesdays at 4:20pm at https://twitter.com/nnnnicholas

00:00:00 Intro

00:01:17 Welcome

00:02:48 Jacob from ComicsDAO

00:35:21 Jin from OpenVoxels

01:01:33 Nacho Frades

Guests and projects discussed during this episode:

- Jacob from ComicsDAO

- Jin from OpenVoxels

- Nacho Frades

Hosted by @nnnnicholas and @me_jango

Produced by @0xbrileigh and @0xmatthewb

Mar 21, 202301:06:19

NFT Tokenomics Office Hours with Nicholas and Jango #5

- Jackson Ernst: Social Commitment Protocol

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00:00:00 Intro

00:01:16 Dr. Slurp & Cookietree: "Wind tunnels" and "Circles are bad"

00:32:52 Jackson Ernst: Social Commitment Protocol

01:00:03 0xGogo & ComicsDAO: Checks inspired burn and redeem drop

01:12:39 Wrap-up

Guests and projects discussed during this episode:

- Dr. Slurp & Cookietree: wind tunnels and circles are bad

- 0xGogo & ComicsDAO: Checks inspired burn and redeem drop

Hosted by @nnnnicholas and @me_jango

Produced by @0xbrileigh and @0xmatthewb

Mar 16, 202301:13:27

NFT Tokenomics Office Hours with Nicholas and Jango #4

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00:00:00 Intro

00:01:24 Welcome

00:02:21 STVG and MerchSquad

00:47:19 Jigglyjams and Nance

01:14:38 Wrap-up

Guests and projects discussed during this episode:

- STVG (https://twitter.com/0xSTVG) and MerchSquad (https://juicebox.money/@merchsquad)

- Jigglyjams (https://twitter.com/jjjjigglyjams) and Nance (https://github.com/nance-eth/)

Hosted by @nnnnicholas and @me_jango

Produced by @0xbrileigh and @0xmatthewb

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/OWt_zWWoFz8

Mar 14, 202301:15:37

Ep. 22 - Ticket To Space: sending a MoonDAO member to space & the first ever DAO documentary

In this episode, Brileigh and Matthew host a round table discussion about the upcoming Ticket To Space documentary being launched via StudioDAO which tells the story of Yan Kejun, a MoonDAO member from Beijing, who will be sent to space on an upcoming Blue Origin flight. Guests include director Fernando Urdapilleta, producer Susie Conley, MoonDAO co-founder Pablo Moncada-Larrotiz, and StudioDAO co-founders Kenny Miller and Rachel Leventhal.

This wide-ranging conversation touches on the complex themes explored in Ticket To Space: decentralized organizations and coordination, blockchain technology and the state, U.S.-China tensions, and private vs. public space exploration. Ticket To Space will be the first feature length film about a DAO and is being produced in collaboration with StudioDAO, a decentralized movie studio. This DAO meta-narrative is another layer of the story that will unfold over the next few months as production continues. Stay tuned for future episodes in this mini-series.

Chapters:

00:00:00 Intro

00:00:55 Welcome

00:01:21 Pablo’s background

00:02:24 MoonDAO’s mission

00:04:22 Susie's background

00:05:38 Fernando's background

00:08:57 Kenny and StudioDAO’s background

00:10:34 Rachel’s background

00:11:33 How the Ticket To Space documentary got started

00:15:07 How StudioDAO got involved

00:16:17 Overview of T2S plot and how the film fits in with MoonDAO’s mission

00:19:13 Billionaire space race, the explosion of DAOs, and the objectives of the film

00:22:38 Yan leaving Beijing for the first time and suddenly being alone in space

00:25:17 China-U.S. tensions, China’s past crypto bans, and Yan’s U.S. visa

00:28:36 What Fernando and Susie find most exciting and challenging about working on this film

00:32:44 Matthew on why T2S is a great story for a film about a DAO

00:34:05 Susie and Fernando share what it’s like working with a DAO

00:38:18 Rachel and Kenny on the meta-narrative of a film about MoonDAO, funded by a StudioDAO, using Juicebox which is built by JuiceboxDAO

00:42:02 Kenny and Fernando on this unique moment in time of “normal” people going to space before it becomes mainstream

00:47:31 Pablo on why T2S is an opportunity showcase the good and bad in DAOs

00:49:52 Pablo and Susie on Pablo’s role representing MoonDAO and the film’s focus on a human story rather than technology

00:55:26 Fernando and Susie on the importance of struggle being depicted in the film and what it inspires for others

00:59:58 Kenny on how to support Ticket To Space on Juicebox

01:00:53 Pablo on the value of community ownership of Ticket To Space

01:02:37 Wrap-up and Ticket To Space Contest

Topics discussed:

Cryptocurrencies

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs)

Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs)

MoonDAO

Space research and exploration

Crowdfunding and crypto fundraising on Juicebox

StudioDAO, a decentralized movie studio

Decentralized film financing

Blue Origin and private space exploration

Ticket To Space documentary

Credits:

Hosts and producers: matthewbrooks.eth and brileigh.eth

Engineering: matthewbrooks.eth

Music: Romariogrande

Mar 01, 202301:05:30

NFT Tokenomics Office Hours with Nicholas and Jango #3

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00:00:00 Intro

00:01:28 Gabriel Haines and Gabriel Haines' Rants For You

00:55:44 Ibn Inglor and DangerZone

01:24:34 Kaspotz aka acidicsantana and Krause Haus NBA Bounty & Charity Raffle

01:42:14 Wrap-up

Projects discussed during this episode:

- @gabrielhaines + @nnnnicholas Gabriel Haines' Rants For You (juicebox.money/@rantsforyou)

- @IbnInglor's DangerZone

- @kaspotz aka acidicsantana's Krause Haus NBA Bounty & Charity Raffle

Hosted by @nnnnicholas and @me_jango

Produced by @0xbrileigh and @0xmatthewb

Jan 31, 202301:46:44

NFT Tokenomics Office Hours with Nicholas and Jango #2

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00:00:00 Intro

00:01:15 Welcome

00:01:55 Jin and Openvoxels

00:29:02 Ibn Inglor and DangerZone

00:55:01 Robin Nagpal and DoDAO

01:08:29 Wrap-up

Projects discussed during this episode:

- @dankvr's Openvoxels

- @IbnInglor's DangerZone

- RobinNagPal's DoDAO

Hosted by @nnnnicholas and @me_jango

Produced by @0xbrileigh and @0xmatthewb

You can also watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/mJ5CKcW4GsQ

Jan 25, 202301:09:01

Ep. 21 - Chris Blec from Blec Report on the risks of DeFi and defending decentralization

Matthew and Brileigh are joined by Chris Blec. Chris is a crypto content creator known for his adversarial approach to writing about the world of DeFi. Following the launch of Blec Report—a website dedicated to analyzing the risks of DeFi protocols and organizations—Chris created a Juicebox project to raise funds from supporters in a trustless and transparent way.

In this conversation, Chris tells us about his career in marketing and growth and how he fell down the crypto rabbit hole. We learn more about the motivations behind his writing and what he thinks about the future of DeFi, regulations, and some of the most popular Dapps being used today.

Chapters:

00:00:00 Intro

00:00:49 Welcome

00:01:06 Chris' background in marketing and growth

00:03:18 How Chris' background informs his writing about DeFi

00:05:31 What drew Chris down the crypto rabbit hole

00:09:44 Blec Report and how it got started

00:13:43 Utopic vs. critical thinking in crypto

00:17:35 The importance of self-publishing

00:19:53 How Twitter affects crypto and DeFi discourse

00:23:46 Why Chris started a Juicebox project for Blec Report

00:27:19 Chris' NFTs on Juicebox and how they were made

00:30:21 The future of DeFi and regulation

00:36:14 The protocols that most closely align with Chris' values

00:40:53 The importance of talking openly about DeFi's flaws

00:43:33 How Chris feels about his unpopular opinions

00:47:21 What's coming next for Blec Report

00:49:46 How to support Blec Report

00:50:47 Wrap-up and thank you

00:51:29 Shoutout to content creators on Juicebox

Topics Discussed:

Chris Blec

Blec Report

Blec Report on Juicebox

Decentralized Finance

Ethereum

Bitcoin

Uniswap

MakerDAO

Curve Finance

Liquity and LUSD

Chris Blec on Twitter @chrisblec

Juicebox on Twitter: @juiceboxETH

Trending projects on Juicebox: juicebox.money/projects

Project creator docs: info.juicebox.money/user

Matthew on Twitter: @0xmatthewb

Brileigh on Twitter: @0xbrileigh

Credits:

Hosts: matthewbrooks.eth and brileigh.eth

Production: matthewbrooks.eth and brileigh.eth

Engineering: matthewbrooks.eth

Music by Darby Trash (Fruit Gushers)

Jan 19, 202352:21

NFT Tokenomics Office Hours with Nicholas and Jango #1

@0xLiquidApe's @contentgameTCG

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00:00:00 Intro

00:01:01 Nicholas' recent ideas

00:05:47 Bruxa and Thirsty Thirsty

00:28:23 Alien to Me and StudioDAO

01:05:32 Dr. Slurp and MyFi Studio

01:29:30 Liquid Ape and The Content Game

Projects discussed during this episode:

@0xbruxa's @thirstythirsty8

@Alien_to_Me's @studioDao

@dr_slurp_'s @MyFiStudio

+ guests @kenbot and @0xSTVG

Hosted by @nnnnicholas and @me_jango

Produced by @0xbrileigh and @0xmatthewb

Jan 19, 202301:44:18

Ep. 20 - Gabriel Haines & crowdfunding on Juicebox to investigate SBF in The Bahamas

Matthew and Brileigh are joined by Gabriel Haines. Gabriel is a crypto content creator known for his shirtless videos in which he yells at the camera while waving a machete. After a recent crowdfund on Juicebox, Gabriel went to the Bahamas to investigate SBF in the wake of the collapse of FTX.

In this conversation, he tells us about the hummus to crypto pipeline and his journey as a content creator from making DeFi tutorials to his more recent yelling videos. He also tells us about the early days of DeFi, his reflections on what has changed, and what it’s like hanging around in Crypto Twitter during the bear of 2022.

Chapters:

00:01:00 Welcome

00:01:09 Gabriel's hummus to crypto pipeline

00:06:59 Gabriel's Juicebox project and his investigation in the bahamas

00:11:15 Juicy security incident in The Bahamas

00:18:39 The Haines family and Lee's background in creating content

00:20:30 The old days of DeFi when Gabriel first got involved

00:23:49 Building up a following as a content creator

00:25:20 The story of how Gabriel started yelling shirtless with a machete

00:28:32 NFTs vs web2 models of funding content creators

00:31:49 Explaining what your job is to people outside of web3

00:32:59 Being on crypto Twitter during the bear market

00:34:33 Fatigue of the "10 ways you can do X" giga-chad Twitter thread poster

00:36:55 Wrapping up

Topics Discussed:

Juicebox

Content creators in web3

Hot Dog Finance

Yearn Finance

Lee Eller

Follow Gabriel on Twitter @gabrielhaines

Follow Juicebox on Twitter: @juiceboxETH

Juicebox Protocol's website: juicebox.money

Follow Matthew on Twitter: @0xmatthewb

Follow Brileigh on Twitter: @0xbrileigh

Credits:

Hosts: Matthew Brooks and Brileigh Hardcastle

Production: Matthew Brooks and Brileigh Hardcastle

Engineering: Matthew Brooks

Music by Darby Trash (Fruit Gushers)

Jan 17, 202337:41

Ep. 19 - DarbyTrash from FORMING and Lexicon Devils

Matthew and Brileigh sit down with DarbyTrash from FORMING. FORMING is a metaverse concert series hosted by Lexicon Devils. Each monthly event features a curated lineup of web3 musicians with pre-recorded performances (including juicy skits from Darby and other contributors) at a virtual party in the Juicebox Voxels parcel. In this episode, Darby tells us about how FORMING got started, his roots as a punk musician, and the parallels between punk culture and decentralized communities.

Chapters:

00:00:54 Welcome

00:01:21 Darby’s background

00:02:39 How Darby got involved with Lexicon Devils and FORMING

00:04:43 The crossovers of DAOs, co-ops and punk bands

00:06:14 What is FORMING

00:08:23 Darby's thoughts on the value of curating music events in the metaverse vs IRL

00:10:53 Viewing crypto in a punk, leftist, or anarchist lens

00:13:13 Media portrayal of crypto as a scam & the challenges of onboarding friends into crypto

00:13:48 MTV styled skits and the process

00:15:26 Voxels as a lo-fi, alternative, punk platform

00:17:25 The challenges of running FORMING

00:18:22 FORMING x ALLSTARZ

00:20:06 Wearbles, RVSP and other experiments

00:21:02 FORMING as a new model for how musicians should be paid

00:23:48 Songcamp and other future collabs

00:26:16 How to support FORMING

Topics Discussed:

Punk culture

Decentralized communities

Follow Juicebox on Twitter: @juiceboxETH

Juicebox Protocol's website: juicebox.money

Follow Matthew on Twitter: @0xmatthewb

Follow Brileigh on Twitter: @0xbrileigh

Credits:

Hosts: matthewbrooks.eth and brileigh.eth

Production: matthewbrooks.eth and brileigh.eth

Engineering: matthewbrooks.eth

Music: Fruit Gushers by DarbyTrash

Jan 05, 202329:53

Ep. 18 - Ser En and LC from The Shiba and The Whale

Brileigh and Matthew sit down with Ser En Low and LC from The Shiba and the Whale. The Shiba and the Whale is the world’s first Doge anime produced by BAFTA winner Ser En in partnership with the Doge NFT and Dogecoin Foundation. In a world where climate change has forced everyone to go to the moon, a Shiba is struck and meets a lonely whale who agrees to get her across the open sea to the last rocket leaving the blue planet. In this episode, we talk about LC and Ser En’s background and discovering crypto, what the Doge community is all about, and how they’re using Juicebox’s latest NFT feature to fund their film, the Shiba and the Whale.

Chapters:

00:01:09 Welcome

00:01:51 LC’s background

00:03:22 Ser EN’s background

00:04:24 The Dogecoin community and what makes it special

00:07:25 Internet subcultures and the power of memes

00:09:20 The Shiba and the Whale

00:11:27 Themes and symbolism

00:13:57 Animation style and references

00:15:41 Building during the bear market

00:16:38 The two main characters

00:17:40 Partnership with The Doge NFT and Dogecoin Foundation

00:19:34 The relationship between creator and audience in web3

00:20:27 Using Juicebox to raise funds

00:22:19 Previous crowdfunding experience

00:23:33 Rewards for contributing to the project

00:25:17 Sustainable revenue models for creators

00:27:07 StudioDAO, the decentralized movie studio

00:27:52 Building IP and brands in tokenized communities

00:29:36 What's coming next for The Shiba and the Whale

00:30:30 How to get involved with The Shiba and the Whale

00:30:53 The ultimate goal of The Shiba and the Whale

00:32:08 Closing thoughts

00:32:43 Outro and disclaimers

Topics Discussed:

Doge

Dogecoin community

The Shiba and the Whale

Dogecoin Foundation

Crowdfunding films

StudioDAO

Follow Shiba and the Whale on Twitter: @shibaandwhale

Follow Ser En on Twitter @serenlow

Follow LC on Twitter @lclim_

Follow Juicebox on Twitter: @juiceboxETH

Juicebox Protocol's website: juicebox.money

Follow Matthew on Twitter: @0xmatthewb

Follow Brileigh on Twitter: @0xbrileigh

Credits:

Hosts: Matthew Brooks and Brileigh Hardcastle

Production: Matthew Brooks and Brileigh Hardcastle

Engineering: Matthew Brooks

cc0 music by Daniel Allan (Collage 0069)

Dec 16, 202233:56

Ep. 17 - PeopleDAO and the ConstitutionDAO2 campaign to buy the last copy of the U.S. Constitution

In part 3 of the ConstitutionDAO retrospective series, Matthew and Brileigh are joined by members of PeopleDAO including AA, MatterTurbulent, and Matt Wyatt from Nucleo.After the ConstitutionDAO core team decided to wind down the project, a new community formed around the $PEOPLE token: PeopleDAO.

In this episode, Matthew and Brileigh trace the chronology of the events that took place after the Sotheby’s auction on November 18, 2021 and how PeopleDAO was formed as a metaDAO to incubate other subDAOs including PandaDAO and LanguageDAO. Almost exactly a year later, Sotheby’s is auctioning off the last privately owned original copy of the U.S. Constitution on December 13th, 2022. UnumDAO (ConstitutionDAO2) will fundraise for the auction both in public using Juicebox and privately through a ZK tech stack that utilizes Aztec Network, Nucleo and Sismo. The core team tells us why they’re launching another campaign and what it means in the middle of the bear market.

Chapters:

00:01:05 The $PEOPLE token after the auction and significance to Chinese community

00:04:01 How PeopleDAO was created

00:6:16 PeopleDAO's first two projects: PandaDAO and LanguageDAO

00:09:21 Sotheby’s announces another copy of the Constitution up for auction Dec 13

00:11:15 UnumDAO (ConstitutionDAO2)

00:13:22 High level overview of ZK proofs

00:15:03 Aztec

00:16:29 Ken Griffin on funding North Korea via crypto

00:17:30 Nucleo

00:18:21 Sismo

00:19:52 Why do a second campaign for the Constitution?

00: Final reflections on ConstitutionDAO from Matthew & Brileigh

Topics discussed:

Follow Juicebox on Twitter: @juiceboxETH

Juicebox Protocol's website: juicebox.money

Follow Matthew on Twitter: @0xmatthewb

Follow Brileigh on Twitter: @0xbrileigh

Credits:

Hosts: Matthew Brooks and Brileigh Hardcastle

Production: Matthew Brooks and Brileigh Hardcastle

Engineering: Matthew Brooks

Music by ShortRecord

Dec 08, 202226:44

Ep. 16 - ConstitutionDAO Retrospective Pt. 2

In this special series of the Juicecast in celebration of the 1-year anniversary of ConstitutionDAO, Matthew and Brileigh are joined by several former core members including Anisha Sunkerneni, Miguel Piedrafita, Graham Novak, Alice Ma, Jonah Erlich, Ittai Svidler, Jon Hillis as well as Pablo Moncada-Larrotiz. ConstitutionDAO was a single purpose acquisition DAO that raised over $40M in an attempt to buy one of the last thirteen remaining copies of the U.S. Constitution at Sotheby’s on November 18th, 2021. What started as a joke in a group chat onboarding thousands into crypto and gave the world a glimpse of the power of blockchain technology, decentralization, and new forms of governance.

In this episode, Matthew and Brileigh follow the events that took place after the auction at Sotheby’s. They discuss the criticisms of ConstitutionDAO, the role of the media, and Ken Griffin’s involvement as the winning bidder. They also reflect on the big picture of ConstitutionDAO as a mental model for the public to learn about DAOs and what this story represents for crypto more broadly.

Chapters:

00:00:21 Result of the auction

00:03:24 Why ConstitutionDAO lost the bid

00:05:19 Discovering Ken Griffin as the winner of the auction

00:10:12 Ken Griffin’s comments on crypto and its threat to traditional finance

00:16:04 Choosing to wind down ConstitutionDAO

00:18:30 The rise of $PEOPLE and PeopleDAO

00:21:02 Reflecting on the big picture of ConstitutionDAO

00:23:54 Miguel the “purple haired dev” & the importance of web3 projects not about speculation

00:26:55 Jonah & Ittai on ConstitutionDAO as a model for DAOs to the public and early internet use cases

00:29:07 Anisha’s thoughts on the role of media and working with the press

00:30:49 Common criticisms of ConstitutionDAO

00:32:27 Pablo’s on leaving ConstitutionDAO

00:35:39 Jon’s thoughts on the future of DAOs & the value of the Constitution being owned by the people

00:37:43 Graham on what the story of ConstitutionDAO represents to him

00:38:34 The last privately owned Constitution going on auction at Sotheby’s on December 13

Topics discussed:

ConstitutionDAO

Ken Griffin

Sothebys

Early internet use and mental models for DAOs

American history

The upcoming auction at Sothebys

Dec 01, 202241:23

Ep. 15 - ConstitutionDAO Retrospective Pt. 1

In this special series of the Juicecast in celebration of the 1-year anniversary of ConstitutionDAO, Matthew and Brileigh are joined by several former core members including Graham Novak, Alice Ma, Jonah Erlich, Ittai Svidler, and Jon Hillis. ConstitutionDAO was a single purpose acquisition DAO that raised over $40M in an attempt to buy one of the last thirteen remaining copies of the U.S. Constitution at Sotheby’s on November 18th, 2021. What started as a joke in a group chat onboarding thousands into crypto and gave the world a glimpse of the power of blockchain technology, decentralization, and new forms of governance.

In this episode, Matthew and Brileigh trace the chronology of the events that took place from conception up until the auction at Sotheby’s. They also cover the history and significance of the Constitution itself, suggestions for where the document could have been displayed, as well as a last minute request from Sotheby’s that almost prevented the DAO from being able to bid at the auction.

Chapters:

00:00:00 Intro

00:00:44 History of the U.S. Constitution

00:01:49 What is the Constitution

00:03:46 1988 auction of the same copy of the Constitution

00:04:38 How ConstitutionDAO got started

00:09:21 End of Day 1, a true heist for public goods at the kickoff call

00:12:05 Communicating with Sotheby's and requirements for bidding

0013:25 Who would “own” the Constitution?

00:14:01 Federal Hall as a bastion of American History & venue for displaying the document

00:15:21 Choosing a fundraising platform

00:17:34 Days 4-6: Money starting to snowball, interviews with CNBC & NYT

0021:20 The power of deadly serious memes

00:22:27 Overcoming stagnant growth and finding a whale

00:24:50 ETH and FTX tank, and overcoming the last hurdle hours before the auction

00:28:12 Introducing Sotheby's Lot 1787: The Constitution, teaser for episode 2

Topics discussed:

ConstitutionDAO

Sotheby's

The U.S. Constitution

American history

FTX

Follow Juicebox on Twitter: @juiceboxETH

Juicebox Protocol's website: juicebox.money

Follow Matthew on Twitter: @0xmatthewb

Follow Brileigh on Twitter: @0xbrileigh

Credits:

Hosts: matthewbrooks.eth and brileigh.eth

Production: matthewbrooks.eth and brileigh.eth

Engineering: matthewbrooks.eth

Nov 17, 202233:22

Ep. 14 - Jacopo from Slice

In this episode, Matthew and Brileigh sit down with Jacopo from Slice. Slice is a decentralized commerce protocol that lets you sell anything on-chain and dynamically split payments between different addresses. In this episode, we talk about Jacopo’s background and how Slice got started, the synergy between Juicebox and Slice, as well as a glimpse into how Blunt Finance is disrupting the VC funding model.

Chapters:

00:01:06 Jacopo’s background

00:02:03 Transitioning from materials to software engineering and discovering crypto

00:03:11 Jacopo’s interest in the Bitcoin white paper

00:04:00 What is Slice

00:05:03 Origin story of Slice

00:06:01 Jacopo’s interest in finding an objective value in NFTs

00:08:32 How Slice works

00:09:39 What are Superowners and Superowner Slices

00:11:05 How on-chain transactions can be linked to physical goods

00:14:44 Use cases for Slice

00:16:30 The long-term vision for Slice

00:17:31 The value of d-stores & why we should make purchases on-chain

00:19:19 The challenges of building Slice

00:21:44 Merge-to-earn

00:23:04 ERC-20 support for products and Slicers

00:23:52 Why Slice is a DAO

00:25:04 Why Jacopo started a project on Juicebox

00:27:16 What is Blunt Finance

00:31:23 How Slice and Juicebox contracts work together on Blunt Finance

00:32:54 How Blunt Finance is solving issues in the VC model

00:34:49 What's coming next for Slice and Blunt Finance

Topics discussed:

Follow Slice on Twitter: @slice_so

Follow Jacopo on Twitter @jj_ranalli

Follow Juicebox on Twitter: @juiceboxETH

Juicebox Protocol's website: juicebox.money

Follow Matthew on Twitter: @0xmatthewb

Follow Brileigh on Twitter: @0xbrileigh

Credits:

Hosts: Matthew Brooks and Brileigh Hardcastle

Production: Matthew Brooks and Brileigh Hardcastle

Engineering: Matthew Brooks

cc0 music by Daniel Allan (Collage 0069)

Nov 08, 202237:44

Ep. 13 - Robin aka Supermassive from BasedAF, formerly The Defiant

In this episode, Brileigh and Matthew sit down with Robin Schmidt, also known as Supermassive. Robin is a multimedia beast, creating high quality video content formerly at The Defiant and now at Based AF. In this conversation, Robin tells us about the pitfalls of the creator economy, and how web3 is falling short. He also explains why he’s leaving the Defiant to take on his most ambitious venture yet at BasedAF where he plans to explore his interest in the metaverse somewhere between web2 and web3.

Chapters:

00:00:00 Intro

00:00:58 Welcome

00:01:40 The meaning behind “Supermassive”

00:04:39 What is the creator economy

00:07:30 Web3 and the creator economy

00:13:33 Robin’s thoughts on solutions for monetization, and discovery for creators

00:21:51 The lack of sustainable profit models for crypto organizations

00:25:54 Why Robin is leaving the Defiant and what is BasedAF

00:33:38 Benevolent Supervillain Juicebox project for dialysis machines

00:36:40 Sudoswap and artist royalties

00:37:29 Challenging the relationship between creators & their audience and Robin’s new PFP collection

00:41:08 Takeaways from experiments in web3 that try to solve complex problems

00:44:43 Why Robin is crowdfunding Benevolent Supervillain on Juicebox

00:45:40 What Robin hopes to achieve with BasedAF

00:49:43 FORMING, a hyperverse concert by Lexicon Devils to crowdfund for web3 musicians

00:53:08 Audience As A Service (AAAS)

00:58:34 50 mile marathon and the vomit comet

00:59:23 Outro and disclaimers

Topics discussed:

The Defiant

BasedAF

Youtube

The creator economy

Metaverse

Lexicon Devils FORMING

Relevant links:

Follow Robin on Twitter: @IamSuperMassive

BasedAF website: based-af.com

Follow BasedAF on Twitter: @we_are_BasedAF

Follow Juicebox on Twitter: @juiceboxETH

Juicebox Protocol's website: juicebox.money

Follow Matthew on Twitter: @0xmatthewb

Follow Brileigh on Twitter: @0xbrileigh

Credits:

Hosts: Matthew Brooks and Brileigh Hardcastle

Production: Matthew Brooks and Brileigh Hardcastle

Engineering: Matthew Brooks

cc0 music by Daniel Allen (Collage #0069)

Nov 01, 202259:21

Ep. 12 - David Phelps from JokeDAO

In this episode, Brileigh and Matthew sit down with David Phelps from JokeDAO. David wears many hats: he's a web2 founder, an investor at cowfund, co-creator of JokeDAO and EcoDAO, and a writer on Substack. David tells us why long-form writing is important to him, his elevator pitch for JokeDAO, and the power of the Guild + JokeDAO + Juicebox modular stack. We also learn about internet subcultures and David’s background as a film writer, the differences between JokeDAO and Snapshot, and how contests can help DAOs achieve consensus while building community in the process.

Chapters:

00:00:59 Welcome

00:01:17 The story behind David’s handle “divine_economy”

00:02:41 Why long-form writing is important to David

00:05:54 David’s background as an arts writer

00:09:32 Overview of David’s current projects

00:12:48 David’s elevator pitch for JokeDAO

00:16:27 The Guild + JokeDAO + Juicebox modular stack

00:20:21 David’s interest in history and governance

00:23:31 The differences between JokeDAO and Snapshot

00:25:20 David’s failed grant interview and favourite joke

00:28:18 JokeDAO’s MakerDAO proposal

00:28:57 JokeDAO alpha

00:29:21 Wrap-up

Topics discussed:

Relevant links:

Follow David on Twitter: @divine_economy

JokeDAO’s website: jokedao.io

Follow JokeDAO on Twitter: @jokedao_

Follow Juicebox on Twitter: @juiceboxETH

Juicebox Protocol's website: juicebox.money

Follow Matthew on Twitter: @0xmatthewb

Follow Brileigh on Twitter: @0xbrileigh

Credits:

Hosts: Matthew Brooks and Brileigh Hardcastle

Production: Matthew Brooks and Brileigh Hardcastle

Engineering: Matthew Brooks

cc0 music by Daniel Allen (Collage #0069)

Oct 13, 202230:12

Ep. 11 - Steve from Marin County Swim Association

Marin County Swim Association is a 501(c) non-profit raising funds to make aquatics more accessible in Marin County, CA. Historically, residents have had to travel out-of-county to participate in high-level competitions, creating financial barriers for underrepresented youth to participate. MCSA aims to bring these opportunities back to the community by providing access to tournaments, equipment, and lessons at low or no cost.

In this episode, we discuss the current barriers to access aquatics in Marin County, Steve’s background as a water polo coach, and how he discovered crypto before becoming a JuiceboxDAO contributor. He also tells us about his experience fundraising for MCSA on Juicebox and how it can enable greater transparency for non-profit organizations.

Chapters:

00:02:22 Steve’s background and becoming a water polo coach

00:06:58 How Steve got involved with crypto

00:09:36 Becoming a contributor at Juicebox

00:12:10 Hustling to maintain coaching, Juicebox

00:13:31 What is Marin County Swim Association

00:15:40 History of MCSA, and fighting for equity and inclusion in community college

00:17:39 Why Steve created a Juicebox project for MCSA

00:19:02 MCSA Annual Kickoff and running tournaments

00:22:13 What Steve has learned while being a coach

0027:00 Marin County’s reaction to crypto crowdfunding

00:29:19 Using Juicebox to manage your own non-profit organization

00:31:19 Transparency, accounting and other things Steve has learned about non-profits

00:34:11 Onboarding and explaining Juicebox to newcomers

00:37:41 Parallels between Juicebox and Angel investing and running your start up on Juicebox

00:40:41 How to get involved with MCSA

Topics discussed:

MCSA

Marin County

Water polo

Coaching

Non profit organizations running on Juicebox

Angel Investing

Follow MCSA on Twitter: @marincountyswim

Follow Steve on Twitter @0xSTVG

Follow Juicebox on Twitter: @juiceboxETH

Juicebox Protocol's website: juicebox.money

Follow Matthew on Twitter: @0xmatthewb

Follow Brileigh on Twitter: @0xbrileigh

Credits:

Hosts: Matthew Brooks and Brileigh Hardcastle

Production: Matthew Brooks and Brileigh Hardcastle

Engineering: Matthew Brooks

Music by Daniel Allen (Collage #0069)

Sep 27, 202245:29

Ep. 10 - Sean from JokeDAO

In this episode, Brileigh and Matthew sit down with Sean from JokeDAO. JokeDAO is bottom-up, on-chain governance for communities to submit entries and vote on favourites. In this governance deep dive, Sean tells us about the various use cases for JokeDAO’s platform and how it can be used for a community to vote on grants, bounties, curation, contests and more. Together we break down how the Jokerace works, the governance system behind it, and the emerging social and game theory dynamics that it produces. We also learn about Sean’s background in development and what they’re building at the towers three.

Chapters:

00:02:53 Sean’s background

00:05:07 The current pitfalls of governance

00:10:23 Sean’s favourite governance models and examples

00:13:10 Jokedao’s vision for how governance should work

00:17:43 Breaking down bicameral checks and balances

00:21:22 JokeDAO is a governance game engine and game theory

00:23:00 Building social graphs through JokeDAO

00:25:21 Use cases for Joke DAO and examples

00:27:37 Why JokeDAO became a project on Juicebox

00:29:12 The challenges of a programmable contest platform & similarities to Juicebox protocol

00:32:42 JokeDAO roadmap

00:34:28 The Towers Three

00:36:17 Leftist politics and people’s conflict with web3

Topics discussed:

JokeDAO

Jokenomics Article

History of Governance

The Towers Three

Leftist politics and crypto

Follow JokeDAO on Twitter: @jokedao_

Follow Sean on Twitter @seanmc_eth

Follow Juicebox on Twitter: @juiceboxETH

Juicebox Protocol's website: juicebox.money

Follow Matthew on Twitter: @0xmatthewb

Follow Brileigh on Twitter: @0xbrileigh

Credits:

Hosts: Matthew Brooks and Brileigh Hardcastle

Production: Matthew Brooks and Brileigh Hardcastle

Engineering: Matthew Brooks

cc0 music by Daniel Allen (Collage #0069)

Aug 30, 202243:59

Ep. 9 - Kenny from StudioDAO

In this episode, Matthew and Brileigh sit down with Kenny from Studio DAO. StudioDAO is a decentralized movie studio owned by filmmakers and fans. Community members source, green-light, fund, and distribute movies while creators retain 100% of their creative control and ownership. Fans can help fund films and receive NFT rewards, access to exclusive content, and have a say in governance for the community wallet.

Kenny tells us about his long career in the media and entertainment industry and how StudioDAO is flipping the script on the traditional studio model. As someone who was closely involved in the early history of interactive media and later the transition from cable to streaming, Kenny shares his vision for how a community-owned studio can create space for content that is otherwise lost to the algorithms and business models of companies like Netflix.

Chapters:

00:02:30 The story behind the name “Kenbot”

00:04:18 Kenny’s background

00:10:35 Kenny’s entry to web3 and the origin story of StudioDAO

00:16:04 How the traditional model works for funding films

00:19:54 How StudioDAO works for fans

00:24:34 How StudioDAO works for filmmakers

00:28:45 The legal structure behind StudioDAO

00:32:31 StudioDAO Roadmap

00:36:16 Enabling collective action

00:40:01 Why it’s important that StudioDAO is a DAO

00:44:50 Vision for StudioDAO becoming sustainable

00:48:20 The difference between StudioDAO and companies like Netflix

00:50:13 StudioDAO launch to mainnet

00:52:41 How to get involved with StudioDAO

Topics discussed:

StudioDAO

Traditional studio model for funding films

Juicebox NFT Rewards

Follow StudioDAO on Twitter: @studioDao

Follow Kenny on Twitter @kenbot

Follow Juicebox on Twitter: @juiceboxETH

Juicebox Protocol's website: juicebox.money

Follow Matthew on Twitter: @0xmatthewb

Follow Brileigh on Twitter: @0xbrileigh

Credits:

Hosts: Matthew Brooks and Brileigh Hardcastle

Production: Matthew Brooks and Brileigh Hardcastle

Engineering: Matthew Brooks

Music: Sam Cronenberg

Aug 15, 202255:38

Ep. 8 - Peacenode and Wackozacco from Lexicon Devils

In this episode, Matthew and Brileigh sit down with Peacenode and Wackozacco from Lexicon Devils. Building and staging virtual experiences in Voxels and beyond, Lexicon Devils is a metaverse guild. They acquire parcels, design and execute complex builds, and organize interactive events including DJ sets, treasure hunts, art exhibitions, and performances. We learn about the ongoing metaverse experiences that they’ve created for Juicebox, their recent Voxels builds and client projects, and their upcoming hyperverse concert FORMING which features a curated lineup of web3 musicians.

Chapters:

00:01:32 The story behind Wackozacco’s pseudonym

00:02:13 Peacenode’s pseudonym

00:04:26 Wackozacco’s background

00:05:50 Peacenode’s background

00:08:45 Video Games and their relationship to metaverse environments

00:11:04 What is Lexicon Devils

00:11:54 Origin story of the name Lexicon Devils

00:12:57 First thing Lexicon Devils built

00:13:35 Lexicon Devils recent and ongoing projects

00:14:17 Learning curve for working on Voxels

00:17:10 Walking through the building process

00:20:45 The Lexicon Devils team

00:21:36 Lexicon Devils x Juicebox

00:22:53 Benefits of Lexicon Devils becoming a project on Juicebox

00:24:14 Juicebox v1

00:26:29 WAGMI Studios x Lexicon Devils treasure hunt collab

00:30:12 Wackozacco and IRL architecture movements influence in Voxels

00:32:29 The housing crisis and growing popularity of metaverses

00:37:42 Career paths in web3 and becoming metaverse architects

00:40:57 Voxels and digital identity

00:47:00 Peacenode and Wackozacco’s personal projects (Seedclub, Vitalik Sphinx)

50:58:00 How the metaverse space has evolved over the last few years

00:57:27 Future projects, FORMING - the JB hyperverse concert

Topics discussed:

Lexicon Devils

Cryptovoxels

[Dreams Never Die Voxels](https://www.voxels.com/play?coords=5968W,1708N,)

Slothtopia

Visit Lexicon Devils in Voxels

The Juicebox Voxels plot

Architect Island

Vitalik Sphinx

Visit Juicebox in Voxels

Follow Lexicon Devils on Twitter: @devils_lexicon

Follow Peacenode on Twitter @peace_node

Follow Wackozacco on Twitter @wackozacco420

Follow Juicebox on Twitter: @juiceboxETH

Juicebox Protocol's website: juicebox.money

Follow Matthew on Twitter: @0xmatthewb

Follow Brileigh on Twitter: @0xbrileigh

Credits:

Hosts: Matthew Brooks and Brileigh Hardcastle

Production: Matthew Brooks and Brileigh Hardcastle

Engineering: Matthew Brooks

Jul 11, 202201:03:22

Ep. 7 - Pablo and Kori from Moon DAO

In this episode, Brileigh and Matthew sit down with the co-founders of Moon DAO, Pablo and Kori. Moon DAO is a worldwide collective of people united by the mission of decentralizing access to space research and exploration. We learn about the history of Moon DAO, the importance of making space research and exploration decentralized, and their ticket to space NFT, which is a free mint contest for anyone to win a chance to go to space on Blue Origin this year 2022.

Chapters:

00:01:01 Kori’s background

00:02:03 Pablo’s background

00:07:04 What is Moon DAO

00:10:28 Origin story of Moon DAO

00:15:55 The innate desire for humans to explore space

00:18:05 First phase of Moon DAO & finding Juicebox

00:21:59 Token distribution and importance of making Moon DAO equitable

00:25:33 Ticket to space NFT drop

00:31:54 Choosing Blue Origin over other spaceflight services

00:35:33 What is the message Moon DAO of sending someone to space?

00:38:19 Moon DAO space research and exploration plans

00:41:25 Reflections on Constitution DAO and Moon DAO’s approach to governance

00:45:56 Challenges of DAO structure

00:48:29 Contributing at Moon DAO

00:52:38 Open Lunar and governance of the Moon

00:55:57 Moon DAO working alongside governments and private organizations

00:59:19 Decision to be doxxed co-founders

01:04:17 Value of being a “headless” organization

01:08:36 How to get involved with Moon DAO

Topics discussed:

Moon DAO