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Crypto Altruism Podcast Episode 129 - Gitcoin - Elevating public goods with decentralization, quadratic funding, and community coordination

In episode 129, we’re excited to welcome Ben West, Grants Program Lead at Gitcoin, an incredible organization that has distributed over $50M to early-stage public goods builders championing projects across DeFi, climate, education, and more. We discuss quadratic funding, Web3 as a powerful tool for community coordination and advancing public goods, advice for first time grantees, and more.

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Crypto Altruism Podcast Episode 126 - Cerebrum DAO - Decentralized funding of brain health research

In episode 126, we’re excited to welcome Brian Magierski, Founder of Cerebrum DAO, an open, global community collectively sourcing, brainstorming, and funding solutions to advance brain health and prevent neurodegeneration. We discuss how Web3 tools can advance brain health research, using DAO architecture to coordinate communities, how the decentralized science movement can empower scientists, and more.

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Crypto Altruism Podcast Episode 119 - Giveth - Building the future of giving by empowering a global “decentralized altruistic community”

In episode 119, we’re excited to welcome Mitch, DAO Steward at Giveth, a community-driven movement to transform the way we fund nonprofits and social causes. We discuss how they are using Web3 tools to reimagine philanthropy and the donor experience, DAOs and Giveth’s “Decentralized Altruistic Community”, optimizing public goods funding with conviction voting and quadratic funding, and much more.

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Crypto Altruism Podcast Episode 118 - Honey Badges - Funding grassroots changemakers with decentralized grantmaking

In episode 118, we’re excited to welcome G.D. Anderson, Founder of Honey Badges, an NFT community dedicated to funding changemakers. We discuss how Web3 will transform donor engagement, DAOs and the power of decentralized grant making, stories of impact from the grassroots changemakers they’ve supported, inclusion in Web3, and more.

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INFOGRAPHIC: How Web3 will transform donor engagement

The traditional donor-charity relationship is disempowering and desperately needs a rejuvenation. Individual donations are down, trust in charitable giving is waning, and nonprofits are struggling to connect with new donor demographics. Web3 can help shift the donor-charity relationship and empower donors to become active participants in causes.

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Liquid Democracy: The Future of Governance Powered by Blockchain

Democracy, hailed as the beacon of freedom and representation, faces many complex challenges in the modern age, demonstrating a need to re-evaluate how democracies function and adapt in an ever-changing landscape. Enter the era of "Liquid Democracy" — a revolutionary approach, empowered by blockchain, that will redefine accountability, transparency, and participation in democratic institutions

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Crypto Altruism Podcast Episode 114 - Givepact - Reimagining donor engagement with crypto, proof of impact NFTs, and DAOs

In episode 114, we’re excited to welcome Alicia Cepeda Maule and Steven Aguiar of Givepact, a crypto philanthropy platform that allows individuals to support the causes they care about while joining a donor-led DAO. We discuss how Web3 can address the pain points felt by nonprofits, using proof of impact NFTs to recognize donors, the power of DAOs to build community and engage donors, and more.

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Podcast, Science, Inclusion Drew Simon Podcast, Science, Inclusion Drew Simon

Crypto Altruism Podcast Episode 106 - AthenaDAO - Levelling the playing field for women's health research with Web3

In episode 106, we’re excited to welcome Laura Minquini, Founder of AthenaDAO, a decentralized community of researchers, funders, and advocates working to advance women’s health research, education, and funding. We discuss how Web3 presents new funding opportunities for women’s health research, why DAOs are the ultimate tool for organizing the community, the role of IP-NFTs, and much more.

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Crypto Altruism Podcast Episode 100 - Words of wisdom from pioneering Web3 Changemakers on the power of blockchain

In episode 100, we look back on the top moments from the first 99 episodes – the best insights, alpha, and reflections on the incredible potential of blockchain to build a better world. We share one short clip from each of the top ten most popular episodes of the Crypto Altruism podcast – from some of Web3’s pioneering social impact leaders.

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How blockchain can empower democracies

Blockchain and web3 technologies have the potential to revolutionize and rejuvenate democracy by increasing transparency, accountability, and participation. By leveraging the power of decentralized networks, we can build new tools that empower citizens to engage more directly in decision-making, and that create more inclusive and responsive political systems.

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INFOGRAPHIC: 10 Web3 Social Impact trends to monitor in 2023

Looking forward to 2023, there is a lot to be excited about when looking at Web3 and social impact. This infographic highlights 10 trends to monitor for 2023 including social impact DAOs, Web3 crowdfunding, Web3-driven activism, charitable NFTs, crypto & emergency aid, DeSci, crypto UBI, ReFi, on-chain accountability, and inclusion in Web3.

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Web3 - A Disruptive Tool For Social Impact

Cryptocurrency is more than just an investment. Cryptocurrency, blockchain, and web3 are generational technologies that have the potential to change the world for the better. These ground-breaking technologies will positively disrupt nearly all aspects of our lives in the coming decades: the internet, our financial systems, supply chains, health care, and everything in between. From a social impact lens, blockchain is the single greatest development since the internet.

It has the potential to revolutionize the way aid is disbursed, how funds are raised by non-profits and charitable causes, how communities and collectives organize and engage in self-governance, how CO2 is tracked and managed, how important financial services are delivered to the nearly 2 billion unbanked people around the world, and much more. We are only just scratching the surface of the intersections between web3 and social good.

Crypto Altruism is the leading platform for content highlighting the social impact use cases of web3 and the extraordinary organizations and projects that are using this technology to change the world. Through our blog, podcast, and educational resources, we elevate stories of how crypto, blockchain, NFTs, DAOs, and other web3 innovations are being used all over the world for novel and inspiring use cases.