Aug 9 / 2023
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Welcome to Episode 4 of the Zero Rights Reserved video podcast, in which hosts Toady Hawk and Robotfishgirl from The Noun Square Media Collective sit down for a fireside chat with Ben West and Azeem from Gitcoin! 
 
We talk about: 
- The history of Gitcoin, 
- The importance of open source, 
- Keeping both Nouns & Gitcoin weird, 
- Why impact funding is so crucial 
- Plus much, much more... including how you can apply for funding in their current impact round! 
 
Grab a coffee and sit down!
 
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Timestamps:
 
0:00 - Teaser: “We eat VC’s alive.”
1:31 - Intro
2:40 - The Ben West origin story
4:15 - The Juggler5:11 - The Azeem Villain arc (just kidding)7:28 - Harassing Richard Heart
9:52 - Getting to the kernel of Kernel: https://www.kernel.community/en/
12:05 - WTF are the Quadratic Lands? https://youtu.be/mTU6J4WTPtk
14:04 - The Genesis of Gitcoin
16:00 - Funding public goods
16:30 - The ubiquity of open source in software vs. art
18:08 - We like Short Shorts: https://zora.co/collect/eth:0xd64ce3231839fed12c0ee132d6b33b4238ff9929
18:42 - Quadratic Funding — what is it?
22:02 - Keep Nouns Weird
22:24 - New funding round that just started! #GG18
23:21 - Everything is beta
26:45 - Quadriga X Side quest. https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/904-a-death-in-cryptoland ; https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/trust-no-one-the-hunt-for-the-crypto-king-trailer
29:10 - Who can apply for funding in a Gitcoin round?
29:18 - Keep Gitcoin Weird
31:48 - Gitcoin x Nouns Prop House?
34:28 - The Pillars of Gitcoin
36:00 - Hidden benefits of open sourcing infrastructure and software
38:18 - Gitcoin Passport. (Our explainer video: https://youtu.be/z-EiaGbY_2Y)
43:20 - Gitcoin as a bridge for non-crypto people
44:20 - In search of humans who don’t use Linked In
45:34 - Everybody hates CAPTCHAS
46:26 - What are Ben’s favourite projects funded by Gitcoin?
47:51 - The $BALD rug solved
49:02 - Trying to explain crypto things to normal friends
49:28 - Crypto Mom story time
50:07 - Azeem’s favorite Gitcoin-funded projects: “We eat VC’s alive.”
53:40 - Nouns and Attention-ROI
55:01 - Why is it so important to fund Public Goods? Azeem
56:27 - And Ben 
01:00 - Turning the tables: Ask us about Nouns
01:20 - Where can people go to learn about Nouns? http://tns.wtf; https://nftnow.com/guides/an-nft-every-day-a-guide-to-the-nouns-nft-project-dao-and-ecosystem/ ; http://nouns.center ; https://metaversal.banklesshq.com/p/nouns-birthday?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=reader2
01:05 - Must-follow Nouners
01:07 - Outro
 
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Podcast recorded and edited by Toady Hawk.
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