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The Web3 world is still reeling from the impact of FTX, leading to more questions within this bear market. At moments like this, it can feel hard to be idealistic about use cases that, in spite of having much potential, are still speculative.
That’s why we’re here to remind you that Web3 still *can* be good, if we choose to use it as such. In fact, many good people are building very good Web3 things for the world right now.
Like this week: GoodDollar V3 is coming, leading Web3 orgs like Celo and The Climate Collective launched a platform to tackle emissions at COP27, The Giving Block processed their largest donation ever, and more. Like always, it’s all here + jobs, events, and new projects we’re watching.
How are you building for impact in Web3? We want to know.
WAGMI (we are going to make an impact)
What’s Inside
🕊 Tweets of the Week
📣 Latest News
📚 What We’re Thinking About
🚀 Opportunities
📡 On Our Radar
✨ And one more thing
🕊 Tweets of the Week
📣 Latest News
GoodDollar V3 is coming - updated roadmap and key enhancements to the protocol
dClimate and GuildOne Announce Partnership to Bring Canadian Land Data On-Chain
Gitcoin expands governance participation to long term partners
📚 What We’re Thinking About
🌲Open Forest Protocol’s whiteboard series explains its value proposition, the future vision, and more solutions. (Open Forest Protocol)
🪙 What an early stage Web3 project should do to survive a bear market, according to “Buidl in Public”, a new series focused on building early stage Web3 project builders. (Gitcoin)
🚔 Vitalik on Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX fraud. (Decrypt)
🐻 Bear markets are stressful, but there's a lot to be excited about in the Web3 impact space. CryptoAltruism shares clips about what inspires builders most about Web3 and social impact. (CryptoAltruism)
🌱 How might Web3 disrupt philanthropy and social impact work? Can we avoid the pitfalls in current models? Why is it important that we engage in Web3? (GiveSafely Twitter Space)
🏘 How the built environment informs our lived experience to create regenerative systems through community building, leveraging The Network State framework to align, connect, and scale. (Cohere Podcast)
👐 Cryptophilanthrophy is not slowing down. The Giving Block recently processed a $9.4M crypto donation, their largest of all-time, and they’ve matched nearly $1 million in donations over the last few weeks. (The Giving Block)
🏛 Atlanta-based HBCU Morehouse College becomes first to offer classes in the Metaverse. (BET)
🌎 Vitalik “probably says things he shouldn’t” in a fascinating conversation with The Blockchain Socialist. (The Blockchain Socialist podcast)
🦅 One veteran weighs in on why veterans find Bitcoin so appealing. (Bitcoin Magazine)
🔬 Infographic: 13 ways DeSci will revolutionize scientific research and development. (Crypto Altruism)
🐣 Baby registries have entered the Metaverse, and millennials and Gen Z are here for it. (ModernRetail)
🗳 One of the biggest obstacles to decentralized governance is that not enough people participate. What if we paid people to participate instead? (a16z Crypto)
🚀 Opportunities:
Apply: Trust Protocol is hiring a Software Engineer/Data Scientist.
Apply: MITRE is hiring a Web3 Cybersecurity Technologist and a Lead Web3 Sociotechnical Risk Analyst, Computational Finance.
Apply: New_ Public is hiring a Head of Studio Operations, Senior UX Designer, Operations Manager.
Attend: Goldfinch and Cauris are hosting a LinkedIn Live conversation on Financing African FinTech on November 22.
Attend: Venture ESG is hosting a webinar about Crypto and ESG on December 8.
Attend: FrontierDAO is hosting Energy As A Public Good, a Web3 Workshop Series, every Thursday between November 2 and January 12.
Learn: Foundations of Humane Technology is a free, self-paced online course for professionals shaping tomorrow's technology.
Funding: UNICEF’s Venture Fund awards up to $100k in funding and provides access to technical support and mentorship for industry leaders for climate tech startups.
📡 On Our Radar
Better DAO members drive planet positive impact through control of the BETTER CLIMATE FUND.
ZOO is a DeFi game that allows players to collect NFT animals representative of endangered species in the real world. 10% of all gaming fees will be donated to non-profit organizations.
Flow3rs is a collection of decentralized art for positive climate impact.
HU DAO is a collectively owned venture capital and development mechanism from Howard University that finances and supports ventures and protocols selected by the community and built by members of the community.
✨ And one more thing
The FTX fiasco, as explained by The Office.