🌍 This Week in Web3forGood
Building a future we believe in together
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We hope this week’s newsletter finds you well, though we are mindful of the heavy hearts many of us carry with the ongoing situation in Gaza. It's been over 130 days now, and the weight of these events is felt deeply, not just as distant news but as a shared human tragedy.
In these times, the power of community and support is more vital than ever. If you're looking for a way to make a difference, consider donating to the International Rescue Committee's appeal for Gaza through Endaoment. Every contribution, no matter the size, can help bring relief to those caught in this crisis.
As we navigate these challenging times, we're also looking ahead to opportunities for coming together, sharing ideas, and fostering hope. With that in mind, we're finalizing our plans for ETHDenver. It's more than just an event; it's a chance to connect, learn, and build towards a future we all believe in. Are you planning to join us there? We'd love to hear from you and perhaps even meet in person.
Take care, and let's keep supporting each other, both near and far.
WAGMI (we are going to make an impact!)
What’s Inside
📣 Latest News
📚 What We’re Thinking About
🔈 Podcasts
🚀 Opportunities & Events
📡 On Our Radar
✨ And one more thing
📣 Latest News
Creatives DAO Allocates $10,000 for Quadratic Funding of Public Goods on NEAR
ENS is supporting the International Rescue Committee’s humanitarian efforts in Gaza
Opera MiniPay crosses 1 million users in Africa 5 months after its launch
Optimism Moves Towards Progressive Decentralization With Security Council Launch
Latest Reports
📚 What We’re Thinking About
📗 Gitcoin Grants proposed updates for G20. (Gitcoin)
🌱 Scaling LatAm’s crypto builder ecosystem. (Odisea Labs)
🤝 Philanthropy's $12 Trillion Shift: Navigating the Wealth Transfer from Boomers to Millennials. (Enadaoment)
🚩 A stunt from Bitcoin supporters led to the appearance that U.S. senator and staunch cryptocurrency opponent Elizabeth Warren signed an order for a flag to be flown over the U.S. capitol commemorating Satoshi Nakamoto. (CoinDesk)
➕ Positive Sum Design with Crypto. (Fracton)
🤖 Roblox rolls out real-time AI translation for all users — is this the start of true global multiplayer? (Tom’s Guide)
👤 Joe Biden or an AI Deepfake? The White House says it will use watermarking and cryptography technology developed with the AI Safety Institute to fight political disinformation. (Decrypt)
🪓 Ethiopia aims to rival Texas as a regional hub for crypto mining in the coming years. (The Defiant)
✅ Opening the RetroPGF ballot box: analysis on 21,813 anonymous votes. (Carl Cervone)
🔗 Fault Proof Deep-Dive Part 1: MIPS.sol and how it works within the OP Stack's Fault Proof System. (OP Labs Blog)
🛐 The religious and moral impacts of AI. (Project Liberty)
👾 Crypto the Game has a winner… and it’s a wholesome story. (@DylanAbruscato)
🚺 The Crypto world needs more women: Providing practical advice to break through workplace gender bias. (Forbes)
🔈 Podcasts:
Crypto Altruism Podcast Episode 141 - Atlantis DAO – Coordinating & incentivizing climate regeneration with Web3
GreenPill Season 3 - Ep. 12 - OpenSource Observer w/ Raymond Cheng
🚀 Opportunities & Events:
Apply: erable° is hiring multiple positions.
Apply: Unchained is hiring multiple positions.
Apply: Gitcoin is accepting self-nominations for the GG20 Community Council.
Funding Opportunity: Glo Dollar x Arbitrum DAO QF round on Gitcoin starts on February 20.
Donate: Support the IRC’s humanitarian efforts in Gaza with an onchain donation.
Learn: Blockchain Radicals 8 Week Course will help those who are interested in learning more about crypto to get up to speed and help those already in the space to understand their work from a political lens.
Learn: SheFi empowers female and non-binary professionals and entrepreneurs to succeed in frontier industries. Season 10 enrollment is open now.
Events
Attend: Upcoming fairly aligned X spaces with a focus on the using web3 for positive impact in the real world (curated weekly by @civilmonkey!)
Attend: Gitcoin Citizens is hosting Citizens Retro Round #3, Call 2: Grants Program TODAY February 16 on X Spaces.
Attend: A New Digital Finance Paradigm is happening February 20 in Brussels.
Attend: INATBA’s DIGITAL ASSET SERIES - Decoding Institutional Investors’ Interest in Blockchain to unveil the future of the ecosystem is happening February 21 online.
Attend: Glo Dollar is hosting QF round on Gitcoin: Glo Dollar <> Arbitrum DAO on February 22 on X Spaces.
Attend: Consumer Crypto Space, a three-day coworking event, is happening February 21-23 at the Celo Foundation HQ in San Francisco.
Attend: Social Impact Summit 2024 by Blockchain Law for Social Good Center is happening February 27 in San Francisco.
Attend: Glen Weyl: Plurality: The Future of Collaborative Technology and Democracy seminar is happening March 11 online and IRL at Stanford.
Attend: ETHLatam is happening March 13-14 in San Pedrosula, Honduras
Attend: Funding the Commons is happening April 13-14 in Berkeley, CA.
ETHDenver Events (ordered by date; all happening IRL in Denver)
Attend: ETHDenver is happening February 23 - March 3 in Denver.
Attending ETHDenver? Here’s a complete and regularly updated list of side ETH Denver events.
Attend: DeSciSummit2024 is happening February 25 - March 1.
Attend: Convergence AI Summit: Forging New Realities at the Intersection of AI and Web3 is happening February 26.
Attend: Web3 Grants Summit w/Meta Gov and Gitcoin is happening February 27.
Attend: DE:PIN SUMMIT is happening February 27.
Attend: SheFi Summit is happening February 28 .
Attend: Flowcarbon CarbonSmart: ETHDenver Summit is happening February 28.
Attend: ACJR and the Crypto Communications Collective’s TechTalks: Exploring Tomorrow's Trends is happening February 29.
Attend: FIL Dev Summit - ETHDenver is happening February 29.
Attend: Greenpill Governinit Summit is happening February 29.
Attend: Stand with Crypto: Founders Uniting for Policy Progress is happening March 1 at the Base Booth inside Spork Castle.
Attend: Schelling Point Session: Impact Reporting at Gitcoin House is happening March 2.
Attend: REGENERATION (A Regen Network + CCN Event) is happening Saturday March 2.
📡 On Our Radar
Grass is the underlying infrastructure that powers AI models. By installing the Grass web extension, the application will automatically sell your unused internet to AI companies, who use it to scrape the internet and train their models.
$Earth is a digital currency backed by real world climate solutions, ecosystem services, and solarpunk values.
The Digital Public Goods Alliance promotes digital public goods to create a more equitable world.
erable° is an investment platform that empowers conscious investors to directly fund tangible company assets, enabling active participation in projects.
EarthFund is a way to launch and run decentralized communities for a better tomorrow.
conVERSEverse is a newsletter from theVERSEverse containing the latest exhibits, poet spotlights, and onchain musings related to poetry.
✨ And one more thing
New to public goods? Crypto Altruism compiled a public goods themed podcast starter pack featuring 9 great episodes that will catch you up to speed.
