Wide ranging conversation with Jordan Gray. Jordan is a NEAR Ecosystem OG that has led and worked on many projects and initiatives such as TENK, and most recently AstroDAO.
Show Notes
Some of the topics we cover:
* NEARCON 2022 - wild experience.
* Jordan's Origins - from Art + Tech nonprofit to NEAR Protocol
* NFTs - origins and evolution. Digital gentrification?
* Challenges and new approaches to DAOs:
* Putting the human back in the equation - applying Design Thinking to DAOs
* Onboarding and off boarding - quadratic quorum!?
* NDC - origins and road ahead
* Progressive payouts for Hackathons
* Basement dwellers and the joys of on-chain espionage
* ...and more!
Resources and Mentions
TENK - https://tenk.dev
NEAR Misfits - https://twitter.com/NEARMisfits
Deep Skills - https://www.deepskills.io
AstroDAO - https://astrodao.com
[NDC] Illia @ ETHCC - Designing DAOs for Ecosystem Governance - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h5Jy4EVFMs
[NDC] Twitter Thread summarising Illia's ETHCC Talk - https://twitter.com/AlejandroVBeta1/status/1566712177037574144
Stader Labs NEARX exploit - what happened - https://youtu.be/1PRNaZBzR4Q
Pizza Maker - https://twitter.com/AlejandroVBeta1/status/1561123876465102848?s=20&t=YuEngYH_r9tjYtV-jt77aw
What is Wild User Interviews Podcast (Wuipod)?
People, Product and Crypto.
Wild User Interviews is about open-sourcing open-ended conversations with the creative forces shaping up the decentralised world. In the wild, our guests range from Product Designers to Blockchain Architects, and include topics such as Philosophy and Proof-of-Stake. The common thread being our focus on the human side as he try to deconstruct the frameworks and processes to enable listeners to become the better version of themselves while venturing into the Metaverse.