ZEROPOD #4- ”We Eat VC’s Alive!” - Ben West & Azeem from Gitcoin (Video Version)

Aug 9 / 2023 ------ 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!   ---   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   ---   Podcast recorded and edited by Toady Hawk. Zero Rights Reserved, remix any of our content as much as you like!   Follow @ thenounsquare on Twitter for daily content about Nouns, NFTs, Ethereum and more.Watch this podcast in glorious 4K instead on our TNS YouTube (Don't forget to Like & Subscribe) https://youtu.be/fAPxyHl_Yhk