Episode 244 - Earn While You Give: How Impact Staking Is Redefining Philanthropy, with Launchnodes & Lido Impact Staking

For episode 244 of the Crypto Altruists podcast, we’re excited to welcome back Jaydeep Korde, CEO of Launchnodes and Founder of Lido Impact Staking.

When we last spoke, Lido Impact Staking was a bold new idea: what if you could donate a portion of your staking rewards to fund verified social impact projects, all while keeping your principal intact? It was a powerful counter-narrative to traditional philanthropy, which can often be viewed as a zero-sum game.

In today’s discussion you’ll learn:

🔄 How impact staking is redefining philanthropy by letting contributors support causes while earning rewards and without giving up their principal

💰 How Lido Impact Staking is building a Social Impact Marketplace that connects stakers with verified nonprofits like GiveDirectly, UNICEF, UNHCR, and more

🌱 Why the shift from zero-sum donations to a positive-sum model, where both the contributor and the cause benefit, could transform how we fund social good

📊 How radical transparency through real-time dashboards is building trust and accountability in crypto philanthropy

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‍--Key Takeaways--

🚨 Nonprofits are facing a perfect storm, and new funding models are urgently needed: Declining donations, an aging donor base, reduced savings, aid cuts, and geopolitical challenges have created one of the most difficult environments nonprofits have ever faced. This reality is driving an urgent need for alternative, sustainable funding models.

🔄 From zero-sum to positive-sum: a new paradigm for giving: Traditional philanthropy feels like a zero-sum exchange: you give, and it's gone. Impact staking flips this by letting contributors earn rewards while funding causes they care about, without sacrificing their principal. Everyone benefits.

📊 Transparency builds trust, and trust unlocks more giving: People want to see the impact of their giving. Lido Impact Staking's real-time dashboard tracks contributions and verified impact data, building the trust that's often missing in traditional philanthropy and encouraging deeper engagement.

--Full shownotes with links--
https://www.cryptoaltruists.com/blog/crypto-altruists-episode-244-earn-while-you-give-how-impact-staking-is-redefining-crypto-philanthropy-with-launchnodes-lido-impact-staking

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