Grit Daily Startup Show [SxSw] Blockchain Goes Bold
The Grit Daily Startup podcast is the place to hear inspiring stories from pioneers in the world of decentralized technology. Our guests including Gretchen Fox (AIKON) Amanda Terry (OnChain Monkey) and Addy Crezee (Oaziz DAO), to explore how web 3 technology is being used to create wealth and provide humanitarian aid. Guests discuss the challenges associated with mass adoption and how to bridge the gap between the web 3 community and the wider population. They share personal stories and explain initiatives to make mass adoption a reality, such as giving proceeds from an event to Captain Paul Watson. Lastly, they discuss how decentralized technology can be used to achieve social good, for example, a company using a banana economy to reward their community. Listen to find out more about how web 3 is forging new paths for a more secure, ethical, and equitable world.
Timestamps
[00:00:08] Exploring Ethical Leadership with Amanda Terry and Gretchen Fox Palmer
[00:04:01] Mass Adoption of Web 3 and Decentralized Technologies
[00:07:08] Topic: Compliance and Anti-Money Laundering in the Crypto Industry
[00:10:24] All the work was done in the fan base too, with each work choice tailored towards their desires. The Power of Community Building Through Dow and Branding
[00:13:52] The Benefits of Blockchain Projects for the Community
[00:17:29] The Power of Collaboration and How Unchain Monkey Uses Company Profits to Make a Positive Impact in the World.
[00:20:48] The Power of Web 3 to Unite People with Token and Memberships.
All Quotes
[00:07:08] "How do you take that? But instead of 1 NFT, how do you create collections at scale, bring communities together to be able to create wealth. Right? That's very important in the NFC space, but also do real world good."
[00:06:49] "We're gonna donate all the proceeds to captain Paul Watson to park a boat off the coast of Antigua to protect a turtlenecking area. And that was really the first NFT for ocean conservation."
[00:02:30] "My purview is really valuing based marketing. We're at this inflection point of growth and just really working to grow ethically and sustainably."
[00:04:22] "I I think 1 thing that you said that is a a key topic. Right? Is the bringing more people into web 3, the mass adoption piece. It's 1 of my big kind of speaking points right now just about how much people are being slow to come on to blockchain from, like, it's like so many technical people and what we need to do for everybody."
[00:04:01] "So we are really big believers that, you know, if we kind of a managed to build a platform that is really usable by masses. We can really bring a lot of people into web 3 and just change the way we interact with communities, and and then these is all offline. And online."
[00:15:55] "There is bad and good everywhere. So, I mean, if we dive deeper into that, of course, you can be always skeptical."
[00:05:58] "Do you find that conflict between really serving for the web 3 community with their, you know, like, ask and for the masses because they have totally different, you know, like, behavior habits and all that kind of stuff."
[00:16:20] "The majority of projects that kind of erase funds or, I don't know, claim they will do something. Right? Of course, they fail or they kind of, you know, don't find the market fit. And you can I mean; you can call it a scam? You can call it whatever you want. Fraud. That's right."
[00:02:53] "I'm trying to find other people who also wanna build an ethical web 3. I think we have a chance to do stuff right in a lot of ways that has not been done in the past."
[00:17:09] "It's like a general thing. Right. It's a business. It's actually Most small businesses fail."
[00:19:16] "We've helped to revitalize coral reefs in the Bahamas with a group called Coral Vida. We've just done you know; we actually created our when all the stuff was happening in Ukraine. When we first started, we create our own tea, which was a mosaic of 25000 of our Genesis Monkeys. It looks like an earth with a heart over Ukraine. We sold it just basically to our community for, like, 0.1 eighths. We raised over a hundred 85 grand."
[00:14:06] "We've created a whole economy around these bananas. So, people use them to buy merch. People use them to, you know, banana option to attend IRL events. People play actually, the number 1 use case is, like, people use it for a poker ante, and we've had some awesome poker tournaments with, like, Lee and Owen Wilson and Woody Harrellson who are all investors."
[00:12:44] "We had over a hundred and 11 props We actually use nouns, Dow, infrastructure to kind of track everything."
[00:03:49] "We were kind of doing really good until COVID came. Yeah. Then we paused. Then since 20 22, I'm very much into building my own platform. A web 3 event platform for events."
[00:19:40] "And then we had our holders through our Dow vote for which nonprofit would go to and they elected to save the children a hundred percent of those proceeds went to humanitarian aid in Ukraine. So that's just like a few examples of -- Right. -- on chain monkey is done."
[00:12:05] "AnshayMonkey launched it's called AnshayMonkey Dow. And after we hit 10000 ETH and Trading revenues, we decided to give 52 percent of our both our publicment of Karma, which was our, you know, collection we launched in June, and secondary to Train Service. So roughly 2000 east into a Dow."
[00:12:23] "Dow. It's, you know, fully decentralized autonomous organization."
[00:11:03] "Gartner just listed decentralized identity. Is this 1 of the top technologies that, you know, will be adopted in the future So I think the centralized identity will catch on. I think we're early. And to your point, I don't think people really understand the value unless you're in this space."
[00:03:14] "And I've chosen to be with them again because they are so ethical and value space and really believe in hard coding and values. And so that is the type of stuff I love to talk about."
[00:08:35] "We say the future is familiar, where people can use Facebook login, email stuff like that that they're comfortable with, and we create the wall on the back end so that we're, you know, hiding the complex but it is a self-sovereign decentralized identity."
[00:14:56] "And I, you know, he was basically saying that there are no good blockchain companies. And that and and, you know, a lot of reporters still that way."
[00:18:58] "We've used our own trading revenues to do things like last Thanksgiving, we got African girl, you know, the cover of Natgio magazine and her family out of Afghanistan to Italy. We worked for the nonprofit. We funded that of evacuation. It was, like, front page, Washington Post, New York Times news."
[00:01:34] "We define wealth as you know, people want to invest for financial reasons. We do a lot of social connectivity across, you know, IRL events and, you know, things we do in Discord. So, strengthening bonds in our community."
[00:06:39] "When he was investing to enroll him, I'll invest, but you need to create a CryptoKitty that is looks like a turtle cat. Right? Hanyu Kitty"
[00:18:43] "We've created lots of potential. Yeah. Yeah. And then we've encouraged them to use it how they need to. Right? Like, some people need to use it for themselves and their families. Some people wanna use it for their communities. Some people wanna do things on a more global scale. And and we've really empowered that."
[00:09:50] "But a question that we always have and are asked by investors, and everybody is like, why do a regular person who doesn't know what self-governing identities and if he is or he doesn't need them? Why does he actually need this onboarding? Right?"
[00:11:25] "And, you know, the people that are aligned with the eDose of decentralized really care about it a whole lot. Right? True. Yeah. Yeah. True."
[00:17:57] "Our mission is to, you know, create wealth for our community and empower that community to do real world good. Right. So you know, our values we started from day 1 are rise."
Blog Post
Article 1
Have you ever wondered what happens behind the scenes of startup companies? This week, on The Grit Daily Startup podcast, guests Gretchen Fox (AIKON), Amanda Terry (OnChain Monkey), and Addy Crezee (Oaziz DAO) discuss the topic of startup innovation and sustainability. As Gretchen Fox expressed, “We’re at this inflection point of growth and just really working to grow ethically and sustainably.” We explore ways to achieve growth while also keeping communities and customers in mind.
Growth doesn’t always have to mean destroying communities and sacrificing customer interests. In fact, Amanda Terry from OnChain Monkey shows us how to achieve wealth, strengthen relationships, and create positive impact through their platform. As she puts it, “We believe that kind of, like, Anshane Monkey is your passport to a wealthy digital nation.” Through their company, OnChain Monkey has achieved history with their innovative NFC collection and generative art.
Here are some tips to help you achieve ethical, sustainable growth:
1. Prioritize customers and community interests.
2. Celebrate innovation.
3. Support sustainability initiatives.
Don’t miss this week’s podcast episode with Gretchen Fox, Amanda Terry, and Addy Crezee to learn more about startup goals and ethical growth initiatives. As Gretchen Fox concluded, “We have a chance to do stuff right in a lot of ways that has not been done in the past.”
Article 2
Are you looking for ways to ethically and sustainably invest in blockchain projects? This week, on The Grit Daily Startup podcast, guests Gretchen Fox (AIKON), Amanda Terry (OnChain Monkey), and Addy Crezee (Oaziz DAO) discuss the topic of investing and blockchain projects. Addy Crezee explained, “We see blockchain investments as part of a much larger, long-term strategy, to create sustainable value.” We explore startup innovation, investing, and impact with these industry leaders.
Amanda Terry from OnChain Monkey provides insight into what they refer to as the “wealthy digital nation.” Through their platform, they’ve routinely achieved historical milestones, such as the first 10,000 profile pick collection on chain in a single Athyrium transaction. Additionally, as Amanda shared, “We do a lot of social connectivity across, you know, IRL events and, you know, things we do in Discord, strengthening bonds in our community. And we've also done a lot of impact.”
Here are some tips for investing and blockchain projects:
1. Consider the long-term strategy of the project.
2. Focus on customer interests.
3. Explore social connectivity and impact initiatives.
Don’t miss this week’s podcast episode with Gretchen Fox, Amanda Terry, and Addy Crezee to learn more about investing and ethical blockchain projects. As Addy Crezee concluded, “Blockchain investments are part of a long-term strategy to create sustainable value.”
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