Building Crypto Communities

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[00:02:16] - [First question] - All of the projects he’s involved with and how they intersect

[00:03:42] - How relationships are at the core focus of what gives him a superpower 

[00:05:24] - His transition from Web2 to Web3 and how it’s playing out for Upstream

[00:06:26] - The legal structure of DAOs and what they unlock for people  

[00:08:14] - Whether or not the size of a DAO makes control difficult

[00:09:12] - Other exciting things he’s seeing in Upstream  

[00:09:56] - Whether or not Illuminati was always on the Upstream roadmap 

[00:11:27] - The creative process for Illuminati and Goblintown 

[00:13:23] - How quickly the idea for Goblintown went from concept to launch 

[00:16:07] - The push pull caused by the participants in the NFT market

[00:18:24] - Why they doxed themselves after a successful anonymous launch 

[00:21:26] - How the spaces came about and became so popular 

[00:22:18] - Why there is such a lack of people trying new things in NFTs

[00:23:39] - What it’s like trying to find talent and onboard people in his projects

[00:24:41] - His take on the NFT marketplace and why he made his own  

[00:27:35] - The rabbithole of refunding participants for NFT purchases

[00:28:45] - How vault DAO helps keep NFTs safe 

[00:29:48] - Overview of the multiple wallet on Metamask and using it

[00:31:23] - What leads to a bad community when people come together

[00:32:08] - Selection bias and controlling for it to filter out bad actors

[00:33:18] - What he’s excited to see built over the next six months and six years