We're joined by Griff Green, one of the founders at Giveth. The organization, which emerged out of the ashes of the DAO, aims to create a better model for charitable work. Operating as a Dapp, Giveth aims to bring new governance models in the nonprofit space. The goal is to create better incentives for donors and charity workers, in all types of social good projects.


Topics covered in this episode:

Griff's background as a gold-hodling digital nomad
His time spent at Slock.it and his involvement in the aftermath of the DAO collapse
How traditional charity organizations work
The problems these organizations face and how funds get allocated
The Giveth backstory and why the team chose to start the project
Incentive alignment in the charity space
The use of bonding curves and continuous organizations to fund charity projects
The project's roadmap and future

Episode links:

Giveth website
Rewriting the Story of Human Collaboration
Griff's talk at EthCC
Crowdfunding the Commons
The Future of Giving is Crowdfunding the Commons
Deep Dive: Augmented Bonding Curves
Episode 282 with Simon de la Rouviere
The Giveth blog
Giveth on GitHub
Join the Giveth community

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This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture & Sunny Aggarwal. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/284