Ep 12 - What if the internet could curate the Smithsonian? - Thomas McLeod
Building At The Edges
English - July 21, 2022 09:56 - 48 minutes - 55 MBTechnology Business Investing ethereum nfts web3 creatoreconomy crypto daos ownershipeconomy socialtokens Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
The questions motivating Arkive are not distinct to the needs of a decentralized museum — they’re universally resonate considerations for anyone building community-owned networks in web3. Tom McLeod is the executive director of Arkive, the self-proclaimed “last museum” and simultaneous first-ever decentralized physical museum. Arkive’s design space exists at the intersection of physical objects, digital community-building, and member governance. Tom walks us through decision-making experiments enabled by their in-house DAO tool Atrium, providing a justification for bespoke DAO tooling solutions. He shares the coordination tensions they’re hoping to solve, guided by a strong belief in embedding community engagement ahead of financialization. We’re left with a clear takeaway: the most exciting DAOs will become institutions.