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Crypto Altruists Podcast Starter Pack - Trust, Privacy, & Data Sovereignty

Trust, privacy, and data sovereignty are core to the ethos of Web3, redefining how we interact online. By removing intermediaries, it ensures transparency, security, and decentralization, while empowering users to own and control their data. In this podcast starter pack, discover six groundbreaking projects using blockchain to create a more trustworthy, private, and user-centric internet.

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Goodbye, Crypto Altruism… Hello, Crypto Altruists! 👋

Three years ago, Crypto Altruism began as an exploration into how blockchain could drive positive change. Today, we’re proud to introduce our new identity: Crypto Altruists. This marks an exciting new chapter for our community—a group of people driven to make a difference in Web3, dedicated to creating a fairer, more sustainable world.

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Crypto Altruism Monthly Recap - September 2024

Crypto Altruism highlights from September 2024 - Celebrating one year of MiniPay, piloting real-world impact with Mercy Corps Ventures, Atlantis, and Empowa, exploring Octant's approach to governance and community engagement, and a brief introduction on Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks (DePIN).

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Exploring the Octant Ecosystem Part 3: Octant Governance: A Guide to Engaging with Intention

In the third article of our Exploring Octant series, we look at what it means to engage purposefully and intentionally in Octant’s governance. We discuss best practices for participating in decentralized communities, the many ways you can get involved in the Octant community, and how to participate as a voter in an Octant Epoch.

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Exploring the Octant Ecosystem Part 2: Your Guide to Staking GLM and Funding Public Goods with Octant

In the second article of our series “Exploring the Octant Ecosystem”, we take a closer look at how you can stake GLM tokens to get involved in the Ocatnt ecosystem and support public goods funding for projects all over the world. We walk you through the process of locking your GLM and the benefits of joining the Octant community!

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Crypto Altruism Monthly Recap - July 2024

Crypto Altruism highlights from July 2024 - Tips for onboarding nonprofits to Web3, discussing Web3 public goods funding mechanisms with David Casey of Funding the Commons, exploring the Decentralized Space (DeSpace) movement, and exploring the Octant ecosystem.

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Exploring the Octant Ecosystem Part 1: Inside Octant: Funding Public Goods Through Innovative Community Decision-Making

Octant is on a mission to reimagine how we fund public goods. In part 1 of our series – “Exploring the Octant Ecosystem” – we dive into Octant’s unique model for funding public goods and how they’re experimenting with decentralized decision-making models to engage the community in allocating millions in funding to vital projects around the world.

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Tips for Onboarding Impact Builders to Web3 - A Mini Comic Series

Let’s face it, Web3 can be overwhelming, especially for those who are new to the space. For Web3 to truly achieve its potential as a revolutionary tool for social impact, it will require adoption by diverse builders from around the world with varying skillsets. So, here are three simple tips for how you can help onboard new impact builders to Web3!

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Crypto Altruism Podcast Episode 162 - LunCo - Decentralizing Space Exploration

In episode 162, we’re excited to welcome Rod Mamin, Founder of LunCo, an organization on a mission to decentralize space exploration and catalyze open source space engineering. We talk about the growing DeSpace movement, how Web3 can help address the pain points in traditional space research, bringing an open source ethos to space engineering, and much more.

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Crypto Altruism Podcast Episode 161 - CHOICE - Leveraging Web3 primitives to advance LGBTQIA+ rights and build an inclusive world

In episode 161, we’re excited to welcome Alexander Aleksashev-Arno, CEO & Founder of CHOICE, a decentralised community that stands for LGBTQIA+ rights and accelerates the culture of diversity, equity and inclusion in Web3. We discuss their Global Digital Pride campaign, the role of decentralization in empowering activists, how Metaverses & NFTs can build a more inclusive world, and more.

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Crypto Altruism Podcast Episode 160 - CryptoConexión & WAGMI LatAm - Catalyzing the Next Generation of Web3 Innovators in Latin America

In episode 160, we’re excited to welcome Monica Talan of CryptoConexión and WAGMI LatAm, two incredible projects focused on catalyzing the Web3 movement in Latin America. We discuss why Latin America has been such an exciting hub for innovation, how Web3 can create economic and social inclusion in the region, some of the most exciting projects coming out of Latin America, and much more.

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Crypto Altruism Podcast Episode 158 - Treegens - Decentralized, Permissionless Tree Planting with World Record Tree Planter Jimi Cohen

In episode 158, we welcome Jimi Cohen, Founder of Treegens, a platform where anyone can plant trees & get rewarded. He recently set a Guiness World Record for most trees planted in 24 hours by a single individual, with over 30,000! We discuss how Web3 can coordinate tree planters around the world, how blockchain can improve monitoring, reporting, and verification efforts, and more.

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Web3 - A Disruptive Tool For Social Impact

Cryptocurrency is more than just an investment. Cryptocurrency, blockchain, and web3 are generational technologies that have the potential to change the world for the better. These ground-breaking technologies will positively disrupt nearly all aspects of our lives in the coming decades: the internet, our financial systems, supply chains, health care, and everything in between. From a social impact lens, blockchain is the single greatest development since the internet.

It has the potential to revolutionize the way aid is disbursed, how funds are raised by non-profits and charitable causes, how communities and collectives organize and engage in self-governance, how CO2 is tracked and managed, how important financial services are delivered to the nearly 2 billion unbanked people around the world, and much more. We are only just scratching the surface of the intersections between web3 and social good.

Crypto Altruism is the leading platform for content highlighting the social impact use cases of web3 and the extraordinary organizations and projects that are using this technology to change the world. Through our blog, podcast, and educational resources, we elevate stories of how crypto, blockchain, NFTs, DAOs, and other web3 innovations are being used all over the world for novel and inspiring use cases.