Crypto Altruism Podcast Episode 111 - Artizen Fund - Empowering human creativity with community-centric Web3 fundraising
In episode 111, we’re excited to welcome René Pinnell, Co-Founder of Artizen Fund, a movement using Web3 tools to unlock human creativity by reinventing how we fund art, science, technology, and design. We discuss the challenges with getting funding for human creativity and how Web3 can address this, Artizen’s innovative artifact fundraising process, how blockchain can help eliminate bureaucracy and put power in the hands of communities, and much more.
Three Key Takeaways
Human creativity, and especially the arts, is chronically underfunded despite being core to human civilization, with creatives often having to spend substantially more time seeking out funding than engaging in creative work.
Web3 enables innovative ways that didn’t exist before to organize the community and raise funds. Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) and other blockchain tools are democratizing crowdfunding by ensuring projects with the most widespread public support receive the funding they deserve while giving individuals new ways to support causes they care about.
Crypto allows organizations and causes to cut out intermediaries such as payment processors who not only take a cut of all transactions, but who also have the ability to deplatform and shut down movements.
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Episode Time Stamps
02:10 - What was your “Ah hah” moment that got you excited about cryptocurrency and web3 in the beginning?
13:05 - Your website mentions: “Human creativity is core to civilization, and yet we chronically underfund it.” Can you please give listeners a high-level introduction to Artizen Fund and how you hope to address this challenge?
24:25 - Let’s dig a little bit deeper. Talk to me about the process for raising funds on Artizen and the role of artifacts.
33:30 - What have been the impacts of Artizen Fund so far?
38:00 - For those listening, who are interested in submitting a project for funding on Artizen Fund, how would they go about doing that?
40:40 - On your website, it mentions “Artizen aims to restore that trust by eliminating bureaucracy and putting power back in the hands of communities.” How can Web3 help put power in the hands of communities?
47:30 - What’s the best way for listeners to follow you and learn more about Artizen Fund?
48:45 - To wrap things up, if you could name one thing that excites you most about the social impact potential of web3, what would it be and why?
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DISCLAIMER
While we may discuss specific web3 projects or cryptocurrencies on this podcast, please do not take any of this as investment advice, and please make sure to do your own research on potential investment opportunities, or any opportunity. We host a variety of guests on this podcast with the sole purpose of highlighting the social impact use cases of this technology. That being said, Crypto Altruism does not endorse any of these projects, and we recognize that, since this is an emerging sector, some may be operating in regulatory grey areas, and as such, we cannot confirm their legality in the jurisdictions in which they operate, especially as it pertains to decentralized finance protocols. So, before getting involved with any project, it’s important that you do your own research and confirm the legality of the project. More available HERE.
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Please note that the principal of Crypto Altruism holds an Artizen Fund Artifact for the purpose of participation in the project.
