Crypto Altruism Podcast Episode 143 - Pawthereum and Impactify – The power of community-driven crypto philanthropy
In episode 143, we’re excited to welcome Rasmus Scheuer, Co-Founder of Pawthereum, a community-run crypto philanthropy project that supports animal welfare causes. We discuss why Web3 is such a powerful tool for community-driven philanthropy, some of the incredible projects they’ve supported with $500k in donations, advice for Web3 impact builders, and Rasmus’ new project Impactify which aims to embed philanthropy into everyday transactions.
Three Key Takeaways
One of the most challenging aspects of building a project in Web3 is building a community around it. At the same time, community is the most powerful aspect of Web3, and presents a unique opportunity for projects to connect with a global community of supporters.
Working with and onboarding smaller nonprofits to Web3 is important. They often face more barriers engaging in Web3 as they don’t have the resources of larger organizations. An important aspect of inclusion in Web3 is ensuring these smaller organizations have the same opportunity to leverage Web3 to grow their causes.
Web3 is a powerful tool for embedding charitable giving into everyday actions, such as micro donations tied to financial transactions. Blockchain makes it much easier to automate these donations while ensuring transparency and auditability.
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Episode Time Stamps
02:05 - What was your “Ah hah” moment that first got you excited about cryptocurrency and web3?
06:20 - Can you please give listeners a high-level overview of Pawthereum’s mission?
12:05 - To date, Pawthereum has donated almost $500,000 to nonprofits supporting animal welfare – tell me about some of the organizations and projects you have supported?
18:55 - What makes Web3 such a powerful tool for community-driven philanthropy?
25:50 - Tell me about the $PAWTH token – what is its purpose and how does it work?
30:20 - Pawthereum is one of the OG crypto philanthropy projects. What wisdom would you share for future crypto philanthropy project builders?
34:00 - Another project that you are building is Impactify – tell me more about Impactify.
40:20 - The mission of Impactify is to embed automated giving into financial transactions – how does Web3 help enable this?
45:00 - What does the roadmap ahead look like for Impactify?
49:00 - What’s the best way for listeners to learn more about Pawthereum and Impactify and support your work?
51:35 - 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.
