Funding the
Commons

A series of events for building new models of sustainable public goods funding and value alignment in open source networks.

Upcoming Events

October 10 2022

FTC - Schelling Point

Bogata, Colombia

Pop-up community focused event on novel funding entities and mechanisms.

October 26 2022

FTC - LabWeek22

Lisbon, Portugal

Collaborate on a variety of topics, including decentralized storage, public goods funding, cryptoeconomics, DeSci, and more.

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Previous Talks

Funding the Commons is an ongoing series. Previous speakers have included Juan Benet (Protocol Labs), Vitalik Buterin (Ethereum), Karl Floersch (Optimism), Jaan Taalin (Future of Life Institute & CSER), Tom Kalil (Schmidt Ventures) and many others.

June 24 - 25 2022 Event

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This two-day in person summit featured tracks by partner organizations Gitcoin (Unconference track), Fifty Years (Impact Capitalism), and Workshops (Tephra Labs).

Mar 3 - 4 2022 Event

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Check out select sessions from our event:

Fireside chat with Juan Benet, Jaan Taalin (Future of Humanity Institute)
Network Funds - funding the public goods for fun and profit, Juan Benet (Protocol Labs)
Fireside chat with Evan Miyazono, Tom Kalil (Schmidt Futures)
Focused Research Organizations, Adam Marblestone (Convergent Research)

Nov 12 2021 Event

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Check out select sessions from our inaugural event:

Closing the innovation chasm, Juan Benet (Protocol Labs)
Algorithms and mechanisms for funding the public good, Vitalik Buterin (Ethereum)
Quadratic Funding on Gitcoin, Kevin Owocki (Gitcoin)
Retroactive Public Goods experiment 1, Karl Floersch (Optimism)

Past partners include