Bounties

A feature documentary - Vitalik: An Ethereum Story
and collection of short films about Ethereum.
Watch now at EthereumFilm.xyz 
Updates at /ethereumfilm

AMA for the next 1 hour - can be about Bountycaster, the @ethereumfilm documentary, investing, nomading, etc

Co-founder @bountycaster (bountycaster.xyz). Co-producer @ethereumfilm. Previously co-founder of Scalar Capital and product at Coinbase

/toc Onchain strategy at terminallyonchain.xyz | co-host /latenightcrew

My friend @coravos who can basically convince me to do anything

How did you get into birdwatching as a hobby?

Interested in social infrastructure | slowly building /firstdraft | markfishman.xyz

Besides @wwarren (husband :P) and chatting with users when ready to share the idea, I really value @kartik and @jaredhecht.eth's opinions

who's the first person you call (besides Daniel) when you have an idea for Bountycaster?

With investing I loved getting to learn a lot of broad topics and talk to experts in each of those areas, perfect role for someone who has a lot of curiosity. Since working on Bountycaster means going a lot deeper on one area and I have less time for things outside of it

With building I love getting to talk to users directly and get excited about them using the product and giving feedback so we can make it better. It's really fulfilling for me. With investing, that kind of feedback was really removed

What did you like better about mostly investing and what do you like better about mostly building?

building /cabin, village-elder-ing /farcon // grin.io

Really a case by case basis but I am focused on distribution so casting about Bountycaster is important IMO. Otherwise I don't really attend any events beyond 1-2 conferences a year (FarCon + will be Devcon)

I think a question I ask often is if this is for the company or my own ego and that helps guide me

how do you decide how much time to spend doing social things for work (casting, events, coffee zooms, etc) vs building?

Probably Quantico, Virginia getting to see the DEA and FBI training academies

What's the most interesting place you've been to?

/ted | exploring the onchain frontier | surfing @ venice, ca | eating @ gjusta / gjelina

Probably just how much I love starting my own things (company, fund, etc) since I grew up with that not even being a career option and don't think I can do anything but that going forward now

what’s something that surprises you most about yourself?

Trying to be funny | Awarded Filmmaker | 3D Artist - /actors

Hard for me to pick a favorite but I have seen Before Sunrise too many times :P

Since the documentary is coming soon. What is your fav movie and why ?

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Advisor @siyana

Antarctica and Alaska really stick out to me

What are some of your go to places that you want to go before you die

random facts and life excerpts. vulnerability is strength ✨🌈 fullstack & design, building /uno

I actually wrote about my DAO learnings here https://linda.mirror.xyz/BIasTPr7Ym_rfbhxpKjlMqKCz3qVMaFgQeV3EphkO-E

Some highlights:

- progressive decentralization is ideal i.e. not just having the foundation drop off everything to the community and expect it to work
- smaller working groups are much more efficient
- focus on establishing accountability early on
- foster a culture of being comfortable saying no and having tough conversations ￼

what are some lessons from your past/current experience as a delegate of multiple DAOs?

Passionate about social onchain games and governance fostered at Superchain events to help improve human coordination 💗  
 /optimismfractal 🌱

I like the idea, seems like a good way to bootstrap growth

What are your thoughts on onchain social games that encourage public building? Do you believe weekly events featuring these games have significant niche growth potential?

I would love to see more IRL bounties - started seeing some with tree planting, trash cleanup ones

what are some overlooked use cases you wish people would utilize Bountycaster for?

Related: partnerships almost never work and especially harmful for moving fast.

1. If you're a fast-moving startup, most if not all companies will move slower than you. Waiting on another company to hold up their end of the deadline is de-motivating for your team. 

2. Coordinating a "big bang" launch takes a lot of work and usually doesn't make a huge impact.

Instead, a better way to do partnerships:

1. Tell the other party what your plans are and the deadline for being included. Be clear that you will ship whether ready or not.

2. If they miss the deadline but finish a few days / week later, just announce as a follow on.

https://warpcast.com/v/0x5f08d01e

Probably how I view partnerships after thinking more on this

Probably how I view partnerships after thinking more on this https://warpcast.com/dwr.eth/0x342f2be5

what's something you've changed your opinion on recently?

@pirosb3 just picked it when building our site and it looked fine to me so we went with it. I personally wasn't trying to spend too much time on the logo and font early on

Why did you choose an uncommon font for the BountyCaster website? Is there a story behind it? 

PS:  Personally I’m not used to this kind of font.😅

Not sure what you like but Prague is a great option

Recommendation for a cheap place to nomad for the summer to just work?

I think about this example all the time from @fehrsam about not celebrating artificial wins and not letting that distract you from working on the important parts that matter

I think about this example all the time from @fehrsam about not celebrating artificial wins and not letting that distract you from working on the important parts that matter https://x.com/ljxie/status/1731158032992903363?s=46&t=QNlz9swNdb9dxGQvZZJaCw

you’ve been collaborating a lot with the founders — as both an investor and a founder yourself. could you share some surprising work ethic / high agency examples that influenced you?

Sharing my thoughts on the regular question *why don't you just take a cut of the bounty earnings?*

1. Business model doesn't scale well for bounties unless you charge a very large % of the earnings. This is what other platforms do and we don't want to do that (e.g. Replit bounties charges a 25% cash out fee on top of payment fees you might pay internationally, even then it's not profitable for them and is likely a loss leader for their core business)

2. You get involved as an intermediary which means you get roped into disputes and have to deal with way more regulatory components. This means hiring a much larger team to handle all the operations + legal complexities which increases burn. Eventually you might be able to decentralize but this is a long process and you'll be involved at the start

3. We take handling user funds very seriously so would add a lot more overhead for us with security

We want to try a different approach with peer to peer markets since Craigslist + Facebook Marketplace make it work

I don't know if it's very few but most have said/think that bounties should be monetized through taking a cut of the transaction but I don't think that's the route for us

I don't know if it's very few but most have said/think that bounties should be monetized through taking a cut of the transaction but I don't think that's the route for us https://warpcast.com/linda/0xc6208bde

what’s something very few people agree with you on re bounties?

Bounties and services on Farcaster bountycaster.xyz. Tag @bountybot to post and check out /bounties. FAQ: bountycaster.xyz/FAQ

Building Moxito (iOS) 🌱 /moxito | TOTH @tipothehat and /rumour ~ Developer (iOS, widgets), parent, musician 🎹 | https://linktr.ee/leovido

Yes it's a honeyguide bird which is a bird known for guiding humans to honey

Is there a symbolic meaning for the bird logo for @bountycaster?

cookin' @askgina.eth https://askgina.ai - TYBB Labs, @consensys class '17

not an AMA but man reminds me that my OG hot wallet that held my ethereum film nft piece got rekt awhile back 

miss that NFT 😪