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1/ new piece! ↓ link + thread below ↓ "Protocol Guild: a funding framework for the Ethereum commons" an exploration of the commons scale resources that make Ethereum (network, asset, media), what underpins their integrity, and how @protocolguild can help with that

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2/ Thanks to @barnabe, John, @tbsocialist, @polar and @tim for review. https://trent.mirror.xyz/Lehny46ZMdxMEow0XE_RgowV2ntkp30chJRWPCEYbGQ

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3/ Ethereum is a commons like the natural + digital ones that precede it: fisheries, forests, the internet, Linux, etc Commons are productive systems which create resources for collective benefit

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4/ Ethereum's three shared resources: network, asset, media their confluence produces what we call Ethereum mainnet: they are deeply interdependent here, but altered forms make the edges of the broader commons

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5/ these resources are produced through protocols: technical, legal, economic, social, political complete ownership of each resource is not desirable, as it destroys their integrity. therefore, actors engage in production for influence extraction

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6/ @protocolguild gives us a transparent, legible, sustainable and accountable funding allocation mechanism for software media production

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7/ there are 5 main threads which make it unique: 1. narrow mandate 2. broad self-curation 3. members are individuals 4. 4yr onchain vesting contract 5. designed with time in mind it holistically funds stewardship of the entire watershed - not rivers in isolation

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8/ Commons have had a rough go under capitalism - but there is hope in long-lived natural precedents: irrigation, fisheries, farming. blossoming digital commons should practice the posture and develop the mechanisms necessary to ensure uncaptured longevity

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9/ read the full piece here! https://trent.mirror.xyz/Lehny46ZMdxMEow0XE_RgowV2ntkp30chJRWPCEYbGQ

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How do you guys do governance in PG? Where can I learn more about that?

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read governance: https://protocol-guild.readthedocs.io/en/latest/02-membership.html#governance and obligations: https://protocol-guild.readthedocs.io/en/latest/02-membership.html#obligations see the public github process: https://github.com/protocolguild/documentation/pulls

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Thanks for sharing those links. I am trying to better understand some of the nitty gritty of your average day governance. Is there a chance to talk with someone who is involved in your daily routines? Ultimately I want to figure out how those governance processes and tools should evolve over time. Meaning, I would be motivated to get my hands dirty in that regard.

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that would be me - if you'd want to talk, please read through the docs first and some of the stuff i've published at trent.mirror, will be important context!

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