Greenpilled: How Crypto Can Regenerate The World (Regenerative CryptoEconomics)

THE SECTION FOLLOWING THIS LINE IS A COPY OF THE TEXT FROM THE BACK OF THE BOOK Why a book on Regenerative CryptoEconomics? Why now? If you can look beyond the attention-grabbing headlines about NFTS, DEFI, and price volatility, you will glimpse foundational changes to how humanity coordinates. The internet (1990s - present) changed everything in a society that relies on information because computers could now send information across a network without an intermediary. Everything that relied upon information (media, entertainment, politics, news) changed drastically as a result. The internet of value (2009 - present) could change everything in society that relies on value. Computers can now send value across a network without an intermediary. Anything that relies on value transfer (finance, art, gaming, work, public goods funding) could change drastically as a result. The introduction of web3-era tools like blockchains have endowed humanity with a global, transparent, incorruptable, programmable substrate for human coordination. On this coordination substrate, access is equal, the tools are available for free as open source software. Anyone anywhere can build the next big thing. This is our moment to build a fairer, more regenerative, financial infrastructure for the world. Our goal is to create human thriving by solving coordination failures. No outcome is preordained - like any technology, cryptoeconomics can be used for common good or personal gain. We must coordinate to leverage our gifts + capitalize on this opportunity for the benefit of humanity at large. It starts with education. This book is designed to teach the ethos & game theoretic concepts behind regenerative cryptoeconomics to the next generation of dreamers, builders, and internet citizens. From carbon-neutral blockchain networks to global decentralized networks to build & fund public goods, pursuing regenerative cryptoeconomics creates high upside for humanity. THE SECTION FOLLOWING THIS LINE IS A COPY OF THE "TLDR" TEXT IN THE BOOK The TLDR: Humanity is faced with global-scale coordination failures that create systemic risks to human thriving. Our legacy institutions are not equipped to handle these risks. We reject the doomerism left to us by the legacy generations & legacy institutions. We believe that Web3 is a schelling point for the hopeful & we have come together to build a better world for our generation. Our moment of opportunity is here. We can build a more regenerative financial system by creating coordination games that leverage the properties Web3 has to offer (global, transparent, immutable, & programmable finance). Our weapon of choice is novel mechanism designs, based upon sound game theory, deployed to decentralized blockchain networks as transparent open source code. We aim to eclipse the more prolific & more degenerative use cases of blockchain networks & ignite a positive feedback loop for their regenerative use cases by green-pilling tens of thousands of web3-native founders, engineers, designers, and onlookers. We are bootstrapping this virtuous cycle with education. If we collectively choose & persistently reinforce this outcome - As hope begets more hope, and momentum begets more momentum, regenerative cryptoeconomics could become inevitable. Author Website: https://owocki.com/