Fair Launch Auction is Closing
ALERT! ALERT! We are less than 24 hours from the end of the Geo Web’s fair launch Dutch auction!
The Geo Web is Launching
On Thursday, December 15th at 17:00 UTC, the Geo Web Fair Launch Auction will open. This global Dutch auction will continue for 30 days. The auction will allow anyone to define and mint unique Geo Web land parcels anywhere on Earth at the auction’s linearly decreasing price. When the auction ends, the Geo Web’s partial common ownership market land market will continue with a minimum value of .005 ETH.
Strategic Diseconomies of Scale: Weekly Update #94
Economies of scale can create tremendous value, but in some cases, they’re the opposite of what we want to design for in web3. Plus updates from the Geo Web project (11/17/22 - 11/30/22).
Rediscovering Crypto’s North Star: Weekly Update #93
What is the crypto space building to? Plus updates from the Geo Web project (11/3/22 - 11/16/22).
Replacing Atoms with Shared Bits: Weekly Update #92
The Geo Web will empower the next big bite that software takes out of the world. Plus updates from the Geo Web project (10/27/22 - 11/2/22).
Wen Metaverse?: Weekly Update #91
Rather than timing the next computing paradigm, the Geo Web is an attempt to build a hyperstructure agnostic to when “the future” arrives. Plus updates from the Geo Web project (10/20/22 - 10/26/22).
Forward to Protopia: Weekly Update #90
We’re trying to build a better future (which includes new challenges)—not a perfect one. Plus updates from the Geo Web project (10/13/22 - 10/19/22).
Video Games & Social Sciences: Weekly Update #89
Open data from video games (and increasingly “The Metaverse”) are a public good for the advancement of social sciences. Plus updates from the Geo Web project (10/6/22 - 10/12/22).
Public Goods Reflexivity: Weekly Update #88
Embracing social feedback loops in addition to logical ones in the pursuit of more public goods. Plus updates from the Geo Web project (9/22/22 - 10/5/22).
Public Goods without Coercion: Weekly Update #87
Public goods are good, but getting people to pay for them has always been the biggest challenge. Crypto can change this if we set the right expectations. Plus updates from the Geo Web project (9/15/22 - 9/21/22).
Appreciating The Merge: Weekly Update #86
The Merge is about more than ETH issuance reduction, energy usage, and blockchain security models. It demonstrates the values and unwavering commitment of the Ethereum core engineers and community that we should all appreciate. Plus updates from the Geo Web project (9/1/22 - 9/14/22).
Harberger Tax Misconceptions: Weekly Update #85
Harberger taxes (aka partial common ownership) continue to be one of the hottest topics in crypto/NFT Twitter. The growing awareness is great, but there are some persistent misconceptions that we need to try to clean up. Plus updates from the Geo Web project (8/18/22 - 8/31/22).
Harberger Taxes: What’s in a Name?: Weekly Update #83
Harberger taxes are the partial common ownership system by another name. The connotation of that default name is holding back the adoption of the brilliant idea. Plus updates from the Geo Web project (8/4/22 - 8/10/22).
Explicit Financial Incentives & The Public Good: Weekly Update #82
Incentives shape our behavior and society, intended or not. On the Geo Web, we choose to explicitly embrace financial incentives and direct them toward the public good. Plus updates from the Geo Web project (7/28/22 - 8/3/22).
Slaying Moloch: Weekly Update #81
Moloch is the God of Coordination Failure. “Slaying Moloch” (i.e. getting people to work together toward mutually beneficial goals) is a popular rallying cry/meme in the Ethereum community largely due to the efforts of MolochDAO and their commitment to public goods funding. This week’s blog is a (partial) repost of a grant application that we recently submitted to them. Plus updates from the Geo Web project (7/21/22 - 7/27/22).
Changing Minds: Weekly Update #80
We’re setting out to change the world’s property rights systems on the Geo Web, so we need more than just words to pull it off. Plus updates from the Geo Web project (7/14/22 - 7/20/22).
On Software Ossification: Weekly Update #79
The forces that shape the evolution of software look a lot like the biological ones that govern change in living organisms. Plus updates from the Geo Web project (7/7/22 - 7/13/22).
Extractive Platforms =/= The Metaverse: Weekly Update #78
If the metaverse is going to pervade our world and lives, it can’t have profit-seeking owners. Plus updates from the Geo Web project (6/30/22 - 7/6/22).
The Public Goods Feedback Loop: Weekly Update #77
Decentralized, better public goods funding mechanisms are the capstone of the Geo Web strategy. Plus updates from the Geo Web project (6/23/22 - 6/29/22).
Smart contracts are the next AWS: Weekly Update #76
AWS and the public cloud are cited as key reasons for the explosion of startups in the last ~15 years. Smart contracts and similar primitives will unlock at least another order of magnitude of capital efficiency and scalability for the next wave of innovation. Plus updates from the Geo Web project (6/16/22 - 6/22/22).
The Superiority of Permissionlessness: Weekly Update #75
Permissionlessness isn’t just an idealistic value, but a powerful strategy that produces better outcomes. Plus updates from the Geo Web project (6/9/22 - 6/15/22).
Crypto’s Use Cases: Weekly Update #74
Crypto already has multiple killer use cases. The Geo Web is a massive beneficiary of one in particular already. Plus updates from the Geo Web project (6/2/22 - 6/8/22).
Myth Becomes Reality: Weekly Update #73
Leaning on writing by Yuval Noah Harari and Vitalik Buterin to explain how the Geo Web narrative can become reality. Plus updates from the Geo Web project (5/26/22 - 6/1/22).
Open & Honest: Weekly Update #72
Intellectual honesty is core to the Ethereum ecosystem and culture. That’s one of the most important attributes for building inevitable technology. Plus updates from the Geo Web project (5/19/22 - 5/25/22).
DeSoc & Geo Web: Weekly Update #71
A vision for building a better pluralist future. Plus updates from the Geo Web project (5/11/22 - 5/18/22).
Wildfire: Weekly Update #70
Exploring the yin and yang of nature’s ultimate self-regulating force. Plus updates from the Geo Web project (5/5/22 - 5/10/22).
Building Better Governance: Weekly Update #69
The real headline out of Optimism last week was about experimentation in governance, not an airdrop. Plus updates from the Geo Web project (4/29/22 - 5/4/22).
Our Protocol Playbook: Weekly Update #68
Exploring how we’re positioning the Geo Web as a decentralized protocol from the start through the lens of Twitter. Plus updates from the Geo Web project in the last week (4/21/22 - 4/28/22).
Why Digital Land: Weekly Update #67
The pragmatic case for leveraging property rights/scarcity to create a more abundant future. Plus updates from the Geo Web project in the last week (4/14/22 - 4/20/22).
Honestly Dominating: Weekly Update #66
Partial common ownership makes honesty the dominant market strategy. That’s not just an idealist wish, but a genuine competitive advantage. Plus updates from the Geo Web project in the last week (4/7/22 - 4/13/22).
Inflexible Systems or Human Judgment: Weekly Update #65
Which do you trust more? Plus updates from the Geo Web project in the last two weeks (3/24/22 - 4/6/22).
Entropy & Incentives: Weekly Update #64
Cryptoeconomic systems don’t eliminate entropy, but the best ones create perpetual incentives for participants to actively counteract it. Plus updates from the Geo Web project in the last week (3/17/22 - 3/23/22).
Metaverse Land & Radical Property Rights: Weekly Update #63
Our belief in the power of partial common ownership property rights isn’t widely shared yet, but it will be. Plus updates from the Geo Web project in the last week (3/10/22 - 3/16/22).
Non-coercive Collectivism: Weekly Update #62
Blockchains can bridge the gap between individualist and collectivist perspectives and the Geo Web is the perfect example. Plus the project updates from the last week (3/3/22 - 3/9/22)
Analogies & First Principles: Weekly Update #60
Analogies are a double-edged sword in pursuit of knowledge and truth. Plus updates from the last week on the Geo Web project (2/3/2022 - 2/9/2022).
Nothing New Under the Sun: Weekly Update #59
Innovation is more about connecting ideas and the evolution of an environment around an idea than lightning bolts of genius. The more we embrace that fact, the better. Plus updates from the last week on the Geo Web project (1/27/2022 - 2/2/2022).
Spectrums of Optimism & Idealism: Weekly Update #58
Exploring how different people see the world as it is today and in the future. Plus updates from the last week on the Geo Web project (1/20/2022 - 1/26/2022).
Open + Accessible: Weekly Update #57
Openness is required, but not sufficient for the world we want to build. Plus updates from the last week on the Geo Web project (1/13/2022 - 1/19/2022).
2021 and Beyond: Weekly Update #56
Looking back at the year that was and kicking off a new one on the Geo Web project.
The Regen Metaverse: Weekly Update #55
Is “regenerative” the right meme for introducing the Geo Web? Plus updates from the two weeks on the Geo Web project (12/9/21 - 12/22/021).
Time Horizons: Weekly Update #54
Revisiting the constant battle between the here/now and the future. Plus updates from the last week on the Geo Web project (12/2/21 - 12/8/021).
Land on the Blockchain: Weekly Update #53
The allure of blockchain-based land ownership is apparent. The efficiency, transparency, and reduced legal complexity of real estate transactions could be huge. How and if we get to that end state is TBD. Plus updates from the last two weeks on the Geo Web project (11/18/21 - 12/01/021).
Public Good Network Effects: Weekly Update #52
Web3 will make “enlightened self-interest” just “self-interest” with the network effects of public goods funding. Plus updates from the last week on the Geo Web project (11/11/21 - 11/17/21).
Palatable Partial Common Ownership: Weekly Update #51
Exploring ways that partial common ownership rules could evolve. Plus updates from the last week on the Geo Web project (11/4/21 - 11/10/21).
Metaverse, Metaverse, Metaverse: Weekly Update #50
Metaverse...something something… Zuckerberg...Meta. Plus updates from the last week on the Geo Web project (10/27/21 - 11/03/21).
The Flat Circle of Web2: Weekly Update #49
Big tech’s earnings calls this week are a perfect reminder of what web2 is all about. Plus updates from the last week on the Geo Web project (10/21/21 - 10/26/21).
The Geo Web’s Long Game: Weekly Update #48
The Geo Web is attempting to break the mold of existing private property rights with eyes on the bigger picture. Plus updates from the last week on the Geo Web project (10/14/21 - 10/20/21).
Ethereum’s Cambrian Explosion: Weekly Update #47
EVM-compatible L2 rollups are going to blow the doors wide open for dapps and web3 experimentation beyond DeFi and JPEGs. Plus updates from the last two week on the Geo Web project (9/30/21 - 10/13/21).
Paying it Forward: Weekly Update #46
Yeah, smart contracts are foundational to building more positive-sum games, but the social norm of generosity is one of the most powerful things that Ethereum has going for it. Plus updates from last week on the Geo Web project (9/23/21 - 9/29/21).
Wait, it’s all coordination?: Weekly Update #45
...Always has been. Plus updates from last week on the Geo Web project (9/9/21 - 9/22/21).
Meaning and Value: Weekly Update #44
Finding meaning in a world of digital abundance. Plus updates from last week on the Geo Web project (9/2/21 - 9/8/21).
The Case for (Crypto) Optimism: Weekly Update #43
Optimists shape the future and blockchain technology can inspire more optimism. Plus updates from last week on the Geo Web project (8/26/21 - 9/1/21).
Possession is nine-tenths of NFT display: Weekly Update #42
Displaying someone else’s NFT is a hollow act. Being the owner (even if one of many) is what creates the impact. As the Geo Web evolves, we’ll explore this interplay between digital display and ownership. Plus updates from last week on the Geo Web project (8/19/21 - 8/25/21).
Augmented, Shared Reality: Weekly Update #41
Gitcoin & Other Internet put out an open call for public goods (https://gitcoin.co/blog/seeking-a-new-kind-of-public-good/). Here's our submission proposing an augmented, shared reality. Plus updates from the last week on the Geo Web project (8/12/21 - 8/18/21).
Working in the Open: Weekly Update #40
As a public good, there’s only one way the Geo Web should be built–in the open. Plus updates from the last two weeks on the Geo Web project (7/29/21 - 8/11/21).
Social Augmented Reality: Weekly Update #39
The case for augmented reality to be more socially, viscerally impactful than virtual reality. Plus updates from the last week on the Geo Web project (7/22/21 - 7/28/21).
The Ethereum Social Layer: Weekly Update #38
The controversy around intentional block reorgs on Ethereum is just the latest example of the importance of not just technical factors, but social ones in creating crypto networks/applications. Plus updates from the last week on the Geo Web project (7/15/21 - 7/21/21).
Coordination & Competing Metaverses: Weekly Update #37
Exploring the coordination implications and network effects of different AR metaverses and/or layers. Plus updates from the last week on the Geo Web project (7/8/21 - 7/14/21).
State of the Spatial Browser: Weekly Update #36
Walking through the alpha Spatial Browser plus updates from the last week on the Geo Web project (6/30/21 - 7/6/21).
Digital Real Estate Development: Weekly Update #35
The Geo Web’s partial common ownership system assesses costs to squatting on digital land and encourages investment and productive use. But what does digital real estate development even look like? That plus updates from the last week on the Geo Web project (6/23/21 - 6/29/21).
Reimagining Property Rights: Weekly Update #34
Private property rights are foundational for modern society. Implementing challenging new ideas around them is bound to stir up strong feelings, but we press on at the Geo Web. That plus updates from the last week on the Geo Web project (6/16/21 - 6/22/21).
Public Goods = Positive-Sum Games: Weekly Update #33
Gitcoin Grant Round 10 is live today, so we’re shilling a bit then exploring why funding public goods and open source software on the internet is so impactful. That plus updates from the last week on the Geo Web project (6/9/21 - 6/15/21).
P2P Content on the Geo Web: Weekly Update #32
Decentralization doesn’t end with smart contracts: the peer-to-peer content layer on the Geo Web completes the circle. That plus updates from the last week on the Geo Web project (6/2/21 - 6/8/21).
AR Platform Wars: Weekly Update #31
How will our augmented, future reality be delivered? Plus updates from the last six days on the Geo Web project (5/27/21 - 6/1/21).
Work and the Open Internet: Weekly Update #30
The future of work plus updates from the last week + a day on the Geo Web project (5/19/21 - 5/26/21).
Keep BUIDLing: Weekly Update #29
While there was plenty of craziness in cryptoland last week, it was just another week of building at the Geo Web (5/12/21 - 5/18/21).
New Frontiers, New Norms: Weekly Update #28
The opportunity to redefine norms (with legitimacy) on the new frontier of the Geo Web plus updates from the last week (5/5/21 - 5/11/21)
More Bicycles of the Mind: Weekly Update #27
Exploring the Geo Web’s opportunity to empower breadth AND depth of human ingenuity plus updates from the last week (4/28/21 - 5/4/21)
AR Metaverse Legitimacy: Weekly Update #26
Legitimacy is the foundation on which network effects are built. What does that mean for an AR metaverse? Plus updates from the last week (4/21/21 - 4/27/21)
Smart Glasses & the Open Internet: Weekly Update #25
How and why we’re designing the Geo Web to push the next computing paradigm back to the internet’s open roots… plus updates from the last week (4/14/21 - 4/20/21)
1.5 Order Thinking: Weekly Update #24
Bridging the gap between our partial common ownership system and first order individual incentives… plus updates from the last week (4/7/21 - 4/13/21)
Internet Scale: Weekly Update #23
Hitting the long-tail of almost 5 billion internet users is still a lot of people… plus updates from the last week (3/31/21 - 4/6/21)
NFTs—More Than Just Art: Weekly Update #22
NFTs aren’t just digital art… plus updates from the last week (3/24/21 - 3/30/21)
Browsing the Geo Web Metaverse: Weekly Update #21
What browsing the Geo Web metaverse looks like and updates from the last week (3/17/21 - 3/23/21)
User-Centric Content Moderation: Weekly Update #20
Our plans for putting the user at center of the Geo Web experience and updates from the last week (3/10/21 - 3/16/21)
Fair Launch Maximalism: Weekly Update #19
Why we’re fair launching the Geo Web and updates from the last week (3/3/21 - 3/9/21)
Launching the Geo Web DAO: Weekly Update #18
Our motivation behind the Geo Web DAO and updates from the last week (2/28/2021 - 3/2/21)
NFTs Go Mainstream: Weekly Update #17
NFTs crossing over to the mainstream with NBA Top Shot and updates from the last week (2/17/2021 - 2/23/21)
Public Goods Investment: Weekly Update #16
Exploring investing frameworks to make more/better public goods and updates from the last week (2/10/2021 - 2/16/21)
ETHDenver & Community: Weekly Update #15
The Ethereum community and updates from the last week (2/3/2021 - 2/9/21)
Principles & Navigating the Storm: Weekly Update #14
Principles of the Geo Web project and updates from the last week (1/27/2021 - 2/2/21)
Do One Thing Right: Weekly Update #13
The one thing that will make the Geo Web successful and updates from the last week (1/20/2021 - 1/26/21)
Say No to Squatters: Weekly Update #12
A more efficient digital land market with SALSA plus updates from the last week (1/13/2021 - 1/19/21)
A Permissionless & Programmatic Economy: Weekly Update #11
Designing the Geo Web “economy” to be permissionless and programmatic plus updates from the last week (1/6/2021 - 1/12/21)
NFT Art & Geo Web Persistence: Weekly Update #10
Art, NFTs, and digital persistence plus updates from the last TWO weeks (12/23/2020 - 1/5/2021)
Beyond the Tech: Weekly Update #9
Exploring the Geo Web vision beyond the purely technical plus updates from the last week (12/16/2020 - 12/22/2020)
What It Is vs. What It Does: Weekly Update #8
Geo Web Project updates and announcements from the last week (12/9/2020 - 12/15/2020)
Crypto On-Ramps, Wallets, & Regulation: Weekly Update #7
Geo Web Project updates and announcements from the last week (12/2/2020 - 12/8/2020)
Showing vs Telling: Weekly Update #6
Geo Web Project updates and announcements from the last week (11/25/2020 - 12/1/2020).
Geo Web Weekly Update #5
Geo Web Project updates and announcements from the last week (11/18/2020 - 11/24/2020).
Geo Web Weekly Update #4
Geo Web Project updates and announcements from the last week (11/11/2020 - 11/17/2020).
Geo Web Weekly Update #3
Geo Web Project updates and announcements from the last week (11/4/2020 - 11/10/2020).
Geo Web Weekly Update #2
Geo Web Project updates and announcements from the last week (10/28/2020 - 11/03/2020).
Geo Web Weekly Update #1
Geo Web Project updates and announcements from the last week (10/21/2020 - 10/27/2020).