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The following post introduces a concept we are exploring to achieve the Geo Web's goal of creating an augmented, shared reality. For more info, check out our latest [roadmap](https://www.geoweb.network/post/post-launch-roadmap)

The Optimism Collective recently awarded the Geo Web an OP Growth Grant. So, we’re launching a simple incentive program: claim Geo Web parcels, earn OP, & contribute to public goods.

The Geo Web has been live on Optimism for about 3 months. So what’s next?

ALERT! ALERT! We are less than 24 hours from the end of the Geo Web’s fair launch Dutch auction!

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.

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).

What is the crypto space building to? Plus updates from the Geo Web project (11/3/22 - 11/16/22).

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).

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).

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).

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).

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 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).

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 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 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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

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 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).

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).

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).

A vision for building a better pluralist future. Plus updates from the Geo Web project (5/11/22 - 5/18/22).

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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

Which do you trust more? Plus updates from the Geo Web project in the last two weeks (3/24/22 - 4/6/22).

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).

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).

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)

We’re back from ETHDenver physically and mentally, finally. It was an exhausting week and a half, but our sense of purpose is more clear than ever. Plus the project updates from the last…while.

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).

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).

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).

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).

Looking back at the year that was and kicking off a new one on the Geo Web project.

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).

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).

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).

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).

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...something something… Zuckerberg...Meta. Plus updates from the last week on the Geo Web project (10/27/21 - 11/03/21).

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 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).

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).

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).

...Always has been. Plus updates from last week on the Geo Web project (9/9/21 - 9/22/21).

Finding meaning in a world of digital abundance. Plus updates from last week on the Geo Web project (9/2/21 - 9/8/21).

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).

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).

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).

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).

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 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).

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).

Walking through the alpha Spatial Browser plus updates from the last week on the Geo Web project (6/30/21 - 7/6/21).

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).

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).

The Geo Web is live on Ceramic mainnet, and it feels so good.

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).

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).

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).

The future of work plus updates from the last week + a day on the Geo Web project (5/19/21 - 5/26/21).

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).

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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 aren’t just digital art… plus updates from the last week (3/24/21 - 3/30/21)

What browsing the Geo Web metaverse looks like and updates from the last week (3/17/21 - 3/23/21)

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)

Why we’re fair launching the Geo Web and updates from the last week (3/3/21 - 3/9/21)

Our motivation behind the Geo Web DAO and updates from the last week (2/28/2021 - 3/2/21)

NFTs crossing over to the mainstream with NBA Top Shot and updates from the last week (2/17/2021 - 2/23/21)

Exploring investing frameworks to make more/better public goods and updates from the last week (2/10/2021 - 2/16/21)

The Ethereum community and updates from the last week (2/3/2021 - 2/9/21)

Principles of the Geo Web project and updates from the last week (1/27/2021 - 2/2/21)

The one thing that will make the Geo Web successful and updates from the last week (1/20/2021 - 1/26/21)

A more efficient digital land market with SALSA plus updates from the last week (1/13/2021 - 1/19/21)

Designing the Geo Web “economy” to be permissionless and programmatic plus updates from the last week (1/6/2021 - 1/12/21)

Art, NFTs, and digital persistence plus updates from the last TWO weeks (12/23/2020 - 1/5/2021)

Exploring the Geo Web vision beyond the purely technical plus updates from the last week (12/16/2020 - 12/22/2020)

Geo Web Project updates and announcements from the last week (12/9/2020 - 12/15/2020)

Geo Web Project updates and announcements from the last week (12/2/2020 - 12/8/2020)

We are live with the Geo Web Kovan testnet app!

Geo Web Project updates and announcements from the last week (11/25/2020 - 12/1/2020).

Geo Web Project updates and announcements from the last week (11/18/2020 - 11/24/2020).

Geo Web Project updates and announcements from the last week (11/11/2020 - 11/17/2020).

Geo Web Project updates and announcements from the last week (11/4/2020 - 11/10/2020).

The Geo Web's SALSA market for digital land is the key to the creation of our AR Metaverse. It promotes allocative efficiency, egalitarian network economics, and public goods funding. Learn how in this blog post.