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05: Money for Web3 & DAOs // Citizen Series #1- Paul & DAOPunks

Background:

Welcome to the first episode of the Citizen’s Series here on the CityDAO Podcast. This series is where CityDAO citizens come to the show and we get to know them a little better. CityDAO is filled with diverse talents ranging from Web3, Politics, Construction, Real Estate, Business, Software Development, Thought Leaders, Economics, and much more, and we get to talk about all of it here in the Citizen’s Series. Today’s guest is Paul from DAOPunks, who is also from Florida. He is a graphics artist who created an amazing 3D art piece animation exclusively for CityDAO.

DAOPunks is a project born out of Bankless DAO. According to Paul, the main mission of DAOPunks is to provide grants to people who are working in the Web3 space. They want to provide much-needed grants to people who want to work full-time for DAOs. If you are interested in this project, just visit DAOPunks.io.

 

Time-Stamped Show Notes:

  • 1:12 Eric introduces his first guest on this citizen’s series, who is the Founder of DAOPunks and also a citizen of CityDAO. Eric is also doing this show even though he has COVID.
  • 2:48 Paul was a Political Science Major when he was still in college. He has worked with big politicians as a personal intern but he realized that this kind of work wasn’t for him.
  • 3:45 In his opinion, he looks at a lot of DAOs as a startup. This means that a DAO can have a little bit of centralization in the beginning stages and work towards decentralization.
  • 9:19 When it comes to joining DAOs and being updated with the latest in DAOs, Paul says that there can be too much friction.
  • 10:10 According to Paul, some organizations or entities can benefit from a leader making an executive decision for the group. He gave some examples for this type of situation.
  • 13:02 Being in sales, Paul really enjoyed his work and he had a more intimate view about small business and entrepreneurs.
  • 14:48 When his friends recommended him to check out crypto and NFTs, his first reaction was that he thought it was stupid and he wasn’t interested in it.
  • 16:57 Paul only works on projects that he loves and will provide a positive impact in the world.
  • 18:08 Eric talks about the amazing 3D piece animation created by Paul for CityDAO.
  • 19:21 The main goal of DAOPunks is to provide grants to people who are in the Web3 space. This means that they are offering grants to people who want to work full time for DAOs.
  • 21:06 Paul shares the story of how DAOPunks and CityDAO got involved with each other.
  • 27:17 The mother nature type of vibe was what Paul was aiming for when he was creating the CityDAO 3D art piece.
  • 28:21 Paul talks about Solarpunk and why he chose this type of art and genre to represent CityDAO instead of the much popular Cyperpunk.
  • 31:10 He continues to describe the 3D art piece animation that he made for CityDAO.
  • 38:19 There are several symbolisms that Paul points out within the 3D piece animation.
  • 42:03 The 3D piece has its own musical score, which fits perfectly with the animation.
  • 46:51 Once again, Paul invites people who want to work full time in Web3 to check out DAOPunks. He also has one final piece of advice for the listeners.

 

Key Points from the Interview:

  1. “Nowadays, I only focus on stuff that has a positive impact, and so CityDAO is one of them. That’s why when they approached me, I was like okay, absolutely, this is perfect.”
  2. “Don’t think so literal. We are in a new space here, there’s a lot of innovation happening, start to think less literal and start to be a little more creative with how you perceive things in the metaverse because that’s where the real magic is.”

 

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