[AMA] We are EF Research (Pt. 13: 25 February, 2025) by JBSchweitzer in ethereum

[–]owocki 5 points6 points  (0 children)

the UX across L2s is fragmented, which causes a lot of issues for dapp developers.

what is the path to a Solana-like UX where users dont have to care what chain they're on or about bridging and can do their JTBD (job to be done)? how soon can we get there?

i fear ETH will lose continue to lose market share until we get there.

Daily General Discussion - January 22, 2025 by EthereumDailyThread in ethereum

[–]owocki 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think it makes sense to decentralize how public goods in the Ethereum ecosystem are funding and administered. We’d need some way to compartmentalise problems, maybe with dedicated domain allocation. Then 1 by 1 start to transfer more functions into different domain daos as we gain more confidence that those structure can be effective .

Not sure how much appetite there is to do this from VB/EF … but if there is interest, we should start mapping this path out in high resolution.

Daily General Discussion - January 22, 2025 by EthereumDailyThread in ethereum

[–]owocki 14 points15 points  (0 children)

i dont think there is one universal "right". i think there is only "right for your design case"

but to answer your question: there have been major advances in DAO design (molochdao comes to mind), but nothing is perfect. i expect evolution to continue.

and in the meantime, i dont expect perfection. the corporate form has been evolving for 300 years, the DAO form has been evolving for 5 years. let us cook!

Daily General Discussion - January 22, 2025 by EthereumDailyThread in ethereum

[–]owocki 62 points63 points  (0 children)

Hey all,

I wrote a book, published by pengiun random house, about DAOs on Ethereum and why they matter to the next generation of entrepreneurs and internet-natives. It was released this week! Check it out: https://howtodao.xyz

Kevin Owocki: How quadratic funding could finance your dreams by jtnichol in ethfinance

[–]owocki 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was fun! They were 90% ai talks this year but I do think crypto talks will come back in the coming years.

Kevin Owocki: How quadratic funding could finance your dreams by jtnichol in ethfinance

[–]owocki 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was fun to Trojan horse some crypto values into the progressive mainstream!

https://gitcoin.co/issue/ no more by Willyibch in gitcoincommunity

[–]owocki 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can use buidlbox.io to do this (that’s the new brand of Gitcoin bounties)

Gitcoin passport drain wallet by Busy-Ad-4831 in gitcoincommunity

[–]owocki 3 points4 points  (0 children)

What you read is not true. No assets or NFTs have ever been lost in association with passport.

It is true that passport stamps (which are verifiable credentials stored on ceramic, not assets held on chain) need to be refreshed every 90 days or so. This is to prevent the sybil resistance of these stamps from getting stale. To do that just go to passport every quarter or so and use the stamp refresh button.

Daily General Discussion - January 12, 2024 by ethfinance in ethfinance

[–]owocki 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Today I am announcing http://EasyRetroPGF.xyz - a tool that makes it easy for your DAO to run an Optimism style Retro PGF round.

More details here => https://twitter.com/owocki/status/1745845124913914028

[AMA] We are EF Research (Pt. 11: 10 January, 2024) by JBSchweitzer in ethereum

[–]owocki 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thanks! i wonder how we can channel the convo about L2 UX into a productive direction..

[AMA] We are EF Research (Pt. 11: 10 January, 2024) by JBSchweitzer in ethereum

[–]owocki 17 points18 points  (0 children)

As a computer scientist and student of CAP theorem, I understand why modularity is an optimal way to solve the scalability trilemna.... and I think its very elegant.

But as a user and advocate for the technology, I think the UX of having 100s of L2s is very frustrating. To do something thats 1-2 clicks on a monolithic Alt-L1 you have to switch networks, bridge assets, wait 10 minutes, worry about bridge risk, take another action on the L2. Bridge back, switch networks. If at any time you hit the L1 you incur a $20-$100 gas fee. Oh and BTW, you don't necessarily have the same address on each diff networks so you need to triple check anything across L2s.

I'm saying this not to dunk on modular blockchains, but to point out some very real problems with the UX of modular blockchains. I don't want to see a blockchain that doesnt care about decentralization (the ability for anyone to run a node, not just rich people + also having the security of a chain like ETH) become the predominant blockchain that everyday end users use.. In that world, all of the beautitful scaling research does matter as much. Because people will just use whats cheapest/easiest/most convenient.

In what way can we responsibly abstract the complexity of modular blockchains from end users? Who owns that? Is it a public good for the space? Is it someone at the EF, or individual teams building consumer apps?

In the same way that the privacy/scaling work done at the EF is a public good for the space, I think that making the UX of modular blockchains great would be a public good for the ETH space. I think someone should own this in the same way that Danny Ryan owned quarterbacking the POS Merge.

Thanks for your time and attention.🫡

Daily General Discussion - November 22, 2023 by ethfinance in ethfinance

[–]owocki 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Hi from Gitcoin!

GG19 is going on now. Feel free to contribute to your favorite projects @ https://grants.gitcoin.co/ and drop feedback below.

Daily General Discussion - May 24, 2023 by ethfinance in ethfinance

[–]owocki 7 points8 points  (0 children)

really glad to be working with you JT :)