Introducing Ether Guild:

A group of hyper-focused ETH supporters, working to elevate ETH, the money, in service of Ethereum, the computer.
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🖥️ The computer gives value to the money.
🪙 The money gives security to the computer.

Without Ethereum, there would be no value for ETH. Without ETH, there would be no economic security for Ethereum. Two distinct, symbiotic components.

the leading independent funding organization for 190 Ethereum core devs 🌿 stewarding our shared resources

The Ethereum Foundation (EF) is a non-profit that supports Ethereum. Learn more at ethereum.foundation.

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Efforts to harden the computer are steadily growing.
@ethereumfndn employs 40+ researchers
@protocolguild funds 180+ core devs
The EVM depends on this critical support.

Meanwhile, few parallel efforts exist to bolster & support the money that secures our collective computer.

Independent Ethereum educator, angel investor and advisor. 

Founder of /thedailygwei.

Understand every slice of Ethereum! Fundamentals, Economics, Applications and more. Open-source and free-to-use. growthepie.com

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Supporting ETH begins with educating about Ethereum. It looks like:

Educational content from @sassal.eth's TDG, @bankless and others

@etherealizeio making the institutional pitch for Ethereum

@growthepie data visualization tools

Crafting concise memes like #ETHisMoney

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Supporting ETH means coordinating efforts like these and rallying the social layer. This is where Ether Guild comes in.

Ether Guild is a group of hyper-focused ETH supporters, working to elevate ETH, the money, in service of Ethereum, the computer.

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On the spectrum of shape between community and institution, Ether Guild is a collective, community initiative,
On the spectrum of focus between the computer and the money, Ether Guild’s attention is fixed on supporting ETH.

EG achieves this through efforts called Quests.

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Quests are an opportunity for the Ethereum community to signal and aid through fine-grained, direct funding and achieve shared goals that support ETH.

Quests will take various shapes and sizes, but all will fund initiatives supporting ETH.

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Ether Guild’s first quest was to create a dashboard articulating why ETH is money using data collated beautifully by the @growthepie team.

Check it out: https://www.ethismoney.xyz/ 

Stay tuned for new quests. 👀

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As a US-based nonprofit applying for 501(c)(3) status, Ether Guild relies on donations and grants. A legally transparent org + financially transparent rails builds legitimacy and trust.

🤝 It also allows EG to offer tax-deductible donation benefits to US donors.

Building on ETH to tackle this Quest problem. Excited to contribute alongside the core devs, builders, researchers, and educators pushing the space forward. Let’s build the Futur3, Together! 🏗️💡🔗🚀📜🛠️🌍🔥🆂🌞🆄📚🅽💧🅽🚰🆈🌎🆂🎮