Founder, designer, & product guy at /basepaint
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Giving Farcaster another shot!

Let me start by introducing myself:
👋 I‘m peth

A nobody from a small town, mid class family, mid country. Was bad at school, labeled ADHD. Became manual laborer, making money at 18 but feeling miserable.

On a crusade to spread the gospel of The World Computer by transmuting case studies into purple pills like 👇
https://builtonethereum.network

Then, my conspiracist phase hit (we all had one, don't lie!)

What stood out:
🤮 Fiat money, central banking & fractional reserve banking
🤮 Way corporations maximize profits at cost to societies

Obsessed with:
🤩 Eco-villages & ideas like "resource-based economy"
🤩 Any alternative to the extraction machines

Then I found Ethereum & it blew my mind.

✨ A World Computer ✨

“Holy fuck, this could be the core infrastructure layer for building whole new socioeconomic systems.” 🤯

The little money I had saved, I shoved into ETH @ $10
What followed were 9 years of trials.

Degened in ICOs, shipped products, had my leverage longs wiped. Made & lost more money than I ever thought I'd see. Ecstatic highs, brutal lows, bruises, scars, graying hair 😂

Overall:
👉 Full-time in Ethereum/DAO ecosystem since 2016
👉 Supported dApp builders through MetaCartel - 2019
👉 Started Realizing MetaGame newsletter - grew to 12k subs
👉 Multiple podcast series - >200k listens on Spotify in >50 episodes
👉 Founded MetaGame (2019-2024) - a gamified onboarding platform
👉 Pioneered the points-for-airdrops in 2019 ⭐️
👉 Led The DAO Playbook - co-written by 50+ contributors
👉 Did events - InterCon, Fork The World, MetaFest, MF2 & 3
👉 Then DAO/acc - DAOcember, DAO Playbook, DAO Rush Week
👉 Organized the first ever DAO incubation program - DAO Spring

None of my projects were hit success but I gained a lot of experience, made great friends & even some enemies 👀

Would I change anything? Yes, actually!
If you have no regrets, did you even really try? 🤷‍♂️

🐙 Onwards

Vision is the same. We can coordinate our way to something better. New organizational forms & economies that serve people instead of just maximizing profit.

Currently producing a documentary called Built on Ethereum, with the goal of explaining to non-believers why & what this technology enables.

Ethereum 🫡