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@VitalikButerin Which AWF did you give to? We'd love to add it to impactstake.

Sent another 64 ETH to the Animal Welfare Fund. I encourage others to think and act more in support of our non-human cousins too! The extreme suffering we're imposing on them in the billions is not something we talk about often, but it continues to be one of the larger blights on humanity. And I'm getting optimistic that this century we can finally end it. Farming practices are improving, synthetic alternatives are improving. Also, in my recent experience, good old low-tech vegetarian and vegan food has improved massively worldwide over the last ten years; I encourage anyone who has tried it long before and given up to take second look; there are far more healthier and tastier options today than the "pasta and salad" you would often get ten years ago.

Apparently this is the ideal age to begin DevOps

"Can we fund charitable work without asking people to give their money away?" 🤔 Jaydeep of @impactstake & @launchnodes believes Impact Staking offers an exciting opportunity to shift philanthropy from "give your money away" to "put your money to work for good" 💰💚

Beyond the Punctuated decline of human cooperation. .. A really thoughtful paper just came out in Nature on cooperation in lending systems ... and it’s worth your time: Sabin, Klinowski & Reed-Tsochas (2026) Punctuated decline of human cooperation The authors track group lending over five years and find something many practitioners will recognize: ➡️ Cooperation starts high ➡️ Gradually declines ➡️ Then resets when a new loan cycle begins Their explanation focuses on behavioral fatigue ...people becoming “tired of paying.” That’s real. But I think there’s another layer worth exploring: 👉 What if part of the decline is not just human behavior… but institutional design? In many lending systems (including the one studied), repayment is: cash-only-based thresholded (repay fully or fail collectively) and not easily clearable across a network This creates what I’d call a “closed liability container without clearing.” So even when people are still contributing, the system can still collapse. An alternative we’re exploring is commitment pooling: Instead of only asking: “Can you repay in cash?” We also ask: “What can you credibly contribute and how can that be exchanged to settle your obligation?” That could look like: students swapping tutoring for tuition credit farmers swapping produce for loan repayment service providers issuing vouchers that others can redeem Same lending institutions. Same safeguards. Just additional pathways: repayment through marketable commitments. This doesn’t replace lending - it extends it. Curious to hear from: lenders researchers practitioners 👉 Where have you seen repayment capacity exist - but not be recognized by the system?

The world doesn't need another grand vision for how crypto will change everything. It needs credible mechanisms that work. Stablecoin for Impact is one of them. Live on mainnet, funding UNICEF Giga, built on blue chip DeFi primitives used for something that hasn't been done before. Read the full piece by Jaydeep Korde, CEO of Launchnodes 👇 impactstake.com/blog/stablecoi…

Tomorrow we go live with Episode 2 of Philanthropy 3.0. We're sitting down with Gerben Kijne from @UNICEFinnovate to talk about what the world urgently needs right now and how new models of philanthropy can help close the gap. RSVP below luma.com/gvpanb77

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Happy Friday! @Gigaglobal is using DeFi to connect schools to the internet. On April 15th, Gerben Kijne from @UNICEFinnovate joins Philanthropy 3.0 to walk through exactly how. From yield mechanics to regulatory frameworks. Join us live to learn what crypto infrastructure looks like when it's pointed at something real. 🎙 RSVP: luma.com/gvpanb77

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Built by @launchnodes on top of Lido, and funded in part through @LidoGrants, LIS set out to use Ethereum staking to fund projects addressing climate, infrastructure and inequality issues across the globe. research.lido.fi/t/launchnodes-…

Earn while you give. Keep your principal. Fund impact. 🌱💸 This is impact staking, and it's changing how we think about giving 💡 We sat down w/ Jaydeep of @impactstake & @launchnodes to unpack this powerful new funding mechanism 🎙️ 🎧Listen: cryptoaltruists.com/blog/crypto-al… We discuss: ✨ How impact staking can turn philanthropy into a positive-sum game 🌐 How Lido Impact Staking is building a social impact marketplace to connect givers with verified NGOs 🔎 How radical transparency and verified impact can build trust and excitement towards giving 🤝 Their new partnership with @foundation_gsr

It’s been one year since Lido Impact Staking (LIS) went live. A model built to drive social impact and provide long term funding through Ethereum Staking. ↓

Impact staking is rewriting the rules of giving. Tomorrow, Jaydeep Korde of @launchnodes & @impactstake joins us to break down this innovative funding mechanism and how it is reimagining philanthropy as a positive-sum game🌱💚 Live tomorrow on the Crypto Altruists podcast! 🎧