Michael Cooper

Action research that builds governance bridges between #tradfi and #defi through support from @metagov_project

Institutions want DeFi. DeFi wants institutions. Nothing happens- nobody agrees on what "institutional-grade governance" means. We're building that standard — with both sides at the table. impactsystems.xyz

If you're researching or working on decentralized gov, please reach out if you want to coordinate and/or collaborate! Starting w/ mapping the problems, who is working on what, & presenting a v0 at a TBD gov/acc event at @EthCC.

Inspired by @VitalikButerin's d/acc work & the general trend of 'gov is dead so why bother' this year, I want to introduce gov/acc gov/acc is an open research program focused on outlining the problems we're facing in web3, as a starting point for accelerating gov R&D 🧵👇

We've had many requests for the Grant Impact Handbook (GIH) since our launch at the Enterprise Hub at @EFDevcon. Months of research and countless hours to help shape grants programs. We're excited to officially share the Grant Impact Handbook. Authored by @MCooperResearch @metagov_project and funded by @OctantApp @StellarOrg @BuildOnStellar Grant Impact Handbook: drive.google.com/file/d/1rmZXy5… The 14-page Summary: drive.google.com/file/d/1XsFDrX… User Guide: drive.google.com/file/d/1FH-Bo3… Full Grant Impact Handbook (text version): drive.google.com/file/d/1XsFDrX… As always, if you've got feedback and we'd love to hear from you.

I greatly appreciate the opportunity to be on the @gov_futures podcast to talk about evidence use in capital allocation, grants and decentralized governance

1/ 🚨 New Episode this Thursday! @Jamilya_eth & @bbeats1 sit down with @MCooperResearch to explore one of Web3’s toughest challenges: how evidence is (and isn’t) used in capital allocation. Why are DAOs still flying blind when $$$$ are on the line? 👇

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We're back tomorrow with another packed agenda tomorrow. Here's what we've got coming up tomorrow in our final day of the 2025 Grants Summit. Organized by the Grant Innovation Lab (GIL) at @metagov_project with support from @OctantApp @StellarOrg @Scroll_ZKP and @DAOstar_One - Creating and using evidence in web3 decision making by Mike Cooper and @feemschats - Grantee success: collaboration, acceleration, and measuring impact with @0xisla @Haezurath and @kittyvo_ - A Scaling democratic participation with @dwddao - An intelligence layer for web3 grants with @rashmivabbigeri - A common approach to impact measurement in web3 with @MontyMerlin - Beyond the numbers: quantitative web3 grants data and its limitations with @b3nedictvs - Understanding the real-world impact of the Stellar Community Fund with Eliot Seeger -Designing metrics-based grants for verifiable impact with @akrtws - Crypto For Good - abstract away the hype --identifying high-potential projects in the Global South and measuring impact with Ken Kou from @mercycorpsb4g - A data-driven retrospective framework for Grant Managers with @RohitMalekar Make sure to join us here at 9 am EDT. It's going to be an exciting day full of great convos!

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🔊 Calling all Social Scientists and Humanities Researchers on @Ethereum and Crypto 💡 I'm hosting a workshop at @Ethereum_NYC to: → Share and workshop in-progress research → Curate must-read non-technical works → Explore fresh ways to teach crypto 🗽 Come through, tag your academic frens, dms are open

📢 CALL FOR SPEAKERS We're organizing a virtual Grants Summit at the Metagov Grant Innovation Lab on 20 - 21 August, 2025. We're looking for speakers for the following tracks: - Sustainable Funding & Growth - Outputs, Outcomes, & Impact. 👇