Juicenews: Dec 06, 2022

Listen to this episode from The Juicecast on Spotify. In this special series of the Juicecast in celebration of the 1-year anniversary of ConstitutionDAO, Matthew and Brileigh are joined by several former core members including Anisha Sunkerneni, Miguel Piedrafita, Graham Novak, Alice Ma, Jonah Erlich, Ittai Svidler, Jon Hillis as well as Pablo Moncada-Larrotiz. ConstitutionDAO was a single purpose acquisition DAO that raised over $40M in an attempt to buy one of the last thirteen remaining copies of the U.S. Constitution at Sotheby’s on November 18th, 2021. What started as a joke in a group chat onboarding thousands into crypto and gave the world a glimpse of the power of blockchain technology, decentralization, and new forms of governance. In this episode, Matthew and Brileigh follow the events that took place after the auction at Sotheby’s. They discuss the criticisms of ConstitutionDAO, the role of the media, and Ken Griffin’s involvement as the winning bidder. They also reflect on the big picture of ConstitutionDAO as a mental model for the public to learn about DAOs and what this story represents for crypto more broadly. Chapters: 00:00:21 Result of the auction 00:03:24 Why ConstitutionDAO couldn’t lost the bid 00:05:19 Discovering Ken Griffin as the winner of the auction 00:10:12 Ken Griffin’s comments on crypto and its threat to traditional finance 00:16:04 Choosing to wind down ConstitutionDAO 00:18:30 The rise of $PEOPLE and PeopleDAO 00:21:02 Reflecting on the big picture of ConstitutionDAO 00:23:54 Miguels the “purple haired dev” & the importance of web3 projects not about speculation 00:26:55 Jonah & Ittai on ConstitutionDAO as a model for DAOs to the public and early internet use cases 00:29:07 Anisha’s thoughts on the role of media and working with press 00:30:49 Common criticisms of ConstitutionDAO 00:32:27 Pablo’s story on leaving ConstitutionDAO 00:35:39 Jon’s thoughts on the future of DAO’s & the value of the Constitution being owned by the people 00:37:43 Graham's shares what the story of ConstitutionDAO represents to him 00:38:34 The last privately owned Constitution going on auction at Sotheby’s on December 13 Topics discussed: ConstitutionDAO Ken Griffin Sothebys Early internet use and mental models for DAOs American history The upcoming auction at Sothebys

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