Gitcoin: sustaining open source with cryptocurrency (Interview)

We’re joined by Kevin Owocki, the founder of Gitcoin. Gitcoin is a platform to monetize or incentivize work in open source software. We talked about how Gitcoin sits at the intersection of sustaining open source and cryptocurrencies, their history and roadmap, their decision to leverage the brand name of Git, bug bounties, funded issues, web3, MetaMask, and the future of Gitcoin and how open source benefits.

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Featuring:

• Kevin Owocki – Website, GitHub, X
• Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
• Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

• Gitcoin
• Gitcoin Explorer
• Gitcoin Joins ConsenSys
• Code Sponsor joins Gitcoin
• MetaMask
• Truffle
• Web 3: A platform for decentralized apps
• ERC20 Token Standard

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