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Kevin Owocki discusses Quadratic Funding and its potential to support public goods with guests Matthew Monahan and Holke Brammer.

New @greenpillnet pod out today! In this episode, Kevin Owocki sits down with Matthew Monahan (Ma Earth) and Holke Brammer (Hypercerts Foundation) to discuss a bold new experiment: a $1 million Quadratic Funding round designed to bring public goods funding beyond the crypto ecosystem. After years of learning from Gitcoin Grants, the conversation explores what comes next. How can communities fund local regeneration? How do Hypercerts create measurable impact? And what does it take to make coordination mechanisms accessible to everyday people not just Web3 natives? Together, they unpack the lessons from Ethereum, the future of regenerative funding, and why building open infrastructure matters more than ever. Topics covered: The $1M Ma Earth Quadratic Funding round Lessons learned from Gitcoin Grants Bringing Quadratic Funding to local communities Hypercerts and impact verification Public goods beyond crypto Open infrastructure and regenerative finance Ethereum's role in the next generation of coordination AI, collective intelligence, and future collaboration The core idea: Better coordination creates better communities. Quadratic Funding and Hypercerts aren't just crypto…

People in this episode

Host: Kevin Owocki

Guests: Matthew Monahan, Holke Brammer

Topics covered

• Quadratic Funding
• public goods funding
• local regeneration
• impact verification
• open infrastructure
• regenerative finance
• Ethereum

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ma Earth, Hypercerts Foundation, Gitcoin, Greenpill Network, Hypercerts, Certified

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