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From YouTube: Griff Green // An Ethereum Interview Series @Devcon3
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In round 2 of our Ethereum Interview Series, we had the pleasure of speaking with Griff Green of Giveth.io. We learned about Griff’s passion for the Ethereum community and how he has successfully applied Giveth on mainnet.
A
I'm
Griff
green
I'm,
co-founder
of
giveth,
and
had
a
lots
of
adventures
with
the
dad
back
in
the
day.
I
was
a
Bitcoin
er
for
a
long
time
and
I
was
always
really
excited
about
decentralized
in
the
sharing
economy.
I
was
always
a
big
fan
of
the
tools
outside
of
currency,
really
the
decentralized
governance
possibilities
and
one
of
I'm,
a
digital,
nomad
I,
have
been
traveling.
A
I
haven't
had
like
a
steady
place
to
live
for
about
six
years,
and
one
of
the
things
I
needed
in
my
life
was
easy
access
to
things
without
having
to
own
anything.
I
don't
want
to
carry
it
around,
and
so
I
got
really
excited
about.
Decentralizing
the
sharing
economy,
I
wrote
some
white
papers
and
worked
on
that,
while
I
was
getting
a
degree
in
digital
currencies
and
I
heard
about
this
company
called
slaw
kit
and
they
were
doing
something.
A
If
there
has
all
the
tools
you
need
to
actually
decentralize
all
the
things
you
know,
let's
that's
the
biggest
piece
I,
don't
it's
hard
to
say
anything
besides
the
community,
because
to
me
that
is
the
most
important
like
all
the
the
devs
and
and
a
culture.
That's
here
is
just
you
know,
I
feel
like
it
has
the
best
opportunities
to
actually
push
the
world
forward
in
a
positive
direction.
A
That's
not
so
focused
people
in
this
in
this
in
the
if
they're
in
community
are
more
focused
on
the
technology,
then
just
trying
to
make
a
lot
of
money,
and
that's
what
excites
me,
although
of
course
the
other
thing
is
on
the
money
side,
there
is
a
lot
of
experimentation.
You
know
all
these
icos
that
are
being
created,
they're
all
creating
their
own
economies
and
they
all
have
an
opportunity
to
rewrite
the
story
of
money,
and
you
know,
experiment
with
something
and
change
how
things
work
and
that
most
of
that
action
is
here
in
ethereal.
A
So
I
want
to
be
here
too.
Oh
man,
I
think
it'll
happen.
Naturally,
in
the
end,
we
got
to
get
stuff
that
works
and
put
it
out
in
people's
hands.
I
think
obviously
status.
Getting
it
on
the
mobile
is
the
most
important
thing.
If
we
are
live
in
a
mobile
world,
everyone
has
a
smartphone,
and
if
we
can't
right
now,
it's
really
hard
to
do
with
the
room
on
a
smartphone.
So
if
we
can't
get
a
D,
you
know
these
tools
out
there
in
people's
hands.
Then
then
we
can't
really
grow
much
further.
A
Everyone
Matthew
Tom
gave
a
talk
about
how
much
how
many
people
are
actually
using
aetherium
on
what
systems
they're
using
there's
like
70%
desktop
I
mean
that's
the
same
on
a
Thirsk
and
that's
not
when
you
look
at
the
world,
it's
more
like
72,
you
know
50
to
90%,
depending
on
the
country.
People
are
using
their
mobile
for
Internet.
A
Well,
given
this
kind
of
the
you
know,
happy
ending
of
the
Dow
to
me,
it's
taking
the
same
idea
of
you
know
putting
a
bunch
of
money
in
one
spot
for
a
cause,
but
making
it
a
non
profit
colors.
So,
given
this
kind
of
like
simple,
it
has
in
the
middle
a
simple
GoFundMe
layer
which
is
you
know
just
like
Kickstarter.
A
All
these
things
were
you're
kind
of
a
marketplace
where
you're
trying
to
match
people
who
have
money
and
a
desire
to
change
the
world
to
people
who
have
the
time
and
the
plan
to
make
that
change
of
reality
in
the
current
charity
system.
There's
this
charity
in
the
middle
that
kind
of
blocks
the
extra
value
that
can
be
transferred.
A
They
take
the
money
and
then
route
it
over
to
these
from
these
guys
of
these
guys,
and
but
they
don't
actually
get
to
connect
the
people
they're
actually
in
the
way
and
I
really
believe
that
communities
are
what
changed
the
world
I
mean.
Obviously,
this
whole
talk,
I
can't
get
off
of
communities.
So
if
we
put
these
guys
in
the
same
chatroom,
then
you
know
beautiful
ideas
will
be
able
to
be,
will
come
out
of
it
and
it's
not
just
about
sharing
the
resources
of
money.
A
It's
about
sharing
the
resources
of
ideas
and
time
and
effort
and
connecting
everybody
together,
but
we
live
in
a
world
where
you
can
tweet
Donald
Trump,
and
yet
you
don't
know
who's
using
your
donations
for
something
and
it
just
doesn't
make
any
sense.
So
we
kind
of
have
this
GoFundMe
layer
in
the
middle.
Above
that
we
have
a
community
layer.
You
know
building
trying
to
build
a
culture
of
altruism
and
experimenting
with
decentralized
governance,
which
is
something
that's
really
near
and
dear
to
my
heart.
I
really
hope.
A
Givethe
can
be
a
playground
for
dows
to
come
in
and
if
you
want
to
experiment
with
the
decentralized
governance
protocol,
you
can
actually
test
it
by
starting
a
charity.
You
know:
take
your
UI,
take
your
smart
contracts
and
then
say
hey.
We
want
to
do
the
most
good
for
homelessness
and
beta
test.
It
air
drop
some
money
to
all
of
your
all
your
supporters
and
then
let
them
have
control
over
the
donations
and
see
how
it
works
out.
A
That's
give
it
a
playground
for
that,
because
we
have
the
GoFundMe
later,
the
network
of
communities
and
just
basically
a
chatroom
almost
and
then
the
smart
contract
layer,
which
is
another
thing
that
we
have
a
huge
advantage
on,
because
gibbets
was
started
by
the
white
hat
group
and
we
have
the
best
smart
contract
developers
in
the
world
and
one
of
the
big
reasons
for
that
is
we're
not
trying
to
make
money.
You
know
we
are
really
truly
an
altruistic.
A
You
know
loosely
grouped
the
set
of
hackers
that
are
just
trying
to
make
the
world
a
better
place.
We
have
no
legal
entity
and
that
is
it
by
a
design,
because
without
a
legal
entity
you
can't
make
a
profit,
you
know,
is
everything
is
happening
in
a
smart
contract
realm
and
everything
is
just
loose
and
fun
and
experimental.
A
Yes,
actually,
we
have
a
POC
gap
on
Maine
and
it's
been
on
mania
since
November
October
like
well.
We
started
the
smart
contracts
and
I
think
we
started
actually
funding
it
actually
in
January
and
we
ran
a
Burning
Man
camp
where
everyone
paid
their
dues
in
ether
and
then
all
the
money
that
was
collected
for
it
to
actually
leave
the
smart
contracts.
We
had
to
show
receipts
for
what
was
paid
out
and
then
we
still
waiting
on
the
receipts.
Burners
aren't
the
most.
A
You
know
diligent
at
getting
some
things
done
so,
but
when
we
get
this
last
receipt
for
our
electric
bill,
everyone
will
get
a
refund
for
the
ether
that
wasn't
spent.
We
run
giveth
completely
through
our
POC
depth,
but
and
and
we
have
actually
Alice
dot
aside,
we
work
closely
with
and
they
received
a
donation
through
us
and
they
have
milestones
that
get
reviewed,
and
so
we've
run
a
couple
things
through
our
POC
depth,
but
our
actual,
like
MVP,
is
still
in
testing
it.
A
We're
almost
done
with
it
to
looks
to
looks
you
know
and
it'll
be
on
main
it
and
then
we'll
start
using
it
and
we're
gonna
have
a
slow,
steady
roadmap.
We're
really
well
connected
with
my
youth
or
wallet
guys.
They're
gonna
be
one
of
our
first
users
just
to
play
with
their
donations
and
build
a
community
around
their
donation.
A
They
actually
get
a
lot
of
donations,
so
I
mean
they're
doing
great
work
in
there
on
the
forefront
of
things,
so
they
won't
really
want
to
work
with
us
on
that
and
I
have
another
we'll
just
slowly
add
groups,
and
you
know
it's
no
rush.
You
know
we
want
to
do
a
right.
We
want
to,
you
know,
evolve
with
aetherium,
and
this
is
one
big
experiment
and
we're
we're
taking
it
seriously
as
an
experiment
that
we
want
to
take
the
long
term,
so
we're
not
gonna
rush.
A
There's
just
not
enough
tools
in
this
ecosystem,
everything
and
we're
on
the
forefront
of
new
technology.
We
have
we've
broken
up
into
three
different
groups,
and
you
know
organizing
ourselves
is
always
an
interesting
thing,
because
we're
trying
to
model
decentralize
altruistic
community,
we
ourselves
we've
practiced
holacracy.
We
were
trying
to
we're
trying
to
be
the
right,
the
handbook
for
what
we're
trying
to
build
and
we
don't
even
have
a
tool
that
we're
trying
to
work
with
yet,
and
so
it's
it's.
A
It's
an
adventure
and
we've
kind
of
broken
up
into
these
three
groups,
where
we
have
the
core
product,
guys
that
that
there
is
a
handbook.
For
you
know
we
can
have
a
normal
corporate
structure
with
that,
but
the
designer-
and
then
you
know,
front-end
guy,
the
back-end
guy,
and
this
is
a
classic
thing,
because
building
an
application
has
been
done
a
million
times
over.
We
don't
need
to
recreate
that,
but
how
do
smart
contract
devs
that
you
know
bought
ether
when
it
was
$1
and
honestly,
don't?
A
A
This
is
one
of
the
biggest
problems
for
the
Dow
honestly,
the
Dow
had
a
lot
more
problems
than
just
the
bug,
and
it
was
because
we
rushed
it
and
no
one
really
knew
their
roles
and
if
you're
going
to
build
a
system
for
people,
you
have
to
define
the
handbook
you
have
to
define
like
what
does
the
curator
do?
What
does
the
dowel
token
holder
do,
which
is
okay,
a
contractor
do
and
with
giveth?
That's
why
we're
taking
it
slow
and
we're
experimenting
with
our
own
donations?
A
Everything
is
transparent
and
we've
changed
the
structure
of
how
we
pay
ourselves
like
five
times
and
then
we'll
probably
change
it
another
five
times
before
the
end
of
the
year,
because
we're
just
iterating
and
it
gets
better
and
better
and
better
and
more
effective
right.
Now
we
actually
make
it
so
that
no
one
can
get
paid
without
making
a
video,
because
I
feel,
like
that's
the
most
transparent
thing
to
do,
and
it's
a
very
resistance
to
fraud.
A
You
know
Nigerian
prince,
can
write
a
text
email,
you
can
Photoshop
pictures,
but
videos,
you
know
the
real
and
at
the
same
time,
if
you're
a
volunteer,
you
know
and
you're
like
trying
to
help
people
you
you
know
I,
don't
want
to
just
rewrite
a
decentralized
grant
program
on
ethereal
and
make
people
fill
out.
A
bunch
of
forms.
A
I
want
to
make
easy
so
that
the
people
who
are
volunteering
can
just
like
make
a
quick
video
and
then
you
know,
go
about
their
day
and
like
make
good
things
happen
in
the
world,
and
I
have
to
spend
time,
writing
and
typing,
and
do
all
this
stuff.
You
know
or
we're
innovating
in
this
space
and
I,
really
think
that
we
have
a
really
good
chance
to
make
some
huge
changes
in
this
world
and
just
rewrite
the
future
of
giving
you
know
rebuild
the
future
of
you.