Matthew are Brileigh are joined by Chris Carella from Purple. Chris is a Nouns delegate, head of product at Charmverse, and co-founder of Purple, a DAO dedicated to funding public goods in the Farcaster ecosystem.

In this episode we talk about what it means to be a Nounish DAO, the Arbitrum airdrop and the tensions between financial incentives and the boring reality of governance, as well as the importance of funding public goods in Ethereum. Please note that this recording actually took place right before ETH Tokyo and NFT NYC, so the context of certain discussions may have shifted since.

00:01:43 Welcome

00:02:58 Chris’ background before crypto

00:06:31 Chris’ entry to crypto and building an NFT platform on Tezos

00:09:39 Chris getting involved with Nouns through SharkDAO

00:12:39 Learning about the value of DAOs and their initial barrier to entry

00:14:47 Chris journey in the Nouns ecosystem from SharkDAO to Lil
Nouns and then Purple

00:16:52 How Purple got started

00:21:08 What is a Nounish DAO

00:25:26 Why Chris chose to build a Nounish DAO for Purple

00:28:07 Why Chris is bullish on Farcaster’s longevity & the importance of decentralized social media

00:35:10 ENS + Arbitrum airdrop & the tension between financial incentives & the boring reality of governance

00:39:05 Chris’ thoughts on the relationship between funding public goods using blockchain vs VC

00:44:57 Chris background in painting and the meaning behind his NFT The Stream

00:48:22 What’s coming next for Purple and Farcaster

Topics Discussed:

Nouns

Trusey

Nouns Builder

Lil Nouns

Farcaster

Warpcaster

Purple

Arbitrum Airdrop

The Stream NFT

Follow Chris Carella on Twitter/Warpcaster: @ccarella

Follow Juicebox on Twitter: @juiceboxETH

Juicebox Protocol's website: juicebox.money

Follow Matthew on Twitter: @0xmatthewb

Follow Brileigh on Twitter: @0xbrileigh

Credits:

Hosts: Matthew Brooks and Brileigh Hardcastle

Production: Matthew Brooks and Brileigh Hardcastle

Engineering: Matthew Brooks

Music: "EastAndW" by Romariogrande