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The podcast features one-of-a-kind interviews and round-table discussions with builders, researchers, and artists working at the frontier of blockchain technology and culture\u2014with a focus on the EVM ecosystem. Each episode highlights a person or team with deep subject expertise. The show grounds the technical aspects of their work in human stories, making it easier for listeners of all skill levels to appropriate these technologies for their own creative applications. The show puts the spotlight on the builders behind projects big and small, and frequently features guests making their podcast debut.", "hidden": false, "question": "How is your project focused on improving the Web3 ecosystem? ", "questionId": 4}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "N/A", "hidden": false, "question": "If you've participated in past grant rounds, please share any new updates or milestones from the prior months (N/A if you haven\u2019t participated previously). ", "questionId": 5}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "**Qualitative impact measurement**\nThe single most important measure of impact are listener and guest testimonies. The show's purpose is to create a unique educational resource so high signal that even expert EVM developers listen regularly. This audience has no time for nonsense and platitudes. If the show can appeal to them, and also remain engaging to less expert audience, then I have created something special. I solicit listener testimonies and reviews during the show and on social media, and I collect them from public posts and via private messages. \n\nA few recent listener testimonies: \n\n> Big fan of Web3 Galaxy Brain. It\u2019s hard to find good content on Web3 that isn\u2019t just VCs speculating on new trendy projects. Galaxy Brain is the place I go to learn from people who are on the front line building.\n\n[Kurt Larsen](https://twitter.com/larsen_kf), Co-founder of [Rhinestone](https://www.rhinestone.wtf/)\n\n> There\u2019s so much going on in the web3 space that I have a hard time keeping up. Nicholas\u2019 interview lets me catch the highlights and boosts the signal in the noise. The conversations are fun to listen to and Nicholas is a great interviewer.\n\n[Frolic.eth](https://twitter.com/frolic), Creator of [eth.fs](https://ethfs.xyz/), developer at [Lattice](https://lattice.xyz/)\n\n> Web3 Galaxy Brain has cemented itself as one of my go to podcasts for crypto devs. Oftentimes, I learn about new EIPs from the show, and Nicholas always brings on builders pushing the boundaries of what\u2019s possible in Ethereum. EIP-6551, Account Abstraction, MPC, Farcaster - lots of cool stuff is being built right now and you\u2019ll hear about all of it in a useful level of detail from the pod!\n\n[Phil Liao](https://twitter.com/philipliao_), Engineer at [0x](https://0x.org/)\n\n**Quantitative impact measurement**\nI also collect quantitative engagement measurements, including total subscriber count and per episode listener counts across major listening platforms. Each episode receives hundreds of listens across X (live), Spotify, and Apple Podcasts. Each episode release is announced with a summary post on X and Farcaster, and I analyze this engagement regularly. Recent episode announcement posts have received 50 to 120 likes across X and Farcaster and 1k to 20k views ([1](https://twitter.com/nnnnicholas/status/1720111782268747913), [2](https://twitter.com/nnnnicholas/status/1717571166888419713)). Exceptional episodes like my [Consumer Crypto Stack research presentation](https://twitter.com/nnnnicholas/status/1710018131249283316) have received hundreds of likes, RTs, and bookmarks, and over 85k views. \n\nPlease note that I interpret quantitative engagement to be a lagging indicator of show quality. There is more than enough crypto content focused on short term view count manipulation. Web3 Galaxy Brain is focused on appealing to the most discerning listeners, because its purpose is to create lasting cultural and educational value through truly unique discussions that listeners will not find anywhere else. In this respect, the show is already a success and its organic growth through word of mouth is reflected in steadily increasing listener engagement.", "hidden": false, "question": "How do you measure the impact of your project? Please provide examples and/or standard metrics. This might be used in future impact reports ", "questionId": 6}, {"type": "number", "answer": "9000", "hidden": false, "question": "Total Prior Funding for the project in USD", "questionId": 7}, {"type": "multiple-choice", "answer": "Grants", "hidden": false, "question": "Which of the following funding sources have you received? Check all that apply", "questionId": 8}, {"type": "number", "answer": "1", "hidden": false, "question": "Total Team Size", "questionId": 9}, {"type": "number", "answer": "22", "hidden": false, "question": "How old (in Months) is the project? (We will use twitter, domain registration, github, etc to verify)", "questionId": 10}, {"type": "address", "hidden": true, "question": "If you participated in past grant rounds using a different project payout wallet address, please share it here:", "questionId": 11}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "N/A", "hidden": true, "question": "Profiles or socials of other main team members publicly associated with the project (N/A for solo founders): ", "questionId": 12}, {"type": "multiple-choice", "answer": "Yes", "hidden": true, "question": "Have you read and confirmed your grant abides by the Program General Eligibility Policy? https://gitcoin.notion.site/GG19-Eligibility-50843c8b3ab44ad297731a00efa6e389?pvs=4  ", "questionId": 13}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "**Purpose**\nWeb3 Galaxy Brain was born out of my passion for learning and getting to know the unique and brilliant people who make up the Ethereum ecosystem. Since then, it has grown to become a veritable educational resources on niche topics such as Passkeys and Smart Accounts. With the help of public goods funding like Gitcoin's Community & Education round, I hope to expand the programming to include alternate presentation styles (video clips and searchable transcripts) and explore more grants and alternate revenue sources to financially stabilize its production for the long term. Meeting enthusiastic listeners at EthGlobal NYC and EthWaterloo, collecting empassioned listener and guest testimonies, and seeing over 100 people publicly support the idea of public goods funding for the Web3 Galaxy Brain on X ([1](https://twitter.com/nnnnicholas/status/1719925312933273659), [2](https://twitter.com/frolic/status/1710269274336497875), [3](https://twitter.com/nnnnicholas/status/1719424556698308647)) have all been encouraging indicators supporting the development of this grant proposal.\n\n**Past funding** \nWeb3 Galaxy Brain received approximatley a dozen episode sponsorships in late 2022/early 2023 amounting to ~1.25 ETH (before taxes). Through BuidlGuidl, I have also received 5 ETH (before taxes) in support related to producing the show. These sponsorships covered approximately 50% of the audio editing costs associated with producing the show to date. Given this deficit, I have not been financially compensated for producing the show over the past two years. \n\n**Future plans**\nPublic goods funding will help fill this budget shortfall and also help cover expanded programming initiatives, including a refreshed website with searchable AI transcripts (already in progress) and audiogram and clips pipeline development. Both of these efforts will increase access to the educational information which is currently trapped inside lengthy audio interviews, which have limited engagement online compared to short form and searchable modalities. A successful grants round will also enable me to develop a more mature sponsorship offering, which will diversify funding sources and complement the present public goods fundraising initiative.", "hidden": false, "question": "Anything else you'd like to share about your project, previous work, or other project affiliations? Anything you'd like to add that may help in determining project eligibility?", "questionId": 14}, {"type": "multiple-choice", "hidden": true, "question": "Would you like to opt-in to future messages from Gitcoin for updates, information, and/or interviews? ", "questionId": 15, "encryptedAnswer": {"ciphertext": "I41ecy51UftTHsjMJALAdESq14ETdVyxMUgeMr535ow=", "encryptedSymmetricKey": "26ec3b9fd1018279617e55b205fd53ced64b0d9ec470187091a445e6ddfecbcaa038bdb3907c7be456a34912af08b90c4a16d74d236d1cd2e4960806e9b8374ad64768c77cd5083ce943325cb759d009fdd447f3fb219d9d3631b8f4e489908d7c2d0eeb461db179ff3fe9432dbb66c1cacf0b19a61dbadd8c9ea73a4358278300000000000000206eca59cfe55785af42c3519d0343e2ec0d09d25193f1a6f0869e007b2511157fd7aa7d21bb11cebf45f231f4eb5b458d"}}, {"type": "multiple-choice", "hidden": true, "question": "Would you like to opt-in to us sharing your information with select third-parties for investment opportunities? 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The show is designed to appeal to builders, and listening to the show feels like overhearing conversations between interesting devs and builders when they hang out and casually talk shop.\n\n**Recent Guests include Pedro Gomes, Sam Hart, Konrad Kopp, Rhea Myers, Scott Sunarto, Nitya Subramanian, Paul Razvan Berg, Domothy, 0xMons, Juan Blanco, Luke Miles, Jacob Horne, John Palmer, Jonathan Mann, and many more.**\n\nWeb3 Galaxy Brain prides itself on presenting intellectually honest, engaging, and heartfelt shows that appeal to driven devs who don't have time for platitudes, and to programming-adjacent builders who want to learn how the machinery of decentralized applications really works under the hood. The show takes its audience seriously. 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