Gitcoin Username: krrisis

ETH Address: 0x7E052Ef7B4bB7E5A45F331128AFadB1E589deaF1

Twitter & other socials: @krrisis

Statement of Intention / My Values & Reasons for Joining
I don’t think there’s any other project in the space that is more strongly aligned with my values (next to the ones I’ve already worked with). People will join the decentralized movement because they will be drawn in by - let’s face it - the money, the bling bling. And this is okay. But this is just the first step, next is to inform them on why they should stick around and pull back the curtain. To truly empower people we need to fund the infrastructure that will support communities in the long run, and go beyond the short-term scarcity mindset. Open source is at the very core of blockchain technology and I think not enough people yet realize what the potential impact can be on the mindset of our entire civilization.
In our current economic model open source will never be funded, because it is impossible to build a direct profit / value-extraction model around it. For this reason it is the very first thing that needs to be ‘secured’: without open source a decentralized model simply will not work, it will just be incorporated by the powers that be. It will become an empty shell. Creating sustainable open source models is the essential foundation we need, the next will be to fund and support any public good, any project that is essential for our and our planet’s survival. Our current economic models do not only undervalue, but ignore public goods on purpose.
Let’s change this. Let’s build our future.

My Web3 Qualifications / Skills
Background: After 15 yrs in advertising and (digital) marketing, a.o. for agencies, Microsoft & start-ups, I joined the Ethereum ecosystem in 2017, first working for Swarm City on communications, then joining Giveth where I became the Communications lead, helped out with Aragon tasks and then started combining this with the same job and more at the Commons Stack, which I co-founded.
Currently exploring lots of Ethereum projects, a.o. as a Gitcoin Kernel fellow and now mentor. Also started a project called Ethereum Explorer to bring in new talent.
Skills: communication execution, strategy & project management. Always organizing and managing comms & more, I’m not a specialist, more an all-rounder with a lot of focus on processes & efficiency. More on me here.