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In episode 136, we're excited to welcome Max Howell of Tea Protocol, a decentralized protocol that "enhances the sustainability and integrity of the software supply chain by allowing open-source developers to capture the value they create in a trustless manner." We discuss some of the challenges faced by open-source builders, the role of blockchain in building a sustainable open-source ecosystem, their novel proof of contribution consensus mechanism, and much more.

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Three Key Takeaways

• Open-source software developers play a vital role in the advancement of technology, including the development of a lot of the foundational architecture behind Web3. These individuals  deserve to be compensated for these vital contributions to humanity.
• Tea Protocol's novel "Proof of Contribution" consensus mechanism will help ensure all those who contribute to open-source software can be fairly rewarded based on the impact they have created.
• It's all about incentives. Considering all the incredible achievements that have been accomplished by a relatively small community of largely volunteer open-source builders, it will be exciting to see what will happen when effective incentivization mechanisms are implemented into the open-source ecosystem.

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Episode Time Stamps

02:20 - What was your "Ah hah" moment that got you excited about cryptocurrency and web3 in the beginning?

06:20 - Can you please give listeners a high-level overview of tea's mission?

10:25 - I understand that your project uses a novel consensus mechanism call Proof of Contribution to measure the impacts of projects; tell me more about this.

14:05 - Walk me through the process of an Open-Source Dev getting their project on tea.

19:05 - Tell me more about the TEA token.

21:50 - How can Web3 help build a more robust, and fairly compensated open-source economy?  

25:35 - Let's talk community. How can Web3 tools help build a strong community around open-source innovation?

29:45 - What does the roadmap look like for Tea Protocol?

31:40 - What's the best way for listeners to learn more about Tea protocol and get involved?

33:00 - To wrap things up, if you could name one thing that excites you most about the social impact potential of web3, what would it be and why?

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