Griff Green and the DAO | Layer Zero

<p>Griff Green is a builder and community manager in the Ethereum space. He is also a hippie, a former chemical engineer, and Seattle Supersonics super-fan. A true individual, Griff opted out of society after becoming disillusioned with modern institutions, traveling in a van with gold and silver until he heard about Bitcoin.</p> <p>Falling down the crypto rabbit hole led Griff to become a deep Ethereum community member, eventually launching The DAO. The story of the DAO's beginnings, hack, and eventual hard for are the stuff of Sci-Fi. Filled with countless stories, this episode follows the life and times of a deeply fascinating member of Layer Zero.</p> <p>------<br /> 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: <a href= "http://podcast.banklesshq.com/">http://podcast.banklesshq.com/</a> </p> <p>------<br /> 📣 DHARMA | Trade on Polygon!<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Dharma">https://bankless.cc/Dharma</a> <br /> ------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/go-gemini%E2%80%8B">https://bankless.cc/go-gemini​</a> </p> <p>💧LIDO | DECENTRALIZED STAKING<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Lido">https://bankless.cc/Lido</a> </p> <p>👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/aave">https://bankless.cc/aave</a> </p> <p>🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/UniGrants">https://bankless.cc/UniGrants</a> </p> <p>------<br /> Topics Covered:</p> <p>0:00 Intro<br /> 4:00 Griff Green & the SuperSonics<br /> 13:34 Chemical Engineering<br /> 18:20 Bankless with Gold<br /> 21:51 Bitcoin & Traveling<br /> 29:44 Into the Crypto World<br /> 35:07 Crypto Masters Degree<br /> 38:00 Ethereum Arrives<br /> 44:43 Entering the Community<br /> 51:29 Culture vs Price<br /> 56:00 Early Ethereum Culture<br /> 1:02:43 The DAO<br /> 1:07:20 Coming up with the DAO<br /> 1:13:25 Exploits<br /> 1:16:46 The DAO Token Creat