Sam McCarthy

@DAOstar_One @metagov_project @gooddollarorg | prev @thespartanlabs @myosin_xyz | probably reading sci-fi 🪐

[Sam McCarthy @samccarthy27]

A great look into my work building digital spaces that promote participatory governance

Thanks for the feature @hackernoon and was a pleasure speaking with you about this @TerezaBizkova

[Tereza Bízková @TerezaBizkova]

Most of the time, governance is invisible. You only notice it when something goes wrong.

@samccarthy27 took us inside the nine-week redesign at @gooddollarorg. A fascinating look at the craft of designing for participation.

My latest for @hackernoon.
https://t.co/6G8J598eMn

[Crypto Altruists @Crypto_Altruism]

There’s so much happening across the @gooddollarorg ecosystem 🌍

What started as UBI is growing into something bigger: an ecosystem where people, projects, and communities create & share value w/ G$ 🌱

Can't wait to dive deeper in our new series! 🎙

Ep #1 live on Thursday 🎬

[Sam McCarthy @samccarthy27]

Big update to GoodDollar governance!

[GoodDollar 💙🌏 @gooddollarorg]

New GoodDollar governance proposal now live on the forum 👀

This proposal explores whether part of GoodDollar distributions could support public goods and projects through the proposed House of Alignment, alongside UBI

https://t.co/JcV7T8sucX

[Crypto Altruists @Crypto_Altruism]

What does it take to redesign a DAO's governance?

@samccarthy27 shares what he learned doing it at @gooddollarorg and why community participation has to come first. 🏛️

https://t.co/JqKNz9JXUm

[Sam McCarthy @samccarthy27]

@anke_g_liu @StanfordLaw @jeff_strnad @Stanford What a group of presentations. Huge fomo!

[Eugene Leventhal @bbeats1]

The report is out!

After months of work led by @MCooperResearch, working with @samccarthy27 @rashmivabbigeri @RohitMalekar, the final report on the findings from the @ENS_DAO Stakeholder Analysis & Retro is live

Join the twitter space next week if you're keen to discuss

[Sam McCarthy @samccarthy27]

This was important work for one of the most important DAOs. Swing by for an overview of the findings and the implications for the state of governance in web3

[Michael Cooper @MCooperResearch]

https://t.co/pFNMB3ArTc
@metagov_project completed a #governance assessment of @ENS_DAO and found results applicable across the #DAO landscape. Join us for a conversation on the results and read the report here (https://t.co/7X4Ezhx7Rb)

[Eugene Leventhal @bbeats1]

We hosted another gov/acc workshop examining Agentic Allocation methods for guiding capital allocation

Learn more in the 🧵👇

DM if you’re coming to @EthCC & want to join a live gov/acc workshop

Thanks to @metagov_project @OctantApp @ethereumfndn's Academic Secretariat

[Sam McCarthy @samccarthy27]

Claiming my AI agent on SafeMolt

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[Sam McCarthy @samccarthy27]

DAOs would do well to pay attention to the words of Herbert Simon:

“Organizations can localize & minimize information demands just as markets do, by decentralizing decisions. Matters of fact can be determined wherever the most skill & information is located to determine them, and they can them be communicated to ‘collecting points’ where all facts relevant to an issue can be put together & a decision reached. We can think of a decision as produced by executing a large computer program, each subroutine having its special tasks & replying on local sources of information. No single person or group need be expert on all aspects of the decision.”

[Eugene Leventhal @bbeats1]

📣gov/acc kickoff Tue Jan 27 11a EST/UTC-5! Luma 👇

In this call:
- I'll go over some of the overall plans for gov/acc
- @harmonica_chat will show off the session they've developed to gather problems/solutions
- @crdntwrk will share some of the initial roadmapping schema and talk about the forthcoming leaderboard
- @clinamenic will show off the first steps with the website

The four of us will also chat a bit about what we're hoping to accomplish before and during the first gov/acc workshop at @EthCC.

Huge thank you to @metagov_project and @OctantApp for the initial support in getting this off the ground!!!

If there's enough interest, we can also hop into a twitter space following our initial presentation to have a wider convo!

Link below 👇

[Eugene Leventhal @bbeats1]

The biggest of +1's! It's more important than ever for DAOs to prove they can be highly functional organizations, and this is the essence of the gov/acc research program.

Speaking of which, I'm excited to announce a collaboration with @harmonica_chat and @crdntwrk to get the gov/acc research program off the ground!!

We'll have a live stream next week to officially kick things off - Tue Jan 27th 11a EST | 5p CET.

gov/acc is focusing on a few things to start.
1: mapping exercise capturing who is dealing with which problems (and willing to work on addressing those problems), along with who is working on potential solutions.
2: match-making between those who want to experiment with improvements and those who have relevant ideas that can improve how things are going.
3: creating working groups of collaborators who can support each other in advancing on the core problems they're dealing with.

The goal is to showcase the mapping (1) in the form a problem leader board by @EthCC, where we will host the first gov/acc workshop. This will not be a conference. It's a time for researchers and practitioners to work together, make sense of next steps, and start forming the working groups (2+3).

If Vitalik's tweet resonates and you want to collab, please reach out!

[Sam McCarthy @samccarthy27]

@DrNickA not sure if you've seen this from @bbeats1 but check out the linked post. tldr we're assembling a team to accelerate governance and DAO experimentation in 2026. feel free to reach out with questions / interest in getting involved

[RootstockCollective @RootstockColl]

1/ 2025 was a defining year for Rootstock Collective.

It was the year the Collective moved from promise to proof - doubling down, expanding thoughtfully, and setting the stage for what comes next.

Here’s our Year in Review 🧵👇

[Sam McCarthy @samccarthy27]

Was a pleasure to discuss with @bbeats1 the ideas that coalesced into gov/acc

Governance is far from dead, but we have limited time to prove it

We need aligned researchers and gov participants to join and contribute to the gov/acc open research program to make gov great again!

[Eugene Leventhal @bbeats1]

Inspired by @VitalikButerin's d/acc work & the general trend of 'gov is dead so why bother' this year, I want to introduce gov/acc

gov/acc is an open research program focused on outlining the problems we're facing in web3, as a starting point for accelerating gov R&D

🧵👇

[Octant @OctantApp]

We've had many requests for the Grant Impact Handbook (GIH) since our launch at the Enterprise Hub at @EFDevcon. Months of research and countless hours to help shape grants programs.

We're excited to officially share the Grant Impact Handbook.

Authored by @MCooperResearch @metagov_project
and funded by @OctantApp @StellarOrg @BuildOnStellar

Grant Impact Handbook: https://t.co/EF3EIJElmm

The 14-page Summary:
https://t.co/MZ6E7KXS86

User Guide: https://t.co/RUBPGpt57N

Full Grant Impact Handbook (text version): https://t.co/MZ6E7KXS86

As always, if you've got feedback and we'd love to hear from you.

[GoodDollar 💙🌏 @gooddollarorg]

How should money as a public good actually be governed in practice?

A collaborative governance redesign for GoodDollar is starting now.

Open to all
📅 Dec 4
👉 Join here: https://t.co/TWx0rDc5Ue

[shelby @theshelb_]

Back in Berlin reflecting on @EFDevcon

Feeling so inspired and incredibly grateful after a packed week sharing the magic of token mechanics & learning at the Governance Geeks Hub.

Feeling very fortunate to get to work, build & dream with so many wonderful people 💫

[Theo Beutel @theobtl]

Call for papers: Cryptoeconomic systems and blockchain research in any discipline.

Journal: Cryptoeconomic Systems Blockchain Journal & Conference Series (prev. @MIT: https://t.co/2rSSmtiyXE)
Deadline: TBD.
https://t.co/YyKcoBKanU

Discussion: @metagov_project and their Slack

[Devcon 8 | Mumbai, India 🇮🇳 @EFDevcon]

Community Hub Organizers: @theshelb_, @AnnaAlexaK, @bbeats1, @theobtl, @0x7u4n

Partners & Facilitators: @samccarthy27, @eek637, @SEEDGov, @StableLab, @raphbaph, @Jamilya_eth, @MarinaMarkezic, @lex_node, @lrettig, and more.

agenda: https://t.co/1lC3wR0YSR