Ethereum is a dwelling being, unfold throughout time and house, accessible by our screens and communication units. What offers it life are the numerous human relationships which have change into intertwined with the roots, branches and leaves of the Ethereum state tree. This single tree encodes the big worth, digital possession and utility of dapps — not an insignificant a part of human exercise.
However the folks at the moment giving life to Ethereum don’t symbolize all folks — many gaps between cultures, nationalities and lessons should be bridged. The use instances and new options which were developed and touted and touted by web3 builders up to now don’t but symbolize Ethereum’s true potential to allow human flourishing — we have now not but scratched the floor of the house of prospects.
We imagine that visionaries are on the market. We imagine that those that perceive and work towards the failure of coordination can see glimmers of hope. They’ve the levers they intend to make use of to set the world in movement, and Ethereum might be their fulcrum. For Ethereum to achieve the subsequent billion folks, it should change into helpful not just for techno-optimists, but additionally for everybody on this messy, sophisticated, human planet.
Neighborhood
We imagine it’s doable to make use of Ethereum to enhance the lives of billions of individuals. However we want extra than simply know-how — we want new methods of occupied with how folks work together with one another and with their atmosphere. We want new tales to inform, new visions for a greater future, and new methods to specific our values in code.
The Ethereum Basis’s Subsequent Billion Fellowship is a quest for tales: tales that encourage us to concentrate on the issues that matter, to search out stability and equity in how we remedy our issues, and to dig deeper into the mysteries of human cooperation.
We’re searching for change makers, visionaries and pragmatists. We search tales that symbolize one of the best of ourselves, to raised think about a world the place we take the instruments at hand, roll up our sleeves, and start the lengthy, exhausting work of pulling the world out of the dying spiral of coordination.
It is okay to start out with experiments, pilots, and analysis. Tales of invalidated hypotheses, underestimated challenges and misaligned incentives are extraordinarily useful within the seek for new techniques of change. We’re nonetheless at the start of a really lengthy journey into unknown territory — making a map is a troublesome and worthwhile endeavor.
Fellows can work as people or as half of a bigger group. Some folks might instantly construct, designing and testing new applied sciences that work to unravel outdated issues. Others might have particular curiosity in a specific human context, researching and sharing their findings with different builders within the Ethereum neighborhood to assist them design higher options. There aren’t any strict necessities for the Subsequent Billion Fellowship undertaking besides one: seriousness.
The subsequent billion students needs to be on a private mission. A scholarship is neither the start nor the top of their journey, however it may well present some assist that permits fellows to maneuver nearer to their formidable objectives. Regardless of the undertaking, whoever the colleague, the search should be rooted within the curiosity of the general public good.
Name for candidates
We need to aid you in your search!
The subsequent cohort of Billion Fellowship 3 will begin on the finish of June 2023. If you’re working to alter the world utilizing Ethereum, please go to our web site and submit your utility by April 28, 2023. We are going to evaluation all purposes and choose candidates who’ve concepts that may have a significant impression on humanity by Ethereum-enabled options or protocols which can be aligned with public good objectives.
The fellowship program supplies mentorship from related specialists, entry to the sources of the Ethereum Basis and the Ethereum neighborhood, monetary assist, and alternatives for networking and media publicity.
The subsequent billion
The Subsequent Billion group on the Ethereum Basis is working to search out the enablers and blockers of the subsequent billion Ethereum customers. We’re exploring the sides of public good prospects in the hunt for new use instances, contexts and communities that present how Ethereum can change into the software for the subsequent billion.
If you’re concerned with speaking to us about one thing outdoors of the Subsequent Billion Fellowship, contact us right here or DM us on Twitter @EFNextBillion.
