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'''Jeff Emmett''' is a Token Engineering researcher at BlockScience and co-founder of the [[Commons Stack]], an organization focused on building open-source infrastructure for scalable community collaboration and regenerative economic systems.

== Description ==

Jeff Emmett draws inspiration from mycelial networks and biomimetic processes in nature, identifying as a "mycopunk" - someone working to create customizable regenerative economies that serve purpose-driven communities. His goal is developing a toolkit for regenerative economies that support purpose-driven communities while addressing capitalism's excesses.

From the Giveth blog:

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"The Commons Stack wants to scale the commons and provide a library of open source blockchain tools that enable purpose-driven communities to raise and allocate funding, make decisions and measure impact, to mitigate the free-rider problem and address the biggest problems of our times."
</blockquote>

== Background ==

In late 2018, Jeff sent a copy of an article he wrote on his views of the future of charity to Griff Green, the founder of [[Giveth]]. Green called him up a few weeks later and said "we're going to build that, when do you want to start?" The Commons Stack started up in early 2019 after a year of independent research, co-founded by Jeff Emmett, Griff Green, Michael Zargham, and the rest of the team.

== Key Contributions ==

=== Commons Stack ===

The [[Commons Stack]] creates blockchain tools for handling the commons, addressing political biases in crypto, and developing crypto-economic systems. The organization believes cyber-physical commons infrastructure can offer communities a toolkit to operate like co-owned and peer-governed platform cooperatives.

Key innovations include:
* '''Augmented Bonding Curves''' - Token economic mechanisms for sustainable funding
* '''Conviction Voting''' - A novel governance mechanism for resource allocation
* '''Token Engineering Commons''' - A community applying token engineering to public goods

=== Publications ===

Jeff Emmett has authored significant works including:
* "Rewriting the Story of Human Collaboration"
* "Challenges and Approaches to Scaling the Global Commons"
* "Architecting the Cyber-Physical Commons"

== See Also ==

* [[Commons Stack]]
* [[Token Engineering]]
* [[Giveth]]
* [[Regenerative Finance]]
* [[Augmented Bonding Curves]]
* [[Conviction Voting]]
* [[DAOs]]

== External Links ==

* [https://medium.com/giveth/introducing-the-commons-stack-scalable-infrastructure-for-community-collaboration-6886eb97413e Introducing the Commons Stack - Giveth Medium]
* [https://www.teamhuman.fm/episodes/238-jeff-emmett Jeff Emmett on Team Human Podcast]
* [https://theblockchainsocialist.com/interview-with-jeff-emmett-from-the-commons-stack/ Interview with Jeff Emmett - The Blockchain Socialist]
* [https://medium.com/commonsstack/architecting-the-cyber-physical-commons-a294d88b5415 Architecting the Cyber-Physical Commons]
* [https://twitter.com/jeffemmett @jeffemmett on Twitter]

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