Matt Stephenson | NFTs for Science
Bio | Matthew Stephenson is the founder of Planck and 0x Prize. He received an MSc in Economics from Warwick on a Fulbright/Bitcoin Scholarship and his PhD training at Columbia University. His academic publications include the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organizations and the Encyclopedia of Behavioral Economics. In 2018 he wrote up a Schelling point attack that helped win a $12m jackpot on the Ethereum Blockchain, and his 2018 essay on NFTs for Science was recently included in a16z's NFT Canon. He is a native Montanan living in NYC.
Summary | Cryptoeconomics is poised to reshape how we fund ideas and curiosity at the earliest stages, but only if we creatively explore that potential. Matt Stephenson is helping to make that future. Through his writing and experimentation, he's showing us all a better way to think about NFTs for science.
How Matt's background in economics and crypto shaped his vision for how the innovation system could be improved with NFTs. pic.twitter.com/RVxdZDNwCW
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His elevator pitch for https://t.co/9JxWRdGKdR and his vision for a world improved through better innovation incentives. pic.twitter.com/u7Dzm6Tuu4
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How do we get more scientists involved in shaping the best possible future for crypto + science? And how do we build the highest and best values of science into this new world? pic.twitter.com/MYdN0kpMKW
— science better (@scibetter) June 28, 2021