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A collection of 13 posts

DAO

DAOdigest #2

Our favorite stories covering the future of work and decentralized governance. PayPal tests tokenized employee incentives. The gig economy battle continues. Radical ideas are recognized. And more.

  • Jack Laing
    Jack Laing
3 min read
DAO

DAOdigest #1

Our favorite stories covering the future of work and decentralized governance. Uber grapples with employment rights. Holacracies approach a union with DAOs. A collective corporation sets an example. And IBM’s Red Hat acquisition hints at something bigger.

  • Jack Laing
    Jack Laing
3 min read
Ethereum

Q4 2018 Update

At Colony, we use the OKR method for setting quarterly goals and keeping our distributed team of 22 in sync and accountable. Below is our quarterly report on Q3 and a look ahead at Q4 2018.

  • Griffin Ichiba Hotchkiss
    Griffin Ichiba Hotchkiss
6 min read
Blockchain

Bounties Are Not the Future of Work

Bounties are a great way to incentivise contributions to projects, but they impart significant cognitive overhead and coordination cost on the issuer of the bounty.

  • Griffin Ichiba Hotchkiss
    Griffin Ichiba Hotchkiss
6 min read
Blockchain

Open-sourcing the Colony Network

After many months of hard work and preparation, we’re proud to announce that the source code for the Colony Network contracts is now open-source!

  • Colony
    Colony
2 min read
Blockchain

The Colony Reputation System

The Colony protocol aims to enable the creation of decentralized organizations that are broadly meritocratic, meaning that when it comes to decision-making and power, it’s merit (rather than say, wealth or status) that should determine who has influence.

  • Griffin Ichiba Hotchkiss
    Griffin Ichiba Hotchkiss
7 min read
Blockchain

The Colony Whitepaper

Today, we are happy to (finally!) release the Colony Whitepaper.

  • Alex Rea
    Alex Rea
2 min read
Blockchain

Why Colony

Even if you’ve never sat within the taupe confines of a partitioned desk, it’s not difficult to envisage the existential desolation of life as an office drone.

  • Colony
    Colony
5 min read
startup

On Creating a Better Employee Equity Plan

“Economists believe in full employment. Americans think that work builds character. But what if jobs aren’t working anymore?” — James Livingston in Fuck Work Many industries—music, publishing, media—have become disintermediated by

  • Collin Vine
    Collin Vine
7 min read
Blockchain

Visions of the Future: Ownage

We can see the beginnings of a trend where the blockchain is being used to expand an imaginary world beyond the confines of a single game, and to connect the game world to the real one.

  • Colony
    Colony
7 min read
Blockchain

SAFTE: A Simple Agreement for Future Tokens (or Equity)

There’s a very good reason startups flock to the Bay Area — it’s way easier to raise VC money there than anywhere else in the world. Why then, is there not a

  • Jack du Rose
    Jack du Rose
4 min read
Ethereum

#TrueDAO

We made some of the most extraordinary jewellery in the world. Work which, if I may say so myself, put the best of the world’s top luxury brands to shame.

  • Colony
    Colony
7 min read
Future of Work

The Future of Work

All ants are part of a colony, and all colonies have a queen. Despite her royal title, other than laying eggs, the queen has no special abilities. She is not in command and she issues no orders. In fact, there is no central control; no ant is directing the activity of any other ant.

  • Colony
    Colony
6 min read
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