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Bridge Atlas Episode 3 Commons

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Welcome back to another episode of Bridge Atlas, a video podcast series hosted by Christine D. Kim. In this episode, we discuss Ethereum through the lens of the commons with two Summer of Protocols alumni: Trent Van Epps and Yancey Strickler.

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