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Guest Talk with Scott Moore | This Session is Not Legitimate: An Exploration of Social Rule-Making

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Scott Moore, co-founder of Gitcoin, explores the concept of legitimacy in protocols and social rule-making systems. Drawing on his experience with quadratic funding mechanisms and public goods funding, Moore examines what characteristics make protocols legitimate and how legitimacy functions as a central concern in protocol design.

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