FWB - Editorial

The Privacy of Personhood / Privacidad y Condición Humana: Una Colaboración entre Worldcoin & FWB

This essay–the third in an ongoing series–addresses the need for our larger industry to build products people want to use.

Aleph

The Precipice of Personhood: a collaboration with FWB and Worldcoin

The Palimpsest of Personhood: a collaboration with FWB, Worldcoin & PUSH

Mike Sunda (PUSH)

Introducing “The Palimpsest of Personhood”: a collaboration with Worldcoin and PUSH, Jul. 6 and 7 in Tokyo.

MENACE ON THE PLAYGROUND

Checking In On Squad Wealth

Today, we announce a new editorial series investigating the path toward a blockchain-dominant future, where financial tools are intertwined with cultural narratives.

Designing For Desire

Web3 Needs More Empathetic Tech

This is a call to integrate social and cultural contexts into our technology.

LUKSO

A framework for a better internet.

The FEST24 Music Line-Up

It Started @ FEST: Soulquest

The FEST24 music line-up is finally here.

All-Purpose Blueprint on How to Build a Vibe

We sat down with our friend iamnick.eth, founder Fam and instigator of Soulquest to talk about the project's journey from Party crowdfund to winner of Optimism's We <3 The Art.

Emerging Entities for Emerging Technologies

Steph Alinsug

Event Pattern Language 2.0 – 2024 Release

Don't Hire A CMO

Steph Alinsug

Introducing FWB's first CMO Steph Alinsug.

David Kerr

DAOs remain a critical component within the web3 ecosystem because token-based governance remains the most effective and common mechanism to reflect community decision-making.

FEST 2024 Programming

It Started @ FEST: Oasis Onchain

FEST is distinguished by the brilliance of our speakers, collaborators, and the breadth of ideas they bring to campus. We sat down with FEST co-founder & Programming Director KD to chat about this year’s line-up.

We sat down with our friend Stefen Deleveaux, founder and curator of Oasis Onchain to chat about the summit's origins and what's to come.

The Year of Validation

Decentralization & Desire: A web3 Cultural Blueprint

For FEST24, our programmatic inquiry spotlights the forever push-pull of innovation and adoption.

Making A Scene: FWB Establishes A Software Company

FWB believes in a future where web3 is an extension of our humanity, not a departure from it.

The Paradox of Personhood: a collaboration with FWB & Worldcoin

Greg Bresnitz is the New Mayor of FWB

Introducing “The Paradox of Personhood” our collaboration with Worldcoin & Feria Material, Feb. 8-11 in Mexico City.

FWB Bazaar: An Experiment in Community-First Commerce

The long-time FWB contributor, author, producer, and senior-level growth strategist shares his vision for the future of our DAO.

A MAYOR LOOKS BACK

Willa Köerner

Alex Zhang has been FWB’s “Mayor” for just over two years. Before passing the torch, he reflects on key learnings from the role, and shares how this move helps make our DAO even more decentralized.

On Building Beautiful Systems by Playing With the Variables

We’re launching a holiday marketplace showcasing limited-edition goods from Refraction, Dirt, Metalabel, USB Club, and more members of the extended FWB family—with purchases powered by the new PayPal stablecoin, PYUSD.

Willa Köerner

Generative artists and FWB members Andrew Benson and Kirsten Bevin talk about what it’s like to create with code, the human impulse to explore variability, and designing plans that you fully expect to go haywire.

F/W 2023 Budget Updates

WEB3 IN THE WOODS: FEST COLLABORATOR ROLL CALL

All the nitty gritty on how well we did in Q3 and what's next for Q4!

FWB Summer 2023: Towards Further Decentralization

This year's FWB FEST features 36 collaborating partners and respective communities working to build the new internet. Here’s what each has planned for our destination gathering, happening August 4–6 in Idyllwild, CA.

In the first half of 2023, we successfully reconfigured FWB’s operational model. Here’s where we’re going next, and how we’re getting there.

MANI.FEST.O

Artists Talk About A.I. Art

FEST is a destination gathering of new-internet communities, and a temporary network city for creating culture and exploring new ideas. Here’s how we’re planning it, and why you should join us.

David Blumenstein

Read “Octane Render,” a non-fiction comic by David Blumenstein.

Should Musicians Keep Believing in Web3?

Marc Moglen

It's been a strange couple of years for music NFTS. Despite the challenges, independent artists still see them as a way to escape a broken industry.

Welcome Home: A New Kind of Social Network

Is CC0 the Future of Web3? A Felt Zine x FWB Roundtable

Introducing FWB's new social software — the first platform owned and operated by a DAO whose users will define its outcomes.

Devon Moore

A conversation about the possibilities and pitfalls of open-sourcing your IP, with folks from Broadside, OKPC, All-Starz, and more.

On Furries and the Limits of Trustlessness

Ruby Justice Thelot

Furries have traded unique digital artworks for years, without relying on blockchains. Crypto communities can learn from their emphasis on trust and mutual care.

The Ghosts of Internets Past

Drew Coffman

Lessons from the rise and fall of Bulletin Board Systems

Welcome to the Age of Digital Mysticism

Moyosore Briggs

Web3 harnesses power of the network to will our collective desires into reality. But what future are we manifesting?

Reprioritizing Artists Over Industry

Kelani Nichole

The relationship between art and capital feels more toxic than ever. How can we build a world that supports meaningful and subversive work?

Trouble in Cyberspace

Nicole Froio

VR promises a seductive image of a utopic space where we can escape the ills of modern society. When we buy into this rhetoric, whose experiences are we choosing to ignore?

A Political History of DAOs

Kelsie Nabben

The story of the Cypherpunks Mailing List, an obscure ‘90s email server that developed decentralized technology as a path to new forms of human organization.

"The Music Industry of My Dreams Is Not an Industry"

The Online Neighborhoods That Shape Us

Nadya Tolokonnikova, Kilo Kish, Telefon Tel Aviv, and other FWB FEST performers imagine a creative economy that puts artists first.

The Mountains of Idyllwild, but Make It DALL-E

FWB Fest performers Haleek Maul, Kilo Kish, Sudan Archives, Nadya Tolokonnikova of Pussy Riot, and more open up about the internet communities that changed their lives.

Lindsay Howard

Inside the hiking-inspired, AI-driven visual identity designers David Rudnick and Laiqa Mohid and collaborators created for FWB FEST

'Cowboy Bebop' Was A Warning

The Blockchain Socialist

Bounties aren't the future of work in Web3. They’re a primitive of some of the worst forms of exploitation under capitalism.

The Hot, Wet, Very Online History of Cyberfeminism

Lindsay Howard

Mindy Seu’s Cyberfeminism Index documents the slime-dripping legacy of artists reclaiming cyberspace from the male gaze.

After Crypto

Yancey Strickler

The hyper-financialized world of crypto and Web3 is just one application of the blockchain. It’s time we explore the wider possibilities that can emerge from shared public ledgers.

Chaos Reigns: Inside the Internet's First 77-Artist "Headless Band"

Marvin Lin

Matthew Chaim, Mark Redito, and Greydient, core contributors of Songcamp’s wildly ambitious Chaos experiment, discuss collaboration, compensation, and lore-building in Web3.

Pepe Lives

Jessica Klein

Rare Pepes were one of the earliest known collections of blockchain-based tokens as digital art. The creator of the wallet that powered the community speaks.

Web3 Won't Save Twitter from Elon Musk

Mike Pearl

An open source, decentralized Twitter would be great — the platform's future under a billionaire sh*tposter is a different story.

Meet the Company Onboarding Celebrities to Web3

Jessica Klein

MoonPay has made it easier for millions of people to buy crypto. So what's the deal with them helping famous people buy JPEGs now?

In the Future of Fashion, Everyone Gets Paid

Greta Rainbow

Designers Jeremy Karl and Eugene Angelo want to live in a world where garment design is decentralized and creators own the fruits of their labor.

Second Life: The Proper Care and Feeding of a Metaverse

Mike Pearl

The rudimentary virtual world was imbued with life and meaning by its members. Can new metaverse projects say the same?

Alcoholics Anonymous, the 86-year-old DAO

Simon Hudson

With millions of members and thousands of autonomous groups, AA's "benign anarchy" has a lot to teach us about decentralized governance.

The MiniDisc is the Message: Unpacking David Rudnick's 'Tomb Series'

Season of the Witch: An Oral History of Crypto Coven

Eric Hu, Itzel Yard, Nic Hamilton, and other collaborators join the visionary designer to discuss Web3's most ambitious art experiment yet

Mary Carreon

The High Witches open up the project's unlikely beginnings, how they collectively conjured such a detailed world, and breaking the spell of the male gaze.

Haleek Maul Wants Artists to Build Wealth Together

Khalila Douze

The Bajan rapper sidestepped the exploitative streaming economy through NFTs. Now, he’s using the tools of Web3 to empower Caribbean and Afro-diasporic artists.

Proof of Steak: Building a Community-Driven Food Industry with Web3

Matt Newberg

Luxury NFT restaurants only scratch the surface of blockchain's potential to transform how we eat.

What Co-ops and DAOs Can Learn From Each Other

Austin Robey

The best framework for coordinating — and making a difference — may not be a choice between the two models, but a blend of both.

Imperfect Union: How ConstitutionDAO Lost Its Way

Drew Millard

Kevin Munger

17,000 people teamed up to a buy a copy of the U.S. Constitution. What happened taught us a lot about decentralized decision-making.

Distributed Dissidence: An Interview with Nadya Tolokonnikova

Yana Sosnovskaya

Pussy Riot provocateur speaks on building a decentralized movement before blockchains, how Web3 tech changes activism, and mistakes made trading NFTs.

Solvency: An Oral History

Building an Inclusive World of Crypto

How a series of generative artworks gave way to one of 2021's most unique NFT communities, as told by the artist, technologist, and collectors who are a part of it.

Kinjal Shah

The promise of Web3 is a brighter tomorrow, but that can only happen if it solves for the inequities of today

Better Living Through Networks

David Ehrlichman

The Butterfly Effect: An Interview with Eric Hu

In his new book, David Ehrlichman lays the ground rules for healthy and productive networked systems.