Building the First Decentralized City with Jon Hillis of Cabin City

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Today on the podcast Mitko (@mitkoka) is joined by Jon Hillis (@JonathanHillis), the founder of Cabin City, one of the first decentralized cities in existence.

During this episode, Jon and Mitko discuss what it actually means to be a decentralized city, the overlap of remote work and Web3, and why over the next 20 years we will see a dramatic shift in the way we live.

💬 Topics Discussed:

• How Jon ended up working on such a significant number of different projects at the same time?
• What is a DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization)?
• The change of global perspectives from Web 2.0 to Web 3.0
• What is a Multisig wallet?
• The concept of a decentralized city for online creators
• “Neighborhoods” in a decentralized, online city
• The future cities of the 21st century
• What is the process of building a neighborhood in Cabin?
• How Jon funded the construction activities of Cabin?
• Different roles in the Cabin network
• Competing with cities as a co-living area
• How neighborhoods generate revenue for Cabin?
• Growing the network of neighborhoods
• Activities in Cabin neighborhoods and communities
• The process of building a self-sustained network of neighborhoods
• Applying to be a neighborhood in the Cabin network
• Why focus on creators in the Cabin network?
• The lowering of transaction costs thanks to the gig economy
• Investing in and building a creator community
• Jon's predictions for the future of Cabin?

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🎒 Resources:

• https://jonhillis.com/
• https://www.creatorcabins.com/
• https://www.cabin.city/
• https://capital.community/
• https://www.instacart.com/
• https://angel.co/carrot-angels/syndicate
• https://digital.com/altavista/
• https://www.abbeyweb.net/
• https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/thoreau/
• https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin
• https://ethereum.org/en/whitepaper/
• https://thenetworkstate.com/
• https://jon.mirror.xyz/MryAcPVYZ_PqIdmpiO3jcErNRuUTrfg2WIyvPJNQlGs
• https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1468-0335.1937.tb00002.x
• https://jods.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/issue3-brand/release/2