This interview is a part of our on-going series, where we highlight our epoch 2 participants.
What's Kernel?
Kernel is a peer-learning environment dedicated to building a better web, together.
Why should you vote for Kernel in epoch 2?
Voting for Kernel is a vote for peer-to-peer learning environments, onchain, online, and beyond. We aim to foster a new type of online environment where peers participate well with one another. We hope that we can propagate some of the games in Kernel into DAO's beyond and have seen it happening, block over block. We hope to continue that trend in Kernel Block 8.
Cool metrics: we have 2000 Kernel fellows.
Kernel is a custom-built internet age institution dedicated to building a better web, together. It unfolds around biannual eight week blocks, each representing the latest and greatest iteration of our participatory peer-learning environment. A Kernel Block welcomes a variety of talented people to build, cultivate and mold projects, while building relationships with the web, each other, and themselves. But these words alone don’t necessarily do Kernel justice: those who know it know it’s so much more.
Kernel is deep inquiry, time well shared, a locus of enduring relationship, and a place where excellent work is pursued.
Kernel Blocks feature practical education and support that’s customized to each Fellow and their chosen “adventure.” Adventures are individual or group projects that often involve MVPs, research reports, poem writing, thesis making, or job searching. We then hold weekly check-ins for accountability and offer peer mentorship from a pool of 120 for coaching and guidance. Projects that began or meaningfully participated in Kernel include Phantom, Toucan, Sherlock, Alexandria Labs, Bonfire, Llama, Coinshift, HaloFi, Chaos Labs, Future Primitive, and Verses. Almost 100 Kernel adventures have raised significant funding, in the range of $1MM-$10MM. There have also been PhD theses written, art installations created, and DAOs begun in a Kernel block.
Progress since epoch 1:
We launched Kernel Block 8, live now. The peer learning environment is hosting ~200 fellows, working on 80+ projects across crypto and public goods. These span the gamut from onchain games, protocol research, public goods funding mechanisms, and individual researchers. We also confirmed we'll run a Public Goods specific track with the Ethereum Foundation sometime in 2024 since epoch 1.
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