On this episode of the Public Goods Podcast, we have James Waugh, a Build DAO Council member and a director at the NEAR Builders Cooperative. James discusses building community, his time at Enigma, NEAR Foundation, and as a crypto startup founder coming to the space. He also discusses the evolution of NEAR Digital Collective, importance of DAOs, and upcoming retroactive builders round on Potlock.

Retroactive Builders Round https://bos.potlock.org/?tab=pot&potId=build.v1.potfactory.potlock.near 

About the round https://blog.potlock.org/retroactive-funding-round-for-near-builders-83a6934979d9 

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