General Discovery

Researched by: Latsan

Include guest name(s); try to include name pronunciation.
- Philip Silva
Write a short bio about the guest(s) including their role at the project they are speaking about.

Philip Silva is the co-founder of ZeroPoverty. He is the director at Hedge for Humanity. He is also a member of advisory team at Bright

Find one or two things that are unique or interesting about our guest. Little known facts are great! i.e. owns two Shiba Inus in real life so bought a lot of SHIB.
- Philip Silver focus a lot on how cryptocurrency could improve the world and make things more fair and equitable and a big supporter of universal basic income and think that that should be part of what we’re doing with crypto.
Describe their crypto journey thus far. i.e. graduated from college in 2016, got their first bitcoin as a graduation gift, fell down the rabbithole of Ethereum, launched a DeFi protocol in 2020.
- Philip Silva helped create ZeroPoverty and the non-profit HedgeForHumanity to advance the ideas of universal sharing, crypto-UBI, and paying social dividends for all of humanity.
How has their crypto journey impacted their decision to join/launch the project they work on today?
- Philip Silver is known for inspiring and activating the design and adoption of UBI and cryptocurrencies in ways that enable humanity to evolve to a world of plenty for all which made his transition to a member of advisory team at Bright ID
What are some notable achievements that increase their web3 reputation?
- Philip is the founding member of LAO, Flmaingo and whaler DAO.

What is the general positioning of the project? i.e. DeFi, NFTs, DAOs, governance.
- Governance