# Protocol Guild: A commons funding protocol

- Speakers: [Trent Van Epps](https://streameth.org/speakers/trent-van-epps)
- Channel: [Devcon 7 SEA](https://streameth.org/devcon_7_sea)
- Date: 2024-11-15
- Duration: 25:35
- Watch: https://streameth.org/watch/6736ea1d1b0f83434d40f7be

## Description

Ethereum produces two shared commons resources: a blockchain network + its underlying software. These resources are inherently un-ownable, so actors will try to capture their production processes.

Protocol Guild is a compelling funding protocol. Its membership is holistic, self-curated, accessible, self-governed. The mechanism adds certainty and agency into the stewardship funding process, and gives tools to defend against capture.

## About the speakers

### Trent Van Epps

Political Organizer @ Protocol Guild