# Open Conversations: Funding Impact with Ethereum Staking (Jaydeep Korde, Lauchnodes)

- Channel: [Funding the Commons](https://streameth.org/funding_the_commons)
- Date: 2026-03-09
- Duration: 02:24
- Topics: Ethereum Staking, Web3 Impact, Public Goods, Funding the Commons, Launchnodes, Ethereum, Staking Rewards, Social Impact, Protocol Labs, NEAR, Octant, DeSci, Impact Investing, Web3, Blockchain for Good
- Watch: https://streameth.org/watch/yt-5-32f2eSx-k
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-32f2eSx-k

## Description

When you hold Ethereum, you can put it to work and earn passive rewards—this is called staking. Jaydeep Korde, Co-Founder of Lauchnodes, built a way to redirect those rewards toward social and environmental projects, without touching the original funds.

The idea is simple: your assets stay intact, and the yield they generate funds real-world impact—from connecting schools to the internet to planting trees and supporting direct cash transfers.

Filmed at Funding the Commons Buenos Aires, November 19, 2025.
Learn more at https://www.fundingthecommons.io

Relevant Projects
Lauchnodes: https://www.launchnodes.com

Thank You to Our Sponsors
Protocol Labs: https://protocol.ai
NEAR Foundation: https://near.foundation
Stellar Development Foundation: https://stellar.org
human.tech by Holonym Foundation: https://human.tech/
Ethereum Ecosystem Support Program: https://esp.ethereum.foundation/
Drips: https://drips.network
Octant: https://octant.app
Logos: https://logos.co
GoodDollar: https://gooddollar.org
Launchnodes: https://launchnodes.com