# Open Conversations: Reclaiming Crypto for Public Goods (David Casey)

- Speakers: [David Casey](https://streameth.org/speakers/david-casey)
- Channel: [Funding the Commons](https://streameth.org/funding_the_commons)
- Date: 2025-10-07
- Duration: 02:15
- Watch: https://streameth.org/watch/yt-NqUpj2u30JU
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqUpj2u30JU

## Description

The most useful crypto tools were built to solve real problems. That’s still the point.

In this Open Conversation, David Casey, Director of Funding the Commons, talks about how his early work coordinating payments across 80+ countries led him to focus on real-world use cases for crypto. Today, he’s helping grow a community focused on public goods—people building tools, infrastructure, and funding models that serve more than just markets.

He shares how Funding the Commons has evolved beyond a conference series into a platform for action, with developer residencies, hackathons, and a growing network of builders working on practical ways to support the things we all depend on.

Filmed at Funding the Commons at the Internet Archive, San Francisco, March 2025.

Relevant Projects:
Funding the Commons: https://www.fundingthecommons.io 

Thank You to Our Sponsors:
Protocol Labs: https://www.protocol.ai/  
NEAR Foundation: https://near.foundation/ 
Holonym: https://holonym.io/  
Octant: https://octant.app/ 
Drips Network: https://drips.network/ 
Filecoin Foundation: https://fil.org/ 
OpenLedger: https://www.openledger.xyz/ 
Orange DAO: https://www.orangedao.xyz/ 
Regen Network: https://www.regen.network/