Date: 2023-12-05 · basis: publication date recorded in the magazine inventory
Anthony von Dessauer
A how-to essay on organising a decentralised, volunteer community: identify and serve The Flag, recruit the right people through relationships built on trust and history, give them a clear road and get out of their way. He illustrates failure with his own aborted Stackchain Sea Shanty (only Loko and Happy responded) and success with Stackchain Magazine, whose idea came from George and Psyduck. He stresses that no one is in charge, that participation is the only reward, and that trolls and rentseekers will always show up.
Archive summary written from the sources below — not a quotation.
In Stackchain our flag has always been “Have Fun Stacking Sats”.https://www.stackchainmagazine.net/how-to-organize-spontaneous-decentralization/
You serve The Flag, The Flag does not serve you.https://www.stackchainmagazine.net/how-to-organize-spontaneous-decentralization/
The idea itself didn’t come from yours truly, but from our guys George and Psyduck.https://www.stackchainmagazine.net/how-to-organize-spontaneous-decentralization/
Anthony von Dessauer explains how volunteer Stackchain events get organised without anyone in charge.
Machine-written summary, not an editorial statement.
Stackchain Magazine article, catalogue item 21, category chain-adjacent. Summarised by the archive from the published piece; quotes below are verbatim excerpts. Original: https://www.stackchainmagazine.net/how-to-organize-spontaneous-decentralization/