S.10 Ep.12 Can Quadratic Funding Go Mainstream? | Ma Earth, Hypercerts & the Future of Public Goods

New @greenpillnet pod out today!

In this episode, Kevin Owocki sits down with Matthew Monahan (Ma Earth) and Holke Brammer (Hypercerts Foundation) to discuss a bold new experiment: a $1 million Quadratic Funding round designed to bring public goods funding beyond the crypto ecosystem.

After years of learning from Gitcoin Grants, the conversation explores what comes next. How can communities fund local regeneration? How do Hypercerts create measurable impact? And what does it take to make coordination mechanisms accessible to everyday people not just Web3 natives?

Together, they unpack the lessons from Ethereum, the future of regenerative funding, and why building open infrastructure matters more than ever.

Topics covered:

• The $1M Ma Earth Quadratic Funding round
• Lessons learned from Gitcoin Grants
• Bringing Quadratic Funding to local communities
• Hypercerts and impact verification
• Public goods beyond crypto
• Open infrastructure and regenerative finance
• Ethereum's role in the next generation of coordination
• AI, collective intelligence, and future collaboration

The core idea:

Better coordination creates better communities.

Quadratic Funding and Hypercerts aren't just crypto experiments they're tools for building a more collaborative future.

Some of the materials we mention in the episode:

Ma Earth -  https://maearth.com 
Hypercerts -  https://hypercerts.org 
Certified - https://certified.app 
Hypercerts Docs - https://docs.hypercerts.org 
Gitcoin - https://gitcoin.co 
Greenpill Network - https://greenpill.network 

Follow Matthew Monahan - https://x.com/matthewmonahan 
Follow Holke Brammer -  https://x.com/holkexyz 
https://bsky.app/profile/holke.xyz 

Donate to the Ma Earth Quadratic Funding Round (July 1–21, 2026)
https://maearth.com 

Timestamps 
00:00 – Introduction & why this conversation matters
01:34 – Meet Matthew Monahan & Holke Brammer
04:17 – The $1M Ma Earth Quadratic Funding round
05:53 – How the funding round works
07:24 – Why Quadratic Funding still matters
09:04 – Lessons from Gitcoin Grants
10:37 – Hypercerts explained
13:56 – Measuring real-world impact with Hypercerts
16:44 – Why blockchain matters for public goods
19:49 – Ethereum's influence on the project
22:14 – Building beyond the crypto ecosystem
24:24 – Public goods, regeneration & systems change
26:52 – The future of regenerative funding
28:02 – Why the team remains bullish on Ethereum
30:08 – What success looks like in the next decade
33:02 – AI, coordination & the future of collaboration
35:30 – Finding builders and growing the ecosystem
38:01 – Final reflections & call to action
39:52 – Closing remarks