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[{"id":0,"href":"/posts/update_october/","title":"October 2021 Update","section":"Blog","content":"October Update: Updates on the Observatory, Distroid, Ledgerback Frontier Portal, General Meeting, and Ledgerback Frontier Awards\r#\r\rBy Charles Adjovu\nObservatory\r#\r\rGlossary\r#\r\rThe first preview of the basic Glossary of Ledgerback Frontier terms directory is now available.\nPlease find it here and let us know your thoughts!\nPeople\r#\r\rThe first preview of the basic People of the Ledgerback Frontier directory is now available.\nPlease find it here and let us know your thoughts!\nTools\r#\r\rThe first preview of the basic Tools of the Ledgerback Frontier directory is now available.\nPlease find it here and let us know your thoughts!\nVolunteer Board\r#\r\rHere is the LDCRC Volunteer Board! If you would like to help out and are unsure of how to do so, please refer to this board for volunteer opportunities (or you can donate 😊).\nIf you see any tasks that interest you, add your name to the Taker column and your Twitter handle to the Twitter handle column, and provide a link to your work under the Project link column.\nLedgerback Frontier Awards\r#\r\rHere are some awards I am thinking of issuing to recognize outstanding work at the Ledgerback Frontier for 2022.\nThe primary objective of the Ledgerback Frontier Awards is to identify and recognize individuals and organizations (loose- or tight-knit) that have made outstanding contributions at the Ledgerback Frontier, but also towards creating a positive impact for the future.\nI plan to split each award into two or three sections:\n  Judges’-choice (nominations not accepted),\n  Publics’-choice (nominations accepted), and possibly\n  Members’-choice (members-only nominations).\n  I will be working on the criteria for each award.\nPlease let me know your thoughts and if you have any nominations for an award. Additionally, if there any additional activities an individual or community is undertaking that you think should be recognized with an award.\nYou can find the list of potential awards below.\n  Research Award recognizing an outstanding achievement by an individual or organization in furthering the understanding of a field of knowledge at the Ledgerback Frontier (technically, papers can also fall here)\n  Convergence Award recognizing an outstanding achievement by an individual or organization in connecting and integrating one or more sectors of the Ledgerback Frontier   Education Award recognizing an outstanding achievement by an individual or organization in promoting education at the Ledgerback Frontier\n  Culture Award recognizing an outstanding achievement by an individual or organization in promoting cultural activities at the Ledgerback Frontier   Investigator award recognizing an outstanding achievement monitoring and investigating the activities of actors, resources, and apps in the Ledgerback Frontier in support of the wider public’s interest   Societal \u0026amp; Environmental Impact Award recognizing an outstanding achievement by an individual or organization in using technologies and/or organizing models in the Ledgerback Frontier for social and/or environmental good\n  Ledgerback Frontier Portal\r#\r\rThe Ledgerback Frontier Portal is a gateway to the Ledgerback Frontier (i.e., the Decentralized Web (DWeb) and related fields). The aim of the portal is to help people brave the Ledgerback Frontier through self-study.\nYou can find the Frontier Portal’s repository for self-study resources on Web3 here.\nPlease let us know your thoughts and if you have any questions or suggestions for improvement.\nLedgerbackHub\r#\r\rI will be moving Ledgerback’s articles on Medium to the LedgerbackHub.\nTo find our long form content in the future, please refer thereto.\nDistroid\r#\r\rDistroid Issue 15 was released this past October!\nGeneral Meeting\r#\r\rI am scheduling this year’s annual meeting for December 18th from 9 AM PDT - 11 AM PDT.\nI will be presenting the Networked Cognitive Cooperative Institute (NC2I) strategic plan and amendments to the Bylaws for a multi-stakeholder model and 501(c)(3) compliance.\nIf anyone else has anything they want to present, please send me a message.\n"},{"id":1,"href":"/posts/bikestream-2021_0825/","title":"Bikestream","section":"Blog","content":"This is a post about Bikestream.\n"},{"id":2,"href":"/docs/mainsito/about/","title":"About","section":"Ledgerback Research","content":"About\r#\r\rFounded in 2018, the Ledgerback Digital Commons Research Cooperative (LDCRC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit cooperative association coalescing a socially-aware expert community to advance knowledge in the decentralized web and related fields (i.e., the Ledgerback Frontier, the space between the current and the future ages of humanity).\nOur outputs from our work can include scientific publications, reports, blog posts, open educational resources, trainings, tools, methods, platforms, open-source software, open datasets, newsletters, demonstrations, and more.\nWhat is a Cooperative?\r#\r\rAs mentioned earlier, the LDCRC is a cooperative.\nTo better understand cooperatives, please refer to this short list of resources to get you situated:\n Co-ops 101 (course), What is a Cooperative? (web article), and Cooperatives 101 (video).  Additionally, please refer to the excellent resources from the University of Wisconsin\u0026rsquo;s Center for Cooperatives for additional information on cooperatives.\nFor better understanding on the difference between for-profit and non-profit cooperatives, please read:\n For-Profit and Not-for-Profit Co-operatives  Members\r#\r\r Charles Adjovu  You can find Charles\u0026rsquo;s digital garden here   Jack Smye Marvin Roman Joseph Tobing Darick Velasco Joshua Davila  Advisory Board\r#\r\r Jan Zygmuntowski Dr. Sarah Manski Patricio Guerpe Morshed Mannan  Code of Conduct\r#\r\rYou may find our Code of Conduct here.\nName\r#\r\rLedgerback is a combination of \u0026ldquo;ledger\u0026rdquo; and \u0026ldquo;back.\u0026rdquo; Ledger comes from the term Distributed Ledgers (which is often used interchangeably with blockchain). Back comes from the slang term \u0026ldquo;greenback.\u0026rdquo;\nThe term is meant to recognize that we are currently living in a transitory period where we are re-evaluating our relationships with technologies, institutions, work, and more, and the need to identify the paradigm shifts to help understand this new world.\nWe chose \u0026ldquo;Ledgerback\u0026rdquo; based on the history of the slang term \u0026ldquo;greenback.\u0026rdquo; Greenback arose in the mid-1800s during the US Civil War as the US Federal Government started issuing paper money on green-colored paper (hence the name greenback). There was major uncertainty at the time over whether greenbacks would be recognized as banks as legal tender, how much one greenback equated to a piece of gold, and so on.\nThough this period caused some turmoil, it was a transitional period that has led to our current time where we accept that paper money has underlying value without a second thought.\nWe believe we are going through a similar transitional period, e.g., Web2 to Web3, Indsutry 3.0 to Indsutry 4.0, and that the vairous fields working on making this transition occur are at the frontier or the edge of what is currently known (i.e., the Ledgerback Frontier).\nWe believe we are going through a similar transitional period, where we are moving from soelly physical systems to digital, networked systems, especially those based on blockchains (i.e., systems that are backed by a cryptographic ledger).\nMascot\r#\r\rOur mascot is our super adorable and quick-witted stork you see in our logo, Scout Stork. Scout is scouting the world for new knowledge and getting ready to deliver to you the latest insights from the Ledgerback Frontier and even what awaits us past the frontier.\n Links\r#\r\rFind us on the internet via the links below.\nWebsite\nOpen Collective (Services and Donations)\nTwitter\nDiscord\nSlack\nPodcast\nDonate\nSlides\nRedbubble (Merchandise)\nTeespring (Merchandise)\nGitHub\nMedium\nReddit\nForum\nBlog\nEmail\n"},{"id":3,"href":"/docs/mainsito/citations-and-mentions/","title":"Citations and Mentions","section":"Ledgerback Research","content":"Citations \u0026amp; Mentions\r#\r\rCitations\r#\r\r Data Cooperatives, P2P Foundation Wiki  Mentions\r#\r\rOctober 2020\r#\r\rJournal Article | MDPI Sustainability\r#\r\rCalzada I., Platform and Data Co-Operatives amidst European Pandemic Citizenship. Sustainability 2020, 12, 8309.\n"},{"id":4,"href":"/docs/mainsito/donate/","title":"Donate","section":"Ledgerback Research","content":"Donate to the Ledgerback Digital Commons Research Cooperative\r#\r\rSupport the LDCRC\u0026rsquo;s work on:\n Educational content Research Tools Events Advocacy Trainings  How to donate\r#\r\rCredit/debit card\r#\r\rIf you are an individual who would like to support our work, you can make a donation directly:\n Open Collective, Donorbox, or Every.org.  Direct Cryptocurrency Donation\r#\r\rYou can directly donate cryptocurrency to the LDCRC on Every.\nAfterward, contact us so we can thank you and send you a receipt for your records and tax purposes — and let us know us know if you\u0026rsquo;d like us to publicly thank you for your donation!\nNeed a different option? Let us know.\nWall of Honor\r#\r\rThe LDCRC gratefully acknowledges donors giving $500 or more on the LDCRC\u0026rsquo;s sponsor wall (name and logo will be displayed).\n"},{"id":5,"href":"/docs/mainsito/events/","title":"Events","section":"Ledgerback Research","content":"Events\r#\r\rOngoing Events\r#\r\r Monthly Meetings every first Saturday of the month on Discord covering updates on the LDCRC and members.  Past Events\r#\r\r Creating Educational Materials on Platform Cooperativism  "},{"id":6,"href":"/docs/mainsito/faqs/","title":"Faqs","section":"Ledgerback Research","content":"Frequntly Asked Questions (FAQs)\r#\r\rAnswered\r#\r\r\r1. What is social technology?\r...\r\r Social technology is the hardware and software that determine how we organize and collectively live our lives. But it is also the the ideas, knowledge, economics, and institutions that drive culture and sustain societies. And it is the way this knowledge is embedded in the technologies we use.\n \r\r\r\r2. What is a Tool for Thought(TfT)?\r...\r\r [A word on nomenclature: the term “tools for thought” rolls off neither the tongue nor the keyboard. What’s more, the term “tool” implies a certain narrowness. Alan Kay has arguedAgain, in Alan Kay, User Interface: A Personal View (1989), among other places. that a more powerful aim is to develop a new medium for thought. A medium such as, say, Adobe Illustrator is essentially different from any of the individual tools Illustrator contains. Such a medium creates a powerful immersive context, a context in which the user can have new kinds of thought, thoughts that were formerly impossible for them. Speaking loosely, the range of expressive thoughts possible in such a medium is an emergent property of the elementary objects and actions in that medium. If those are well chosen, the medium expands the possible range of human thought.](https://numinous.productions/ttft/)\n \r\r\r\r2.1. What is the difference between a tool and a medium?\r...\r\r A tool is something that takes an existing workflow, and makes it more efficient. A nail is an efficient way of holding pieces of wood together; a to-do app is an efficient way of remembering your responsibilities. A medium, on the other hand, gives us new agency or power by which we can do something we couldn’t do before. As with any dichotomy, there are grey areas. Powerful, effective tools can become mediums and enablers too. The graphical computer user interface wasn’t just a better way to write scientific simulations or data processing systems – it also became a new medium for creative work. Programming languages began history as a more efficient way to store and maintain punchcard programs, but a half-century of innovation has made it a medium for expressing programs that couldn’t be written before.\n \r\r\r\r3. What is an invisible college?\r...\r\r This “invisible college” is an association of people who share ideas. Who build a new reality together, then spread it to advance the wider culture.\n \r\r\r\r4. What is a platform business model?\r...\r\r What we mean with a platform business is a business model (not a technology infrastructure) that focuses on helping to facilitate interactions across a large number of participants. These interactions could take the form of short-term transactions like connecting buyers and sellers or they could involve formation of longer-term social relationships, longer-term collaboration to achieve a shared outcome or sustained efforts to accelerate performance improvement of participants by helping them to learn faster together. The role of the platform business is to provide a governance structure and a set of standards and protocols that facilitate interactions at scale so that network effects can be unleashed.\n \r\r\rOpen\r#\r\rWhat is convergence (connection \u0026amp; integration)? How does it occur in the alternative internet? Why is it important? What are democratic ownership models? (get from commonwealth) What is a global tech commonwealth (GTC)? What is a platform cooperative? What is the SDCI? What is citizen science? What is convergent research? How to become a networked or cybernetic scholars?  Set up a diigtal garden   How to join coop? How to join forum? How to join lab? Wat is an internet and society research center? What is collective intelligence? What is the alterative internet (look at redecentralize)? What is the creator economy? What is the machine-to-machine (M2M) economy? What is artificial intelligence (AI)? What is machine learning (ML)?  "},{"id":7,"href":"/docs/mainsito/flagship-project/","title":"Flagship Project","section":"Ledgerback Research","content":"Projects\r#\r\rThese member-led projects are currently under development:\n Observatory: An ecosystem mapping of people, events, language, concepts, databases, media, organizations, and more at the Ledgerback Frontier; Ledgerback Frontier Portal: A gateway to the Ledgerback Frontier (i.e., the Decentralized Web (DWeb) and related fields). The aim of the portal is to help people learn about and discover the Ledgerback Frontier through self-study resources (e.g., datasets, flashcards, quizzes); Bikestream: A project to encourage people to realize the value and benefits of managing their mobility data and micro-mobility vehicles, individually and collectively; DGov Score Framework: A project to develop a theoretical background on digital organizations and methods and tools for analyzing organizational concepts; Laplace: A project to develop an expertise network, knowledge graph, and content aggregator to encourage innovation and learning at the Ledgerback Frontier LedgerbackHub: a content library of thoughts and insights from members and friends on the Ledgerback Frontier; and Distroid: a monthly newsletter, with a focus on the convergence (connection and integration) of the decentralized web and related fields (Web3, Platform Cooperatives, etc.) (i.e., the fields of the Ledgerback Frontier).  Charles Adjovu is working on the projects above (check Charles\u0026rsquo;s digital garden for thoughts and updates on the projects).\n"},{"id":8,"href":"/docs/mainsito/jobs/","title":"Jobs","section":"Ledgerback Research","content":"Jobs\r#\r\rFind jobs and other opportunities here from across the Ledgerback Frontier.\nYou can find a list of job boards in the Observatory\u0026rsquo;s JobBoards table\n"},{"id":9,"href":"/docs/mainsito/journal/","title":"Journal","section":"Ledgerback Research","content":"Journal\r#\r\rThis page is under development.\n"},{"id":10,"href":"/docs/mainsito/members/","title":"Members","section":"Ledgerback Research","content":"Members\r#\r\r Charles Adjovu  You can find Charles\u0026rsquo;s digital garden here   Jack Smye Marvin Roman Joseph Tobing Darick Velasco Joshua Davila  "},{"id":11,"href":"/docs/mainsito/membership/","title":"Membership","section":"Ledgerback Research","content":"Membership\r#\r\rThis page is under development as we update our Bylaws\nBecome a member of the LDCRC today!\r#\r\rAll members have a voice in shaping the priorities of the LDCRC, sharing views and electing the Board of Directors. When you join as a Member, your support will help us to continue our current activities and establish amazing new projects.\nMembership opens up the opportunity to deeply engage with the LDCRC in other ways; be the first to hear about our exciting projects, access exclusive information and resources, and take advantage of member rates on services and goods.\nMember Benefits\r#\r\rOur membership benefits include, without limitation:\n  Have the right to vote at the General Assembly of the cooperative (strategic orientations, consolidated accounts, etc.),\n  Elect and / or be part of the Board of Directors** or any other mode of participation,\n  Elect class representative,\n  Access to our self-hosted virtual infrastructure, including our private forums,\n  An institutional email address,\n  Member rates on services and goods,\n  Member-only exclusives (e.g., information and resources),\n  Display your affiliation with the LDCRC with the LDCRC Member Logo,\n  Collegial Support Services,\n  Notification about events, community updates and opportunities (jobs, trainings, etc.) via members-only newsletter,\n  gain access to partner offers through affiliate and referral schemes*,\n  formal institutional affiliation, and\n  fiscal administration of grants.\n  *Subject to availability\n**Board nominations are open to anyone in the community. Only active LDCRC members can serve on the LDCRC board of directors.\nIf you are interested in joining the LDCRC, please send an email to ledgerback@gmail.com for more details.\n"},{"id":12,"href":"/docs/mainsito/office-hours/","title":"Office Hours","section":"Ledgerback Research","content":"Office Hours\r#\r\rLDCRC\u0026rsquo;s weekly, pro-bono Office Hours provide the opportunity to receive one-on-one help with finding existing research, strategy, and/or general questions. Office Hours are held via Jitsi or Sprout video conferencing.\nLibrarians\r#\r\rContact Charles Adjovu for help on finding existing research on a topic under the Ledgerback Frontier.\nCharles\u0026rsquo;s Hours\r#\r\rSaturday \u0026amp; Sunday, 3pm–10pm PST Max time per person: 30 mins\nGood questions for Charles:\n What are some good resources on topic X? What data is available related to topic X?  "},{"id":13,"href":"/docs/mainsito/outputs/","title":"Outputs","section":"Ledgerback Research","content":"Outputs\r#\r\rPapers\r#\r\r Cooperative, Ledgerback, A Preliminary Review of Blockchain in the Music Industry (November 6, 2018). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3280838 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3280838  Musicians in the music industry are the primary content creators, and yet, have little to no control over their musical works after assigning their rights and management to third party intermediaries such as record labels, performance rights organizations, and publishers. Before the rise of file sharing platforms in the 1990s, this scenario was the norm for all musicians as record labels controlled nearly all facets of the music industry from musician funding to distribution and even royalty payment collection. Many thought file sharing platforms such as Napster and LimeWire, which we deem \u0026ldquo;the first wave of disruption,\u0026rdquo; would wrestle control of the music industry from record labels to musicians, but that has not occurred as of this writing. The rise of blockchain-based interventions in the music industry, which we have termed the \u0026ldquo;second wave of disruption,\u0026rdquo; may finally lead the music industry to transition to a musician-centered ecosystem, with few if any intermediaries, and bring musicians and fans/consumers closer than ever before. Despite the various promises of blockchain technology, the use of blockchain is primed, and dare we say, destined, to change the music industry. Though, with any such change, there will be issues that must be properly managed to ease the transition from legacy systems to blockchain-based systems (\\Legacy-to-Blockchain\u0026quot;). There are many issues pioneers in this field will have to face stemming from the music industry itself and the inherent limitations of blockchain technology, but in doing so, we recommend that blockchain-based intervention projects and pioneers implement six strategies to counter these issues and bring the blockchain-based music industry into fruition.   Adjovu, Charles and Fabian, Ewa, Blockchain-mediated Licensing: Legal Engineering for Artist Empowerment (June 3, 2020). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3625317 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3625317  Licensing is one of the essential means of exploiting the monetary value of a musical work, and yet it is an area fraught with many issues and transactional costs which make it a difficult process for individuals and organizations. Many issues in music licensing arise from the legal complexity (e.g., national and international copyright law), business complexity (authentication, tracking, accounting, etc.), value web complexity (transparency of relationships among stakeholders), and technical complexity (e.g., establishing a global repertoire database for music, sufficient metadata standards) of working with music. Then, in addition to these issues, there are specific transactional costs (identification, negotiation, monitoring, and enforcement) associated with the licensing process. To mitigate the complexity and transactional costs associated with music and the licensing process, researchers and technologists have been investigating how new technologies and design models from the Web3 space, such as blockchain, linked data and Ricardian Contracts, can automate processes to reduce complexity, speed up payments, improve tracking, and provide other benefits in the music industry. In our report, we make our own attempt to reduce the complexity and transactional costs in the licensing process by developing an automated music license. In doing so, we first conducted a literature review synthesizing the intersection of music complexity and Web3 technologies to provide background and context to automating music licensing. Then we developed the Practical Tokenized Drafting (PTD) method, a set of core principles and practices for drafting Ricardian Contracts that interact with Web3 technologies (RC-Web3 Templates), and the Tokenized Music License (TML), an RC-Web3 Template standard form for music licensing on the OpenLaw platform. Both the PTD and TML can be adapted to meet the needs of music industry stakeholders and provide guidance to legal practitioners in drafting RC-Web3 Templates.   Adjovu, Charles, Blockchain and the Rise of the Internet Cooperative (December 17, 2018). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3750540 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3750540  Cooperatives and blockchain projects appear to be unrelated until a deeper look is taken into blockchain projects and their associated communities. Cooperatives and blockchain projects both promote substantially similar principles and values centered around democratic member control and the freedom for individuals to come together for their own mutual benefit. There are two types of cooperativism which expressly account for the ability for blockchain to further cooperatives, platform cooperativism and open cooperativism. Further, decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), take the combination of blockchain and cooperativism even further through the cooperative management of an entity that is created on, managed on, and solely exists on a blockchain. the inner workings of blockchain make it extremely suitable for meeting the seven principles and values that unite cooperatives across the world and for expanding cooperative values and principles from local communities to global movements.   Databike Report  A report on developing the Databike Zeta 001 (DBZ-001) prototype    Software\r#\r\r Bikestream.py: Python and Shell programs (intended for a Raspberry Pi in headless mode) for manipulating vehicle and geolocation data from an electric bicycle and streaming the data to Streamr  Educational\r#\r\r Introduction to Commons-based Peer Production Micro-course  Self-study slides on commons-based peer production (CBPP), a mode of production conceptualized by Yonchai Benkler where people work cooperatively, usually over the Internet.   Decentralized and Open Thinking Micro-course: Part 1  Self-study slides on thinking modals to help people think about the Ledgerback Frontier, and encourage practicing openness and decentralization.   Introduction to Platform Cooperativism Micro-course: Part 1  Self-study slides on platform cooperativism, a movement to reform digital labor practices by implementing cooperative principles on the web. The slides go over cooperatives as an institutional form and the basics of platforms as a market, ecosystem, and platform governance   Ledgerback Frontier Glossary Flashcards  Flashcards on popular terms in the Ledgerback Frontier    Games\r#\r\r Decentralized Web Trivia Game.  A trivia game covering historical events in the Decentralized Web (DWeb) (i.e., Web3) on Quizizz    Social Auditing and Diagnostics\r#\r\r DAO Index Survey (i.e., Self-assessment questionnaire)  The DAO Index (and accompanying survey) is a method for assessing a Decentralized Autonomous Organization\u0026rsquo;s (DAOs) adherence to: 1) ten (10) organizing principles that connect all DAOs.    Web Annotations\r#\r\r LDCRC Hypothes.is group covering members and friends readings and annotations across the Ledgerback Frontier  Bibliography\r#\r\r LDCRC Zotero bibliography covering the Ledgerback Frontier  Twitter Lists\r#\r\r Web3, Blockchain \u0026amp; Co-ops: A list of projects, organizations, and people at the intersection of cooperatives and blockchain  Datasets\r#\r\r Observatory of the Ledgerback Frontier: a preview of people, organizations, vocabulary, job boards, databases, events, concepts, tools, and more, that will help you explore the Ledgerback Frontier.  Glossary Preview  A preview of the Glossary dataset (part of the Observatory project), a mapping and catalog of terms in the Ledgerback Frontier     Ledgerback Frontier Portal\u0026rsquo;s Repository of Web3 self-study resources  Repository of self-study resources on Web3, including articles, libraries, videos, and more.   DAO Index Ratings  a dataset of ratings made under the DAO Index Self-assessment questionnaire    Licenses\r#\r\r Peer Accounting License (PAL)  A fork of the Peer Production License (PPL) applying the harberger tax method to derivatives and encouraging the formation of collective enterprises to manage proliferating intellectual property assets    Hardware\r#\r\r Databike Zeta 001 (DBZ-001) prototype: a proof-of-concept converted electric bicycle paired witha Raspberry Pi for manipulating and streaming data (i.e., a databike)  Early-stage concepts\r#\r\r Potential ideas for connecting Platform Cooperativism to Web3.  "},{"id":14,"href":"/docs/mainsito/portal/","title":"Portal","section":"Ledgerback Research","content":"Ledgerback Frontier Portal\r#\r\rThe Ledgerback Frontier Portal is a gateway to the thought spaces at the Ledgerback Frontier, the space between the present and future ages of humanity, exemplified by the Decentralized Web (DWeb) and related fields. The aim of the portal is to help people understand how people are thinking or conceptualizing these fields through self-study resources (primarily, through foundational reading lists).\nYou can find the Frontier Portal’s repository for self-study resources on Web3 here.\n"},{"id":15,"href":"/docs/mainsito/publications/","title":"Publications","section":"Ledgerback Research","content":"Publications\r#\r\rOngoing\r#\r\rWe have three ongoing publications:\n LedgerbackHub, Distroid, and Ledgerback Podcast.  Our long-form writing is on the LedgerbackHub, but may also be found on Medium\nThe Distroid newsletter is a monthly newsletter, with a focus on the convergence (connection and integration) of the decentralized web and related fields (Web3, Platform Cooperatives, etc.) (i.e., the fields of the Ledgerback Frontier).\nThe LedgerbackHub is a content library of thoughts and insights from members and friends on the Ledgerback Frontier.\nThe Ledgerback Podcast is a podcast covering member thoughts and insights on the Ledgerback Frontier, and interviews with guests working at the frontier.\nOn hold\r#\r\r Amalgam Magazine  The Amalgam Magazine may be restarted at a later time    Updates\r#\r\rFor updates on the LDCRC, please refer to the Blog here or to the Ledgerback Cooperative Newsletter.\n"},{"id":16,"href":"/docs/mainsito/research-advice/","title":"Research Advice","section":"Ledgerback Research","content":"Research Advice\r#\r\rSome resources to help you get started with independent research and researching the Ledgerback Frontier.\nGuides\r#\r\r Open Scientist Handbook Internet Search Tips from Gwern.net Social Science Research Guide by Dr. Robert V. Labaree Introduction to College Research  Tools\r#\r\r Kausalflow tool directory  Also refer to the Ledgerback Scholar Toolbox and Guide (LSTG).\n"},{"id":17,"href":"/docs/mainsito/research/","title":"Research","section":"Ledgerback Research","content":"Research\r#\r\rHere you will find requests for research and early-stage concepts, and some helpful approaches to researching the Ledgerback Frontier.\nApproach\r#\r\rHere are a list of research approaches that can help navigate the Ledgerback Frontier:\n Convergent Research Exploratory Research  Convergent Research\r#\r\r Convergence research is a means of solving vexing research problems, in particular, complex problems focusing on societal needs. It entails integrating knowledge, methods, and expertise from different disciplines and forming novel frameworks to catalyze scientific discovery and innovation. Convergence research is related to other forms of research that span disciplines - transdisciplinarity, interdisciplinarity, and multidisciplinarity. It is the closest to transdisciplinary research which was historically viewed as the pinnacle of evolutionary integration across disciplines.\n Exploratory Research\r#\r\rTBA\nRequests for Research\r#\r\rHere are requests for research (RFRs) made by members. RFRs are similar to Request for Prposals (RFPs), except that they are as not as in-depth and usually just focus on the major question at hand.\n How would a cooperative conversion strategy for Peloton be constructued? What are the expected benefits of a rewards program in which every platform cooperative in the world participates?  Some questions may be found in Charles\u0026rsquo;s Tokenization Experiments List.\nEarly-stage concepts\r#\r\rSome early-stage concepts from Charles on connecting Platform Cooperativism to Web3.\n"},{"id":18,"href":"/docs/mainsito/store/","title":"Store","section":"Ledgerback Research","content":"Store\r#\r\rWelcome to the LDCRC\u0026rsquo;s store. Here, you will find merchandise, courses, certifications, and more.\nMerchandise\r#\r\rSupport the LDCRC by purchasing some LDCRC-branded merchandise.\n Redbubble  Shirts Stickers Hoodies   Teespring  Stickers Shirts Hoodies    "},{"id":19,"href":"/docs/mainsito/trainings/","title":"Trainings","section":"Ledgerback Research","content":"Trainings\r#\r\rOur members from time to time offer training and online learning sessions on a matter of their interest on the Ledgerback Frontier.\n2022\r#\r\rOur expected training programs for 2022 are:\n Exploring the Ledgerback Frontier  Exploring the Ledgerback Frontier\r#\r\rFour sessions in the training program will be offered in early 2022.\nYou can find the sessions listed below.\n Basics of Web3 Basics of Platform Cooperativism Basics of Research on Decentralized Web (DWeb) Blockchain Cooperatives: The intersection of Cooperativism and Web3  "},{"id":20,"href":"/docs/mainsito/volunteer/","title":"Volunteer","section":"Ledgerback Research","content":"Volunteer Board\r#\r\rIf you would like to help out, please refer to the volunteer board for tasks we need help with.\nIf you are interested in helping, please add your name and Twitter handle to the table via the link above.\nAlternatively, you can fill out one of the roles below:\n Data Entry Video Editor Audio Editor Article Summarizer Grant Writer Systems Administrator Research Assistant Software Developer Community Manager Communications manager Operations manager Event Organizer UI/UX Designer Social Media Manager  "},{"id":21,"href":"/docs/shortcodes/section/","title":"Section","section":"Docs","content":"Section\r#\r\rSection renders pages in section as definition list, using title and description.\nExample\r#\r\r{{\u0026lt; section \u0026gt;}} \r\rFirst Page\r\rFirst page\r#\rLorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. 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