on the future of crypto (from ideas @ devcon)

Around a month ago, I had the amazing opportunity to spend a week in Bogota, Colombia. In that time, I met hundreds of researchers and developers, built some exciting applications at workshops, hiked up a humongous mountain, spoke on stage in an epic museum, shared my thoughts at a climate roundtable, and collected merch (lots and lots of it).

I also went to many talks and workshops. I’d like to share some ideas from my week at Devcon (inspired by talks, workshops, conversations, and community hubs).

A special thank you to the Ethereum Foundation for all the hard work in making this experience life-changing.

Contents

public goods and how to fund the commons
unicef and addressing real-world problems with blockchain
better mental models for design
ultra sound money
zero-knowledge applications

1. public goods and how to fund the commons

Day 1 in Bogota I spent at Schelling Point, an event hosted by Gitcoin focused on funding the commons, public goods, and ideas in regenerative finance. At Devcon, one of my earliest interactions with public goods was with Connor O’Day in his talk about new applications for…