5 Takeaways from Berlin Blockchain Week
MetaCartel Demo Day, Web3 Summit, Dappcon, ETH Berlin Zwei, our own developer summit and what not..
So a bunch of Limes went to Berlin…
Sounds like the beginning of a kind of funny joke, but it’s actually what happened last week as the LimeChain team set off to the German capital for Berlin Blockchain week. And boy what a week it’s been. From attending MetaCartel’s Demo Day, Dappcon and ETH Berlin Zwei, through hosting our own developer summit, to random boat parties, it’s been quite a ride.
In the next few lines, I will try to point out my main takeaways from this series of events. But before jumping into it, huge shout to Pillar Project, Zeppelin, AdEx, @MetaCartel and Aavesome for being awesome co-hosts and media partners to the Blockchain Developers Summit.
Sooo…
1. The blockchain community is stronger than ever
This one may sound kind of trivial however I was blown away by the amount of people showing up on all kinds of events. In fact, there were so many quality events out there it was virtually impossible to attend everything thats meets the eye.
And most of those people are talented engineers who are working on frontier projects. The sheer talent in the blockchain community is the single biggest reason why I am extremely bullish on the technology in general.
2. DAOs are all the rage nowadays
Good or bad (probably both), people are founding DAOs left and right. I heard of at least 4 or 5 different DAOs being spawned during the Berlin Blockchain Week alone.
While I am a big believer in the power of decentralization, as DAOs and Continuous Organizations can make a positive impact on governance, the whole DAO space feels a tad out of control at the moment. At least I’m missing the grand purpose behind a good chunk of the DAOs being launched out there.
3. Wallets are becoming safer and more user-friendly
We are transitioning past the stage of legacy blockchain wallets which required users to store private keys. Smart-contract based wallets are here to stay and not only do those provide a much more user friendly experience, but are also a definite upgrade in terms of security and ability to recover a wallet.
Pillar is a great example of an open source mobile first smart-contract based wallet which enables users to have keyless access to their wallets and interact with dApps.
4. You can meme anything into reality
It’s 2019 and the power of memes is real! MetaCartel started as a meme about a year ago and recently distributed its first wave of grants, funding projects like Kickback and Mintbase. In addition to that, the MetaCartel Demo Day during Berlin Blockchain Week gathered the cream of the crop of the Ethereum ecosystem.
5. We’re (still) damn early into all of this
Separating myself from a week full of madness, it’s clear to me that we’re still damn early into this whole blockchain thing. A good chunk of the big projects out there are still focused on infrastructure and scalability. As great as meta transactions, state channels and all Layer 2 solutions are, those need be well-established before exponential adoption. Once we have that covered, only then can we as a community focus on on boarding the majority of the Web 2.0 users.
See you all next year! Until then, keep on buidling!
