Mint Yourself: How NFTs Will Save Social Networks NFT com Don Thibean
Mint Yourself: How NFTs Will Save Social Networks NFT com Don Thibean Ownership has always been social - what car you drive, what shoes you wear. NFTs are bringing that social factor into web3; driven by the social effects of bringing different collectors into a single community. However, on-chain numbers and hashes can only go so far. Don Thibeau, CPO of NFT.com, will share a new model for bringing user identity into the Web3 space and how NFT technology can make networks social again.
Don Thibeau Chief Product Officer NFT.com Don Thibeau is the Chief Product Officer for NFT.com. He has been lucky enough to spend his entire career in the cryptocurrency industry. After beginning his career on the IBM Blockchain team, he joined Hedera Hashgraph as the first Director of Product to lead the launch of the Hedera Mainnet. Don then co-founded the HBAR Foundation, an ecosystem fund supporting builders on Hedera with an initial capitalization of $2 billion. https://twitter.com/don_thibeau ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5VNN66Iseg
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How are budget decisions made in a DAO? Who has the authority to make budget reductions?
From Spring 2022 to Winter 2023, ShapeShift DAO cut its budget by over 50%. This was not done in a centralized top-down manner. It was messy and created a lot of conflict.
In this talk, Josh Forman, Tokenomics Committee Member at ShapeShift DAO, will walk through how this happened. He will then present some optional ways it could have gone better.
Josh Forman
Leadership Coach
ShapeShift DAO
Josh is a 30-year technology veteran, with 15 years in management, and 5 years in crypto as the Director of Engineering for ShapeShift, and the first Engineering Workstream Leader at ShapeShift DAO. He now coaches individuals and teams in general leadership and engineering-specific practices. He holds a Master's in Organizational Leadership, is a certified Agile Leader through the Scrum Alliance, and is a certified Agile Leadership Journey Guide. He is currently on the ShapeShift tokenomics committee, and advisor to DAOs and startups.
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Building a DevRel program in a web3 company can be a huge task. You know that you need DevRel because everyone you spoke to said so, but you have no real idea why, let alone, how to actually go about implementing it. In this session, you will be introduced to a framework for DevRel that you can use in any blockchain company where developer success is at the core of your business model.
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I'm sorry to say that the presentation you are about to view is extremely unpleasant. It tells an unhappy tale about several hacks that occurred across DeFi and CeFi platforms. Even though web3 offers the potential for increased financial inclusion and decentralization, it has also been plagued by malicious actors who have exploited vulnerabilities to steal funds.
From the very beginning of this presentation, when we discuss the first hack to make headlines, continuing on through the entire discussion, the spectre of danger lurks. One might say that blockchain platforms are magnets for misfortune.
In this short presentation, we will cover greedy and repulsive founders, vulnerable smart contracts, security breaches, and plots to steal users' funds.
It is my sad duty to delve into these unpleasant tales to seek solutions and redemption where it can be found. But there is nothing stopping you from leaving the presentation and focusing on something more uplifting if you prefer that sort of thing.
With all due respect,
Bianca Buzea
This presentation will cover the history of hacks and thefts in the blockchain space. We will ascertain what went wrong, what was learned and how it got us to where we are today. It explores early technical issues with smart contracts, illegitimate ICOs, and rug pulls and how the ecosystem has thrived in spite of this. It will also detail the evolution of smart-contract security, DAO and auditing ecosystems. Finally, it will propose further decentralisation as a potential solution to these issues as opposed to regulation.
I believe this topic is worth exploring in a year where regulation feels like it is at DeFi’s doorstep. A year in which there have been several unprecedented crashes (FTX, Luna). This presentation is an exploration of what went wrong and how DeFi has evolved and will promote growth in the ecosystem and remind us of its massive potential.
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This presentation aims to highlight the growth of the DeFi ecosystem, how it has dealt with threats and how it can better defend itself in the future.
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Bianca Buzea
Developer Advocate
Balancer
As a Solutions Engineer turned Web3 Dev Rel, Bianca has been working to onboard developers into the DeFi ecosystem, focusing on user experience and developer engagement at Balancer. She believes in the power of a diverse and collaborative web3 ecosystem.
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Ethereum has already begun to disrupt the arts, culture, governance, finance, and so many other frontiers of human coordination. One of the most disruptive use-cases of blockchain has been the development of decentralized finance (or DeFi), which enables peer-to-peer digital financial infrastructure. DeFi has the opportunity to revolutionize the way we think about financial inclusion and offer pathways out of poverty for billions of people around the world.
In this talk, I would like to share more about the Ethereum Foundation's Next Billion program, share the work of the Fellows of the EF and inspire builders to focus on enhancing the state of public goods to use Ethereum as a substrate for global coordination and enhancement for the future of human civilization.
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Marcus AM
Fellow
Ethereum Foundation
Marcus is a researcher, builder, and creator from Guatemala. He's been involved in the crypto ecosystem for nearly a decade, working with leading DAOs, ReFi projects, communities, and DeFi protocols. He is currently a Fellow at the Ethereum Foundation. A graduate of Oxford's School of Geography and the Environment, his work has spanned beyond web3 across academia, healthcare, education, fintech, and more.
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