Funding the Commons · May 9, 2026

We already lost the battle for mind control. De Kai argues it happened 20 years ago, the moment AI algorithms started deciding what ideas would and wouldn't reach us. De Kai, professor at HKUST and Berkeley's ICSI and founder of the Empathetic AI Institute, asks who decides what each of us will never know. Social media recommendations, search engines and chatbots make those decisions billions of times a day. A handful of engineers and executives set the criteria. The community has no say. AI has become the 21st century knowledge commons — the system that determines which communities form and which ideas spread. That makes it the mother of all commons, and the most urgent governance challenge humanity has faced. Speaker: De Kai (Empathetic AI Institute / The Future Society) This session was part of Intelligence at the Frontier, held March 14–15, 2026, at Frontier Tower in San Francisco. Learn more at https://www.fundingthecommons.io

ETHGlobal · Nov 9, 2025

João Santos presents Livestakes, a platform designed to bring the excitement and entertainment value of sports and esports to tech contests and hackathons. Livestakes makes hackathons watchable by integrating real-time betting markets, live analytics, and media content creation. The platform tracks project progress using AI, interviews participants for storylines, and distributes engaging content across social media. Livestakes has already seen strong engagement, with thousands of views and active betting pools, and is supported by sponsors seeking greater visibility. The platform aims to transform tech competitions into spectator events, making coding and building as entertaining as traditional sports, and aspires to become the scoreboard and media hub for future tech superstars. Revenue comes from platform fees and sponsorships, with plans to expand into investment opportunities and broader tech communities. 00:00 Introduction 00:20 Identifying the Problem: Tech Contests Lack Entertainment 01:00 The Live Stakes Solution: Making Hackathons Watchable 01:55 Platform Features: Betting, Analytics, and Media Engine 02:30 Early Results and Social Media Engagement 03:27 Community and Sponsor Feedback 03:56 Market Timing and Industry Trends 05:12 Real-World Examples: AI Agent Battles & Trading Competitions 06:13 Creating a New Market for Tech Competitions 06:53 Monetization: Platform Fees and Sponsorships 07:35 Go-to-Market Strategy and Future Vision 08:07 The Future: Tech Founders as Superstars 08:47 Team Introduction and Call to Action 09:26 Conclusion _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 🇮🇳 *Pragma New Delhi* Pragma New Delhi 2025 was held on September 25th at the JW Marriott Hotel in Aerocity New Delhi and was an in-person summit for builders and leaders in the web3 ecosystem. Watch the full Pragma New Delhi YouTube Playlist here: ETHGlobal's Pragma series takes place in cities around the world, and is designed to be a different kind of event. Pragma is a one-stage conference with founders-only on stage, bringing together a small group of curated attendees and speakers to discuss the future of web3 and reflect on the past. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ✅ Follow João Santos X: https://x.com/joaointech ✅ Follow Livestakes X: https://x.com/livestakes ✅ Follow ETHGlobal X: https://x.com/ETHGlobal​ Warpcast: https://warpcast.com/ethglobal Website: https://ethglobal.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCfF9ZO8Ug4xk_AJd4aeT5HA _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Are you interested in Ethereum development and entrepreneurship? 👉 Sign up for the next ETHGlobal event: https://ethglobal.com/events 🎁 Get exclusive access and perks with ETHGlobal Plus! https://ethglobal.com/plus 📣 Want us to throw an event in your city? Tell us where! https://ethglobal.com/city _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

ETHGlobal · Oct 9, 2025

Discover why Ethereum should lean into the AI revolution with Shaw from Eliza Labs, recorded live at the Agentic Ethereum 2025 Summit. Explore how LLMs and agentic chatbots can transform DeFi onboarding, streamline crypto user adoption, and bring fresh engagement to Web3 projects. Learn how AI can demystify complex topics like liquidity pooling or yield farming, boost social media presence with interactive Telegram bots, and create entirely new decentralized business models. Whether you’re a developer, founder, or simply excited by the synergy of blockchain and AI, this talk highlights practical use cases, potential pitfalls, and the crucial “fun factor” that can supercharge real-world adoption. Stay tuned for actionable insights, business ideas, and the next wave of agentic innovations within the Ethereum ecosystem. Subscribe for more talks on how AI is reshaping crypto, DeFi, and the future of Web3! 00:00 Intro: Why Ethereum Should Care About AI 00:41 AI & Knowledge Discovery in DeFi 02:13 Teaching Complex Crypto Concepts 04:03 Agentic Wallets & Social Interactions 06:22 AI Hype Cycle vs Practical Use 08:18 Engaging Users via Bots & Social Media 11:02 Fun Factor & Embodiment in AI 13:40 AI for Workflow Automation 15:36 Closing Thoughts & Next Steps _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 🤖 *Agentic Ethereum 2025 Summit* Join the official Agentic Ethereum 2025 Summit for an in-depth look at AI agents, smart contracts, and how they converge to power the next era of decentralized intelligence. This is more than just a summit—it's a gathering of the brightest minds in our ecosystem, and we're honored to have Andrew Miller, Anna Kazlauskas, Davide Crapis, dcbuilder, Ed Felten, Erik Voorhees, Illia Polosukhin, Jasper Zhang, Karl Floersch, Ken Ng, Kevin Owocki, Linda Xie, Shaw, Tomasz Stanczak, Chase Allred and Vitalik Buterin and on stage for this virtual summit focused around AI Agents and Blockchain! Watch the full Agentic Ethereum 2025 Summit Playlist here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXzKMXK2aHh6DrYO4ORk8wzQ5wCZDs0mW&si=ARqB9gaXAqehWH1_ 🤖 *Agentic Ethereum 2025* Agentic Ethereum is an online, async hackathon that runs from Jan. 31 to Feb. 12, 2025. With over $175,000 USD in prizes, Agentic Ethereum is a great way to dive into the world of autonomous AI agents and explore how they can revolutionize projects on Ethereum. Start the year with groundbreaking innovation! Watch the full playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXzKMXK2aHh7jxP_flgRf5nZ_WDgFpBy3&si=RZozbd9C5KrG6Bf3 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ✅ Follow Shaw X: https://x.com/shawmakesmagic ✅ Follow Eliza Labs Website: https://www.elizaos.ai ✅ Follow Kartik Talwar X: https://x.com/therealkartik Warpcast: https://warpcast.com/kartik ✅ Follow ETHGlobal X: https://x.com/ETHGlobal​ Warpcast: https://warpcast.com/ethglobal Website: https://ethglobal.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ETHGlobal _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Are you interested in Ethereum development and entrepreneurship? 👉 Sign up for the next ETHGlobal event: https://ethglobal.com/events 🎁 Get exclusive access and perks with ETHGlobal Plus! https://ethglobal.com/plus 📣 Want us to throw an event in your city? Tell us where! https://ethglobal.com/city _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

ETHGlobal · Oct 9, 2025

In this talk at Pragma Prague 2025, Yaniv Tal, founder of The Graph, explores the future of Web3 beyond DeFi through composable knowledge graphs. He introduces GRC20, a new standard for organizing open, verifiable knowledge on-chain, and demonstrates how Geo Browser enables community-governed information sharing. Learn how decentralized knowledge graphs can tackle real-world challenges like public policy, news verification, and coordination at internet scale. A must-watch for builders interested in next-gen Web3 applications, Ethereum infrastructure, and decentralized information systems. 00:00 Introduction to Yaniv Tal and the infinite garden vision 00:57 Web3 beyond DeFi: The need for real-world applications 01:40 NFTs as the first non-financial Web3 primitive 02:57 Standardizing NFT metadata and composability challenges 03:31 The limitations of current Web3 social platforms 04:06 GRC20: A new standard for composable knowledge 05:22 Breaking data silos with open knowledge graphs 05:59 Knowledge graphs as Web3's missing primitive 06:37 Case study: Tracking Ethereum Foundation changes 07:44 Solving societal challenges with decentralized knowledge 08:16 Homelessness in SF as a coordination problem 08:49 Data vs information vs knowledge explained 09:23 Geo Browser: A Notion-like interface for shared knowledge 10:05 Community-governed knowledge spaces 10:34 Improving on Reddit with accretive knowledge 11:09 GRC20: Publishing knowledge on-chain 12:25 Governance models for decentralized truth 12:55 Academic peer review vs journalistic integrity 13:58 Example: Representing Prague as a knowledge entity 14:31 Interoperable IDs for global knowledge graphs 15:43 Making sense of information overload (UFO example) 16:16 Geo's news verification experiment 17:28 Developer tools for building on knowledge graphs 18:05 Geo Genesis: Web3 Notion with governance 18:48 The coming Web3 revolution in knowledge organization _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 🇨🇿 *Pragma Prague* Pragma Prague 2025 was held on May 29th at Holešovice Market in Prague, Czech Republic and was an in-person summit for builders and leaders in the web3 ecosystem. This event was in collaboration with ETH Prague. Watch the full Pragma Prague YouTube Playlist here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXzKMXK2aHh7vLS72NelQ2dOx2VgPNxJZ&si=lQumFEDOqD_CNswb ETHGlobal's Pragma series takes place in cities around the world, and is designed to be a different kind of event. Pragma is a one-stage conference with founders-only on stage, bringing together a small group of curated attendees and speakers to discuss the future of web3 and reflect on the past. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ✅ Follow Yaniv Tal X: https://x.com/yanivgraph ✅ Follow Geo Browser X: https://x.com/geobrowser ✅ Follow Kartik Talwar X: https://x.com/TheRealKartik ✅ Follow ETHGlobal X: https://x.com/ETHGlobal​ Warpcast: https://warpcast.com/ethglobal Website: https://ethglobal.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCfF9ZO8Ug4xk_AJd4aeT5HA _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Are you interested in Ethereum development and entrepreneurship? 👉 Sign up for the next ETHGlobal event: https://ethglobal.com/events 🎁 Get exclusive access and perks with ETHGlobal Plus! https://ethglobal.com/plus 📣 Want us to throw an event in your city? Tell us where! https://ethglobal.com/city _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Stani Kulechov

ETHGlobal · Oct 9, 2024

Stani Kulechov, founder of Avara Labs and creator of Lens Protocol, discusses the evolution of decentralized social networking at Pragma London 2024. Learn how Lens became permissionless, enabling anyone to mint on-chain social profiles while maintaining ownership of their social capital. Discover the protocol's unique architecture with 400+ applications built on it, open actions for composable features, and plans for scaling to 50M transactions/second. Essential viewing for web3 builders, social media innovators, and anyone interested in the future of decentralized social networks and creator monetization. 00:00 - Introduction to Lens Protocol and Stani Kulechov 00:48 - Lens Goes Permissionless: What It Means 01:43 - Decentralized Social Network Vision 02:23 - Building Lens Protocol from Scratch 03:00 - Community-Driven Development Approach 03:38 - Transition to Permissionless Model 04:16 - On-Chain Profile Ownership Explained 04:50 - Growth Metrics After Going Permissionless 05:26 - Sustainable Protocol Fee Model 06:04 - $1M Treasury from Profile Mints 06:43 - Transparent Social Media Monetization 07:15 - Why Lens Has No Default App 07:48 - Protocol-First vs App-First Strategy 08:23 - Encouraging Application Diversity 08:59 - Emerging Lens Ecosystem Economy 09:35 - Portable Identity Across Apps 10:09 - Top Lens Apps: Orb and Hey 10:43 - 400+ Projects Building on Lens 11:22 - Mobile-First Social Experiences 11:54 - Small Teams Can Build on Lens 12:30 - Video Apps Like Tape.xyz 13:01 - Open Actions: Protocol Extensions 13:35 - Smart Contract Social Features 14:10 - Governance and Trading in Feeds 14:44 - Programmable Revenue Sharing 15:15 - Improving Lens Through LIPs 15:54 - Community Governance Framework 16:28 - Lens Improvement Proposals (LIPs) 17:06 - Team and Community Collaboration 17:41 - Monetization Sharing (LIP-16) 18:14 - App-to-App Fee Distribution 18:49 - Economic Alignment in Ecosystem 19:23 - Can Decentralized Social Scale? 19:58 - Technical Scaling Solutions 20:34 - 50M TPS Future Architecture 21:06 - Comparing to Twitter's Peak Load 21:38 - Rebuilding Internet with Ownership 22:16 - Creating New Social Experiences 22:47 - Compounding Network Effects _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 🇬🇧 *Pragma London* Pragma London took place at Christchurch Spitalfields in London on March 14, 2024, and was an in-person summit for builders and leaders in the web3 ecosystem. Watch the full Pragma London playlist here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXzKMXK2aHh7rvaHBM14peT1TwI3QX38p&si=MzGrEYwYjxSQFiFM ETHGlobal's Pragma series takes place in cities around the world, and is designed to be a different kind of event. Pragma is a one-stage conference with founders-only on stage, bringing together a small group of curated attendees and speakers to discuss the future of web3 and reflect on the past. Ever since we first introduced our new event series Pragma in Tokyo of the spring of 2023, we have been fostering a curated, global community of individuals who deeply care about web3. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ✅ *Follow Stani Kulechov* X: https://x.com/StaniKulechov ✅ *Follow Avara* X: https://x.com/Avara ✅ *Follow ETHGlobal* X: https://x.com/ETHGlobal​ Warpcast: https://warpcast.com/ethglobal Website: https://ethglobal.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ETHGlobal _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Are you interested in Ethereum development and entrepreneurship?_ 👉 Sign up for the next ETHGlobal event: https://ethglobal.com/events 🎁 Get exclusive access and perks with ETHGlobal Plus! https://ethglobal.com/plus 📣 Want us to throw an event in your city? Tell us where! https://ethglobal.com/city _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

ETHBerlin · Sep 4, 2024

ETHBerlin04 May 24-26, 2024, CIC Innovation Campus Keynote: Fatemeh Fannizadeh - We need Censorships ETHBerlin04 - https://ethberlin.org A Department of Decentralization event - https://dod.ngo The video features a speaker discussing the concept of censorship, particularly in the context of Ethereum and blockchain technology. The speaker, who is a Swiss lawyer with an Iranian background, shares personal anecdotes and touches upon philosophical aspects rather than providing legal advice. They explore what censorship entails—limiting access to data—and how it is implemented in various contexts, including on social media platforms like Instagram and in countries like Iran. The talk addresses the necessity of some level of censorship or moderation for societal functioning but emphasizes the importance of individual agency and transparency to allow informed curation. The speaker then delves into how censorship manifests in Ethereum across different layers: consensus, application (dApps), and social. Examples are given, such as validators deciding whether to process transactions from sanctioned addresses and actions taken by various platforms against Iranian users. The core issue raised is who gets to decide what is censored on the blockchain and whether such decisions are democratic or not. The speaker suggests that we should "censor blockchain censorship" to maintain an unstoppable and robust technology. They propose exploring surveillance resistance and inclusion lists as potential solutions to prevent undue censorship on Ethereum. Finally, the speaker calls for every user and application to have the option for curation and moderation, aligning with the Cypherpunk ethos of sovereignty through

ETHTokyo · Sep 4, 2024

Discussing the future of creator economy and the social environment surrounding it, empowered by web3 infrastructures and services. The video features a discussion on the transformative impact of Web3 on the creator economy. Moderated by a member of HACA, it includes insights from professionals at Story Protocol, Luxo, Collabland, and a Web3 social app. They explore how Web3 enables creators to have sustainable futures by owning their content and communities, independent of centralized platforms. They discuss the challenges of onboarding creators to Web3 and the need for simpler processes. The conversation also touches on the importance of establishing a clear identity in the digital space, with potential solutions like account abstractions linking Web2 and Web3 identities. Additionally, they address how current political discussions around crypto signify its growing relevance.

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Base House · Dec 9, 2023

Panel with artists SenorPantsNFT, Sabet, Wondermundo and and Nima Beheshtian, Founder and CEO of Layerr. Will explore the importance of collaboration and community in the NFT ecosystem. The provided text is not coherent enough to summarize for a video description. It appears to be a stream of repeated phrases without clear context or message. A summary for users would not be possible based on this text alone. Additional information about the video content would be needed to create an appropriate summary.

Jan Zibelnik

Conflux - Web3 UX Unconference · Nov 16, 2023

No description In this video, Jan, who has a background in cultural anthropology and cognitive science, discusses the intersection of human uniqueness and sameness in the context of user experience (UX) design. He explores how understanding both the individuality and the common cognitive processes of people can be used to create persuasive UX designs that can either enhance user experience or exploit users. Jan emphasizes the ethical considerations in product design, urging designers and developers to avoid deceptive practices. He also provides examples of both positive and negative UX practices in well-known companies and shares resources for designers to learn about using cognitive biases ethically to improve product design.

European Blockchain Convention · Oct 9, 2022

Along with the increased usage of traditional social media (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok...) came the massive, looming shadow of corporate oversight. How does the internet take back the forum from large corporate oligarchs? The answer starts with decentralized social media. Speaker: - Andra Georgescu, Co-Founder of Distrikt

European Blockchain Convention · Oct 9, 2022

Discover how Distrikt empowers users to own and control their identity and data with its co-founder Andra Georgescu. Distrikt is decentralized social media platform that lives 100% on the blockchain and relies on absolutely no centralized infrastructure. It's a place where people can connect, interact, and express themselves, without having to be concerned about their privacy and giving up their data.

European Blockchain Convention · Oct 9, 2022

Nowadays social media is the entry point for people that want to start their crypto journey. Listen to Benjamin's keynote during the 7th European Blockchain Convention on how social trading will drive mass adoption in crypto. --------- Speaker: Benjamin Bilski | NAGAX --------- Visit the European Blockchain Convention’s website: https://eblockchainconvention.com/

Swarm · Oct 9, 2019

Daniel A. Nagy: Decentralized Social Media Incentives For years, the creative content creation was financed either by enforcing artificial restrictions on its – by now essentially costless – dissemination or by mixing it with advertizing messages so that consumers could only enjoy it while being exposed to unsolicited advertizing. Both models’ shortcomings are abundantly clear by now, but satisfactory decentralized, freedom-respecting alternatives have not yet displaced them. In my presentation, I will explore such alternatives and how our Swarm-based social media platform, Bee Free is going to facilitate their implementation in practice. The new possibilities opened by content-addressed distributed storage and the Ethereum blockchain can hopefully unlock the creative potential of content creators and help consumers find the kind of content that most interests them, while contributing to its creation and dissemination in meaningful ways. About Dani Daniel A. Nagy, Ethereum Swarm architect and developer. Has been active in financial cryptography since 2008 at ePoint Systems Ltd. of which he is one of the founders. PhD in applied mathematics from Queen’s University of Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Teaching Advanced Cryptography at ELTE Budapest University of Science in Budapest, Hungary.