The annual assembly of the Kleros Cooperative! One more year building decentralized justice for the world!
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A great talk by @pujaohlhaver on governance of agentic communities.
One of the highlights of @EFDevcon Mumbai! 馃嚠馃嚦
One of the highlights of @EFDevcon Mumbai! 馃嚠馃嚦
Yesterday, the DIFC Courts published The Dispute Resolution Oracle, a white paper proposing a way for court decisions to be carried out on tokenised assets.
This is part of the Courts of the Future initiative, launched by DIFC Courts and Dubai Future Foundation (DFF).
Proud to have contributed as a peer reviewer, alongside @Deca4HQ.
courtsofthefuture.org/#dro
This is part of the Courts of the Future initiative, launched by DIFC Courts and Dubai Future Foundation (DFF).
Proud to have contributed as a peer reviewer, alongside @Deca4HQ.
courtsofthefuture.org/#dro
Meet Saravanan 馃嚠馃嚦
International arbitrator, chairman of the Council for National and International Commercial Arbitration (CNICA), and a participant of the current batch of the Kleros Fellowship of Justice.
In January 2025, he published Justice 2.0: The Rise of Decentralised Dispute Resolution, a 400-page book on how blockchain, smart contracts and AI are reshaping the way disputes get resolved.
The last chapter is about Kleros.
His thesis is that India is becoming a digital society, but a dispute over a small online payment, a freelance gig or a cross-border financial transfer rarely justifies going to court. That's where decentralized justice fits.
He came all the way from Bangalore to Mumbai to join the Legal & Governance Hub we organized at @EFDevcon.
The Kleros Republic keeps growing 鈿栵笍
International arbitrator, chairman of the Council for National and International Commercial Arbitration (CNICA), and a participant of the current batch of the Kleros Fellowship of Justice.
In January 2025, he published Justice 2.0: The Rise of Decentralised Dispute Resolution, a 400-page book on how blockchain, smart contracts and AI are reshaping the way disputes get resolved.
The last chapter is about Kleros.
His thesis is that India is becoming a digital society, but a dispute over a small online payment, a freelance gig or a cross-border financial transfer rarely justifies going to court. That's where decentralized justice fits.
He came all the way from Bangalore to Mumbai to join the Legal & Governance Hub we organized at @EFDevcon.
The Kleros Republic keeps growing 鈿栵笍
Has Ethereum lost its soul?
Day 2 at @EFDevcon Mumbai. 馃嚠馃嚦
It pains me to say it, but the mood feels a bit disenchanted. You can see it in the half-empty rooms and in the hallway conversations.
I've been to every Devcon since Canc煤n 2017. Back then, the narrative was about inclusion and empowering the weak.
For those of us coming from emerging countries, it was a tool to circumvent bad institutions (and maybe build better ones bringing the rule of law where it was lacking.)! Many of us Argentines got into Ethereum because stablecoins were the way around capital controls. It wasn't an ideology. It was a survival tool.
For people from advanced economies, it was a way to escape government and big tech surveillance.
Then the narrative started drifting. DeFi yields, NFTs, memecoins... Each cycle brought more money and less talk about the common person. There are still talks on those original topics, but more and more the stage seems to reflect the worldview of Silicon Valley elites: transhumanism, longevity, life beyond biology.
The contrast couldn't be sharper. Inside, conversations about transcending the human condition, governing societies through futarchy and handing DAO governance decisions over to AI. Outside, the chaos of Mumbai's streets, where millions hustle to survive and deal with very human problems every day.
My impression from day 2 is that Ethereum is at a crossroads: solving the problems of nerds and Silicon Valley, or addressing the every day problems of real people.
The real test isn't whether Ethereum scales, but for what and for whom. If it ends up as a playground for a tiny niche of insiders talking to each other, we can expect emptier conferences every year.
Sorry for the pessimistic take. 馃ゲ Hoping day 3 finds me in better spirits!
Day 2 at @EFDevcon Mumbai. 馃嚠馃嚦
It pains me to say it, but the mood feels a bit disenchanted. You can see it in the half-empty rooms and in the hallway conversations.
I've been to every Devcon since Canc煤n 2017. Back then, the narrative was about inclusion and empowering the weak.
For those of us coming from emerging countries, it was a tool to circumvent bad institutions (and maybe build better ones bringing the rule of law where it was lacking.)! Many of us Argentines got into Ethereum because stablecoins were the way around capital controls. It wasn't an ideology. It was a survival tool.
For people from advanced economies, it was a way to escape government and big tech surveillance.
Then the narrative started drifting. DeFi yields, NFTs, memecoins... Each cycle brought more money and less talk about the common person. There are still talks on those original topics, but more and more the stage seems to reflect the worldview of Silicon Valley elites: transhumanism, longevity, life beyond biology.
The contrast couldn't be sharper. Inside, conversations about transcending the human condition, governing societies through futarchy and handing DAO governance decisions over to AI. Outside, the chaos of Mumbai's streets, where millions hustle to survive and deal with very human problems every day.
My impression from day 2 is that Ethereum is at a crossroads: solving the problems of nerds and Silicon Valley, or addressing the every day problems of real people.
The real test isn't whether Ethereum scales, but for what and for whom. If it ends up as a playground for a tiny niche of insiders talking to each other, we can expect emptier conferences every year.
Sorry for the pessimistic take. 馃ゲ Hoping day 3 finds me in better spirits!