Ethereans at ETH Denver?

[krisj]

So the first wave of acceptances went out recently, are there any others from the forum that are going to be heading to ETH Denver in February? Would there be interest in hosting a meetup or trying to create an event of some kind there? Is there already something in the works? Might be another way to bring in some additional perspectives to the forum. Just thought I’d toss the idea out there!

(I’m going )

[lane]

Not sure yet whether I’ll be at ETHDenver but I’ll very likely be in Paris for EthCC and would be down to host an in-person gathering there.

This goes without saying, but feel free to self-organize if others will be at ETHDenver!

[tvanepps]

I applied to ETHDenver, will reply again if I get in.

[des]

Would there be interest in hosting a meetup or trying to create an event of some kind there?

I’m going, and would be interested in a meetup or dinner discussion.

[marko]

I’ll be at ETHCC and ETHParis for the week. Let’s do something. Currently helping out Magicians with the organization so can’t plan for timing at the moment. Will let you know next week when I get back from holidays.

[rhyslindmark]

I’ll be at ETHDenver (and likely hosting a session on Tech Ethics/Etherean stuff!). Let’s all be in touch as it gets closer

[tvanepps]

yup - i’ll be at ETHDenver. perhaps we can make something happen!

[seth]

I’ll be there! Would be interested in attending if something materializes!

[krisj]

I’ll be getting to Denver on the 13th and staying through for the retreat at Breckenridge. Would love to meetup and maybe do a group fork+discussion of the web3 bill of rights?

A Web3 bill of rights

This is an idea I’ve been tooling around with for a while. It’s primordial, but I’d love to share it and hear your feedback. I think, as a community, we should produce a Web3 Bill of Rights so that we have a statement of shared values and intent - heavily inspired by the Cypherpunk’s Manifesto, the Crypto Anarchist Manifesto, and the Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace.

Here’s what I’ve got so far:

1. The right not to be censored.
2. The right not to be tracked.
3. The right to own one’s own data, to move it or remove it. This data cannot be altered without one’s consent.
4. The right to self-sovereign identity.
5. The right to transact freely with anyone at any time.
6. The right to see and modify the code.
7. The right to compose apps and libraries.
8. The right to create, edit, and run apps at any time, permissionlessly.
9. The right to access the network affordably.
10. The right to have one’s data and transactions included at the same preference and likelihood as someone else paying the same price. (No front-running, no selfish mining. Basically, “net neutrality.”)
11. The right to strong, end to end encryption.
12. The right to immutability of the ledger. (is this desirable? universal? misleading?)
13. The right to be fairly compensated for my data and for my contribution to the network.
14. The right to own part of the network and exercise a proportional governance role over it.
15. The right to know if another account is human or machine.
16. The right to know the provenance of data and whether it is human or machine generated.
17. The right to fork (i.e., take a snapshot of the entire network and exit peacefully).
18. The right to filter, i.e., to filter out unwanted or unsolicited inbound messages.
19. The right to go offline.
20. The right to participate in consensus formation with a suitable stake, on the same terms as all other validators.

It’s here if you want to propose a change: https://github.com/lrettig/web3-bill-of-rights.

I’m not sure what day/time might work best for folks, or what the format might be. Just an idea for something we could meetup and work through/discuss!

[krisj]

Hey everyone, I dropped a when2meet schedule down here: https://www.when2meet.com/?7558160-9ZAxx

I did my best to set my availability around main conference events as well as around time that I will need for hacking my project together (also could use some more tech expertise on my team if anyone is looking for a team, but I won’t shill my project here - come find me ).

[Alberreman]

Love it. I replied on the ETHDenver channel, but I figured i would put feelers out here, too. You can find me on telegram @alberreman

[krisj]

In case anyone is checking here: We’re going to meet at the main entrance of the sports castle right after the hackathon project presentations and decide where to go for a drink and chat Maybe the fainting goat?

Because no one knows what I look like, this is what I’m wearing today

[lane]

I’m so excited this happened! How did it go?

[krisj]

It was pretty chill, @Alberreman and I headed to the fainting goat and chatted governance, social issues, etc. Adam joined us later as well, but I don’t know if he’s on here. We didn’t get to forking the repo or anything like that though. Maybe in Detroit in March though?

Also got a chance to say hi to @rhyslindmark, but he was pretty occupied with handling event stuff.