No One Stopped Me (ETHBelgrade Hackathon)

No One Stopped Me (ETHBelgrade Hackathon)

I went all the way to ETHBelgrade for my first hackathon. I didn’t ship a dApp. I don’t code.  I learned to program in LISP at university, which has given me a phobia of unclosed parentheticals but not much in the way of practical relevance. For reasons...
I went to ETHPrague so you don’t have to (but you should)

I went to ETHPrague so you don’t have to (but you should)

I arrived at Holešovice market feeling anxious. This was my first Ethereum event, and I wasn’t sure what to expect. A security guard stood ramrod straight in front of an ETHPrague banner, like the hall needed protecting from unknown hordes. He glanced at my wrist dismissively and pointed at the next building.

Proof of Humanity (Terms and Conditions Apply)

Proof of Humanity (Terms and Conditions Apply)

On the surface, their product, Self Protocol, offers a smart, privacy-focused solution to identity in an age of AI hot takes, bots and Sybils. I was fascinated by the idea of a self-sovereign identity layer which would offer a massive increase in personal privacy. It all sounded very sensible, in the way that IKEA instructions sound sensible until you try to assemble the thing and end up crying on the floor.