EEZ co-initiator @tw_tter gave a talk at @Web3summit called "The Neutral Ground: Money, Power & Multipolar Internet."
It's the clearest explanation of what the Ethereum Economic Zone actually does—and what it can't do yet.
Three moments below 👇
Interested in discussing Ethereum's scalability vs fragmentation? Stop by the Ethereum Community Hub in Lisbon on Thursday, July 23th for a fireside with our Head of Infra Philippe Schommers @filoozom and @soispoke representing Ethereum Foundation Research. Lena Hierzi
If you have a lot, you will get more for free, or at least cheap. Makes sense, right? Right?!
Not in our books.
@koeppelmann on how the system works for the ones already rich.
The next decade of finance will be shaped by where the institutions build. That should be on one credibly neutral base layer.
@ethereuminsti is the front door that will bring these institutions to Ethereum. Independent, untied to any single vendor, with a mission to strengthen
1/ Announcing Ethereum Institutional
An independent non-profit dedicated to accelerating the institutional adoption of Ethereum, its L2s, applications and overall ecosystem.
The deciding variable is composability.
Shared security gets you partway — but a root needs chains that compose synchronously, not bridge to each other and hope. A root only holds if chains compose as if they were one.
That's the equilibrium worth building.
Make it EEZ.
Ethereum’s credible neutrality gives it a unique opportunity to become the root for the global economy.
Else it’ll be a web of chains each w/ their own security zone and brittle links between.
The Ethereum equilibrium is better for the world but not inevitable. Let’s get it.
Six weeks. 68 builders so far and two days to go. An incredible stack of working mini-apps on Circles.
On Monday, June 29th we close the #CirclesGarage: the final leaderboard, the last CRC payout, and a look back at everything that got shipped.
BREAKING: @gnosispay now supports Celo, the leading @ethereum L2 network for programmable stablecoin payments
Gnosis Pay's instant card issuance, fiat rails & multi-currency stablecoin accounts are now live on Celo w/ support including Apple Pay, Google Pay & SEPA 🌐
Most corner shops sell beer. This one had two floors and a set that ran past sunrise.
@joinwebzero built the night at The Blockspäti. We brought the app.
Roughly two-thirds of all stablecoins are held by people in emerging markets. A balance in a wallet doesn't pay for groceries or a bus fare. It has to reach a checkout people already use.
@minipay is used by more than 16M people via @opera browser, most of them in Africa. The
.@minipay is the wallet used by 16M+ people via the @opera browser. Now they can spend their stablecoin balances anywhere @Visa is accepted. Powered by Gnosis Pay on @Celo.
