Good news everyone! Tomorrow I will be giving a talk at Hacker Congress 2016 in Prague! The main topic will be Steem which in my opinion fits extremely well in the congress:
The concept of authoritative state is gradually becoming obsolete. The rise of sharing economies with reputation models, digital contracts and cryptocurrencies makes the role of central governments useless. In this era, you might share more with random people from other parts of the world than you do with your neighbors.
Come and join us at the 3rd Hackers Congress Paralelní Polis with hundreds of technology enthusiasts, tech-entrepreneurs, activists and cryptoanarchists to celebrate the age of digital freedom and decentralization!
The congress is organized by Parallel Polis - a local hub consisting of the Institute of Cryptoanarchy, Bitcoin Coffee, and a co-working space. I am expecting to meet many smart people, hackers, crypto-enthusiasts and other interesting folks.
That's why I will be also introducing AI Squat there. I'm hoping to find more people interested in this idea on which I have been working during the last month (I am preparing an update summarizing what I have been doing).
I am so excited to be there and to be giving the talk among so many amazing speakers! I will be talking about following topics:
Low barrier to entry
- Easy to use - There are many cryptocurrencies trying to solve practical problems. Unfortunately it's usually quite difficult for ordinary people to use them. Steem has a simple web interface with basic functionality working exactly as one expects from any other web page.
Steem values
- Free speech - What you post on the blockchain stays on the blockchain.
- Community - We have self-governance: we can vote for witnesses, who take care for running the network, and thus effectively vote for hardforks. We have a reputation system. We have money.
- Self-governance - changes to the network are made through user voting
Steem ecosystem
- Support for free market
- Low friction trade - stable cryptocurrency, no transaction fees
- Already a hundred of applications around Steem
- Funding projects through posting updates
How does it work
- Incentives: Who produces what values and how they are rewarded
- Efficiency