Smart Contracts
Max Hampshire of terra0 will introduce participants to the basics of distributed autonomous organisation (DAO) and of smart contracts. Those inclined to coding, will be introduced to Solidity, the javascript-like code language used to write smart contracts. In small groups participants will develop speculative, critical ideas for prototypes of smart contract applications.
Jaya Klara Brekke is a UK based artist who does a PhD research into the politics of blockchain applications. She will give an introduction to the political construction of the Ethereum smart contract.
Input from a critical making perspective will be delivered by Anja Groten of Hackers & Designers and Shailoh Phillips of Studio Babel, both researchers in the Critical Making research project.