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.