Theo Beutel
@theobtl.eurosky.social
Academic Secretariat @ethereum.foundation | Research coordination, programme management, open source advocacy | Researching DAOs at the Centre for Democracy Studies, University of Zurich
theodorbeutel.de
theodorbeutel.de
Reposted by Theo Beutel
The Open Technology Research Symposium 2026 is approaching. On 26 and 27 October we meet at the University of Barcelona in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Register now: symposium.opentechresearch.org#register
Register now: symposium.opentechresearch.org#register
September 15, 2026 at 9:18 AM
The Open Technology Research Symposium 2026 is approaching. On 26 and 27 October we meet at the University of Barcelona in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Register now: symposium.opentechresearch.org#register
Register now: symposium.opentechresearch.org#register
Reposted by Theo Beutel
Devcon 8 speakers are landing on Bluesky 👀
We're putting together a starter pack so you can follow the people bringing ideas, research, debates, and new perspectives to Mumbai this November.
Add them to your feed ↓
go.bsky.app/BYu9XKk
We're putting together a starter pack so you can follow the people bringing ideas, research, debates, and new perspectives to Mumbai this November.
Add them to your feed ↓
go.bsky.app/BYu9XKk
September 7, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Devcon 8 speakers are landing on Bluesky 👀
We're putting together a starter pack so you can follow the people bringing ideas, research, debates, and new perspectives to Mumbai this November.
Add them to your feed ↓
go.bsky.app/BYu9XKk
We're putting together a starter pack so you can follow the people bringing ideas, research, debates, and new perspectives to Mumbai this November.
Add them to your feed ↓
go.bsky.app/BYu9XKk
I was today years old when I learned about the „European search index“ (@ecosiasearch.bsky.social/@qwant.bsky.social), joining the efforts around European digital sovereignty.
September 6, 2026 at 1:59 PM
I was today years old when I learned about the „European search index“ (@ecosiasearch.bsky.social/@qwant.bsky.social), joining the efforts around European digital sovereignty.
Reposted by Theo Beutel
📢 Junior academics! The @iwm.at Digital Humanism Junior Visiting #Fellowship applications close on 21 September 2026.
The fellowship supports research on digitalisation's intersection with societal, economic and geopolitical dimensions.
✒️ Find more info on IWM's website. Good luck! 🍀
The fellowship supports research on digitalisation's intersection with societal, economic and geopolitical dimensions.
✒️ Find more info on IWM's website. Good luck! 🍀
September 1, 2026 at 3:19 PM
📢 Junior academics! The @iwm.at Digital Humanism Junior Visiting #Fellowship applications close on 21 September 2026.
The fellowship supports research on digitalisation's intersection with societal, economic and geopolitical dimensions.
✒️ Find more info on IWM's website. Good luck! 🍀
The fellowship supports research on digitalisation's intersection with societal, economic and geopolitical dimensions.
✒️ Find more info on IWM's website. Good luck! 🍀
Reposted by Theo Beutel
India is where Ethereum comes to life.
🥇 #1 largest public & open source contributor base in the world
🧠 76% of Indian startups use open source AI
👨💻 India leads in new crypto dev onboarding
See you there 👀
🥇 #1 largest public & open source contributor base in the world
🧠 76% of Indian startups use open source AI
👨💻 India leads in new crypto dev onboarding
See you there 👀
September 1, 2026 at 2:24 PM
India is where Ethereum comes to life.
🥇 #1 largest public & open source contributor base in the world
🧠 76% of Indian startups use open source AI
👨💻 India leads in new crypto dev onboarding
See you there 👀
🥇 #1 largest public & open source contributor base in the world
🧠 76% of Indian startups use open source AI
👨💻 India leads in new crypto dev onboarding
See you there 👀
Reposted by Theo Beutel
Christopher Fabian is joining Devcon 8! 🌍
Co-founder of @gigaglobal.bsky.social, Christopher has championed blockchain for public goods, from launching UNICEF’s CryptoFund to NFT fundraising.
Giga’s mission to connect every school to the internet is public-interest coordination at planetary scale.
Co-founder of @gigaglobal.bsky.social, Christopher has championed blockchain for public goods, from launching UNICEF’s CryptoFund to NFT fundraising.
Giga’s mission to connect every school to the internet is public-interest coordination at planetary scale.
August 28, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Christopher Fabian is joining Devcon 8! 🌍
Co-founder of @gigaglobal.bsky.social, Christopher has championed blockchain for public goods, from launching UNICEF’s CryptoFund to NFT fundraising.
Giga’s mission to connect every school to the internet is public-interest coordination at planetary scale.
Co-founder of @gigaglobal.bsky.social, Christopher has championed blockchain for public goods, from launching UNICEF’s CryptoFund to NFT fundraising.
Giga’s mission to connect every school to the internet is public-interest coordination at planetary scale.
"a centralized identity verification system creates a single point of failure that is extremely vulnerable to both cyberattack and authoritarian overreach."
Age Verification schemes come with a wealth of privacy, security, and access issues. ZKP’s aren’t going to solve any of them, they just kick the problem down the road. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Zero-Knowledge Proofs Aren’t Age Verification Silver Bullets
Age verification (laws and regulations requiring platforms and websites to assure or estimate that a user seeking to use an online service is of a certain age) is everywhere. At the time of writing,
www.eff.org
August 23, 2026 at 12:03 PM
"a centralized identity verification system creates a single point of failure that is extremely vulnerable to both cyberattack and authoritarian overreach."
Reposted by Theo Beutel
We (@dod.ngo) are in the early stages of planning a meetup around code hosting after github on board of @c-base.org
So far we have talks around @radicle.dev and rngit
Would also love to have somebody speaking about @tangled.org - anyone knows somebody in Berlin that could speak on it? Or ..
So far we have talks around @radicle.dev and rngit
Would also love to have somebody speaking about @tangled.org - anyone knows somebody in Berlin that could speak on it? Or ..
August 21, 2026 at 9:12 AM
We (@dod.ngo) are in the early stages of planning a meetup around code hosting after github on board of @c-base.org
So far we have talks around @radicle.dev and rngit
Would also love to have somebody speaking about @tangled.org - anyone knows somebody in Berlin that could speak on it? Or ..
So far we have talks around @radicle.dev and rngit
Would also love to have somebody speaking about @tangled.org - anyone knows somebody in Berlin that could speak on it? Or ..
Würde man „Kybernetik“ mit „DAO“ ersetzen, wäre das Argument ebenso gültig, dass gerade die „unmöglich geblieben[e]“ Definition eine Vielzahl der Deutungen und Lesarten ermöglichte und ein „Schwärmen“ über Möglichkeiten begründete.
Aus Nosthoff (2026): „Kybernetik und Kritik“.
Aus Nosthoff (2026): „Kybernetik und Kritik“.
August 21, 2026 at 7:21 AM
Würde man „Kybernetik“ mit „DAO“ ersetzen, wäre das Argument ebenso gültig, dass gerade die „unmöglich geblieben[e]“ Definition eine Vielzahl der Deutungen und Lesarten ermöglichte und ein „Schwärmen“ über Möglichkeiten begründete.
Aus Nosthoff (2026): „Kybernetik und Kritik“.
Aus Nosthoff (2026): „Kybernetik und Kritik“.
Reposted by Theo Beutel
Come celebrate the launch of our latest book: How to Exit to Community: A Cookbook for Blockchain Communities, by Tara Merk, Primavera De Filippi, Morshed Mannan, Nathan Schneider, and Danny Spitzberg.
📅 26th August 2026 · 🕐 6 PM CET · 📍 luma.com/d7jmszku?tk=...
📅 26th August 2026 · 🕐 6 PM CET · 📍 luma.com/d7jmszku?tk=...
August 18, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Come celebrate the launch of our latest book: How to Exit to Community: A Cookbook for Blockchain Communities, by Tara Merk, Primavera De Filippi, Morshed Mannan, Nathan Schneider, and Danny Spitzberg.
📅 26th August 2026 · 🕐 6 PM CET · 📍 luma.com/d7jmszku?tk=...
📅 26th August 2026 · 🕐 6 PM CET · 📍 luma.com/d7jmszku?tk=...
The ongoing issuance debate around EIP-8361 - which appears to involve a lot of debate of the process itself rather than focusing on arguments - goes to show that the technology we’re governing is only as „purposefully decentralised“ (Sunyaev et al.) as its governance framework.
August 15, 2026 at 1:21 PM
The ongoing issuance debate around EIP-8361 - which appears to involve a lot of debate of the process itself rather than focusing on arguments - goes to show that the technology we’re governing is only as „purposefully decentralised“ (Sunyaev et al.) as its governance framework.
Reposted by Theo Beutel
Then, it kept evolving through every conversation that followed @daviddao.org, Eugene Leventhal, and @theobtl.eurosky.social helped shape my thinking through the Web3 gov/acc initiative and community, particularly during EthCC in Cannes this year.
August 8, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Then, it kept evolving through every conversation that followed @daviddao.org, Eugene Leventhal, and @theobtl.eurosky.social helped shape my thinking through the Web3 gov/acc initiative and community, particularly during EthCC in Cannes this year.
Reposted by Theo Beutel
The idea first started taking shape when
@pujaohlhaver.bsky.social proposed to create a "decentralized deliberation standard" during a call with
@yutingjiang.com.
After that I took two weeks to launch dds.xyz.
Almost immediately, it attracted a lot of attention from many communities.
@pujaohlhaver.bsky.social proposed to create a "decentralized deliberation standard" during a call with
@yutingjiang.com.
After that I took two weeks to launch dds.xyz.
Almost immediately, it attracted a lot of attention from many communities.
Decentralized Deliberation Stack (DDS)
A W3C Community Group working draft for an open stack for sovereign, verifiable, interoperable, and resilient deliberation.
dds.xyz
August 8, 2026 at 4:24 PM
The idea first started taking shape when
@pujaohlhaver.bsky.social proposed to create a "decentralized deliberation standard" during a call with
@yutingjiang.com.
After that I took two weeks to launch dds.xyz.
Almost immediately, it attracted a lot of attention from many communities.
@pujaohlhaver.bsky.social proposed to create a "decentralized deliberation standard" during a call with
@yutingjiang.com.
After that I took two weeks to launch dds.xyz.
Almost immediately, it attracted a lot of attention from many communities.
Reposted by Theo Beutel
I'm proud of where DDS is going :)
Two days ago, we held our first DDS plenary open call.
youtu.be/udoK32qOc7Q
Two days ago, we held our first DDS plenary open call.
youtu.be/udoK32qOc7Q
W3C DDS Community Group: August Plenary Open Call
YouTube video by Decentralized Deliberation Stack (DDS)
youtu.be
August 8, 2026 at 4:24 PM
I'm proud of where DDS is going :)
Two days ago, we held our first DDS plenary open call.
youtu.be/udoK32qOc7Q
Two days ago, we held our first DDS plenary open call.
youtu.be/udoK32qOc7Q
„the current state of AI tools, amplified by existing publish-or-perish incentives, appears to be pushing the system toward an equilibrium of more rather than better research…requir[ing] that our institutions and the incentive structures they create adapt.“
#DeSci #OpenScience
#DeSci #OpenScience
August 2, 2026 at 1:20 AM
„the current state of AI tools, amplified by existing publish-or-perish incentives, appears to be pushing the system toward an equilibrium of more rather than better research…requir[ing] that our institutions and the incentive structures they create adapt.“
#DeSci #OpenScience
#DeSci #OpenScience
Reposted by Theo Beutel
We're really excited to have the Baochip-1x featured in this year's DEFCON conference badge. Read more at www.wired.com/story/defcon...! Hope to see you there.
The New Defcon Badges Pack a Unique Open Source Chip That Doubles as a Security Key
Created by legendary hardware hacker Andrew “bunnie” Huang, the badges for this year’s famed security conference aim to push the boundaries of security and transparency.
www.wired.com
July 31, 2026 at 11:54 AM
We're really excited to have the Baochip-1x featured in this year's DEFCON conference badge. Read more at www.wired.com/story/defcon...! Hope to see you there.
Reposted by Theo Beutel
I’ve been working on an Exaclidraw fork for about a week that syncs your drawings to your Atmosphere account as well as uses Iroh for realtime encrypted end to end collaborative work. I feel like it’s at a stage where I can share it.
Meet lexidraw.app!
Meet lexidraw.app!
Lexidraw, an Excalidraw fork where your drawings follow you
Lexidraw is an Excalidraw fork where your drawings follow you. Share publicly with the Atmosphere or privately with iroh.
lexidraw.app
July 27, 2026 at 1:59 AM
I’ve been working on an Exaclidraw fork for about a week that syncs your drawings to your Atmosphere account as well as uses Iroh for realtime encrypted end to end collaborative work. I feel like it’s at a stage where I can share it.
Meet lexidraw.app!
Meet lexidraw.app!
Reposted by Theo Beutel
Mumbai is calling. 🇮🇳
Global tickets for Devcon 8 are now live.
This is the one to be in the room for.
November 3-6
Global tickets for Devcon 8 are now live.
This is the one to be in the room for.
November 3-6
July 14, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Mumbai is calling. 🇮🇳
Global tickets for Devcon 8 are now live.
This is the one to be in the room for.
November 3-6
Global tickets for Devcon 8 are now live.
This is the one to be in the room for.
November 3-6
Only two more weeks until speaker applications close!
This year‘s #Ethereum @devcon.org in Mumbai 🇮🇳 will, amongst others, feature a track on „𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬, 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞“:
Please consider submitting, and please encourage others who can report learnings from case studies of digital rights delivery in precarious contexts especially.
Please consider submitting, and please encourage others who can report learnings from case studies of digital rights delivery in precarious contexts especially.
Devcon 8 speaker applications are open!
This is your chance to showcase your work to the Ethereum community in Mumbai.
No speaker bureau. No invite-only list. Just research, ideas, tools, lessons, & hard-won knowledge that can help move Ethereum forward.
APPLY: devcon.org/en/speaker-applications/
This is your chance to showcase your work to the Ethereum community in Mumbai.
No speaker bureau. No invite-only list. Just research, ideas, tools, lessons, & hard-won knowledge that can help move Ethereum forward.
APPLY: devcon.org/en/speaker-applications/
July 22, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Only two more weeks until speaker applications close!
Reposted by Theo Beutel
Today there is DoD Stammtisch on board of @c-base.org - and some friends still in town from @getdweb.net camp will come over.
July 15, 2026 at 8:23 AM
Today there is DoD Stammtisch on board of @c-base.org - and some friends still in town from @getdweb.net camp will come over.
„[...] the world must acknowledge that the US is increasingly abandoning a role it played for decades—including to its own advantage—namely, that of guarantor of global public goods.“
Translated from the German original:
Translated from the German original:
Krieg im Iran: Wie mit der Nato, so mit dem Golf | DIE ZEIT
Donald Trump setzt die Iran-Blockade wieder in Kraft. Er zerstört damit die Legitimation des US-Einsatzes: die Freiheit der Seewege. Das ist gefährlicher Irrsinn.
www.zeit.de
July 15, 2026 at 7:00 AM
„[...] the world must acknowledge that the US is increasingly abandoning a role it played for decades—including to its own advantage—namely, that of guarantor of global public goods.“
Translated from the German original:
Translated from the German original:
This year‘s #Ethereum @devcon.org in Mumbai 🇮🇳 will, amongst others, feature a track on „𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬, 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞“:
Please consider submitting, and please encourage others who can report learnings from case studies of digital rights delivery in precarious contexts especially.
Please consider submitting, and please encourage others who can report learnings from case studies of digital rights delivery in precarious contexts especially.
Devcon 8 speaker applications are open!
This is your chance to showcase your work to the Ethereum community in Mumbai.
No speaker bureau. No invite-only list. Just research, ideas, tools, lessons, & hard-won knowledge that can help move Ethereum forward.
APPLY: devcon.org/en/speaker-applications/
This is your chance to showcase your work to the Ethereum community in Mumbai.
No speaker bureau. No invite-only list. Just research, ideas, tools, lessons, & hard-won knowledge that can help move Ethereum forward.
APPLY: devcon.org/en/speaker-applications/
July 13, 2026 at 8:01 AM
This year‘s #Ethereum @devcon.org in Mumbai 🇮🇳 will, amongst others, feature a track on „𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬, 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞“:
Please consider submitting, and please encourage others who can report learnings from case studies of digital rights delivery in precarious contexts especially.
Please consider submitting, and please encourage others who can report learnings from case studies of digital rights delivery in precarious contexts especially.
Reposted by Theo Beutel
Devcon 8 speaker applications are open!
This is your chance to showcase your work to the Ethereum community in Mumbai.
No speaker bureau. No invite-only list. Just research, ideas, tools, lessons, & hard-won knowledge that can help move Ethereum forward.
APPLY: devcon.org/en/speaker-applications/
This is your chance to showcase your work to the Ethereum community in Mumbai.
No speaker bureau. No invite-only list. Just research, ideas, tools, lessons, & hard-won knowledge that can help move Ethereum forward.
APPLY: devcon.org/en/speaker-applications/
July 9, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Devcon 8 speaker applications are open!
This is your chance to showcase your work to the Ethereum community in Mumbai.
No speaker bureau. No invite-only list. Just research, ideas, tools, lessons, & hard-won knowledge that can help move Ethereum forward.
APPLY: devcon.org/en/speaker-applications/
This is your chance to showcase your work to the Ethereum community in Mumbai.
No speaker bureau. No invite-only list. Just research, ideas, tools, lessons, & hard-won knowledge that can help move Ethereum forward.
APPLY: devcon.org/en/speaker-applications/
https://orgsci.org/: This reads like open science, and - may I dare to say - like the alternative future DeSci could have taken a few years ago! Is this a new beginning?
www.linkedin.com/pos...
www.linkedin.com/pos...
Organization Science - AI-Assisted Frontiers in Organizational Science - Special Issue
AI-Assisted Frontiers in Organizational Science
orgsci.org
July 6, 2026 at 10:34 PM
https://orgsci.org/: This reads like open science, and - may I dare to say - like the alternative future DeSci could have taken a few years ago! Is this a new beginning?
www.linkedin.com/pos...
www.linkedin.com/pos...
Reposted by Theo Beutel
🚀 Building and advocating for open source together - partner with the European Open Source Academy (EOSA)!
👉 Interested in joining as a Subscriber or Knowledge Partner? Explore the Partnership Page: europeanopensource.academy/news/europea...
👉 Interested in joining as a Subscriber or Knowledge Partner? Explore the Partnership Page: europeanopensource.academy/news/europea...
July 1, 2026 at 1:48 PM
🚀 Building and advocating for open source together - partner with the European Open Source Academy (EOSA)!
👉 Interested in joining as a Subscriber or Knowledge Partner? Explore the Partnership Page: europeanopensource.academy/news/europea...
👉 Interested in joining as a Subscriber or Knowledge Partner? Explore the Partnership Page: europeanopensource.academy/news/europea...