INDIVIDUAL TALK: ADAPTABILITY IN DIGITAL CURRENCY

Speaker

Holger Klein, Decred Contributor

As the cryptocurrency ecosystem has grown, it has revolutionised the world of finance which has had to adapt. However, cryptocurrencies themselves have proven to be highly adaptable, particularly due to the often decentralised and/or distributed nature of the development teams working on them.

This talk will examine the emergence of hybrid PoW/PoS consensus mechanisms, explore the concept of blockrewards and differentiate between onchain and offchain governance. It will also cover the possibility for new projects to be self-funded, particularly if they are open source decentralised projects.