devcon 7 / civic tech meets dao lessons from japans largest digital public goods community
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Civic Tech Meets DAO: Lessons from Japan's Largest Digital Public Goods Community
Duration: 00:24:11
Speaker: Hal Seki
Type: Talk
Expertise: Beginner
Event: Devcon
Date: Nov 2024
Code for Japan, Japan's largest civic tech community, is implementing DAO concepts and Ethereum coordination mechanisms to enhance its decentralized structure and sustain open-source projects. This talk explores our journey in applying on-chain governance to an established volunteer-based community, highlighting our approaches to contribution visualization and project support using NFTs and QF. We'll share key challenges, solutions, and learnings from bridging web2 and web3 in civic tech.
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