Devcon Archive logo
Devcon Devconnect Forum Blog
  • Watch
  • Event
    Event: background logo
    • Devcon 7
    • Devcon 6
    • Devcon 5
    • Devcon 4
    • Devcon 3
    • Devcon 2
    • Devcon 1
    • Devcon 0
    • Devconnect ARG
  • Categories
    Categories: background logo
    • Cryptoeconomics
    • Devcon
    • Developer Experience
    • Coordination
    • Core Protocol
    • Layer 2s
    • Real World Ethereum
    • Cypherpunk & Privacy
    • Security
    • Applied Cryptography
    • Usability
  • Playlists

Suggested

Loading results..

View all

About Devcon —

Devcon is the Ethereum conference for developers, researchers, thinkers, and makers.

An intensive introduction for new Ethereum explorers, a global family reunion for those already a part of our ecosystem, and a source of energy and creativity for all.

  • Watch
  • Devcon
  • Devconnect
  • Forum
  • Blog

Get in touch

devcon@ethereum.org

Subscribe to our newsletter

Crafted with passion ❤️ at the Ethereum Foundation

© 2026 — Ethereum Foundation. All Rights Reserved.

devcon8 / tragedy of the ethereum security commons

  • YouTube
Tragedy of the Ethereum Security Commons preview
  • Details

Tragedy of the Ethereum Security Commons

Duration: NaN:NaN:NaN

Speaker: Griff Green, Josselin Feist

Type: Mixed Format

Expertise: No prior knowledge

Event: Devcon

Date: Nov 2026

We spend a fortune on security, yet users still lose money to hacks every day. Security scales beautifully, but its like Ethereum is an apartment building and every project secures it's own apartment but almost nobody is contributing to the building's security. If 20 apartments each install cameras, collectively they pay 10x more for worse coverage than one building-wide system with someone watching it 24/7. Elinor Ostrom won a Nobel prize for showing how we can use coordination to overcome tragedy of the commons issues almost 20 years ago. Josselin Feist (Aave) and I think it's time we put this knowledge to work in as an ecosystem and coordinate to secure the Ethereum commons.

Categories

SecurityDAOsPublic GoodsCoordination