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What pop-up cities have proven so far, and how to make it travel further
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Speaker: Jimin Lee
Type: Talk
Expertise: Some familiarity with the topic
Event: Devcon
Date: Nov 2026
Pop-up cities are temporary, curated communities, typically running weeks to months, that grew out of the Ethereum ecosystem as an attempt to carry its values and coordination experiments into a physical, social setting. The talk draws on 7+ months of field research and a flagship report covering their economic models, governance and community outcomes; the scope is pop-up cities in the Ethereum and cypherpunk context rather than the wider set of residencies and adjacent projects. It covers what has been proven at the participant and organisational level, where compounding at the ecosystem level remains open, and how those outcomes, in education, governance, community health and matchmaking, can be distributed beyond the format, to schools, local communities, city councils and people who will never attend one. Details may be adjusted closer to the event.
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