What we learned bringing decentralized justice to Argentine citizens

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Speaker: Facundo Trotz

Type: Lightning Talk

Expertise: No prior knowledge

Event: Devcon

Date: Nov 2026

Argentina is running the first pilots of Kleros, an Ethereum-based dispute resolution protocol used by Mendoza Province and a small city called Junín, to resolve everyday consumer disputes: cases too small for a lawyer and too numerous for backlogged offices to handle quickly. I'll share what we've learned putting decentralized dispute resolution in front of real citizens and real government processes: what changed, what surprised us, and the tension it exposed immediately, how a protocol built for transparency can guarantee privacy and data protection. I participated in and discussed thoroughly with regulators to make this happen, and would like to share my findings: why the model is genuinely working and is promising for granting citizens quick access to justice, where it's still fragile, and how this surfaces the privacy-first agenda as something we can actually agree on with governments.