Blockchain Against Evil

Jeffrey Ladish, David Noble, and Sonya Mann.

Whitehat Supervillains

<H2>Why</H2>
<P>Imagine that you're a supervillain and you want to fund your dastardly plans. You know what might come in handy? Decentralized, censorship-resistant, anonymous payments technology.</P>
<P>As members of the nascent blockchain industry, we plan to keep building that technology anyway, but we want to minimize the opportunities for supervillains. (Or even regular villains.)</P>
<P>The organizers of Blockchain Against Evil believe that an open, permissionless financial system will have tremendous benefits for civil society. At the same time, it will enable bad actors to wreak havoc in new ways. Even if the harm doesn't outweigh the good, limiting harm is still a worthwhile goal.</P>
<H2>What</H2>
<P>Blockchain Against Evil is an opportunity to come together and brainstorm: What might bad actors come up with? How can the rest of us can design around their ill intentions without limiting everyone's freedom?</P>
<P><SPAN>The planned format is for moderators to lead informal group discussions, divided by specific sub-topics. Please see the "When" section for session details.</SPAN></P>
<P>The conversations at Blockchain Against Evil will be held under the <A HREF="https://www.chathamhouse.org/chatham-house-rule" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Chatham House Rule</A>.</P>
<H2>Who</H2>
<UL>
<LI>Jeffrey Ladish from <A HREF="https://www.reserve.org/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Reserve</A></LI>
<LI>David Noble from <A HREF="https://gunclear.io/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Gunclear</A></LI>
<LI>Sonya Mann from the <A HREF="https://z.cash.foundation/" TARGET="_self" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Zcash Foundation</A></LI>
</UL>
<P>The organizers' respective employers are sponsoring the event.</P>
<P><SPAN>All ticket proceeds will be donated to </SPAN><A HREF="https://openprivacy.ca/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Open Privacy</A><SPAN>, a Canadian nonprofit. "Open Privacy's mandate is to build tools for people and for communities, tools that cannot be used against them, tools that give them control."</SPAN></P>
<H2>When</H2>
<P>Wednesday, December 5th</P>
<P>11am – 11:30am<BR>registration, coffee</P>
<P>11:30am – 12pm<BR>event introduction</P>
<P>12pm – 1pm<BR></P>
<UL>
<LI><A HREF="https://twitter.com/derek_hsue" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Derek Hsue</A> and <A HREF="https://twitter.com/wnhuangtw" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Wei-Ning Huang</A> on the privacy issues posed by open blockchain data</LI>
<LI><A HREF="https://twitter.com/izmeckler?lang=en" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Izaak Meckler</A> on how the cryptocurrency world can replicate societal inequities</LI>
</UL>
<P>1pm – 2pm<BR>break for lunch</P>
<P>2pm – 3pm<BR></P>
<UL>
<LI><A HREF="https://twitter.com/_jillruth" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Jill Carlson</A>, <A HREF="https://twitter.com/alegw" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Alejandro Machado</A>, and <A HREF="https://twitter.com/ClassWithNoble" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">David Noble</A> on states using cryptocurrencies (including fake ones)</LI>
<LI><A HREF="https://twitter.com/tenarmies" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Zera Alexander</A> and <A HREF="https://twitter.com/JeffLadish" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Jeffrey Ladish</A> on ransomware, cryptojacking, and future exploitations not possible without blockchain(s)</LI>
</UL>
<P><SPAN>3pm – 4pm</SPAN><BR></P>
<UL>
<LI><A HREF="https://twitter.com/othercriteria" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Daniel Klein</A> on balancing compassion for victims of scammers with systemic security needs (think immutability)</LI>
<LI><A HREF="https://twitter.com/backus" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">John Backus</A> on how black-market entities tend to approach evading regulation and censorship</LI>
</UL>
<P>4pm – 5pm<BR>summary discussion, sharing takeaways from each session</P>
<P>5pm – 6pm<BR>happy hour</P>
<H2>Where</H2>
<P>The event is located at 1436 Polk Street in San Francisco, between the Nob Hill and Tenderloin neighborhoods, within a 20-minute walk of either the Powell or Civic Center BART stations.</P>
<P>We will provide snacks and refreshments, including beer and wine during the happy hour, but attendees are expected to either bring their own lunch or visit one of the many delicious local restaurants.</P>
<H2>Questions?</H2>
<P>Email sonya@z.cash.foundation.</P>

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