Join us for the March DWeb Meetup for a featured presentation by Marta Belcher, Board Chair of the new Filecoin Foundation (FF) & Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW). The mission of the FFDW is to ensure the permanent preservation of humanity’s most important information by stewarding the development of open-source software and open protocols for decentralized data storage and retrieval networks.

Then we will learn the latest from a range of projects across the DWeb Ecosystem:

• STACKS -- Co-Founder, Muneeb Ali, shares lessons from the five years leading up to the Stacks 2.0 main net launch in January. Stacks enables you to build decentralized apps and smart contracts on top of Bitcoin.

• PLANETARY.SOCIAL-- the decentralized social media app built on the Secure Scuttlebutt Protocol launched in January 2021. Learn from founder Evan Henshaw-Plath what it takes to launch a design-focused Dweb social media app.

• DISTRIBUTED PRESS--founder Benedict Lau & team have built an open-source tool to help everyone publish to the distributed web. This publishing tool makes it easy for creators to seed content to DWeb ecosystems from IPFS, Hypercore and beyond.

• COMPOST MAG-- founder Mai Ishikawa Sutton & the COMPOST Magazine team have just launched their first edition of a magazine highlighting the best of the digital commons. Available both over the World Wide Web and the DWeb, COMPOST is an experiment in new forms of collaboration, payment, and creative publishing.

• SKYNET-- is decentralized storage for everyone built on the Sia blockchain network. Evangelist Daniel Helm & VP Manasi Vora will show you how developers can take advantage of decentralized storage and web applications, without any of the headaches.

• JOLOCOM -- Kai Wagner from the Berlin-based Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) firm is part of two winning teams in a 48M Euro German innovation competition to build the SDI Projects. Jolocom will share how developers can integrate into their platform-agnostic SSI technology to reach millions of EU citizens across 40 use cases poised to scale.

• KEYKO.IO -- Dimitri De Jonghe will present the Keyko project "Arts Progression Now" to onboard, build and deploy Web3 solutions that empower artists. This entails leveraging the power of decentralization, blockchain and tokens to explore new value paradigms for artists

• DISCO PROJECT -- Irene López de Vallejo will present DisCO's approach to people working together to create value in ways that are cooperative, commons-oriented and rooted in feminist economics. DisCOs are amplified by the power of Distributed Ledger/Blockchain technologies, harnessing the utility of tech without being completely tech-centric.

• DWEB PRINCIPLES "ROAST & TOAST" -- John Ryan & Mauve will host our first "roast and toast"--applauding a project for its alignment with DWeb principles and prodding it toward areas of improvement. With gentle humor and abundant goodwill, we'll test one project against the values we all aspire to.

As with all of our DWeb Meetups, these lightning talks will provide an opportunity for us to learn from others and explore potential partnerships and collaboration. (We ask for less “product pitch” and more sharing important lessons.)

We will have lightning rounds of 5 minute talks with 2 minutes of Q&A in Zoom. Afterwards, we will head to Gather.town for socializing and networking.

Featured Speaker: Marta Belcher

Marta Belcher is board chair of the Filecoin Foundation and the Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralization Web. She also serves as outside general counsel for Protocol Labs and special counsel to the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Marta is a pioneer in blockchain law and represents the Blockchain Association as well as other companies, industry associations, and civil liberties organizations in matters related to blockchain and public policy. Marta has spoken about blockchain law around the world, including testifying in the New York Senate and speaking in U.S. Congress, European Parliament, the OECD, and in Davos during the World Economic Forum. Marta has drafted amicus briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. appellate courts for high-profile public interest organizations, including EFF, the Center for Democracy & Technology, Public Knowledge, the Cato Institute, the National Consumers' League, Project Gutenberg, and the Blockchain Association. Marta has been recognized twice by the Financial Times Innovative Lawyer awards and was named to Law360's list of Top Attorneys Under 40.

SCHEDULE

DWEB NODE TIMES: SF/Seattle: 10:00 AM / Phoenix: 11 AM/ Austin: Noon / Boston: 1 PM / Sao Paulo: 3 PM / London: 6 PM / Prague-Berlin: 7 PM / Perm: 11 PM / Shanghai: 2 AM next day / Sydney: 5AM next day / Auckland 7 AM next day

The following times are in Pacific Time:

10:00 AM - Welcome & Announcements

10:05 AM - Featured Speaker & Q & A

10:30 AM - Lightning talks & Q & A

11:15 AM - Post-Event Socializing on Gather.town

Questions?

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