In response to the communique adopted at the G2019 summit chaired by Japan in June 6, which clearly stated the "importance of multi-stakeholder dialogue in decentralized finance," the 20th general meeting (Block #2020) of the Blockchain Governance Initiative Network (hereinafter referred to as BGIN), which was established in April 4, will be held in Sydney, Australia from November 9th to November 9nd. Each session of BGIN is not a panel discussion, and although there are people who mainly lead the discussion (Main Discussants), anyone can participate in the discussion, and the results of the discussion are left as meeting notes and used for subsequent document creation. Many stakeholders from Japan, including the Financial Services Agency, Bank of Japan, business, engineers, and academia, will participate on-site and take part in the discussion for document creation. Of course, it is best to participate on-site, but remote participation is also possible, so please join us (Click here to apply) I would appreciate it.
Highlights of each day
The highlights of each day are as follows. (Adapted from Professor Matsuo's blog at Georgetown University...)
Day 1 (Blockchain Governance)
On the first day, we will once again discuss blockchain governance, a topic for which grassroots technological development is advancing. Blockchain governance was also discussed at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) held in Kyoto in October, and we will hold a discussion with members who participated in the IGF, financial regulators, and blockchain engineers to discuss the challenges of blockchain governance and how governance should be. In addition, after a lecture on Ethereum governance from the Ethereum Foundation, we will identify governance issues and discuss future documentation activities.
Day 2 (Finance Applications)
In the morning of the second day, we will re-examine the meaning of decentralization in the financial application of blockchain, and then discuss how things that look like "money" but are slightly different, such as CBDC, deposit tokens, stablecoins, crypto assets, and DeFi, should work together.
The event will begin with a keynote on decentralized finance at MakerDAO, followed by a discussion on the collaboration between CBDCs, deposit tokens, stablecoins, crypto assets, and DeFi, with central banks, academia, stablecoin providers, and blockchain engineers discussing the differences in their respective natures, how they can work together, and the direction of future documentation.
Next, the US government will hold a session chaired by Carole House, who previously worked in the White House to draft executive orders on digital assets, to discuss the R&D strategy for standardizing digital assets that the government is currently considering. The session will also include the chair of TC307 and members of NIST.
In the afternoon, there will be a workshop session, divided into two parallel sessions, with each session lasting 2 minutes for editing and discussing specific documents.
- Stablecoin pain points
- Decentralized Application Transparency and DeFi Health
- CBDC and Privacy
- Smart Contract Security and Governance
Day 3 (Identity, Key Management, Privacy)
In the morning, Fabian Schar, co-author of the currently controversial book co-authored by Ethereum developer Vitalik Butelin, will give a keynote on a new form of KYC/AML using Privacy Pools. Afterwards, Zooko Wilcox, head of ZCash and cypherpunk, will join us to discuss how to deploy it and how it can be understood by multiple stakeholders.
After that, we will discuss wallets, which are an important component of blockchain security, privacy, and business. Daniel Goldscheider, head of the Open Wallet Foundation, will discuss the construction of secure wallets and their integration with multi-party computation.
In the afternoon, there will be a workshop session, divided into two parallel sessions, with each session lasting 2 minutes for editing and discussing specific documents.
- Zero-knowledge proofs and their applications
- Wallet Accountability
- Privacy Impact of WorldCoin
- Digital identity
Day 4 (Industry Session/Local Blockchain Session)
On the fourth day, we will hold a discussion on trends and challenges in the industry, mainly through presentations and panels from sponsoring companies and organizations, as well as an introduction to blockchain trends in Australia and discussions on their development.
More info…
For more information, including official timetables, please visit the BGIN website.Special pageYou can get a better look at it, so we hope you will take a look at that as well.