Pre-Devcon discussion on Decentralized Governance - DeFi, DAOs, policy & the human layer
A very interesting and unfiltered roundtable on how decentralization and governance works.
Blockcast Podcast: Designing Decentralization with Governance, Power and Economics
Tanisha Katara joins the discussion to unpack three structural tensions inside modern crypto governance: validator power concentration, voter apathy, and the emerging role of AI agents in decision-making systems.
EthCC 2025: Incentive Design for Validators & ZK Provers
Comparing mechanism design approaches: double auctions for ZK proof markets and reputation scores for fairer staking rewards.
EthCC 2025: The Case for Validator Reputation
Data shows we're recreating financial inequality at the node level. Reputation-based systems offer a path back to real decentralization.
Devconnect Panel: The AI-Governed DAO: Fiction or Inevitable Future?
The rise of AI is reshaping every layer of coordination, and governance won’t be the exception.
Designing Governance That Scales: Lessons from Filecoin’s Constellation Program
Exploring how decentralized systems can evolve from experimentation to institutional maturity, building resilient, transparent, and adaptive governance.
Devcon 2024: Governance Innovation Talk
This presentation shows the influence of market conditions on voter tendencies and innovations relating to governance.
Governance and Security Podcast.
Ever wondered how DAOs manage treasuries, handle hacks, and engage communities? Tune into this podcast.
Constellation Program: Mapping the Next Phase of Filecoin Governance
Governance must be adversarial-resilient first, ‘feel-good community-driven’ second.
Devconnect 2025 Panel: What do we need to learn from and experiment with?
Charting out why governance and decentralization are needed and what lessons can be drawn from the experiments so far
Devconnect 2025: Treasury Design and Economics
Discussing how governance designers should lean more heavily into optimizing governance as a means to (token) value accrual.
Devconnect: Balancing Foundations, DAOs and Communities
Exploring governance case studies across all Tanisha’s clients and how they resolve imbalance between communities and foundations
Devconnect Argentina: Ethereum Privacy Stack
Exploring bribe resistance, Sybil-proof identity, and privacy-preserving mechanisms in governance and funding.
Permissionless Capital (Recording Unavailable)
Invited as a judge for a web3 start up contest that focused on incubating and encouraging new startups
The Future of Reputation in Web3 at Dev3 Con
We brainstorm on how a meritocracy driven reputation can create powerful utilities for Proof of Stake
Validators and Staking: Deutsche Telekom
We discuss validator admission, reputation and staking mechanisms. Tune in to learn more!
Smart Business Structures
How founders, community leaders and professionals can leverage the opportunities in the blockchain space
Polygon Getting Shit Done: Reshaping Governance
We discuss the launch of a new research paper and a new product: Polygon Governance Hub.
Unstoppable Women Panel, Paris
What is it to be a woman in the web3 space and how do we actively encourage more women to enter this space?
How does a DAO or a company sustain in web3?
For the Indian audience, we talk about Sharma ji ki beti and how her life would have played out in Web3
Talk at ETH Tallinn: The first ETH event in the Baltics
We breakdown reputation frameworks, create checklists and extend applications beyond governance.
Paris Polkadot: Keynote Speech
Want to be in a Shakespeare play AND learn about Governance and Reputation? I hope you enjoy this talk
Big Players in Business: Multiple Web3 Use Cases
In Dubai, on a panel discussion, we dive deep into prediction markets, Bitcoin, Dapps struggles and more
Blockchain Life 2025: How do we build value accrual for blockchains
Methodologies, economics and case studies to build value accrual for a treasury