The investor’s fund, Maelstrom, is focused on assets that gave rise to crypto meme culture.

But previous attempts suggest "culture can't be curated," as one community member said.

ETHDenver is a leading Ethereum-based event that combines hackathons, workshops, and discussions, fostering innovation and community building in the blockchain space. It attracts developers, entrepreneurs, and enthusiasts from around the globe, eager to collaborate and shape the future of decentralized technology. The Defiant was present to film and interview over 50 builders, hackers, founders and more. Full documentary coming soon.

The venture aims to explore the intersection of code and law, culminating in establishing an alternative legal system

Buterin says most promising use cases will be where the underlying mechanism continues to be designed roughly as before, but the individual players become AIs.

Blockchain developers with one year of experience or more grew by 16% in 2023.

Buterin's 'd/acc' philosophy advocates for a deliberate and balanced path in technological development.

We spent a day at Jesse's hacker house during EthCC [6], where only a few have access. We discovered and documented the inner workings of the Rust house where complex engineering problems are tackled. But, there's more than meets the eye with this lot.