894 days to Funding the Commons Tokyo

894 days to Funding the Commons Tokyo｜Taiyo Hamada Funding the Commons Tokyo 2024 / Taiyo Hamada

This document will be very useful for historians 100 years from now when they look into digital democracy in Japan.

Create a commentary on the flow of history for people to refer to 100 years from now. Below is a description of the historical flow leading up to Funding the Commons Tokyo (FtC Tokyo) for reference by those 100 years from now:

1. early 2000s: the budding of Internet thought - Theories of new social systems, such as Gyojin Karatani's "Structure of World History" appeared.
   • Law and Liberty in the Digital Age is discussed in Lawrence Lessig's CODE and elsewhere.
2. 2010s: The Rise of Blockchain Technology - Beginning with the advent of bitcoin (2009), attention to decentralized technology increased. - The advent of ethereum (2015) opens up the possibility of [smart contract
3. early 2020s: Web3 and DeSci concept formation
   • The concept of distributed science (DeSci) is proposed (2022).
   • Communities such as DeSci Tokyo are being formed in Japan.
4. 2023: Revitalizing the Digital Democracy Debate
   • Publication project of "Plurality" by Audrey Tang and Glen Weyl et al.
   • Start of translation project in Japan, formation of soil for discussion
5. 2024: Holding FtC Tokyo
   • Held as an international conference on July 24-25
     • digital public goods, DeSci, discussing the integration of blockchain technology.
   • Introducing the Japanese context (e.g., "Smooth Society and Its Enemies") to the international community
6. 2024 and beyond: To specific initiatives
   • Starting with FtC Tokyo, cooperation deepened both domestically and internationally.
   • Practical projects on digital democracy and public goods launched

FtC Tokyo is positioned as an important milestone in bridging these ideas and technologies to concrete social implementations.

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