Technical: writing a vesting contract

• A very common use-case of tokens is to “lock them up” so that a pre-defined owner only can get access to their tokens (similar to holding shares of a company) only after a certain time. This ensures that they stick around long enough to unlock this benefit.
• Creating this smart contract could be one small smart contract project!
  • Creation of the token
  • Locking the token into a smart contract
  • Defining a released date of the tokens
  • Defining conditions for release (e.g. the person must hold an NFT, for example this could be an NFT that’s only issued by the CEO of the company and would represent a statement that the employee has worked sufficiently long)
• Tech: Aiken smart contract!

Governance

• The Network State, Balaji Srinivasan
  • Article
• Exploring Cardano’s Voltaire era
  • Vote happening: https://icc-election.intersectmbo.org/
• Why is governance important?
• What are the threads of debate going on in Cardano right now?

Bitcoin & Cardano

• Comparing Bitcoin and Cardano
• How are they similar? Different?
• Philosophies?
• Technologies?

Blockchain for Development

• Why is blockchain particularly useful in emerging economies?