1. Welcome ALL [image]
- Welcome to the weekly dose of public goods goodness
2. Jam corner with the PG band aka @Sov
- Original one by Sov - Solace
3. Miscellaneous ENS updates of general interest
- 2 live proposales
- Vote here: https://dao.ens.gregskril.com/
- Social ENS event in Argentina: ENS in Buenos Aires · Luma
- ETHRome was a big success with 65 projects.
3. The October PG WG funding request is live
- Budget for the October window for the Public Goods Working Group is up.
- This is the last budget request before the end of the term.
- It will stay on the forum for discussion and then move up for a vote.
- Everyone is encouraged to comment and ask questions.
4. Hackatsuon wrapup presentation
“We supported a two-week residency and hackathon in Kesennuma City, a rural port town of 60,000 people, six hours from Tokyo, heavily hit by the 2011 earthquake. The team will present all the results and takeaways from the event.”
- Residency program + hackathon in Japan.
- Lots of partners and sponsors, including ENS, EF, Centrum, and others.
- Worked with the local government on local challenges.
- Purpose of workshops was to build directly with the local government.
- 15 developers from 8 countries came and worked on projects.
- Worked with Curvegrid on developer tooling with hackers.
- The first project was onchain voting system used at the public showcase.
- The governor, despite limited crypto knowledge, successfully voted on-chain.
- Builders continued working on projects after the hackathon, meeting with local officials to discuss implementation at the municipal level.
- The core component was to build open source software with the community, aiming to implement solutions directly with the local government.
- The hackathon made people inspired with the direct impact.
- Local officials are very interested in the hackathon again next year.
- Full presentation here.
5. URBE Campus updates
- The first campus was in Catania and ETHNA campus.
- The schedule included an introduction to blockchain and coding with AI.
- The University of Catania engaged students from various fields.
- Students were grouped with diverse skill sets to build mini-apps
- The second campus was BARI Campus.
- The Ethereum community in Bari is growing
- The attendees were mostly software developers
- More mini-apps were deployed during this campus.
- Supported by OnlyDust, Base, and ENS
- Event numbers:
6. VASP Bill, 2025 passed in Kenya
A historic step for Kenya’s virtual asset economy was taken on 15th October 2025, as the Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASP) Bill, 2025, successfully underwent presidential assent and is now an act of parliament
- Presenting next week
7. Open floor for all questions, proposals and other presentations etc.
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