Protocol Guild: funding the Ethereum commons by Trent Van Epps | Devcon SEA

Thu, Oct 2, 2025, 12:00 AM

Ethereum produces shared resources within the commons frame. Protocol Guild is a way collectively fund the people maintaining the crucial underlying software, while rebalancing the incentives to do this work relative to the broader industry context. The entire ecosystem benefits when there is consistent incentives to recognize this work. Speaker(s): Trent Van Epps Skill level: Beginner Track: Core Protocol Keywords: Gaming, theory Follow us: https://twitter.com/efdevcon, https://twitter.com/ethereum, https://warpcast.com/devcon Learn more about devcon: https://www.devcon.org/ Learn more about ethereum: https://ethereum.org/ Visit the https://archive.devcon.org/ to gain access to the entire library of Devcon talks with the ease of filtering, playlists, personalized suggestions, decentralized access on Swarm, IPFS and more. Devcon is the Ethereum conference for developers, researchers, thinkers, and makers. Devcon SEA was held in Bangkok, Thailand on Nov 12 - Nov 15, 2024. Devcon is organized and presented by the Ethereum Foundation. To find out more, please visit https://ethereum.foundation/