# Jeff Coleman at ETHWaterloo: Blockchains and Mechanism Design

- Channel: [ETHGlobal](https://streameth.org/ethglobal)
- Date: 2018-10-09
- Duration: 27:41
- Topics: ethwaterloo, hack the north, hackathon, vitalik buterin, jeff coleman, ethereum, blockchain, ico, token, decentralization, mechanism design, cryptoeconomics, state channels
- Watch: https://streameth.org/watch/yt-9j0zTQ8u4II
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9j0zTQ8u4II

## Description

Jeff Coleman is a professional technology consultant living in Toronto, Canada. He is a passionate innovator, educator, and an expert in the emerging field of cryptographic blockchain technologies. At ETHWaterloo he gives a talk on mechanism design with thoughts on when you actually need a blockchain.

To learn more about ETHWaterloo, visit https://ethwaterloo.com.