Blockchain and the economy of online information by Guo Liu | Devcon SEA

Thu, Oct 2, 2025, 12:00 AM

Blockchain technology started as the ledger for Bitcoin and bloomed as the backbone of DeFi. As a database, blockchains are ridiculously slow and expensive. Where it has the potential to reshape the internet, is in nothing else but the economy of information. So let's take a look at the economics of the information that we consume online, and see how and where blockchain technology fits in. Speaker(s): Guo Liu Skill level: Beginner Track: Real World Ethereum Keywords: Identity, Digital Sovereignty, Regenerative Applications, digital, space, Decentralization, DeSci, Economics, Mechanism design, Use Cases 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/