Martin Köppelmann I Better Money with Gnosis I Pragma Bangkok 2024

Discover how Martin Köppelmann, founder of Gnosis, has spent over a decade exploring “Circles”—a radical new approach to money focused on fairness, continuous issuance, and built-in demurrage. Martin explains how “personal currencies” and “web-of-trust” allow anyone to issue their own tokens, creating a resilient peer-to-peer economy. Learn about the history of Circles since its 2020 launch, real-world trials in Berlin, and upcoming Circles 2.0 features like groups and attestations that aim to make money truly equitable and community-driven. If you’re interested in decentralized identity, local economies, universal basic income, and next-generation finance, this talk provides a bold blueprint for reimagining currency. 00:00 Intro: Martin & “Better Money” 00:59 Defining “Circles” 02:58 Idea #1: Single Issuance 04:08 Idea #2: Per-Person, Over Time 05:16 Idea #3: Demurrage 07:00 All Combined: Equilibrium 08:30 Each Person Has Their Own Token 09:06 The Trust System 12:00 Circles in 2020 Launch 13:20 Using Circles in Berlin 16:00 Circles as Radical Approach 17:57 Relational ID Concept 18:37 Circles 2.0 & Groups 19:40 Developer Release & Next Steps 20:15 Final Thoughts + QR _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 🎤 *Pragma Bankgkok* Pragma Bangkok 2024 closed out a year of exceptional Pragma events held around the world, and offered the global Web3 community a chance to hear from founders and builders as they reflect on the past, and look to the future of Web3. Pragma Bangkok 2024 was held on November 14th at the Hyatt Regency Bangkok Sukhumvit in Bangkok, Thailand. Watch the full YouTube Playlist here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXzKMXK2aHh4JNkhnsv5F95OqxT_IjCEl&si=6Tv3CvB6vrQIIjBA ETHGlobal's Pragma series, which began in Tokyo in the spring of 2023, has been fostering a curated, global community of individuals who deeply care about web3. You can learn more about Pragma and upcoming events in the series here: https://ethglobal.com/pragma _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ✅ Follow Martin Köppelmann X: https://x.com/koeppelmann ✅ Follow Gnosis on X GnosisDAO: https://x.com/gnosisDAO Gnosis Chain: https://x.com/gnosischain Gnosis Safe: https://x.com/gnosisSafe Gnosis Guild: https://x.com/gnosisguild Gnosis Pay: https://x.com/gnosispay ✅ Follow Kartik Talwar X: https://x.com/therealkartik Warpcast: https://warpcast.com/kartik ✅ Follow ETHGlobal X: https://x.com/ETHGlobal​ Warpcast: https://warpcast.com/ethglobal Website: https://ethglobal.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ETHGlobal _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Are you interested in Ethereum development and entrepreneurship? 👉 Sign up for the next ETHGlobal event: https://ethglobal.com/events 🎁 Get exclusive access and perks with ETHGlobal Plus! https://ethglobal.com/plus 📣 Want us to throw an event in your city? Tell us where! https://ethglobal.com/city _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _