# Growing the Infinite Garden With Knowledge | Yaniv Tal at Pragma Prague 2025

- Channel: [ETHGlobal](https://streameth.org/ethglobal)
- Date: 2025-10-09
- Duration: 19:58
- Topics: Yaniv Tal, The Graph, Geo Browser, Web3, knowledge graphs, GRC20, composable data, decentralized applications, Ethereum, information organization, NFT metadata, social media, governance, truth verification, public policy, coordination problems, data silos, interoperability, entity-relationship models, news verification, peer review, academic integrity, Notion alternative, community governance, decentralized knowledge, information overload, Web3 standards
- Watch: https://streameth.org/watch/yt-_4rTEA-zAIY
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4rTEA-zAIY

## Description

In this talk at Pragma Prague 2025, Yaniv Tal, founder of The Graph, explores the future of Web3 beyond DeFi through composable knowledge graphs. He introduces GRC20, a new standard for organizing open, verifiable knowledge on-chain, and demonstrates how Geo Browser enables community-governed information sharing.

Learn how decentralized knowledge graphs can tackle real-world challenges like public policy, news verification, and coordination at internet scale. A must-watch for builders interested in next-gen Web3 applications, Ethereum infrastructure, and decentralized information systems.

00:00 Introduction to Yaniv Tal and the infinite garden vision
00:57 Web3 beyond DeFi: The need for real-world applications
01:40 NFTs as the first non-financial Web3 primitive
02:57 Standardizing NFT metadata and composability challenges
03:31 The limitations of current Web3 social platforms
04:06 GRC20: A new standard for composable knowledge
05:22 Breaking data silos with open knowledge graphs
05:59 Knowledge graphs as Web3's missing primitive
06:37 Case study: Tracking Ethereum Foundation changes
07:44 Solving societal challenges with decentralized knowledge
08:16 Homelessness in SF as a coordination problem
08:49 Data vs information vs knowledge explained
09:23 Geo Browser: A Notion-like interface for shared knowledge
10:05 Community-governed knowledge spaces
10:34 Improving on Reddit with accretive knowledge
11:09 GRC20: Publishing knowledge on-chain
12:25 Governance models for decentralized truth
12:55 Academic peer review vs journalistic integrity
13:58 Example: Representing Prague as a knowledge entity
14:31 Interoperable IDs for global knowledge graphs
15:43 Making sense of information overload (UFO example)
16:16 Geo's news verification experiment
17:28 Developer tools for building on knowledge graphs
18:05 Geo Genesis: Web3 Notion with governance
18:48 The coming Web3 revolution in knowledge organization

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🇨🇿 *Pragma Prague*
Pragma Prague 2025 was held on May 29th at Holešovice Market in Prague, Czech Republic and was an in-person summit for builders and leaders in the web3 ecosystem. This event was in collaboration with ETH Prague. Watch the full Pragma Prague YouTube Playlist here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXzKMXK2aHh7vLS72NelQ2dOx2VgPNxJZ&si=lQumFEDOqD_CNswb 

ETHGlobal's Pragma series takes place in cities around the world, and is designed to be a different kind of event. Pragma is a one-stage conference with founders-only on stage, bringing together a small group of curated attendees and speakers to discuss the future of web3 and reflect on the past. 

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