Designing Conditional Markets and Futarchy | Devcon SEA

Thu, Oct 2, 2025, 12:00 AM

Conditional markets allow predicting outcomes from potential decisions, enabling what is called futarchy governance, but key design questions remain open. We'll examine specific challenges: aligning founders with investors in protocols, encouraging meaningful participation in decentralized governance, and integrating futarchy modules into existing governance systems. Speaker(s): kas.eth, Robin Hanson Skill level: Intermediate Track: Cryptoeconomics Keywords: market, prediction, DAO, Futarchy, Public good 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/