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Protocol Berg v2 @protocol.berlin · 04/06/2025

Matthew Stephenson presents Veiling, an intents-based method that allows protocols to handle oracle uncertainty transparently, enabling fair transactions under unknown prices and avoiding forks or gaslighting users.

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Protocol Berg v2 @protocol.berlin · 04/06/2025

Andrew Macpherson, Shtuka Research, introduces automated payment allocation mechanisms for decentralized storage in swarm, showing how a microeconomic approach using Tullock contests can drive efficient pricing and healthy competition among service providers.

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Protocol Berg v2 @protocol.berlin · 04/06/2025

žygimantas , interchain.io, presents a novel method for testing blockchains before and during production, detailing how critical components like consensus, state machines, and communication protocols are validated and analyzed using pre-mainnet data.

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Protocol Berg v2 @protocol.berlin · 04/06/2025

Seres István András will analyze how Ethereum’s RANDAO can be exploited, introducing the RANDAO forking attack, a strategy that undermines fairness and reliability by selectively forking blocks for profit, and shows how it may be more harmful than previously studied selfish mixing attacks.

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Protocol Berg v2 @protocol.berlin · 04/06/2025

Nikita Polianskii , iota.org , introduces Starfish, a partially synchronous DAG-based BFT protocol that combines certified security with low-latency efficiency using Encoded Cordial Dissemination, enabling linear communication complexity and strong performance in Byzantine conditions.

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Protocol Berg v2 @protocol.berlin · 04/06/2025

Luis Bezzenberger , Andreas Erwig, Marc Harvey-Hill present the "Holy Trinity of Censorship Resistance", enshrined PBS, FOCIL, & encrypted mempools, as a path to restoring fairness and neutrality in Ethereum, with a @gnosischain mainnet demo of encrypted transaction flow from the user perspective.

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Protocol Berg v2 @protocol.berlin · 04/06/2025

Lukas Rajnoha & Michal Převrátil , ackee.xyz , will introduce Manually Guided Fuzzing, a new smart contract security testing method that combines targeted guidance with fuzzing efficiency to improve vulnerability detection in complex DeFi systems.

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Protocol Berg v2 @protocol.berlin · 04/06/2025

@vitalik.ca , @ethereum.foundation , will give a deep dive on his proposal to replace the EVM with RISC-V as Ethereum’s virtual machine, arguing it could dramatically improve both efficiency and simplicity in the execution layer.

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Protocol Berg v2 @protocol.berlin · 27/05/2025

@jthor.bsky.social will explore how to build fully censorship-resistant applications—without compromising user experience. He'll highlight practical tools, common centralization pitfalls, and what it takes to extend decentralization all the way to end users.

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Protocol Berg v2 @protocol.berlin · 27/05/2025

Jeff Strnad from Stanford University will present new research on how different governance models perform epistemically—meaning, how likely they are to reach the right decision. From partial abstention to transfer delegation and prediction markets, this talk dissects what actually works for DAOs.

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Protocol Berg v2 @protocol.berlin · 27/05/2025

Aron Soos will host a hands-on workshop on decentralized storage using ethSwarm, showing how to deploy a site to the network and link it via ENS. He'll also explore the core challenges of building resilient, censorship-resistant storage infrastructure.

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Protocol Berg v2 @protocol.berlin · 27/05/2025

Basti from l2beat will give us a spicy tour of Ethereum scaling’s worst offenders, using sharp technical critique to surface the ecosystem’s unwritten values, and offer a clearer intuition of where alignment falls short and how to improve it.

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Protocol Berg v2 @protocol.berlin · 27/05/2025

Johannes Kühlewindt from @radicle.xyz will discuss how moderation can work in peer-to-peer networks without central authorities, using radicle as a case study. He’ll discuss cryptographic identities, trust graphs, and the balance between openness and governance.

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Protocol Berg v2 @protocol.berlin · 27/05/2025

Mikel Cortes, ProbeLab, will dive into why the networking layer, not consensus or proofs, may be the real bottleneck in P2P systems. He'll unpack the latest research and proposals to optimize GossipSub in libp2p and rethink message propagation at the protocol level.

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Protocol Berg v2 @protocol.berlin · 27/05/2025

Jarrad Hope from Logos will introduce Cryptarchia, a private proof-of-stake protocol that hides validator identities, & Blend, a mixnet for anonymizing block proposals through encrypted broadcasting, artificial traffic, and timing obfuscation.

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Protocol Berg v2 @protocol.berlin · 15/05/2025

"One of the few events with a 100% technical mindset."

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Protocol Berg v2 @protocol.berlin · 15/05/2025

"Decentralized tech untarnished by commercial interests."

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Protocol Berg v2 @protocol.berlin · 15/05/2025

Come to have conversations you don't get anywhere else 🖤

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Protocol Berg v2 @protocol.berlin · 13/05/2025

We don't reduce decentralization to branding.

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Protocol Berg v2 @protocol.berlin · 13/05/2025

The cypherpunk ethos is real.

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Protocol Berg v2 @protocol.berlin · 13/05/2025

"A diverse crowd interested in real conversations and learning, not just shilling their projects."

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Protocol Berg v2 @protocol.berlin · 13/05/2025

Good mix of technical and societal impact talks 😊

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Protocol Berg v2 @protocol.berlin · 13/05/2025

We discuss the most pressing topics.

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Protocol Berg v2 @protocol.berlin · 24/04/2025

Sergei Tikhomirov will present a vision for a Waku Service Marketplace, where developers and users pay independent providers for decentralized messaging services like querying historic messages. Learn how this model reduces centralization, boosts resilience, and reshapes infra incentives.

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Protocol Berg v2 @protocol.berlin · 24/04/2025

Beth Mccarthy & Andrej Berlin will lead a hands-on workshop on socio-technical protocol design. Using structured methods from design thinking, you’ll map behaviours, ideate rule sets, and build protocols that nudge toward positive interaction. Come curious, leave with a concept.

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Protocol Berg v2 @protocol.berlin · 24/04/2025

Ira Nezhynska is hosting a hands-on design workshop for devs-turned-founders ready to take their product to market. Learn how to communicate complex tech with clarity, tap into user aspirations, and craft emotional resonance from first click. This one's for builders with bold vision.

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Protocol Berg v2 @protocol.berlin · 24/04/2025

Dennis Trautwein, of ProbeLab, explores the deceptively tricky question: how many nodes are really in a P2P network? From IPs to ENRs, counting methods vary, and so do the results. This talk unpacks why node counts matter for protocol design, replication, and resourcing.

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Protocol Berg v2 @protocol.berlin · 24/04/2025

Alexander Herrmann presents a new framework that settles multiple auctions in a single transaction. Built on “Priority is All You Need,” SPA improves MEV capture, trade execution, and liquidation efficiency by syncing priority across apps like UniswapX and AMMs.

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Protocol Berg v2 @protocol.berlin · 24/04/2025

Norbert Vadas explores the emerging design space of economic security in ZK proof generation. From parallels with PoW mining to staking, restaking, and alt systems like Proof of Capacity, this talk dives into securing decentralized prover networks; balancing performance, fairness, and resilience.

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Protocol Berg v2 @protocol.berlin · 24/04/2025

Tino Breddin of @hoprnet.bsky.social will lead a hands-on workshop on using the GnosisVPN PoC, a VPN backed by the HOPR mixnet for anonymous Web3 access. Learn to set up your own HOPR node, connect, and contribute to censorship-resistant infrastructure. A peek at what’s next for GnosisVPN.

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Protocol Berg v2 @protocol.berlin · 24/04/2025

Teresa&Zimt will lead a session on the legal and governance dynamics of delegation in DAOs, how power flows, where risks lie, and how to scale responsibly. With real-world examples, legal insights, and potential models for checks and balances, they’ll map the road ahead for decentralized governance.

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Protocol Berg v2 @protocol.berlin · 10/04/2025

Odysseas, Phylax Systems, will introduce the Credible Layer, a novel overlay mechanism enabling contract-based soft forks without protocol changes. He’ll explore how this approach upgrades the STF, adds dapp-level security constraints, and opens the door to user-space protocol innovation.

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Protocol Berg v2 @protocol.berlin · 10/04/2025

Esad Yusuf Atik, of Citrea will ask: What if #bitcoin had rollups? He’ll explore the challenges of using Bitcoin for data availability, the mechanics of BitVM-based bridges, and the surprising possibilities (and hard limits) of scaling Bitcoin without changing its core.

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Protocol Berg v2 @protocol.berlin · 10/04/2025

Arik Galansky, Fireblocks, will explore how recent breakthroughs are bringing MPC to internet scale and solving key challenges in compute, communication, and scalability. Learn how these advances can protect users and unlock broader blockchain adoption.

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Protocol Berg v2 @protocol.berlin · 10/04/2025

@lefterisjp.bsky.social of Rotki, will challenge the idea of “nothing to hide,” exploring privacy in the age of oversharing, public blockchains and centralized data. He’ll examine the trade-offs users and builders face, and propose a more compelling, benefits-driven vision for a privacy-first future

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Protocol Berg v2 @protocol.berlin · 10/04/2025

Gajinder, Lodestar, will unpack the design of Native Rollups, how they integrate execution & data availability on L1, and offer built-in interoperability. He’ll also dive into the EXECUTE precompile EthereumJS experiments with Stage 1 and Stage 2 rollup models.

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Protocol Berg v2 @protocol.berlin · 10/04/2025

* @hudsonjameson.com, Polygon, will tackle the question: how paranoid should we be about wallet security? From threat assessment to crypto inheritance, he'll guide us, whether casual holders or treasury signers, through building a security process that’s smart but not overcomplicated.

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Protocol Berg v2 @protocol.berlin · 10/04/2025

"If Conway's Law is true, then the Berlin cypherpunks are one of the only communities who can build our way out of this mess."

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Protocol Berg v2 @protocol.berlin · 15/03/2025

@momack.bsky.social will explore the evolution of @filecoin.io's storage market, incentive structures, and network resilience. This session will cover key upgrades, current challenges, and the roadmap ahead, offering insights into how these developments shape the future.

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Protocol Berg v2 @protocol.berlin · 15/03/2025

@lisaakselrod.bsky.social, of Atztec Labs, will break down the core components of private blockchains—blended state, client-side proofs, and true zero-knowledge properties—while exploring how they differ from transparent chains.

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Protocol Berg v2 @protocol.berlin · 15/03/2025

Costanza and Ann will explore the cypherpunk ethos through an anthropological lens, arguing that privacy and censorship resistance must be reframed as collective safety issues rather than just technical tools. This talk critiques how web3 discourse has diluted cypherpunk ideals.

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Protocol Berg v2 @protocol.berlin · 15/03/2025

Erin, devops at Parity, will lead an interactive workshop on building scalable testnets that mirror real-world environments. Tthis session will dive into strategies for maintaining simplicity while ensuring robustness in live blockchain networks.

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Protocol Berg v2 @protocol.berlin · 14/03/2025

"Protocol Berg seems to be one of the last major technology conferences for the blockchain space. Not shilling, not maximalist, but the development of free, open source, revolutionary tech."

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Protocol Berg v2 @protocol.berlin · 13/03/2025

Paul Dylan-Ennis will take us on a journey of his research on the Ethereum Social Layer. Rather than a single definition, this talk explores competing perspectives—from Crypto Twitter & community-driven views to esoteric concepts like Polycentric Ethereum & the Technopolic cult of the hash function.

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Protocol Berg v2 @protocol.berlin · 13/03/2025

Guillaume Ballet @gballet.bsky.social explores expanding zkVM support beyond Rust, using Zeam, the Zig Beam chain client, as a case study. With Beam proposing a clean-slate Ethereum upgrade, this talk dives into what's needed to implement other language frontends for zkvms, using zeam, as example.

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Protocol Berg v2 @protocol.berlin · 13/03/2025

Edmund Edgar @goat.navy will explore the origins and evolution of @atproto.com, the protocol that powers @bsky.app. This talk will dive into the principles behind ATProtocol, why they matter, and how it’s unbundling feeds, blocklists, and curation. Expect a deep dive into its architecture!

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Protocol Berg v2 @protocol.berlin · 13/03/2025

Gavin Wood will be returning to Protocol Berg for v2, to provide an update on the latest developments on JAM: showing how blockchains can go beyond transactions, enabling decentralized computing with continuous execution flow, and a very exciting onchain demo which showcases JAM’s potential.

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Protocol Berg v2 @protocol.berlin · 13/03/2025

"Decentralisation is awesome but crypto sucks and Protocol Berg seems to get this paradox intuitively"

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