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Theo Beutel

@theobtl.eurosky.social
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Academic Secretariat @ethereum.foundation | Research coordination, programme management, open source advocacy | Researching DAOs at the Centre for Democracy Studies, University of Zurich theodorbeutel.de

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Open Technology Research @opentechresearch.org · 15/09/2026
The Open Technology Research Symposium 2026 is approaching. On 26 and 27 October we meet at the University of Barcelona in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain Register now: symposium.opentechresearch.org#register
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Devcon 8 India @devcon.org · 07/09/2026
Devcon 8 speakers are landing on Bluesky 👀 We're putting together a starter pack so you can follow the people bringing ideas, research, debates, and new perspectives to Mumbai this November. Add them to your feed ↓ go.bsky.app/BYu9XKk
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Theo Beutel @theobtl.eurosky.social · 06/09/2026
@digitalrechte.bsky.social‘s newsletter: „Wir bauen [...] einen eigenen Index auf, um unabhängiger von großen US-Anbietern zu werden, um echten Datenschutz jenseits des US Cloud Acts bieten zu können und um einen europäischen Blick auf das Web zu ermöglichen.“
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Theo Beutel @theobtl.eurosky.social · 06/09/2026
I was today years old when I learned about the „European search index“ (@ecosiasearch.bsky.social/@qwant.bsky.social), joining the efforts around European digital sovereignty.
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The European Digital Humanism Initiative (EUDHIT) @eudhit.eu · 01/09/2026
📢 Junior academics! The @iwm.at​ Digital Humanism Junior Visiting #Fellowship applications close on 21 September 2026. The fellowship supports research on digitalisation's intersection with societal, economic and geopolitical dimensions. ✒️ Find more info on IWM's website. Good luck! 🍀
The image shows a website event announcement for a "Digital Humanism Junior Visiting Fellowship" program being held in Vienna, Austria on September 21, 2026 with a deadline for applications.
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Devcon 8 India @devcon.org · 01/09/2026
India is where Ethereum comes to life. 🥇 #1 largest public & open source contributor base in the world 🧠 76% of Indian startups use open source AI 👨‍💻 India leads in new crypto dev onboarding See you there 👀
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Devcon 8 India @devcon.org · 28/08/2026
Christopher Fabian is joining Devcon 8! 🌍 Co-founder of @gigaglobal.bsky.social, Christopher has championed blockchain for public goods, from launching UNICEF’s CryptoFund to NFT fundraising. Giga’s mission to connect every school to the internet is public-interest coordination at planetary scale.
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Theo Beutel @theobtl.eurosky.social · 23/08/2026
"a centralized identity verification system creates a single point of failure that is extremely vulnerable to both cyberattack and authoritarian overreach."
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ligi @ligi.de · 21/08/2026
We (@dod.ngo) are in the early stages of planning a meetup around code hosting after github on board of @c-base.org So far we have talks around @radicle.dev and rngit Would also love to have somebody speaking about @tangled.org - anyone knows somebody in Berlin that could speak on it? Or ..
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Theo Beutel @theobtl.eurosky.social · 21/08/2026
Würde man „Kybernetik“ mit „DAO“ ersetzen, wäre das Argument ebenso gültig, dass gerade die „unmöglich geblieben[e]“ Definition eine Vielzahl der Deutungen und Lesarten ermöglichte und ein „Schwärmen“ über Möglichkeiten begründete. Aus Nosthoff (2026): „Kybernetik und Kritik“.
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BlockchainGov @blockchaingov.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Come celebrate the launch of our latest book: How to Exit to Community: A Cookbook for Blockchain Communities, by Tara Merk, Primavera De Filippi, Morshed Mannan, Nathan Schneider, and Danny Spitzberg. 📅 26th August 2026 · 🕐 6 PM CET · 📍 luma.com/d7jmszku?tk=...
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Theo Beutel @theobtl.eurosky.social · 15/08/2026
Quote from: Sunyaev, A., Avital, M., & Lacity, M. C. (2026). From ideology to design: Toward purposeful decentralization of information systems governance. Journal of Information Technology, 41(1), 2-14. doi.org/10.1177/0268...
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Theo Beutel @theobtl.eurosky.social · 15/08/2026
The ongoing issuance debate around EIP-8361 - which appears to involve a lot of debate of the process itself rather than focusing on arguments - goes to show that the technology we’re governing is only as „purposefully decentralised“ (Sunyaev et al.) as its governance framework.
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Nicolas Gimenez @nicobao.dev · 08/08/2026
Then, it kept evolving through every conversation that followed @daviddao.org, Eugene Leventhal, and @theobtl.eurosky.social helped shape my thinking through the Web3 gov/acc initiative and community, particularly during EthCC in Cannes this year.
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Nicolas Gimenez @nicobao.dev · 08/08/2026
The idea first started taking shape when @pujaohlhaver.bsky.social proposed to create a "decentralized deliberation standard" during a call with @yutingjiang.com. After that I took two weeks to launch dds.xyz. Almost immediately, it attracted a lot of attention from many communities.
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Decentralized Deliberation Stack (DDS)
A W3C Community Group working draft for an open stack for sovereign, verifiable, interoperable, and resilient deliberation.
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Nicolas Gimenez @nicobao.dev · 08/08/2026
I'm proud of where DDS is going :) Two days ago, we held our first DDS plenary open call. youtu.be/udoK32qOc7Q
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W3C DDS Community Group: August Plenary Open Call
YouTube video by Decentralized Deliberation Stack (DDS)
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Theo Beutel @theobtl.eurosky.social · 02/08/2026
More Versus Better: Artificial Intelligence, Incentives, and the Emerging Crisis in Peer Review Claudine Gartenberg, Sharique Hasan, Alex Murray, and Lamar Pierce Organization Science 2026 37:3, 795-812 doi.org/10.1287/orsc...
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Theo Beutel @theobtl.eurosky.social · 02/08/2026
„the current state of AI tools, amplified by existing publish-or-perish incentives, appears to be pushing the system toward an equilibrium of more rather than better research…requir[ing] that our institutions and the incentive structures they create adapt.“ #DeSci #OpenScience
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Baochip @baochip.com · 31/07/2026
We're really excited to have the Baochip-1x featured in this year's DEFCON conference badge. Read more at www.wired.com/story/defcon...! Hope to see you there.
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The New Defcon Badges Pack a Unique Open Source Chip That Doubles as a Security Key
Created by legendary hardware hacker Andrew “bunnie” Huang, the badges for this year’s famed security conference aim to push the boundaries of security and transparency.
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Bailey Townsend 🦀 @pds.dad · 27/07/2026
I’ve been working on an Exaclidraw fork for about a week that syncs your drawings to your Atmosphere account as well as uses Iroh for realtime encrypted end to end collaborative work. I feel like it’s at a stage where I can share it. Meet lexidraw.app!
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Lexidraw, an Excalidraw fork where your drawings follow you
Lexidraw is an Excalidraw fork where your drawings follow you. Share publicly with the Atmosphere or privately with iroh.
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Devcon 8 India @devcon.org · 14/07/2026
Mumbai is calling. 🇮🇳 Global tickets for Devcon 8 are now live. This is the one to be in the room for. November 3-6
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Theo Beutel @theobtl.eurosky.social · 22/07/2026
Only two more weeks until speaker applications close!
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Department of Decentralization @dod.ngo · 15/07/2026
Today there is DoD Stammtisch on board of @c-base.org - and some friends still in town from @getdweb.net camp will come over.
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Theo Beutel @theobtl.eurosky.social · 15/07/2026
„[...] the world must acknowledge that the US is increasingly abandoning a role it played for decades—including to its own advantage—namely, that of guarantor of global public goods.“ Translated from the German original:
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Krieg im Iran: Wie mit der Nato, so mit dem Golf | DIE ZEIT
Donald Trump setzt die Iran-Blockade wieder in Kraft. Er zerstört damit die Legitimation des US-Einsatzes: die Freiheit der Seewege. Das ist gefährlicher Irrsinn.
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Theo Beutel @theobtl.eurosky.social · 13/07/2026
Submit here by Aug 6: mum.speakat.xyz/devcon8/cfp
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Devcon 8
Schedule, talks and talk submissions for Devcon 8
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Theo Beutel @theobtl.eurosky.social · 13/07/2026
Read the full track description: ef-events.notion.site/devcon-8-tal...
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Devcon 8 - Talks Wishlist | Notion
The following document presents ideas for talks and workshops at Devcon.
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Theo Beutel @theobtl.eurosky.social · 13/07/2026
(2/2) This track is for best practices from success stories and lessons learned from what failed alike, from people building toward the same ends by different means. #DigitalRights #HumanRights #DigitalPublicGoods #OpenScience #Governance #DAOs
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Theo Beutel @theobtl.eurosky.social · 13/07/2026
Description: (1/2) Human rights don't enforce themselves. Which tools equitably deliver digital rights and agency to people and communities, especially the most vulnerable and marginalised?
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Theo Beutel @theobtl.eurosky.social · 13/07/2026
This year‘s #Ethereum @devcon.org in Mumbai 🇮🇳 will, amongst others, feature a track on „𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬, 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞“: Please consider submitting, and please encourage others who can report learnings from case studies of digital rights delivery in precarious contexts especially.
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Devcon 8 India @devcon.org · 09/07/2026
Devcon 8 speaker applications are open! This is your chance to showcase your work to the Ethereum community in Mumbai. No speaker bureau. No invite-only list. Just research, ideas, tools, lessons, & hard-won knowledge that can help move Ethereum forward. APPLY: devcon.org/en/speaker-applications/
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Theo Beutel @theobtl.eurosky.social · 06/07/2026
orgsci.org: This reads like open science, and - may I dare to say - like the alternative future DeSci could have taken a few years ago! Is this a new beginning? www.linkedin.com/pos...
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Organization Science - AI-Assisted Frontiers in Organizational Science - Special Issue
AI-Assisted Frontiers in Organizational Science
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European Open Source Academy (EOSA) @eosa.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
🚀 Building and advocating for open source together - partner with the European Open Source Academy (EOSA)! 👉 Interested in joining as a Subscriber or Knowledge Partner? Explore the Partnership Page: europeanopensource.academy/news/europea...
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Theo Beutel @theobtl.eurosky.social · 27/06/2026
Ein Praxisbeispiel, erst kürzlich veröffentlicht: „The ⿻ Plural Stack: Rebuilding Our Digital Foundations from Protocol Up.“ www.global-solutions... Global Solutions Initiative, @radxchange.bsky.social, European Ethereum Institute, Arno Laeven, IDENTITY VALLEY, Anja von Rosenstiel
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The ⿻ Plural Stack
This paper proposes "Plural protocol ecosystems" to counter tech monopolies by rebuilding digital foundations with democratic, decentralized systems.
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Theo Beutel @theobtl.eurosky.social · 27/06/2026
Vor allem braucht es neue Allianzen, die die verfügbaren Mittel zielgruppenspezifisch, kulturell/regional angepasst und partizipativ in eine Richtung bewegen, die Digitalrechte und Menschenrechte kontextspezifisch und effektiv schützt und durchsetzt.
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Theo Beutel @theobtl.eurosky.social · 27/06/2026
Was heißt das für die relevanten Stakeholder und deren Rollen(verständnis)? - Zivilgesellschafter Diskurs: Warum Ethereum, warum „CROPS“ (blog.ethereum.org/20...)? - Blockchain-Community: Mehr problemfokussierte, technologieoffene Produktentwicklung, über Silos hinweg.
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Theo Beutel @theobtl.eurosky.social · 27/06/2026
Natürlich ist Blockchain, für sich genommen, nicht die eine Lösung. Sie ist weder eine perfekte Lösung, noch ist sie für sich hinreichend.
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Theo Beutel @theobtl.eurosky.social · 27/06/2026
Diesem Zweck dienen viele Mittel, darunter: Open Source, offene & pluralistische Protokolle, privatsphärewahrende Technologien, partizipative Governance, und zwar all das in Kombination.
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Theo Beutel @theobtl.eurosky.social · 27/06/2026
Digitalrechte müssen nicht nur verfassungsrechtlich verankert bleiben, sie müssen vielmehr durch das Design und die Governance soziotechnischer Systeme gelebt werden.
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Theo Beutel @theobtl.eurosky.social · 27/06/2026
Es braucht ein neues Narrativ - aber zuerst: Kritik aktiv ersuchen, Altlasten ablegen, neue wertebasierte Allianzen knüpfen. Ein Narrativ wie das Folgende könnte helfen:
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Theo Beutel @theobtl.eurosky.social · 27/06/2026
„Blockchain“ ist heute ein Unwort in der digitalen Zivilgesellschaft, auch in der Politik. podcasts.apple.com/d... (Markus Beckedahl im re:publica podcast) Innerhalb der Bubble mag man das kaum mitbekommen oder nicht für existenzbedrohend empfinden, aber genau das ist es.
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OpenForum Europe @openforumeurope.org · 24/06/2026
The Call for Proposals for the first Open Technology Research (OTR) Symposium 2026 is still open! - CFP Deadline: 5 July 2026 - Symposium Dates: 26–27 October 2026 - Location: Universitat de Barcelona | Barcelona, Spain Submit your proposal and register here: symposium.opentechresearch.org
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Eurosky Social @eurosky.social · 23/06/2026
The Democratic Technology Alliance is a group bringing together four European Parliament political groups — EPP, Renew, S&D, Greens/EFA — and civil society actors to help bring democracy to technology. We're delighted to host them on Eurosky! 💞🇪🇺 Give them a follow at @democratic.technology!
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Home - Democratic Tech Alliance
Bringing democracy to technology. Democratic Tech Alliance Become a member About Democratic Tech Alliance The Democratic Tech Alliance is a coalition of
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Theo Beutel @theobtl.eurosky.social · 22/06/2026
"When future civilizations speak of the infrastructure they inherited from the Antiquity of the Information Age, their first example should be Ethereum." Aerugo. Planet Earth, Solar System: 2026-06-22 CE, Gregorian Reckoning, Julian Day 2,461,214
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Aerugo (@aerugoettinea) on X
1. Intro Vitalik recently wrote about where the EF should go; Aya added a note to explain how we got here, and why. I’ll write about the execution. We now have enough clarity to stop treating “what is the EF for?” as an open-ended question. Our mandate is clear: The EF exists
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Theo Beutel @theobtl.eurosky.social · 21/06/2026
Anyone have an @attie.ai invite code to spare? I'd like to build a feed that surfaces voices carrying the spirit of the @ethereum.foundation 2026 mandate (blog.ethereum.org/2026/03/13/e...). As an attempt to revive the dialogue once had on Reddit+old Twitter, but less siloed via AT Proto. Draft:
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Theo Beutel @theobtl.eurosky.social · 20/06/2026
Vitalik: „With rapidly changing new technologies, we need rapidly changing culture.“
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Theo Beutel @theobtl.eurosky.social · 20/06/2026
Balaji: „People say it’s a corporate thing, it’s a money thing. I say, it’s a community thing.“ „Network school provides six day a week drop-off for kids. A working parent can drop off their kid, come back and give them a hug, then continue working.“
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Theo Beutel @theobtl.eurosky.social · 20/06/2026
Vitalik: Best person suited to join a network state? Balaji: Crypto friendly person, in the sense of we can build new communal cities of law.
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Theo Beutel @theobtl.eurosky.social · 20/06/2026
„I’ll put out an open source playbook for creating network states, and when we’ll see thousands of them popping up, awarding the best ones with a prize.“ Balaji at #FuturaCamp Berlin
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Theo Beutel @theobtl.eurosky.social · 20/06/2026
„We’ll see many new Silicon Valley’s popping up around the world. […] People will go to many of the 195 countries around the world. And maybe we can add a 196th, and a 197th.“ Balaji at #FuturaCamp Berlin #BBW26 #berlinblockchainweek
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