We are well into summer and the decline of democracy continues to make headlines around the world, with citizen voices – like those of Nicaragua ?? and Cambodia ?? – either suppressed under authoritarian regimes or depressed by political and capital controls marginalizing participants. According to the Freedom House Freedom in the World 2018 report, 55% of the world’s population live in countries that are not free – the 12th consecutive year of decline in global freedom.
At Democracy Earth we see this as a liquidity problem, to be solved with new forms of democratic participation and representation through liquid democracy. In July the team came together from all points of the globe to finalize the VOTE token economics with a team of advisers. We invite you to read our Token Economics enabling economic and political liquidity as a human right at token.democracy.earth.
Development Update
CoinDesk features Santi Siri in its 2Q State of Blockchain Sentiment Survey – check it out here and find out if you are a crypto-libertarian, an anarcho-capitalist, a conservative…or something else altogether!
Continued updates to our v.1.0 alpha release include improved scalability, the enablement of single-vote issues, MetaMask login, and multi-token support. We’ve got an exciting release around the corner – stay tuned.
We are proud to be partnering with The Fourth Group on its global inquiry into citizens in the digital age, wth the mission to develop citizen-led Sustainable Development Goals for technology. You can join the #UnitedCitizens effort and hep set the global agenda by submitting your views to this important initiative on the Democracy Earth platform – just click the button below.
Co-founder Santi Siri spent time with the hacker community in Israel.
Co-founder Herb Stephens gave the keynote address at the2018 Connect AI in Taipei.
Design lead Alex Jupiter represented DEF in the panel discussion Blockchain, Voting and Democracy held by the London Chapter of the Government Blockchain Association
CTO Eduardo Medina was part of a winning hacker team of Venezuelan ?? developers at EthBuenosAires.
In June, co-founder and chairwoman Pia Mancini delivered the keynote address to the Personal Democracy Forum in New York – click below to watch!
DEF Ambassadors Program ?????????????? This summer we welcomed ten new student ambassadors to the Democracy Earth Student Ambassador program, representing universities in the US, Canada, UK, Hong Kong, India, Singapore and Nigeria. Check our our latest student profile from Cornell University and keep up with all the latest student profiles here.Â
Token Pre-Sale and ICO Update
The pre-sale will remain open until the cap is reached. Verified accredited investors can start the pre-sale SAFT execution process; find a review copy of the SAFT here. Reminder: although the pre-sale is open to CoinList-verified accredited global investors (excluding NY and China) only, the public token sale launching in late September/early October will be open to all.Â
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What’s Next ????Â
Chicago Blockchain Project will host 5,000 attendees at the August 24-25 Voice of Blockchain conference at Navy Pier. Santi Siri will take the stage with popular podcaster Marty Bent (Tales From the Crypt). Get a discount code here.Â
Santi Siri will deliver the keynote at the DGov 2018 distributed governance conference in Athens Greece.
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