Speaker Series: Joel Dietz from Swarm Fund

Joel Dietz will trace the history of decentralized governance spanning from Satoshi’s original discussions to the Ethereum network, Bitshare’s DAO experiments, and the more robust versions of decentralized governance in Dash, Aragon, and Swarm Fund. Each stage will be illustrated with code samples, concluding with a final walkthrough of Swarm’s liquid democracy virtual machine.

Company Bio:

Swarm Fund is a fully decentralized capital market place that democratizes investing by using the power of the blockchain to open up high-return, alternative investment classes to smaller investors through asset-backed funds using cryptocurrency tokens. It makes traditionally exclusive investment opportunities, such as private equity and hedge funds, inclusive for the Swarm by pooling together smaller investments into larger, institutional-sized blocks. Swarm Fund also gives fund managers access to more capital from a new asset class of investors who want access to institutional-type investments, but don’t have the high minimums many institutional funds require. Pilot investment vehicles on the Swarm Fund platform include a Distressed Real Estate Fund, a Solar Energy Fund, and a Crypto Hedge Fund. Speaker Information: Joel Dietz, Cofounder

Joel Dietz was a founding contributor to the Ethereum project and started the first ICO platform in early 2014. After two years addressing regulatory challenges in integrating real assets on the blockchain, Swarm Fund has launched its own private blockchain with several partner funds focused on legally compliant securities offerings. Joel's interests in the blockchain space include new decentralized types of governance, reputation, and automated capital deployment. Prior to his involvement in blockchain Joel Dietz was an award winning technical architect who made various contributions to the Salesforce Foundation, WWF, and other international NGOS.

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Schedule:

6:30-7:00 Networking

7:00-8:30 Featured Speaker

8:30-9:00 Q&A + Discussion

9:00-9:15 (Optional) Networking

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