In April, I attended the Stanford University CodeX Blockchain Group's DAOs and Systems for Resilient Societies conference as a collaborator with my colleagues from the Open Earth Foundation (OEF). OEF is a non-profit research organisation whom I have worked with on several research projects, examining the feasibility and security implications of decentralised technologies for climate applications.
The discussions centered around Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) being the next wave of governance. In particular, several thought streams emerged, including around the concept of composable governance, DAOs for climate-focused Nested Accounting, and how to provide ‘Proof of Humanity’ in an algorithmic governance context.
In our OEF-lead discussion session, we explored the mechanics of instrumenting planetary data sources. We talked through how we could incorporate Satellite data and machine learning approaches to estimate measures such as the levels of CO2 for a given region, with great input from Tara O’Shea on behalf of industry partner Planet. As a Data Scientist deeply interested in the practicalities of decentralized governance, I raised the concern around reconciling on and off-chain data with reference to the Oracle problem, and how arbitrage across a range of remote sensing sources could be a potential solution to this.
If you would like to discuss Blockchain, decentralization - particularly from a data angle- please feel free to contact me.
