My takeaways from #ETHDenver2024

One thing is clear, this space is moving SO fast! What I saw really shows how advanced things are from DEFI, to Web3 Social Media, Quadratic Funding On-chain analysis models, etc.

Here are the lessons learned below 📜 👇

@shimmernet @iota 1. The biggest takeaway from Eth Denver is that everyone thinks either a) IOTA is a forgotten token and no one knows about Shimmer and b) our negative reputation still persists as I ran into someone from UCL University.

What does this mean? This means that to really repair our reputation and become known we must be at these conferences!

Every token in the top 20 has booths at these conferences. The leading builders, the leading investors, and the leading influencers go to these conferences. They don't care about a quick news article, they want to see who is active and who is putting the time and investment into these conferences!

I truly hope the ecosystem fund takes up this effort as the IF over the years has never put the funds and time into having a presence at these conferences. Of course, the @TangleTreasury will be looking to support one or two conferences a year, though hopefully our network can be present at more.

The first governance poll run off for IOTA is in action!

Opposing views, even against the majority should not be silenced or censored. As long as they are legitimate and submit positive proposals, they should have their time to shine.

Here is a 🧵👇...

#LetsGovernTogether @DomSchiener Growth committee proposal has been submitted to the Governance Discourse. Adamski proposed a counter proposal of his own. He did this within, and per the Governance Framework structure developed by the community. The community voted, and now we go to a run off.