Community Demo Day #4 Summary

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Summary

Edge City Lanna is a month-long popup village focused on accelerating innovation across human organization, AI, crypto, health/longevity, and hard tech. This community demo day showcased a variety of projects being built and experimented with at the event.

Key innovations included decentralized file storage using Filecoin, with demos from Ghost Drive, Akave, and eStore showing browser-based uploading and streaming from the decentralized web. A reputation system called Karma was presented, allowing on-chain signaling of trust/reputation. The Circavum project demonstrated a 3D calendar interface for visualizing schedules. Cursive Connections showcased a novel social app using NFC wristbands and “digital pheromones” for privacy-preserving matchmaking at events.

Other notable projects included an interactive Tensions game for designing future “holographic cities”, an NFT art project called Inktober, a funding platform for public goods called Propel, and a game about the trials of founding a startup. Unique solutions were proposed for challenges like secure data storage, visualizing complex schedules, facilitating new connections, and bootstrapping incentives for collaboration.

Key Takeaways

• Decentralized storage on Filecoin enables secure, affordable data preservation
• On-chain reputation systems can improve signaling and decision-making
• Novel interfaces like 3D calendars may enhance data visualization
• Digital pheromones and NFC offer privacy-preserving social matchmaking
• Games and workshops foster collaborative ideation on future concepts
• Cross-chain solutions are needed for blockchain interoperability
• Incentives and governance remain open challenges for public goods funding
• Interdisciplinary projects span AI, longevity, governance, hard tech and more
• Rapid prototyping and iteration are core to the Edge City Lanna experience

Speakers

• Nico: Artist presenting Inktober NFT project, exploring sustainable artistic practice
• Cherry: Creator of tool for finding collaborators to “hack” with
• Lena: Working on book about the “art of asking questions”
• Timber: Organizing a “Tensions” game workshop on holographic cities
• Daniel (Together Crew): Developing on-chain reputation system for decision-making
• Fabian (Karma): Showcasing funding platform with on-chain resumes for public goods
• Liz: Proposing an intentional community for mission-driven work
• J.Mill: Demoing a game about the challenges of startup co-founders
• Andre (Drift Nomad): Indie game developer recreating Chiang Mai environments
• Adam: Demonstrating 3D calendar interface Circavum
• Dan (Propel): Presenting funding platform with crypto delegation
• Adam: Showcasing Cutout Canvas app for spatial creations on Apple Vision Pro
• Sam: Proposing on-chain entity registrations and reputation signaling
• Andre (Ghost Drive): Demoing decentralized file storage with client-side encryption
• Angelo & Stefan (Akave): Presenting Filecoin-based S3 storage platform
• Shashank (eStore): Showing cross-chain storage solution on Filecoin
• Ollie (Spacetime): Demoing app for connecting with friends based on travel
• Andrew (Cursive): Showcasing Connections app using NFC wristbands and “digital pheromones”