​GG @ Edge Esmeralda is a live experiment in collective intelligence, capital allocation, and decentralized governance—focused on advancing Ethereum’s long-term growth objectives.

​How do we scale Ethereum—intentionally, collectively, and credibly?

​Over five days, we’ll explore how Conditional Funding Markets (CFMs) and other governance mechanisms can address Ethereum’s growth objectives.

​Through working sessions, strategy games, and high-context discussions, we’ll collaboratively design and prototype the Ethereum Growth CFM—a Conditional Funding Market that aims to identify Ethereum’s most promising growth initiatives.

​The output: a mechanism we co-create, pressure test, and prepare to launch—built by the ecosystem, for the ecosystem.

​Apply to Edge Esmeralda Week 2 / June 1-8
[Edge Deadline: Saturday, May 31]

​Program Overview

​MON June 2 — Align: Signal Discovery

​9:00am INTROS

• ​Coffee Hour & Networking

​10:00am OPENING

• ​Setting the Stage
  Vaughn McKenzie-Landell (Butter)

​10:15am PRESENTATIONS

• ​Ethereum’s Growth Problems, Levers & Metrics
  Jason Chaskin & Josh Rudolf (Ethereum Foundation)

​11:15am COLLABORATIVE DISCUSSION x WHITEBOARDING

• ​Mapping Ethereum’s Gov Challenges & Growth Opps
  Facilitated by Vaughn McKenzie-Landell (Butter)

​12:45pm LUNCH

​2:00–5:00pm UNCONFERENCE

• ​Open Discussions, writing sessions, and informal collaboration.

​TUE June 3 — Diverge: Exploring the Design Space

​9:30am COFFEE HOUR

​10:00am CONTEXT SETTING

• ​CFMMs x Prediction Markets
  Maneesha Papireddygari (University of Colorado)

• ​A Taxonomy of Voter Intent
  Raphael Spannocchi (Stable Lab)

• ​Mitigating Free-Riding with Futarchy
  Distbit (Butter)

​11:00am OPEN SPACE

• ​Intro to Open Space + Session Pitches

• ​Peer-led Breakout Sessions I & II

• ​Unconference Block A — Proposals, mechanism-specific breakouts, interest-based meetups

​1:00pm LUNCH

​2:00pm OPEN SPACE (cont.)

• ​Peer-led Breakout Session III

• ​Unconference Block B — Deep dives, reactionary conversations, or critiques

• ​Solo / Co-working Block

• ​Group Close + Lightning Shares

​WED Jun 4 — Wargames: Testing Assumptions

​9:30am COFFEE & CONTEXT SETTING

• ​Futarchy & CFMs 101
  Robin Hanson (George Mason University)

• ​Designing Incentives for Information-Efficient Markets
  Yiling Chen (Harvard University)

​10:30am WARGAMES PART I

• ​Live CFM Speed Run
  Facilitated by Vaughn McKenzie-Landell (Butter)

​12:00pm LUNCH / MIXER

​1:30pm CONTEXT SETTING

• ​Delegation & Participation in Decentralized Governance
  Jeff Strnad (Stanford Law)

​2:00pm WARGAMES PART II

• ​The Negation Game
  Connor McCormick (Network Goods Institute)

• ​Polycentric Governance Game
  Ven Gist (Metagov)

​7:30pm EVENING MEETUP

• ​Fireside Chat
  Details TBA

​THU June 5 — Converge: Design Sprint

​9:30am COFFEE HOUR

​10:00am OPENING TALKS

• ​CFM Design Principles
  Alex Hajjar (Butter)

• ​Coordinating at Scale
  Peter Vecchiarelli (Protocol Guild)

• ​Recalibrating Futarchy: Auctions, Incentives & Open Questions
  Bo Waggoner (University of Colorado)

​11:45am DESIGN SPRINT PART I

• ​Collaborative Mech Design: Scoping Parameters

​12:30pm LUNCH

​1:30pm DESIGN SPRINT PART II

• ​Mechanism Wireframing & Applied Logic

• ​Feedback Loop: Design Review & Debrief / Presentation Prep

​FRI Jun 6 — Deploy: Retrospective & Next Steps

​10:00am BRUNCH & SYNC

​11:00am CFM DESIGN SHOWCASE

• ​Group Presentations — Design Tradeoffs, Insights, and Outcomes

​12:30pm RETRO

• ​Closing the Loop: Reflection & Next Steps

​Afternoon OPEN

​Evening CLOSING

​Join the discussion shaping our agenda.

​We’re designing GG EE as an open, evolving experiment—and we’d love your input.

​We're bringing together builders, researchers & decision-makers to pressure-test mechanisms, align capital w/ shared goals, and move beyond performative governance — What questions should we be asking?

​The forum’s open—join the convo & share your thoughts ↴
Governance Games @ Edge Esmeralda