ETH is Us

Ethereum is a public good. A schelling point for coordination. A universal art medium. A credibly neutral community platform. A global trust machine.

A spectre is haunting Thailand—the spectre of coordination.

This week, in an underground Bangkok Hacker Cave lie the artifacts of a not-so-distant timeline: A propaganda poster series commissioned by The Ministry of Compliance, the totalitarian enforcement arm of The State.

In this timeline:

  • Crypto as it exists today, is banned.
  • Cryptography is a controlled substance.
  • Open source code is high crime.
  • Wallets must be state-hosted.
  • Tokens must be state-sanctioned.
  • DAOs destroy democracy.
  • Airdrops are anarchy.

All hope is not lost, however. You hear rumblings of a loose collective fighting for a different future. Deep in Hacker Caves across the State...

The Resistance is growing.

Instructions

  1. Find a poster.
  2. Mint their propaganda to the chain.
  3. Donate to The Resistance.

About the exhibit

If it's still unclear, the authoritarian, anti-crypto messaging seen throughout the exhibit are purely satirical. The dystopian views expressed by this series are not reflective of the views of the Ethereum Foundation, the Devcon event team, or even the artist. The exhibit posters are an artistic exploration of "what happens if we lose".

Now let's go make sure that doesn't happen.