Week 2 at Edge Esmeralda explores how reality is built, and how science, tech, and governance can reshape it. 

Four tracks:
✨ d/acc: decentralized, democratic, defensive tech
✨ Hard Tech: robotics, space, energy
✨ Techno-Humanism
✨ Governance Games

Here’s the full breakdown of Week 2 – schedules, speakers, and the ideas behind each track: https://bit.ly/4kkwIZv

Ever since @vitalik.eth’s first blog post on d/acc, we’ve been supporting this movement.

It’s about accelerating decentralized, democratic, differential, and defensive tech.

The big question: How do we build and scale innovations that promote resilience and human agency?

Edge City convenes people working at the frontiers of tech, science, and society in popup villages across the globe. Apply to our upcoming popup village: https://www.edgeesmeralda.com/ 

Tomorrowland: Hard Tech’s World’s Fair

Builders working across energy, space, robotics, and synbio will share breakthroughs and test ideas.

Expect lightning talks, hands-on workshops, house parties, and live demos; from autonomous drones to smart kitchens.

Roots of Progress: Techno-Humanism and the Future we Want to Build

Led by writer and researcher Jason Crawford of Roots of Progress, this track explores practical philosophy of progress—seeing science, tech, and industry as tools for human flourishing.

Join us for daily sessions.

Governance Games: Collective intelligence, Capital allocation, and Decentralized governance.

A week-long lab hosted by Butter focused on the future of protocol governance. 

Daily sessions on incentive design, forecasting (w/ Superforecaster), futarchy, cryptoeconomics, and more.

We’re looking forward to collaborating with this incredible group during Edge Esmeralda’s second week. 

If you’re developing a new protocol, writing about progress, designing mechanisms, or figuring out what’s worth building next—you’ll be in good company.

Grab your tickets for week 2 here:

We’re looking forward to collaborating with this incredible group during Edge Esmeralda’s second week. 

If you’re developing a new protocol, writing about progress, designing mechanisms, or figuring out what’s worth building next—you’ll be in good company.

Grab your tickets for week 2 here: 
https://edgecity.simplefi.tech/portal 