Rafiki is a software package that bundles Interledger infrastructure with the powerful accounting database Tigerbeetle and the Open Payments APIs to send money programmatically.
And that is just what first meets the eye. Rafiki has a bunch of hidden qualities, which this session will formally introduce and show off during a live demo.
For the past several years, Interledger has been used very effectively among a small group of early adopters. However, it wasn't possible for many developers to gain access to the network due to the difficulty of peering with an existing participant.
In this talk, Stefan announces Dassie, a new open-source project which combines Interledger and peer-to-peer technology to dramatically lower…
The Open Knowledge community is built by people all over the world, contributing their time, knowledge, and expertise to platforms like Curationist and Wikipedia. Although these platforms are and should be free to access, paying Open Knowledge contributors for their work would help develop the overall Open movement by further incentivizing and supporting the people who make it run.
In this wor…
What does Financial Inclusion mean? What does addressing economic disadvantage look like for people with different focus areas, communities, and geographical locations?
This panel will discuss considerations, barriers and progress around expanding Financial Inclusion, bringing together perspectives from various backgrounds.
What are the effects of online content monetization models on users' behavior and content consumption choices? Does users' awareness that their browsing time actively funds creators make them become more socially aware consumers? And how might Web Monetization help grassroots initiatives and activists who struggle with “converting” users from clicks to monetary support for their content …
Grant funding is great. It can kickstart projects and innovation, creating a lifeline for startups, but it can't sustain a project forever. Join us in exploring the post-grant challenges and possible solutions and pathways to sustainability. In the process, we will look to examples from projects in the Interledger and Creative Equity Communities that are at different stages of crafting their …
Chimoney is working towards a more equitable and creative global society through an open payments network that connects and benefits each human, regardless of identity, geography, or income.
Payment systems are fragmented and with new ledgers and protocols, interoperability and utility are non-existent.
In this session, Uchi will talk about interoperability between offline and decentralized …
Building user experiences for premium content involves design patterns that may be unfamiliar to web developers. This session introduces one pattern library, Monet, to help developers build paywalls and premium experiences that open for Web Monetization users.
If you build it, go forth and seek your community, and engage that community, then they will come. Community building is not a field of dreams, at least not in the way of the movie. It takes work and a welcoming, open approach to encourage innovation and invite your community to adopt the space as their own, experimenting with what is possible beyond what you’ve thought of. There is an art to it t…
