Department of Decentralization

Department of Decentralization is a Berlin-based collective of blockchain and open-source contributors, organizing Ethereum and decentralized-technology events since 2018 -- including the ETHBerlin hackathon series (most recently ETHBerlin04, May 2024) and the Protocol Berg conference. The community promotes open-source collaboration, practical education, and decentralized infrastructure.

Events

• Protocol Berg 2025 (Berlin, Germany)
• ETHBerlin04 (Berlin, Germany)
• Protocol Berg 2023 (Berlin, Germany)
• ETHBerlin 2022 (Berlin, Germany)

176 talks

• Parachain Consensus from the Ground Up
• Evolution of Optimistic Rollup proofs
• Introduction to Quadratic Voting
• Closing Ceremony
• Cypherpunk Suprajurisdictions against the Nation-State
• The Sorvereign Creator
• Fireside Chat with Chelsea Manning and Jaya Klara Brekke - moderated by Evin McMullen
• Opening Ceremony
• Building on zkSync 2.0
• Stories from ETHBerlin
• Points of Centralization and Paths to Decentralization
• Humanity 3.0: Beyond Blockchains, Planetary Systems, & Infinite Games