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

• F**k Off! What if we forked crypto?
• Can we do better than git's Merkle DAG?
• the economics of freedom
• Geth AMA
• Building Testnet Infrastructure (from the ground up)
• Mapping and Funding Our Dependencies in Open Knowledge
• What would it really mean to build a world computer?
• The Holy Trinity of Censorship Resistance in Ethereum
• From Hours to Minutes: The Journey of Fast Finality on Filecoin
• How to Build Rollups on Bitcoin
• Cryptarchia Consensus & Blend Broadcasting for Private Blockchains
• Economic security behind ZK proof generation