As cryptocurrencies continue to gain ground in technological and financial centers, mass adoption has ceased to be merely a vision and is now taking place.

Digital asset featuring financial exchanges are now experiencing the largest transaction volumes in their histories. However, with great power comes great responsibility: some of them are (or have been) in the spotlight due to potential issues of risk or vulnerability.

This is where Decentralized Exchanges, or DEXs, as we like to call them, come in play. Unlike centralized exchanges, DEXs don’t rely on third party services to hold user funds, and trades on a DEX are performed between users (P2P) through automated processes. There are many advantages to a DEX that can change the world of trading and asset management, and the Web3 Foundation has gathered the most outstanding projects in the current Ecosystem for a private workshop to discuss these ideas.

The day after the workshop, these teams will gather again at Factory Mitte for a community meetup, where each group will present an overview of their project, and a more detailed presentartion on different topics, functionalities and viewpoints belonging to the DEX galaxy.

You are invited to join us, to see each team present specific DEX project topics, to ask all of the questions you may have, and to enjoy drinks and networking.

Participants:

Radar Relay - Alan Curtis - An overview on Radar Relay + Centralized vs. Decentralized Exchanges

AirSwap - Michael Oved - Airswap and the token marketplace + Introduction to different liquidity types

Gnosis PM - Christiane Ernst - Gnosis DEX presentation + Auction Mechanism implemented in the Gnosis DEX

Kyber Network - TN Lee - Introduction to Kyber Network + Co-existing with Centralized Exchanges

Melonport - Gautham Nekkanti - Melonport walkthrough + Cross-chain exchanges

Web3 Foundation - Matthew Di Ferrante - Privacy-preserving exchanges

OmiseGO - David Knott - OmiseGo's 100% public Plasma.io DEX





Dr. Gavin Wood (President) and Peter Czaban (Executive Director) will be introducing the Foundation and this initiative.

Q&A sessions will be moderated by Balazs Dame, founder of Herdius DEX.

Due to the high demand of seats for this event, we are switching venues to Factory Berlin: thank you for your hospitality!

Special thanks to Blueyard Capital for their support!



This event will be recorded by The Family and broadcasted in Youtube both at their channel and Web3 Foundation, among others. Spread the news for your friends that can't make it, but would like a content-oriented blockchain meetup featuring outstanding teams!