The decentralised ecosystem requires a decentralised contribution

Blockchain. Decentralisation. Transparency. We at Cofound.it strongly believe in the implementation of these ideas into our lives, but that will not happen by blindly following the hype. We began practicing what we preach with Blockchain Fridays, where everyone can collaborate on the ideas that involve blockchain.

There is a lot of hype surrounding the blockchain ecosystem, everyone is obsessed with decentralisation and blockchain startups are promising to change the way everything works. A majority of the ecosystem seems too caught up in the mentality of speculative investments and passive participation, where people participate by being told what is going to happen or worse, has already happened. This might remind you of an important lesson from the classic fairy tale Sleeping Beauty, which is to only adopt passivity if you’re willing to wait 100 years f̶o̶r̶ ̶a̶ ̶p̶r̶i̶n̶c̶e̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶k̶i̶s̶s̶ ̶y̶o̶u for the technology to develop.

Is there a cure for this?

You might’ve heard of Google’s 20 Percent Rule, allowing employees to spend 20 percent of their time on anything they want. At Cofound.it we started doing something similar in February. Apart from getting ourselves out there with knowledge-sharing through our blog and networking at conferences, we’re also actively building. To encourage additional collaboration between people inside the company, we introduced Blockchain Fridays to our teams. Each Friday, everyone has a chance to work together and read/talk/learn about all the aspects of this emerging technology.

Blockchain Friday in its full swing, supervised by our four-legged team member.

Imagine different kinds of people being present in one big room, from developers and designers to people from the legal department. We all come from different backgrounds, and don’t necessarily share the same points of view, but we are well aware that every opinion and insight can make a difference when trying to innovate in these uncharted blockchain territories. If you can see yourself being in that room with us, we encourage you to apply to one of the available positions.

Although we only started with Blockchain Fridays several weeks ago, our tech team quickly discovered there are problems with the currently available development tools, especially those that make their life more pleasant, e.g. automating the deployments of smart contracts. The developers quickly agreed that this kind of automation is challenging, and they identified that by exchanging opinions and ideas between one another and that’s what we’re aiming for.

The wheels are turning

Because any good documentation is really hard to come by, our developers found Truffle framework to be extremely useful at this stage. On the other spectrum, our team of designers has been diving into the usability problems that dApps are presenting for mainstream adoption. Do we need to think about the blockchain design from a new perspective? Can all the problems be solved with visual uplifts or is there more to it? They’re working on answering some of these questions and you’ll be able to read more about what they’re working on in the coming weeks.

We’re looking for exceptional people

What unique skills or experiences do you have that would contribute to this ecosystem?

Our ambitions require exceptional people. Let’s work together!