Devansh Mehta
Devansh is passionate about speaking truth to power and giving a voice to the voiceless. In 2023, he was selected as a Next Billion Fellow by the Ethereum Foundation to support his mission of outcome funding for journalists creating tangible impact with their stories. He is the founder of VoiceDeck, on the governing council at Gitcoin and Octant, and lead at the Treasury Working Group for Arbitrum DAO. Devansh completed a double masters in journalism and public policy from Columbia University in 2017.
Session
06-01
10:30
25min
Decentralized Outcome Funding for Investigative Reporting
Devansh Mehta
Impact certificates create a feedback loop between producing impact and receiving funding.This talk describes a demo for funding investigative reporters who record outcomes from their stories onchain.
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