2022 Summit Sessions

  • Briana Marbury

    - 30 min

    We'll take a look back at the origins of the Interledger Protocol, where the ecosystem is today, and the illuminous future we're looking forward to.

  • Sabine Schaller

    - 45 min

    Rafiki is a software package that bundles Interledger infrastructure with the powerful accounting database Tigerbeetle and the Open Payments APIs to send money programmatically. And that is just what first meets the eye. Rafiki has a bunch of hidden qualities, which this session will formally introduce and show off during a live demo.

  • Joran Greef

    - 30 min

    How Interledger gave rise to TigerBeetle, the open source distributed database for mission critical safety and performance.

  • Stefan Thomas

    - 45 min (recording available)

    For the past several years, Interledger has been used very effectively among a small group of early adopters. However, it wasn't possible for many developers to gain access to the network due to the difficulty of peering with an existing participant. In this talk, Stefan announces Dassie, a new open-source project which combines Interledger and peer-to-peer technology to dramatically lower the …

  • Sharon Wang

    - 40 min

    What does Financial Inclusion mean? What does addressing economic disadvantage look like for people with different focus areas, communities, and geographical locations? This panel will discuss considerations, barriers and progress around expanding Financial Inclusion, bringing together perspectives from various backgrounds.

  • Amanda Figueroa

    - 60 min

    The Open Knowledge community is built by people all over the world, contributing their time, knowledge, and expertise to platforms like Curationist and Wikipedia. Although these platforms are and should be free to access, paying Open Knowledge contributors for their work would help develop the overall Open movement by further incentivizing and supporting the people who make it run. In this …

  • Todd W

    - 20 min

    A journey of implementing Interledger as the default payment protocol.

  • Yotam Liel

    - 25 min

    What are the effects of online content monetization models on users' behavior and content consumption choices? Does users' awareness that their browsing time actively funds creators make them become more socially aware consumers? And how might Web Monetization help grassroots initiatives and activists who struggle with “converting” users from clicks to monetary support for their content and …

  • Chris Lawrence

    - 50 min

    Grant funding is great. It can kickstart projects and innovation, creating a lifeline for startups, but it can't sustain a project forever. Join us in exploring the post-grant challenges and possible solutions and pathways to sustainability. In the process, we will look to examples from projects in the Interledger and Creative Equity Communities that are at different stages of crafting their …

  • Uchi Uchibeke

    - 25 min

    Chimoney is working towards a more equitable and creative global society through an open payments network that connects and benefits each human, regardless of identity, geography, or income. Payment systems are fragmented and with new ledgers and protocols, interoperability and utility are non-existent. In this session, Uchi will talk about interoperability between offline and decentralized …