Shifting the focus from exploration to execution.
Participants will distill insights from earlier sessions into tangible mechanism designs through a collaborative sprint. Working in small teams, you’ll scope objectives, define success metrics, and model gov mechanisms aimed at solving Ethereum’s core growth challenges.
Note: All design outputs will be featured in Friday’s final showcase. You’ll have the chance to present your ideas to the wider GG community and build momentum for pilots or funding beyond Esmeralda.
Agenda for the entire week can be found here → GG @ EE ‘25
9:30am COFFEE SESH
Light kickoff & gathering space before the sprint begins.
10:00am TALKS + Q&A’s
CFM Design Principles
Alex Hajjar (Butter)
Core building blocks of Conditional Funding Markets—how we translate growth objectives into measurable parameters and design toward credible, aligned outcomes.
Coordinating at Scale
Peter Vecchiarelli (Protocol Guild)
Lessons from Protocol Guild on funding infrastructure, aligning incentives, and designing for long-term contributor sustainability.
A Landscape for Decision-making on Preferences & Information
Bo Waggoner (University of Colorado)
Latest thinking on auctions, scoring rules, and incentive design—what’s changed, what still works, and how to strengthen credibility in decision markets.
From LMSRs to Futarchy: Tools for Curated Decision Markets
Petra (Precog Market)
A hands-on look at the mechanics behind decision markets—framing distinctions between LMSR & conditional tokens + a practical walkthrough of futarchy-curated registries.
Preventing Governance Attacks
Alex Netto (Blockful)
Emerging patterns in governance attacks—and how protocol design, voting logic, and incentive structures can help secure DAOs against subtle and sophisticated threats.
12:30pm LUNCH
1:30pm DESIGN SPRINT
Prototyping / Proposal Drafting
Deciding what we want to work on—framing problems, aligning on constraints, and scoping design objectives—then deep diving into mechanics, assumptions, and parameters.
End @ 4pm (option to hang out later if you’d like to cont. the discussion)
Want to contribute, question, or explore further?
Learn more about the mechanism we’re co-designing at GG:
→ Ethereum Growth CFM
GG is running a live feedback mechanism all week. Share your thoughts:
→ Gov Games Participant Feedback
Drop long-form reflections, ideas, or questions in the forum thread:
→ Governance Games @ Edge Esmeralda
Need to get in touch? Reach out to LoBa:
→ Telegram / @thewolfsdaughter
→ Email / loba@buttery.money
