A day for pressure-testing the ideas surfaced so far.
Through simulations, hands-on experimentation, and interactive exercises, we’ll stress-test assumptions, explore edge cases, and examine how governance mechanisms hold up under real-world complexity.

HEADS UP: Please bring your laptop + make sure you have a browser or mobile wallet that supports ETH!

Agenda for the entire week can be found here → GG @ EE ‘25

9:30am COFFEE

10:00am CONTEXT SETTING

• Futarchy & CFMs 101
  Robin Hanson (George Mason University)
  What happens when we let markets guide decisions instead of polls? This session revisits the core logic of futarchy, where it’s fallen short, and how CFMs might succeed where theory stalled.

• Designing Incentives for Information-Efficient Markets
  Yiling Chen (Harvard University)
  Mech design principles to surface credible belief under uncertainty, reward accuracy, and structure incentives around actionable signal.

• Delegation & Participation in Decentralized Governance
  Jeff Strnad (Stanford Law)
  DAO participation through an epistemic lens—what delegation, abstention, and low engagement signal about trust, truth-seeking, and gov desig

• Scaling the World Computer: A Bet on Futarchy
  Vaughn McKenzie Landell

12:00pm LUNCH / MIXER [Details TBA]

1:00pm WARGAMES

• CFM Speed Run — Facilitated by Butter
  Live, hands-on price forecasting using Conditional Funding Markets.

• The Negation Game — Connor McCormick (Network Goods Institute)
  Exploring the logic & incentives of strategic self-invalidation in governance contexts.

• Polycentric Governance Game — Ven Gist (Metagov)
  Interactive role-play navigating multi-stakeholder governance scenarios. (Click Here for Instructions & Onboarding)

OPTIONAL EVENING MEETUP @ 7:30pm
Join us afterward for a fireside chat [Details TBA]

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