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hello everyone Sor
car um I'm very excited we're finally
here in Southeast Asia my name is a
amaguchi from the Ean Foundation
so ether permissionless value has
enabled many people to participate in
all different layers whether you're part
of the protocol L&D layer twos
applications or community building and
education while there is so much
happening like Josh just shared a lot of
things PE I'm often asked what I'm most
excited
about I am excited etherum is more ready
you saw this on the video too there are
more than 8,000 monthly active
contributors by far the largest in the
space um to the to the platform
development more than 100 Community hubs
across six
continent not yet in antactica
but um that now eam is um consuming a
lot less energy after the merge more
than 99 9% plus scaling solution yes
that's very great thank you thank you I
like this
energy um scaling Solutions have made
transactions a lot cheaper and faster
and the cost is actually less than one
uh less than 1 cent if you look at the
cost for uh on the layer twos layer twos
uh you guys are doing amazing
job advancements with programable
cryptography are Ena play in a way that
wasn't possible a few years ago it is
easier for wallets to provide better ux
now more than ever building on ethereum
is not only for idealistic
reason so ethereum is more ready to
build a better Humanity I will give you
only one example decentralized ID the
city of B Vos isus has finished on
boarding
150,000 of its citizen to quar ID and
the ID system built on etherum layer
too by next year uh four other cities in
Argentina and two cities in Mexico will
follow
suit that's this is
a
yes I should mention thater to zik sync
congratulations and also the country of
bhutan's the ID system is migrating to
eum's main net currently successfully
deployed on test
net and up until the last few years it
was not the obvious choice for these
places to choose now the infrastructure
is
ready but why do you choose eum among
many other
things there are many ways to answer
this but if I have to put it in very
simply
ethereum is built for the long term all
the values We Care credible neutrality
open source open participation
decentralization could interfere with
quick Pless quick growth quick Pless
that we could blog about in the short
term that does not mean you cannot
execute with these values we saw the
phenomenal execution of the merge in 20
um
2022 but the exec usion is much much
harder and that that's the tradeoff
ethereum chooses to make
always all to be built for the long term
by the people of the ecosystem that we
all hope to also last for the long
term if we keep making the right
decisions by really committing to those
values these values become the deep and
strong roots that enables the
longlasting resilient ecosystem and when
I say long lasting we are looking at the
the time when you and I do not exist
even with all the longevity supplements
and method that you are
trying and while ethereum is built for
the long term there is a word I want to
see beyond
that infinite Garden is the vision that
I've been introducing through the Isam
Foundation to the bler communities
infinite symbolize the concept of
infinite games we want to Foster a close
enter ecosystem whether you're part of
nonprofit for-profit public or private
sectors we are part of a collective
ongoing game the goal isn't for one
player to dominate the and end the game
that would make the game
finite but rather to keep the game
going why I choose the word Garden there
are several reasons and today i' like to
explain by
sharing this fascinating wisdom that I
learn from the region of Southeast
Asia first I will start with a
quiz imagine I give you a piece of
paper that has this drawing of an island
this may not look like an island I
actually drew it with a
pencil uh I say there are four kingdoms
on this island Kingdom A B C D and I I
ask you I give you a pencil and I ask
you to draw the full areas of Kingdoms
Kingdom a b c d how would you do
it did you imagine something like
this or
this but you probably did not think of
this
mandalas you might have seen this type
of visual before mandala in Sanskrit
means a circle is a ritual and spiritual
symbol inspired by Eastern religion like
Hinduism Buddhism gism and Shinto now
mandalas like this are often used for
healing practices or
meditation but in South East Asia
Mandara has an additional
meaning if refers to a
system of governance that was common
from ancient times through the early
modern time Mandara refers to the
circles of power that coexisted without
clear boundaries power is strong at the
center and ambiguous and blurry at the
edges some mandot overlapped while other
area remained beyond the reach of any
Circle for example the kingdom of aay
aaya in the current Thailand
and Lan in the current Laos for example
shared overlapping sphere of power and
influence people in this overlapping
space sometimes had duties to both
kingdoms but they were not necessarily
oppressed by competing influences
instead they benefited from their dual
affiliation gaining access to
Opportunities Rich cultural exchanges
and religious freedom the mandala this
mandala structure endured over
1,500
years the concept of mandal inspires Us
in different ways first Vis soall and
sere Inspire us to think beyond the
boundaries while many of us might have
tendency to think in squares or with
clear
boundaries open and overlapping spaces
with circles and spheres reflect more
fluid and interconnected uh
interactions today all former Mandela
kingdoms are governed by states with
clear
boundaries but things on the internet
for example still operate in spheres of
influence like
mandalas and I like to
share um two specific like wisdom from
mandala that contributed to their long
longevity sync criticism
this is the word it seems like even
English native speakers don't really
know uh it's a did you
know well I I clearly did not know but
um but I heard this is also not really
common is a concept of acceptance
merging and blending of religions
cultures and practices which was uen
into the mandala system of governance
and cultural influence no single culture
of or religion was imposed across the
entire area instead there was an
acceptance of various belief creating a
fusion of Hinduism Buddhism indigenous
practices and later
Islam and another wisdom despite their
distinct political structures and
diverse ethnic groups the Mandara
kingdoms shared core values and cultural
practices these shared values are often
deeply rooted in religion governance
trade and diplomacy which help Foster a
common identity across these otherwise
independent
kingdoms and monasteries and trade
routes acted as decentralized hub for
shared learning and values that United
different region sorry different regions
without central
control so how do we adapt this wisdom
to our
ecosystem I want to share the story of
the eum foundation describe as an an
example if we think of
EF as one
Circle it does not act as a singular
Center force that observe of or control
all other circles within the
ecosystem it La is its law is not to
make itself the center but to nurture
initiatives and teams that embody the
same principle all blowing the values of
etherum to split across a distributed
Network in this way it acts more like a
monastery fostering growth and
collaboration rather than a castle with
a single
King I will share the story of EF
Journey this is how the EF originally
was the etherum ecosystem was equivalent
to the eum foundation when it
started and I'm adding this Orange
to uh show the Highlight the space that
shares value so please remember all is
valued this is when the ecosystem began
to grow with circles of talents and
teams outside of the es also
contributing to ethereum I join ethereum
and the E also around this
time this is what people might think
it's a typical way for an organization
to grow
the foundation observing all the circles
in hiring all the talents inside the
organization to grow the EF
kingdom is is is observing all the
energy outside becoming a bigger Circle
in this scenario the orange area of
shared Valu still stays confined within
the
foundation or another misconception we
often hear
since we have a guiding
principle of
subtraction at thef people often think
by executing on the philosophy of sub
subtraction the EF is shrinking and then
o of shared values is also becoming
smaller but this is the wrong way to
view it in fact what is actually
happening is something like this the EF
is nurturing and an expanding ecosystem
to the elen area of shared values grows
beyond EF direct Beyond EF Direct
Control the philosophy of subtraction
does help create more space for
collaboration and Innovation allowing
these values to split naturally across
the entire ecosystem rather than being
limited by one single
entity one concrete example of our
action is this the Y has been working on
creating other
institutions with both CF members or
people outside we've supported the
launch of organizations such as xero
Park D nomic Foundation Al beat and more
recently argot Collective and geod work
which are working to be
independent zooming in on this
Dynamic Z Zer spark for for instance is
communed to advancing progammable
cryptography expanding eum's boundaries
with its sphere of influence in this way
ideas in this our space also have
spheres of influence and we do not want
to limit the potential by EF owning them
all so whether organization is inside EF
or outside matters Less in this context
what truly matters is the ideas from
these institutions are pushing the
boundaries sharing
values bler to the bler space
and what's great is that in etherum the
EF is not the only
organization um not the only entity
expanding its community and ideas while
sharing these core values other teams
and organizations and contributing to
this effort each adding their unique
perspective and energy to the collective
ecosystem I see the potential of eum and
all the thing Beyond it as exponentially
vast due to the countless future circles
that can be created whether or not the
if is directly
involved this is the resilience of eum
with many organizations and their ideas
growing their suffuse of influence and
some blending and merging the
ecosystem remains diverse and colorful
yet they're all interconnected by shared
Roots the foundational values of
ethum it represent the true innovation
of the
ecosystem connecting ideas and eort uh
efforts in a way that has never been
done this is why I call it a garden
Gardens are continuously glowing
evolving and changing underneath the
surface underneath the soil there loots
microbes fungi
interconnected coexisting without clear
boundaries sharing information and
nurturing diversity is critical because
biodiversity is in the only way for all
of them to
survive They're all playing a long
infinite game
together
now going back to this idea Thinking
Beyond the time of our existence
which one of these scenarios do you
think it last
longer one big circle observing all
other circles or nurturing other circles
and sharing
values I hope the answer is clear
now um imagine an ecosystem where every
Circle has the freedom to grow expand
and
innovate sharing
the same powerful values that's how we
built something truly remarkable
longlasting
and that is the end of my talk I hope
you can discover these values throughout
this Deon week and also notice the
circles around you thank you very much