BGIN will hold the 12th general meeting, Block#12, in Shibuya, Tokyo, from March 2 to 3 during the Japan Fintech Week.

Registration

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Admission Type	Ticket Type	Price
General Admission (In-person)	whole event	USD100
	One day	USD60
Remote Admission (online)	whole event	USD20
	for students/academia (ID is needed on-site)	Free

Venue

Shibuya Parco DG Bldg., 15-1 Udagawa-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0042, Japan

Agenda (Tentative)

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Background

The Blockchain Governance Initiative Network (BGIN) is a multi-stakeholder discussion body / distributed think tank, which plays the same role as what ISOC/IETF/ICANN/IGF is doing for the Internet ecosystem for the blockchain ecosystem. BGIN was established following the G20 2019 communique.
BGIN Block #12, the BGIN's twelfth general meeting, will be held on March 2 and 3, 2025, in Tokyo, Japan, **during the Japan Fintech Week

Goals of Block 12

The first is to bring voice to individuals focused on governance for digital economic networks, digital identity, and more applications based on blockchain technology. Major themes to include are (not limited to):

• governance of blockchain technology, applications, and
• digital identity
• NFT/SBT
• stable coin
• security of smart contract
• social-economic design
• financial stability
• ethics and
• BGIN community growth for all stakeholders

The second is to promote multi-stakeholder dialogue to find alignment and explore solutions to key challenges in blockchain governance.

The third is to collaborate in working groups and produce documentation to maintain discourse on core topics nominated by the network of participants. Share learnings and create conversation with a diversity of stakeholders and geographies.

All sessions are not one-sided. We welcome all attendees to join the discussion with the main discussants

Who should attend?

• Developers
• Regulators
• Business entities
• Consumers
• Civil society
• Academia
• And anyone interested in blockchain ecosystems!

Main Discussion Topics

Financial Applications

• Anti-Money Laundering Measures in DeFi
• Security Hazards in DeFi's Development
• The Future of CBDC
• Security requirements for wallets

Non-Financial Applications

• Self-sovereign identity
• Worldcoin Security Impact
• MPC, ZKP and Applications

All sessions are not one sided. We welcome all attendees to join the discussion with main discusstants

Past block meeting

• BGIN Block #1: Mumbai, India (Virtual)

• BGIN Block #2: Paris, France (Virtual)

• BGIN Block #3: Washington DC, NY, USA (Virtual)

• BGIN Block #4: Africa (Virtual)

• BGIN Block #5: Tokyo, Japan (Virtual)

• BGIN Block #6: Zurich, Switzerland (Hybrid)

• BGIN Block #7: Vancouver, Canada (Hybrid)

• BGIN Block #8: Bol, Croatia (Hybrid)

• BGIN Block #9: Sydney, Australia (Hybrid)

• BGIN Block #10: Tokyo, Japan (Hybrid)

• BGIN Block #11: Washington DC, US (Hybrid)

• YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@bgin

BGIN Co-Chairs

• TBD

Identity Key Management and Privacy (IKP) Working Group Co-Chairs

• Nat Sakimura
• Mitchell Travers

Decentralized Treasury Working Group Co-Chairs

• Leon Molchanovsky
• Chloe White

Experts

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Administration

• Takaya Sugino
• Masato Tsutsumi