DWeb Camp 2026

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Zach Alexander
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Zach is a designer and technologist based in Oakland, California. He was previously the designer of Meedan's Check, and a founding engineer at Ethos Life.

zionillinois@mastodon.social / zionillinois@bluesky

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Sessions

07-08
17:00
60min
Demo Night Market Rehearsal
Matthew Schutte, Gopi Mehta, Beth McCarthy, Stefano De Vuono, Luandro, Andrew Chou, Mix Irving, Evan Prodromou, fauno, Mathias Jud, Nano Castro, Max Hampshire, Dan Visel, Guo Liu, Zacchaeus, Pumsuanhang (Michael) Suantak, Dani, Kumavis, rabble, Afri Blanck, Arushi, sammy, Nico@Briar, Václav Pavlín, Gavin Owens, Andre Alves Garzia, LX Cast, Carmel Schare, Christian Tschudin (cft), Wouter Kampmann | Powerhouse, Gabriel, Wesley, Nicolas Luck, James Weir, Zach Alexander, Holmes Wilson, Matthew Hodgson, Guillem Cordoba, Duke Dorje, Othman, Blake Stoner, Joshua Davila, Kevin Triplett, David Dao, Pete Hayman, Eric Harris-Braun, Ira N, Christine Lemmer-Webber, adz, Anton Tranelis, Lee, Jonathan Starr, Lars Gierth, Day Waterbury, Zach Miltz, Willem Wyndham, Alisher, Calum Bowden, brewster kahle, Andre Kudra

Presenters tabling at Thursday's Demo Night Market are invited to gather on the Main Lawn to practice your pitches, hone your storytelling and receive feedback from mentors and peers.

We'll also test out equipment and internet connection, and ensure you feel ready to demo tomorrow!

Protocols and Platforms
Main Lawn & Pool Area
07-11
11:30
60min
Local-First Social Media & Messaging
Zach Alexander, Stefano De Vuono

How can social media and messaging protocols become more decentralized? We will review the state of the art of distributed interactive media protocols, including Secure Scuttlebutt, Nostr, ATP, decentralized revisions to ActivityPub (FEPs), and Decentralized Trust Graphs, and its relationship to local-first software.

Open Social Web
Open Social Space