Architecture of Defiance: Rethinking Power in OpenGov
2025-11-15 , Sub0 Stage

As OpenGov matures, it’s more than tech, it’s a social experiment in shared responsibility. Karam Alhamad, W3F Governance Lead, shares lessons from activism, Decentralized Voices, and Kusama Vision on governance that resists capture and stays porous, experimental, self-correcting.

Governance Lead @Web3 Foundation, working on OpenGov across the Polkadot & Kusama ecosystems. A Yale-educated tech-governance & policy professional and Syrian-born civic advocate, he brings 12+ years across blockchain governance and grants management