Scott Fitsimones is a technologist passionate about blockchain, governance, and incentive design. He started CityDAO, a decentralized collective that crowdfunded 40 acres of land in Wyoming and governs the land using blockchain-based voting. He gave the TED Talk on DAOs, and is a member of other DAO projects like VitaDAO, which funds longevity research. Recently, he has been following the DeSci (Decentralized Science) movement and how it could democratize funding research, accelerate funding cycles, and align incentives with novel IP mechanisms.