A presentation about Kleros I gave at King's College London in January 2024.

1. Kleros and the Birth of
Decentralized Justice
Federico Ast - @federicoast
CEO, Kleros

2. Designed by Bitcoin Magazine

6. “If X,
then Y”

8. The Four
Pillars of
Decentralized
Justice

9. International
Arbitration

10. New York Convention
(1958)

13. Global
Work

14. Global
Investment

15. Online Dispute
Resolution

18. Blockchain

20. Game Theory
and
Mechanism Design

22. Kleros

23. The Contract

24. The
Dispute

25. Frustration
?
Go to
international
arbitration over
$500?

26. How it works
with Kleros

27. Arbitrator

28. Jurors

29. Alice
Wins
Arbitrator

30. Feature 1
The system is
secured by
blockchain

31. Jury
Selection

33. PNK
Digital that users need to stake to be
drawn as jurors.

37. The token
stays locked
until jurors
reach a
decision

38. Incentive
Design

40. Focal
Points

42. Jurors vote
independently and are
incentivized to vote like
the majority

43. Users trying to game
the system will
lose money
(on average)
$

44. Honest users
will
make money
(on average)
$

45. Feature 2
Collective
Intelligence

46. Feature 3
Cryptoeconomic
Incentives

57. Traditional
ODR
Kleros
Resolution
Time
Resolution
Cost
Transparency

58. Can AI replace
Kleros?

59. Let’s ask ChatGPT…

61. Objective
Simple
Subjective
Complex
Better
solved by AI
Better
solved by
Kleros
Better solved
by traditional
methods
AI

65. The Challenges of
Decentralized Justice

66. Technical
Challenge
1

67. Will decentralized justice
systems be able to
withstand collusion,
bribery, 51% attacks, etc.?

68. Market
Challenge
2

69. Which use cases
will have more
traction?

73. Legal
Challenge
3

74. How will decentralized
justice systems interact
with existing legal
systems?

75. Will decentralized justice
systems be accepted as
legally valid arbitration
under UNCITRAL rules?

78. Ethical
Challenge
4

79. Is decentralized
justice a fair method
for dispute resolution?

80. Anonymous arbitrators.
Agents can be parties and arbitrators.
Arbitrators have a financial interest in
the dispute.
Decentralized Justice

84. Learn More!

87. Download the eBook on
kleros.io

88. Get Involved!

89. Kleros
Community
Telegram

91. Decentralized
Justice

92. Feature 1
The system is
built on
blockchain

93. Feature 2
Collective
Intelligence

94. Feature 3
Cryptoeconomic
Incentives

95. Thanks!
Federico Ast - @federicoast