Schelling Point

There are two uses of the term "Schelling Point": one in the context of the Public Goods Conference organized by Gitcoin, and the other in the sense of Nash Equilibrium.

The former refers to the Schelling Point Twitter account (schellingpoint_) and the website . There will be a Schelling Point event held in Bogota on October 10th.

The latter use of "Schelling Point" was introduced by Thomas Schelling in his book The Strategy of Conflict. It is defined as a solution that people tend to use when there is no communication, because it is perceived as natural, special, and relevant to oneself. More information can be found in this article: .

This concept is also known as "Focal point". It is related to Nash Equilibria and Schelling Points. An example of a project that utilizes this concept is SchellingCoin: A Minimal-Trust Universal Data Feed.