ETHGlobal · Oct 9, 2025

Discover why Ethereum should lean into the AI revolution with Shaw from Eliza Labs, recorded live at the Agentic Ethereum 2025 Summit. Explore how LLMs and agentic chatbots can transform DeFi onboarding, streamline crypto user adoption, and bring fresh engagement to Web3 projects. Learn how AI can demystify complex topics like liquidity pooling or yield farming, boost social media presence with interactive Telegram bots, and create entirely new decentralized business models. Whether you’re a developer, founder, or simply excited by the synergy of blockchain and AI, this talk highlights practical use cases, potential pitfalls, and the crucial “fun factor” that can supercharge real-world adoption. Stay tuned for actionable insights, business ideas, and the next wave of agentic innovations within the Ethereum ecosystem. Subscribe for more talks on how AI is reshaping crypto, DeFi, and the future of Web3! 00:00 Intro: Why Ethereum Should Care About AI 00:41 AI & Knowledge Discovery in DeFi 02:13 Teaching Complex Crypto Concepts 04:03 Agentic Wallets & Social Interactions 06:22 AI Hype Cycle vs Practical Use 08:18 Engaging Users via Bots & Social Media 11:02 Fun Factor & Embodiment in AI 13:40 AI for Workflow Automation 15:36 Closing Thoughts & Next Steps _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 🤖 *Agentic Ethereum 2025 Summit* Join the official Agentic Ethereum 2025 Summit for an in-depth look at AI agents, smart contracts, and how they converge to power the next era of decentralized intelligence. This is more than just a summit—it's a gathering of the brightest minds in our ecosystem, and we're honored to have Andrew Miller, Anna Kazlauskas, Davide Crapis, dcbuilder, Ed Felten, Erik Voorhees, Illia Polosukhin, Jasper Zhang, Karl Floersch, Ken Ng, Kevin Owocki, Linda Xie, Shaw, Tomasz Stanczak, Chase Allred and Vitalik Buterin and on stage for this virtual summit focused around AI Agents and Blockchain! Watch the full Agentic Ethereum 2025 Summit Playlist here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXzKMXK2aHh6DrYO4ORk8wzQ5wCZDs0mW&si=ARqB9gaXAqehWH1_ 🤖 *Agentic Ethereum 2025* Agentic Ethereum is an online, async hackathon that runs from Jan. 31 to Feb. 12, 2025. With over $175,000 USD in prizes, Agentic Ethereum is a great way to dive into the world of autonomous AI agents and explore how they can revolutionize projects on Ethereum. Start the year with groundbreaking innovation! Watch the full playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXzKMXK2aHh7jxP_flgRf5nZ_WDgFpBy3&si=RZozbd9C5KrG6Bf3 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ✅ Follow Shaw X: https://x.com/shawmakesmagic ✅ Follow Eliza Labs Website: https://www.elizaos.ai ✅ Follow Kartik Talwar X: https://x.com/therealkartik Warpcast: https://warpcast.com/kartik ✅ Follow ETHGlobal X: https://x.com/ETHGlobal​ Warpcast: https://warpcast.com/ethglobal Website: https://ethglobal.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ETHGlobal _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Are you interested in Ethereum development and entrepreneurship? 👉 Sign up for the next ETHGlobal event: https://ethglobal.com/events 🎁 Get exclusive access and perks with ETHGlobal Plus! https://ethglobal.com/plus 📣 Want us to throw an event in your city? Tell us where! https://ethglobal.com/city _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Kartik Talwar

ETHGlobal · Oct 9, 2025

In this fireside chat at Pragma Prague 2025, Kartik Talwar sits down with Bogdan Habic, co-founder of Tenderly, to explore the evolution of Ethereum developer tooling. They discuss Tenderly's origins from a Serbian hackathon to becoming essential infrastructure, challenges in building dev tools for blockchain, and the delicate balance between open-source ideals and sustainable business models. Habic shares insights on EVM compatibility issues, contract verification challenges, and why most computation should happen off-chain while using blockchain for verification. 00:00 Introduction to Bogdan Habic and Tenderly 00:49 Origin story: From public procurement hackathon to Tenderly 01:17 Transition from Hyperledger to Ethereum tooling 01:42 Tenderly's open-source roots and pivot 02:11 Early days of EVM tooling (2017) 02:35 Challenges of building dev tools as open-source 03:04 Debugging smart contracts in 2017 03:31 Inventing missing Web2 tools for Web3 03:56 Tenderly's current product suite 04:26 Security scanning for wallet transactions 04:54 Cost challenges in Web3 developer tooling 05:22 Why dev tools are infrastructure in Web3 05:50 Collaborative nature of blockchain development 06:22 Foundry's limitations in collaborative debugging 06:50 Unique challenges of shared database paradigm 07:18 Developer tooling as infrastructure 07:47 Biggest problems in Ethereum developer ecosystem 08:18 Solidity's limitations vs ecosystem needs 08:52 Debugging symbols and ecosystem growth 09:23 Overpromised timelines vs long-term value 09:51 Generational adoption of blockchain technology 10:22 Simplifying crypto for mainstream adoption 10:58 Evolution from Truffle to Hardhat to Foundry 11:26 Importance of learning from past tools 11:53 Open-source vs closed-source tensions 12:22 Business challenges of open-source dev tools 12:47 Monetizing public goods in Web3 13:16 Tenderly's path to open-sourcing 13:45 Foundry's success factors 14:12 Founder perspectives on open-source 14:39 Sustainability in dev tool businesses 15:10 Experimentation with alternative VMs 15:40 Ethereum's stability vs innovation tradeoffs 16:06 EVM compatibility nuances 16:35 Risks of VM incompatibility 17:06 EVM equivalent vs compatible confusion 17:36 Stylus and WASM experimentation 18:06 Contract verification challenges 18:39 Importance of source code visibility 19:06 Two benefits of contract verification 19:34 Debugging across smart contracts 20:04 Web2 vs Web3 debugging comparison 20:33 Advice for building complex on-chain systems 21:03 Verification over execution principle 21:38 Balancing on-chain vs off-chain logic 22:09 Scaling TPS vs developer growth 22:38 Future of off-chain compute 23:05 Closing remarks _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 🇨🇿 *Pragma Prague* Pragma Prague 2025 was held on May 29th at Holešovice Market in Prague, Czech Republic and was an in-person summit for builders and leaders in the web3 ecosystem. This event was in collaboration with ETH Prague. Watch the full Pragma Prague YouTube Playlist here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXzKMXK2aHh7vLS72NelQ2dOx2VgPNxJZ&si=UsHtX5roJ4R2R4_K ETHGlobal's Pragma series takes place in cities around the world, and is designed to be a different kind of event. Pragma is a one-stage conference with founders-only on stage, bringing together a small group of curated attendees and speakers to discuss the future of web3 and reflect on the past. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ✅ Follow Bogdan Habic X: https://x.com/BogdanHabic ✅ Follow Tenderly X: https://x.com/TenderlyApp ✅ Follow Kartik Talwar X: https://x.com/TheRealKartik ✅ Follow ETHGlobal X: https://x.com/ETHGlobal​ Warpcast: https://warpcast.com/ethglobal Website: https://ethglobal.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCfF9ZO8Ug4xk_AJd4aeT5HA _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Are you interested in Ethereum development and entrepreneurship? 👉 Sign up for the next ETHGlobal event: https://ethglobal.com/events 🎁 Get exclusive access and perks with ETHGlobal Plus! https://ethglobal.com/plus 📣 Want us to throw an event in your city? Tell us where! https://ethglobal.com/city _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

New Foundation · Jul 22, 2024

How can DeAI provide value, monetise, and tokenise decentralized intelligence? Sofiane Delloue (Newfoundation), Michal Benedykcinski (Arca), Karan Sihota (Mira.ai) , Oak (Valory/Olas) The video discusses economic models and business strategies in the AI and crypto sectors. Panelists share their personal journeys into the AI space, highlighting the value of decentralized systems, trustlessness, and the potential for broader distribution of ownership and wealth. They explore how AI can shape society and emphasize the importance of open-source infrastructure in this context. The conversation then shifts to business models that are currently succeeding or failing in this naspective field. The speakers note a significant investment focus on infrastructure, with concerns about capital wastage on less authentic projects. Examples include decentralized compute as a major investment area, while consumer applications are still developing. The panel also addresses how funds from AI services can be reinvested into the economy to create new services. Finally, they observe that revenue in AI is concentrated at the application layer or in compute resources, with other areas yet to be monetized effectively.