Kartik Talwar

ETHGlobal · Aug 9, 2026

In this welcome and opening ceremony, Kartik Talwar, co-founder of ETHGlobal, opens ETHGlobal New York 2026, stressing that this is not a conference but a hackathon whose mission is to onboard thousands of developers into the web3 ecosystem. He explains what makes ETHGlobal events different: a focus on builders, a place to learn and grow, and the belief that showing beats telling, so on Sunday everyone demos what they built. He traces ETHGlobal's history from a small 2017 hackathon (where NFTs were invented) through global expansion across six continents, noting that counting the recent ETHConf, they have run over 331 events in eight and a half years, hosted 165,000 people from 156 countries, produced 18,000+ hackathon projects, and seen projects raise over $500 million. This weekend brings almost 700 attendees (close to 500 hackers, 30% new to web3), plus supporting staff, 17 mentors, 20 recorded workshops, zero talks, over $200,000 in prizes, and 16 sponsors. Kartik walks through key logistics and rule changes. Hacking begins immediately, teams can have up to five members, and submissions are due Sunday at 9am. On AI, he encourages using tools like Cursor, Claude Code, and Codex but warns from thousands of data points not to use AI to generate or validate your idea (crypto bias is real), to keep a human in the loop, to reference-check SDK integrations, to commit plan files, and to always know what your codebase does. He introduces the new continuity track, letting hackers build from scratch, extend an open source project, or ship a feature into existing or private code, as long as new work stays open source and traceable via the GitHub API, with track-specific prizes. He covers venue security, Wi-Fi etiquette, the website as source of truth, Discord support, four spotlight teams (Aquazero, CodeQuil, Pompalo, Railbridge), and judging: partner-prize demos plus an add-on finalist track for the top 10 teams (up to seven scratch, three continuity) requiring an auditable open source repo, a live deployed site, and a video demo, with finalist perks including ETHGlobal Plus, $1,000 per member, travel, and developer credits. He closes by bringing on partners Tanner from 1inch (Aqua self-custodial AMMs), Gotham from Google Cloud Web3 (ERC-8004 data track), and Greg from ENS (naming as universal pointers), before telling everyone to get hacking. 00:00 Introduction 00:40 What Makes ETHGlobal Events Different 01:03 The History From 2017 to Today 01:49 Expanding Across Six Continents 02:18 The Numbers: 331 Events and Counting 02:44 18,000 Projects and $500 Million Raised 03:47 Mentors, Workshops, and Sponsors 04:27 Thanking the Sponsors 05:01 Logistics: Hacking Begins Now 05:19 The New Rules: Teams and Timing 05:37 Guidance on Using AI to Build 06:12 Explaining Your Contribution vs Delegation 07:11 Why Not to Use AI to Generate Ideas 07:38 Why Not to Use AI to Value Your Idea 08:33 Why Not to Blindly Delegate SDK Integrations 08:56 Always Know What Your Codebase Does 09:43 Introducing the Continuity Track 10:49 The Three Paths You Can Take 11:28 How Extending Open Source Works 12:43 Adding Features to Your Own Project 13:27 Adding a Module to Private Code 14:58 Why Prizes Are Track Specific 15:44 Venue Security and Wristbands 16:39 Wi-Fi 7 and Why Not to Use Hotspots 17:52 The Website and Discord Support 18:53 Food, Activities, and Swag 19:26 The Four Spotlight Teams 20:13 Judging and the Prize Structure 21:03 The Partner Prize Track 21:22 The Finalist Track for the Top 10 21:45 Finalist Perks and Requirements 23:45 Splitting Finalists Across Tracks 24:14 Submission Logistics and Timing 25:54 Why a Better Submission Wins 26:57 Where to Get Help From Mentors 27:40 Code of Conduct and IP Ownership 28:51 Tanner From 1inch on Aqua 31:00 Gotham From Google Cloud on ERC-8004 33:19 Greg From ENS on Naming 35:41 Summarizing the Prizes 36:23 Final Advice and Let's Get Hacking _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ *ETHGlobal New York 2026* This workshop is specifically for ETHGlobal New York 2026, a 3-day hackathon held June 12-14 at the Metropolitan Pavilion, bringing together the most skilled web3 developers, designers and product builders from all around the globe for a weekend-long adventure to advance the Ethereum ecosystem! Watch the full ETHGlobal New York 2026 playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXzKMXK2aHh7MZ8T-ict6YshkFDw9WJCu _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ✅ *Follow ETHGlobal* X: https://x.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 · Aug 9, 2026

In this closing ceremony for ETHGlobal New York 2026, Kartik Talwar, co-founder of ETHGlobal, wraps up the hackathon with event stats, ten live finalist demos, and the partner prize reveal. He shares that 682 attendees and 486 hackers (31% new to web3) came from 152 cities, 44 countries, and six continents, supported by 100-plus sponsor staff, 18 mentors, and 20 Friday workshops with zero talks. The 486 hackers built 232 projects (27% on the new continuity track), and for the first time in eight months Python overtook TypeScript as the most common language. DeFi was the biggest category, wallets and payments the most common hacks, and infrastructure rose to third, with ENS, Arc, and Chainlink the most-used integrations and mainnet, Base, and Arc the most-deployed chains. He introduces the 16 partners giving out $200,000 in prizes and the ten finalists (three continuity, seven from scratch). The finalist demos showcase the range: Canary, parametric insurance on prediction markets that prices DeFi risk like a credit default swap; Acrew, which turns the AI coding spinner into an onchain ad marketplace tying one human to one agent via World ID; Void Tactics, a year-old fully onchain PVP spaceship game upgraded with Dynamic embedded wallets, World ID tournaments, and Walrus move history; Lynx, a terminal bridging prediction markets with tokenized securities and traditional finance data; DRO.buzz, a clipping marketplace on Arc, World ID, and Chainlink; Ansu, a dead-simple browser wallet for onboarding newcomers; Proof of Scan, a decentralized network of scan nodes using Sui, Walrus, and TLS notary to catch cloaked phishing sites; The Wallet Shift, a DeFi-Llama-style analytics dashboard indexing ERC-8004 agents via Google BigQuery; Immunity, a decentralized AI security protocol where agents mint antibodies against prompt injection, rebuilt with Chainlink CRE and ENS; and Cumulant, structured products (baskets, tranches, protected notes, distribution markets) on prediction markets via Dynamic and Arc. Kartik details the finalist rewards (ETHGlobal Plus, $1,000 per member, flight and developer credits, a Ledger Flex, and an exclusive hoodie), then races through 60 slides of partner prizes from 1inch, ENS, Google Cloud, Chainlink, Hedera, Ledger, LI.FI, Privy, Sui, Uniswap Foundation, World, Canton Foundation, Blink, Arc, Dynamic, and Unlink. He closes noting code will be verified over four weeks, thanks the team and partners, and previews upcoming events in Lisbon, ETHOnline, Tokyo, and Mumbai. 00:00 Opening Montage 01:35 Welcome to the Closing Ceremony 02:03 The Event by the Numbers 02:32 Thanking the 16 Partners 03:01 Why This Is a Hackathon, Not a Conference 03:49 Community Highlights and Stats 04:28 232 Projects and the Continuity Split 04:53 The Most Common Categories and Integrations 05:54 Thanking the Judges 05:57 A Quick Word on Feedback Forms 07:19 Introducing the Ten Finalists 08:02 Thanking Every Team That Submitted 09:53 Finalist Demo: Canary 13:54 Finalist Demo: Acrew 19:21 Finalist Demo: Void Tactics 25:19 Finalist Demo: Lynx 31:42 Finalist Demo: DRO.buzz 36:36 Finalist Demo: Ansu 41:30 Finalist Demo: Proof of Scan 47:19 Finalist Demo: The Wallet Shift 52:58 Finalist Demo: Immunity 58:30 Finalist Demo: Cumulant 1:04:36 What the Finalists Win 1:05:50 Starting the Partner Prizes 1:07:19 1inch Prizes 1:08:17 ENS Prizes 1:09:46 Google Cloud Prize 1:09:53 Chainlink Prizes 1:11:05 Hedera Prizes 1:12:15 Ledger Prizes 1:13:04 LI.FI Prizes 1:13:28 Privy Prizes 1:13:59 Sui Prizes 1:14:25 Uniswap Foundation Prizes 1:15:14 World Prizes 1:16:09 Canton Foundation Prizes 1:17:00 Blink Prizes 1:17:27 Arc Prizes 1:18:23 Dynamic Prizes 1:19:06 Unlink and Joint Prizes 1:19:50 Wrapping Up the Prizes 1:20:09 Closing Notes and Verification 1:20:38 Thanking the Team and Community 1:22:01 Upcoming Events and Farewell _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ *ETHGlobal New York 2026* This workshop is specifically for ETHGlobal New York 2026, a 3-day hackathon held June 12-14 at the Metropolitan Pavilion, bringing together the most skilled web3 developers, designers and product builders from all around the globe for a weekend-long adventure to advance the Ethereum ecosystem! Watch the full ETHGlobal New York 2026 playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXzKMXK2aHh7MZ8T-ict6YshkFDw9WJCu _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ✅ *Follow ETHGlobal* X: https://x.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 · Aug 9, 2026

In this welcome and opening ceremony, Kartik Talwar, co-founder of ETHGlobal, opens ETHGlobal Lisbon 2026, stressing that this is not a conference but a hackathon whose mission is to onboard thousands of developers into the web3 ecosystem. He explains what makes ETHGlobal events different: a focus on builders trying out ideas, learning new skills and protocols, and the belief that showing beats telling, so on Sunday everyone demos what they built to judges, partners, and each other. He traces ETHGlobal's history from the first 2017 event in Waterloo through global expansion across six continents, notes the 2026 events in Cannes and last month's New York, and welcomes everyone back to Lisbon for the second time. This weekend brings over 518 attendees (380 hackers, 26% coming from web2), from 116 cities, 47 countries, and six continents, plus 43 partners, 16 technical mentors, eight workshops, zero talks, and $100,000 in prizes across eight partners: 1inch, 0G, Hedera, Sui, The Graph, Uniswap Foundation, World, and ENS. Kartik walks through key logistics and rule changes. Hacking has begun, teams can have up to five members, and submissions are due Sunday at 9am. He encourages using LLMs and AI coding tools like Codex and Claude Code but recommends committing plan markdown files and frequent descriptive commits so work is traceable, sharing SDK feedback with partners, and avoiding four AI pitfalls (do not use AI-generated ideas, get real human feedback, do not just delegate, and always understand your own code). He introduces the continuity track, letting hackers extend a past project, fix an open source bug, or ship an open source module into private code, with track-specific prizes. He covers venue security, Wi-Fi etiquette, Discord support, food, a tile-painting activity, swag, and four spotlight teams. On judging, he explains the partner track (apply to up to three of the eight partners) versus the finalist track (top 10 teams demoing live on stage) with an auditable repo, live deployment, and video demo required, and finalist perks like ETHGlobal Plus, $1,000 cash, flight credits, and AWS credits. He brings on Matt from 1inch, who shares that 1inch began at a 2019 hackathon and has since done over $800 billion in volume, and introduces the $7,000 in bounties for building Aqua apps, a liquidity provision method that keeps tokens in the LP's wallet. 00:00 Introduction 00:11 Welcome: This Is a Hackathon, Not a Conference 00:37 What Makes ETHGlobal Events Different 00:54 Why Showing Beats Telling 01:18 The History From 2017 to Today 02:25 Back in Lisbon for the Second Time 02:31 Who Is Here This Weekend 03:05 Partners, Mentors, and Workshops 03:27 $100,000 in Prizes and the Eight Partners 04:28 The Hackathon Has Begun 05:07 Team Rules and Submission Timing 05:42 Using LLMs and AI Coding Tools 06:25 Committing Plan Files and Sharing Feedback 07:24 The Four AI Pitfalls to Avoid 07:47 Why Not to Use AI-Generated Ideas 08:23 Why to Get Real Human Feedback 08:42 Why Not to Just Delegate 09:33 Introducing the Continuity Track 09:55 How to Continue a Past Project 10:55 Extending Open Source and Private Projects 12:08 How to Select Your Track 12:59 Venue Security and Badges 14:05 Wi-Fi Etiquette and No Hotspots 15:00 The Website and Discord 16:29 Venue Layout and Pragma 17:02 Food and Activities 17:53 Swag and Giveaways 18:40 The Four Spotlight Teams 19:54 Judging and Prizes: The Two Tracks 20:19 The Partner Track 20:57 The Finalist Track 21:55 Why Become a Finalist 22:32 The Requirements to Be a Finalist 23:50 Demoing Live to Judges 24:47 The Finalist Demo Format 25:09 Why Not to Record Your Video Last Minute 26:28 How First-Come Judging Works 27:32 The Mentors Who Can Help 28:29 Rules, Respect, and IP Ownership 29:42 Bringing On Matt From 1inch 30:55 Introducing the Aqua Protocol 32:00 The 1inch Bounties 33:39 Recapping the Prizes and Closing _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 🇵🇹 *ETHGlobal Lisbon 2026* This workshop is specifically for ETHGlobal Lisbon 2026, a 3-day hackathon held July 24-26 at the Carlos Lopes Pavillion, bringing together the most skilled web3 developers, designers and product builders from all around the globe for a weekend-long adventure to advance the Ethereum ecosystem! Watch the full ETHGlobal Lisbon 2026 playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWgAODGnD_is _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ✅ *Follow ETHGlobal* X: https://x.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 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

David Hoffman

ETHGlobal · Jul 9, 2026

In this fireside chat, David Hoffman from Bankless sits down with Reid Simon from Figure to discuss how the company built one of the top 10 crypto assets by market cap through tokenized real world credit. Reid explains that Figure built quietly, creating a tokenization platform for HELOCs (home equity lines of credit), an esoteric consumer credit asset, now doing around $1.5 billion a month of natively tokenized HELOCs on the Provenance network, with TVL mirrored via CoinGecko for verifiability. Founded by Mike Cagney (also founder of SoFi), Figure operates as a capital light platform where about 380 partners plug into its tech stack for origination, credit decisioning, tokenization, trading, warehousing, and securitization across HELOCs, auto loans, residential transition, SMB, and inventory finance. Reid explains why Figure chose HELOCs: traditional mortgage origination costs banks around $11,000 to $12,000, making small equity loans unprofitable, so blockchain's cheaper rails unlocked lending banks could not provide. Once tokenized, the asset needed utility, so Figure built Democratized Prime, a borrow-lend market against AAA rated HELOCs paying around 6.5% with hourly liquidity, recently connected to DeFi via a Morpho launch enabling financing near SOFR. He describes the new buyers unlocked by public blockchains: TradFi buyers like pension funds and insurers who buy tokenized mortgages in monthly securitizations, DeFi curators who dig into the historical loan tape, and net new capital like Asian family offices who cannot otherwise access American consumer credit. He frames banks as the primary middleman being removed, citing a narrow banking thesis, and explains the margin benefits: financing on Morpho at around 4.4% versus Goldman's 6.7% warehouse rate is a meaningful accelerant. He covers why Morpho on Ethereum made sense after an MVP on Solana with Kamino (deeper liquidity, isolated markets, composability), how Figure charges 50 basis points but treats it as a flywheel rather than a profit center, and how competitors like Securitize and Superstate compete through value chain partnerships. He closes on expansion into auto loans, residential transition loans, and SMB and trade finance, projecting Figure's Ethereum and Morpho TVL to reach the billions by year end. 00:00 Introduction 00:07 How Figure Became a Top 10 Crypto Asset 00:41 $1.5 Billion a Month in Tokenized HELOCs 01:03 Mirroring TVL via CoinGecko for Verifiability 01:25 A 101 on the Figure Business 01:52 From Lender to a 380 Partner Platform 02:19 The Full Stack of Credit Assets 02:42 Beyond First-Generation Tokenized Assets 03:05 Why Tokenizing HELOCs Is Just One Piece 03:30 Why Figure Picked HELOCs as an Asset 03:49 Why Banks Could Not Provide Small Equity Loans 04:29 Why Tokenized Assets Need Utility 04:56 Democratized Prime Explained 05:27 Connecting HELOCs to DeFi via Morpho 05:46 The New Buyers Public Blockchains Unlock 06:06 Why RWA Tokens Struggle With Liquidity 06:26 TradFi Buyers of Tokenized Mortgages 06:50 Democratizing Access to Warehouse Finance 07:17 Are Banks the Middleman Being Removed 07:35 The Narrow Banking Thesis 08:19 Accessing 160 Billion in Stablecoins 08:40 Two Sources of New Capital 08:58 Success With DeFi Curators 09:48 Asian Family Offices Accessing US Credit 10:33 The Margin Impact of the Opportunity 10:49 Why Cheaper Financing Accelerates the Business 11:13 Financing on Morpho Below SOFR 11:49 A Whole New Product of Prime Borrowers 12:11 Why Morpho Was the Right Platform 12:37 Why Ethereum Over Solana for Scale 13:02 Is Morpho a Profit Center or Distribution 13:23 Why It Is a Flywheel, Not a Profit Center 13:53 What Competitors Are Learning 14:31 Competing Through Value Chain Partnerships 15:03 What Is Next: New Assets Coming On Chain 15:37 Auto Loans, Residential, and SMB Lending 16:06 Is the Model Unique or Scalable 16:40 The Two Keys to Success 17:31 Sizing the Assets on Ethereum and Morpho 17:58 Projecting Billions by Year End 18:21 Closing _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ *ETHConf 2026* ETHConf is a 3 day event for founders, industry leaders, and builders who are excited about the possibilities of building on top of Ethereum. Connect with 2,000+ top innovators in crypto, finance, technology, and policy at our inaugural three-day event packed with showcases, demos, partnerships, and conversations shaping the future of the global economy. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ✅ *Follow ETHConf* X: https://x.com/ethconf Website: https://ethconf.com _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 🎟️ Get your early bird tickets for ETHConf 2027: https://ethconf.com/2027#tickets 🎤 View the full ETHConf 2026 Speaker Schedule: https://ethconf.com/schedule _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Funding the Commons · May 9, 2026

For the first time in 100 years, the Los Angeles City Council voted to expand its size, from 15 to 25 seats. That decision came from a citizen assembly that Liz Barry helped design and run. Liz, Executive Director of Metagov, builds the infrastructure for large-scale democratic deliberation. She works across community organizing, open source software and governance theory, and has been involved in democratic reform processes from Los Angeles to Taiwan. Her provocation is simple: what determines whether technology is a net good or bad is not its functionality — it's who controls it. She argues that as AI reshapes institutions, deliberative platforms need two things that are currently in tension: proof of humanity to ensure results are legitimate, and data sovereignty so participants can engage safely. Figuring out how to hold both at once is one of the defining challenges of democratic governance in the age of AI. Speaker: Liz Barry (Metagov) This session was part of Intelligence at the Frontier, held March 14–15, 2026, at Frontier Tower in San Francisco. Learn more at https://www.fundingthecommons.io Note: This recording was captured with technical limitations on Day 1. We apologize for any audio quality issues and appreciate your patience.

Funding the Commons · May 9, 2026

A single state-level debate about one nuclear power plant generated 5,862 distinct arguments. The human mind can hold about four to seven things at once. Jamie Joyce argues this gap is the core problem in democratic governance, and that AI might be the only way to close it. Jamie, founder of the Society Library, makes the case for Scaled Democratic Reasoning: the idea that civilization-scale decisions involve far more complexity than any group of humans can process reliably. Her team maps debates as dense, nested argument graphs pulling from social media, scholarly papers and economic assessments, to make the full landscape of a debate navigable at scale. Her argument isn't that human deliberation is wrong. It's that we need tools to extend it, the same way telescopes extended vision. Speaker: Jamie Joyce (The Society Library) This session was part of Intelligence at the Frontier, held March 14–15, 2026, at Frontier Tower in San Francisco. Learn more at https://www.fundingthecommons.io Note: This recording was captured with technical limitations on Day 1. We apologize for any audio quality issues and appreciate your patience.

Funding the Commons · May 9, 2026

AI is advancing exponentially. Democratic systems are not. Aviv Ovadya is trying to close that gap before it becomes irreversible. Aviv, CEO of the AI and Democracy Foundation and research director at Metagov, makes the case for deliberative processes as core infrastructure for governing AI. Citizen assemblies and similar mechanisms have now been run thousands of times around the world, including feeding into EU policymaking several times a year. They are faster to spin up than elections, easier to iterate on, and designed to cut through the adversarial incentives that corrupt traditional political processes. His argument is that the democratic innovation space is massively underfunded relative to AI, crypto and other domains, and that a targeted ARPA-style deployment of resources across key capability gaps could make rapid progress. Speaker: Aviv Ovadya (AI and Democracy Foundation) This session was part of Intelligence at the Frontier, held March 14–15, 2026, at Frontier Tower in San Francisco. Learn more at https://www.fundingthecommons.io Note: This recording was captured with technical limitations on Day 1. We apologize for any audio quality issues and appreciate your patience.

Funding the Commons · May 9, 2026

Humans aren't impressive on their own. Our superpower is each other — and institutions are how we've always organized that collective intelligence at scale. Adam Russell thinks that's exactly why institutions matter so much right now, and why most of them are blowing it. Adam, a former DARPA program director and Chief Vision Officer at USC's Information Sciences Institute, comes to AI as an anthropologist. He sees two dominant responses to disruption in institutions today: pretend it isn't happening, or dig in and defend the status quo. Neither works. His argument is that real resilience means being able to change when the world changes — not holding firm while everything shifts around you. Speaker: Adam Russell (Information Sciences Institute, USC) This session was part of Intelligence at the Frontier, held March 14–15, 2026, at Frontier Tower in San Francisco. Learn more at https://www.fundingthecommons.io Note: This recording was captured with technical limitations on Day 1. We apologize for any audio quality issues and appreciate your patience.

Funding the Commons · May 9, 2026

On February 7th, 2026, NPR reported that the State Department was taking down its social media posts going back 20 years. The Internet Archive had already started archiving them. In the weeks that followed, the Wayback Machine captured more than 2 million posts and found that over a million had already been removed from the live web. This panel brings together Mark Graham, director of the Wayback Machine, Megan Kleiman of the Filecoin Foundation, and moderator Wendy Hanamura to talk about what it means to preserve public data at a moment when governments are actively deleting their own records. The conversation covers Democracy's Library, a joint project storing government data from the US, Canada, Bermuda and beyond in decentralized Filecoin storage; why the Internet Archive's 200 petabytes of public data is one of the most important training sets AI has access to; and what builders can do with it right now. Mark also makes a case for archiving AI chatbot responses themselves — because if no one records what these systems are saying, that history disappears too. Speakers: Mark Graham (Internet Archive), Megan Kleiman (Filecoin Foundation) Moderator: Wendy Hanamura (DWeb / formerly Internet Archive) This session was part of Intelligence at the Frontier, held March 14–15, 2026, at Frontier Tower in San Francisco. Learn more at https://www.fundingthecommons.io Note: This recording was captured with technical limitations on Day 1. We apologize for any audio quality issues and appreciate your patience.

Evan Miyazono

Funding the Commons · May 9, 2026

Imagine a box where an AI system learns everything about your values and preferences. You walk in, spend a few hours, and walk out with a perfectly aligned AI. Evan Miyazono's talk starts here — and then explains why that's still not enough. Evan, founder of Atlas Computing and former director of Funding the Commons, argues that for high-stakes domains like nuclear infrastructure or financial systems, even a 99% probability guarantee isn't acceptable. Alignment is necessary but not sufficient. What's needed alongside it is structure: explicit checks and balances, verifiable constraints, and institutions with clearly scoped responsibilities — the same logic behind how democracies are designed to prevent unchecked power. His proposal is a 5-to-1 nonprofit where delegates from labs agree on a shared model specification that becomes a verifiable, multipolar governance target no single company controls. Speaker: Evan Miyazono (Atlas Computing) This session was part of Intelligence at the Frontier, held March 14–15, 2026, at Frontier Tower in San Francisco. Learn more at https://www.fundingthecommons.io

Funding the Commons · May 9, 2026

Six people currently sit on OpenAI's board. Those six people make decisions about one of the most powerful technologies ever built. Is that safe? James Farrell, CTO of Funding the Commons, moderates a conversation between Ala Shaabana, co-founder of Bittensor, and Ashutosh Desai on what a more decentralized AI economy could actually look like. Bittensor recently completed a full training run for a 72 billion parameter model on decentralized infrastructure — an early proof that markets can coordinate around AI without centralizing control. The conversation covers sovereign AI development across countries like India, the difference between decentralizing across organizations versus across nations, and why a multipolar AI world is safer than one where a single government or company holds all the power. It also turns toward something harder to quantify: as AI floods the internet with generated content, human attention and authentic connection may become the scarcest resource of all. Speakers: Ashutosh Desai, Ala Shaabana (Bittensor) Moderator: James Farrell (Funding the Commons) This session was part of Intelligence at the Frontier, held March 14–15, 2026, at Frontier Tower in San Francisco. Learn more at https://www.fundingthecommons.io

Funding the Commons · May 9, 2026

We already lost the battle for mind control. De Kai argues it happened 20 years ago, the moment AI algorithms started deciding what ideas would and wouldn't reach us. De Kai, professor at HKUST and Berkeley's ICSI and founder of the Empathetic AI Institute, asks who decides what each of us will never know. Social media recommendations, search engines and chatbots make those decisions billions of times a day. A handful of engineers and executives set the criteria. The community has no say. AI has become the 21st century knowledge commons — the system that determines which communities form and which ideas spread. That makes it the mother of all commons, and the most urgent governance challenge humanity has faced. Speaker: De Kai (Empathetic AI Institute / The Future Society) This session was part of Intelligence at the Frontier, held March 14–15, 2026, at Frontier Tower in San Francisco. Learn more at https://www.fundingthecommons.io

Kartik Talwar

ETHGlobal · May 9, 2026

In this kickoff, Kartik Talwar, co-founder of ETH Global, welcomes 800+ hackers from six continents to Open Agents — ETH Global's second async hackathon of 2026. He covers the upcoming 2026 calendar including in-person hackathons in New York, Lisbon, Tokyo, and Mumbai, plus ETHCom in New York City bringing together institutional finance and crypto. The hackathon offers $50,000 in prizes from five partners: Uniswap Foundation, ZeroG, ENS, Genson, and Keeper Hub. Kartik walks through the full set of rules and submission requirements: hacking begins immediately with submissions due Sunday, May 3rd at 12 PM Eastern, teams of up to five members, everything must be built from scratch with proper Git history, and a 4-minute demo video is required. He details the two judging tracks — partner prizes (judged asynchronously based on submission quality) and the finalist track (top 10 teams selected via live Zoom judging from 12-2:30 PM Eastern the day after submissions close). Finalists receive ETH Global Plus for a year, $1,000 USDC per team member, $500 flight credit to the next in-person hackathon, on-chain proof, and $15K in developer credits. He emphasizes that AI agent usage is encouraged but must be clearly attributed, with proper incremental commits rather than batched mega-commits. Two required check-ins and two live feedback sessions (Tuesday 2-4 PM and Thursday 9-11 AM Eastern) will support builders throughout the 10-day event. 00:00 Welcome to Open Agents 00:35 Upcoming ETH Global Events and ETHCom 01:27 Hackathon Stats: 800 Hackers from Six Continents 01:49 Five Partners and $50K Prize Pool 02:11 Communication: Discord and Hacker Dashboard 03:14 Hackathon Timeline: 10 Days to Submission 03:46 Rules: Build from Scratch, Auditable Repos 04:33 Open Source Libraries and SDKs Are Allowed 05:15 Submission Deadline and Demo Video Requirements 06:28 Two Judging Tracks: Finalist vs Partner Prizes 07:09 How Partner Prize Judging Works 08:37 Finalist Track: Live Zoom Judging Process 09:22 Finalist Live Call Time Zones 10:37 Finalist Pack: USDC, Flight Credit, Developer Credits 11:41 Finalist Requirements: Live Demo and Auditability 12:22 Tips for a Great Submission Video 13:23 Workshops, Tutorials, and Team Formation 14:30 Required Check-Ins and Stake Returns 15:36 Live Feedback Sessions Tuesday and Thursday 15:56 Code of Conduct and IP Ownership 17:02 AI Agent Usage Rules and Attribution 17:54 Prize Breakdown by Partner 18:39 Pace Yourself: Have Fun and Experiment 19:36 Closing Remarks _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ *Open Agents 2026* Join us for the kick-off for "Open Agents 2026," an async hackathon organized by ETHGlobal and held from April 24 to May 6. HackMoney 2026 brings together the world’s most talented Web3 developers, designers, and product builders to advance the Ethereum ecosystem! _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ✅ *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

ETHGlobal · Nov 9, 2025

Prabal Banerjee from Avail introduces "Liquid Apps" at an EthGlobal event, addressing the challenges of the rapidly evolving web3 multi-chain ecosystem. He highlights issues like liquidity fragmentation, complex user experience (UX), security trade-offs, and developer dilemmas in choosing chains and managing bridges. Liquid Apps, powered by Avail Nexus, aims to solve these by enabling seamless liquidity and user onboarding across multiple chains through a simple SDK. Developers can deploy once and scale everywhere, allowing users to access unified balances and interact with dApps without worrying about bridging assets or chain-specific hurdles. The solution supports both EVM and non-EVM chains, offers fast, non-custodial transactions, and integrates easily into existing frontends. Live demos showcase how Liquid Apps short-circuits onboarding, improves retention, and enhances both developer and user experience in the fragmented DeFi landscape. 00:00 Introduction 00:38 Web3 Evolution and Developer Challenges 02:05 Multi-Chain Complexity and User Experience 03:28 Liquidity Fragmentation and Security Trade-offs 04:23 Native Bridges vs. Liquidity Bridges 06:09 Introducing Liquid Apps and Avail Nexus 07:46 Seamless User Experience Vision 08:45 Unified SDK and User Balances 09:50 Build Once, Scale Everywhere 10:41 Developer Incentives and Tooling 11:48 Liquidity Expansion via Nexus 12:28 Liquid Apps Demo Introduction 14:05 Demo Walkthrough and SDK Integration 15:21 Non-Custodial, Multi-Chain User Onboarding 16:48 User Retention and Bridging Pain Points 18:04 Unified Balances and Developer Experience 19:19 Security, Chain Support, and UI Widgets 20:24 Supported Chains and Closing Remarks _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 🇮🇳 *Pragma New Delhi* Pragma New Delhi 2025 was held on September 25th at the JW Marriott Hotel in Aerocity New Delhi and was an in-person summit for builders and leaders in the web3 ecosystem. Watch the full Pragma New Delhi YouTube Playlist here: 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 Prabal Banerjee X: https://x.com/prabalbanerjee ✅ Follow Avail X: https://x.com/availproject ✅ 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 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

ETHGlobal · Oct 9, 2025

In this talk at Pragma Singapore 2024, Elena Nadolinski, founder of Ironfish, dives deep into Ironfish 2.0 — a groundbreaking privacy-first blockchain and the secure privacy layer for all EVM chains. Learn why privacy matters in crypto, how Ironfish achieves multi-asset shielded transactions using zk-SNARKs, and how cross-chain interoperability is achieved with secure, decentralized bridging. Elena breaks down key cryptographic components such as MASP, FROST, DKG, and Ironfish’s innovative UTXO structure supporting assets from 27+ chains. She also shares a live testnet demo bridging an ERC-20 token into a private pool on Ironfish. If you're building in DeFi, zk-tech, or multichain infrastructure, this is a must-watch. 00:00 Intro: Why Privacy Still Matters in Crypto 00:55 Transparent Chains and Real-World Identity Leaks 01:54 The Problem with 700+ Privacy Projects 02:53 Introducing Ironfish: A Practical Privacy Protocol 03:19 Ironfish Architecture Overview: L1, Proof-of-Work 03:48 Regulatory-Ready: Sanctions Screening at Ingress 04:17 From Zcash Sapling to MASP (Multi-Asset Shielded) 05:11 Key System: Secret, Public, and View Keys 05:41 UTXO Design + Multi-Asset Note Structure 06:11 Transaction Model & Description Types 07:12 zk-SNARKs in Spend Descriptions 08:11 Mint & Burn: Transparent Metadata for Bridges 09:14 Balancing Transactions Across Multiple Assets 10:14 Shared Pattern Across Other zk Privacy Projects 10:40 Bridges & Multisigs: The Missing Privacy Layer 11:07 Threshold Signatures: Frost & DKG Explained 12:36 CLI Wallet & Ledger Support for Bridge Operators 13:09 Demo: Bridging ERC-20 to Ironfish Privacy Pool 13:44 Ironfish as a Privacy Layer for All EVM Chains 14:00 Final Thoughts & Follow Ironfish on Twitter _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 🇸🇬 *Pragma Singapore* Pragma Singapore 2024 was a special gathering of founders and builders that took place September 19, 2024 at the Fullerton Hotel in Singapore. Pragma Singapore 2024 was an opportunity discuss the future of web3 and reflect on the past. Watch the full Pragma Singapore playlist here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXzKMXK2aHh6z0saYJnVdgXWfz-vaoEYx&si=uavhkhF5Kc8XBoLv 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 Elena Nadolinski* X: https://x.com/leanthebean ✅ *Follow Iron Fish* X: https://x.com/ironfishcrypto ✅ *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 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Orest Tarasiuk

ETHGlobal · Oct 9, 2025

Uncover how T1 Protocol aims to unify fragmented Ethereum rollups through real-time proofs. Orest Tarasiuk explains how Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) and tiered security layers can deliver on the original rollup promise – scaling beyond gas costs while preserving cross-chain composability. Learn how T1’s AVS-based sequencer design, cryptoeconomic staking, and optional ZK verifications enable near-instant transaction finality across multiple L2s. If you’re seeking a solution that goes beyond bridging liquidity to bridging secure state among EVM-based chains, this talk outlines T1’s vision for the “United Chains of Ethereum.” 00:00 Introduction & Trusted Execution Environment Basics 01:32 Identifying the Rollup Fragmentation Problem 03:20 Real-Time Proving & Why Zero-Knowledge Alone Is Not Enough 05:42 Combining TEEs & Cryptoeconomic Security for L2 07:59 Execution Flow & The Two AVS Roles (Sequencer + Worker) 10:48 Tiered Security with Optional ZK for Large Transfers 13:26 Cross-Chain Partnerships & “United Chains of Ethereum” 15:20 Live Devnet Demo: Sub-Block Finality on T1 19:10 How T1’s Canonical Bridge Verifies State Instantly 21:27 Future Plans, Builders’ Invitation & Roadmap 23:45 Conclusion & End of Talk _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 🇺🇸 *Pragma San Francisco* Pragma San Francisco 2024 was a special gathering of founders and builders that took place October 16th and 17th at The Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco, CA. Pragma San Francisco 2024 was an opportunity discuss the future of web3 and reflect on the past. Watch the full Pragma San Francisco playlist here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXzKMXK2aHh4LcwDpGf_itZrAu7XRNb07&si=3x3y9J3avgNTITUe 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 Orest Tarasiuk* X: https://x.com/OrestTa ✅ *Follow t1 Protocol* X: https://x.com/t1protocol ✅ *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 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

ETHGlobal · Oct 9, 2025

Explore how Ali Merchant from Warden Protocol simplifies on-chain development with the Warden Agent Kit—no deep Solidity expertise required! In this workshop, discover how to build agents for blockchain automation, integrate custom Solidity business logic, leverage TypeScript workflows, and easily connect tools like LangChain for advanced functionalities. See a live demo of managing spaces, keys, balances, and sending tokens directly from an AI-driven CLI. Whether you're a web2 or web3 developer, learn how to streamline your smart contract development and automate blockchain operations with the powerful Warden Agent Kit. 00:00 Introduction & Welcome 00:43 Overview of Warden Agent Kit 01:19 Key Modules & Components 02:32 LangChain Integration Explained 03:08 Adding Social Media Extensions 03:43 Demo: Cloning the Example Project 04:26 Agent Initialization & Configuration 05:08 Creating the ReAct Agent 05:45 Chatbot & CLI Implementation 06:25 Error Handling & Response Strategies 07:03 Live Agent Run & Usage 07:48 Managing Spaces Example 09:20 Listing & Creating Keys 10:21 Sending Tokens via CLI 11:15 Final Thoughts & Contact Info _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 🤖 *Agentic Ethereum* 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 Ali Merchant* X: https://x.com/Ali_the_Curios ✅ *Follow Warden Protocol* X: https://x.com/wardenprotocol Warpcast: https://warpcast.com/wardenprotocol Website: https://wardenprotocol.org ✅ *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 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

ETHGlobal · Oct 9, 2025

Watch the ETHGlobal Taipei 2025 Closing Ceremonies & Finalist Demos, featuring the top 8 projects from this groundbreaking hackathon. Over 700 attendees (42% new to Web3) built 226 projects in 36 hours, competing for $200,000+ in prizes from partners like 1inch, Worldcoin, Polygon, and Uniswap. Highlights include AI-powered DeFi tools, peer-to-peer payment apps, on-chain privacy solutions, and cross-chain prediction markets. Kartik Talwar (ETH Global Co-founder) announces winners, showcases NFC wristband analytics (11,000+ scans), and reveals ETH Global Packs—on-chain proof of participation with perks like free ENS domains, Lens handles, and developer credits. Don’t miss demos from finalists like How Doxed Am I, Signals, Dynavst, and Ethereum Fighter—all open-source and live for testing. ETHGlobal is thrilled to share 8 projects that stuck out to our judges from 226 built: 📶 Signals 🕹️ EthereumFighter 📱 cellfi 🧧 Ask CiaShen ⚡ Solva 👁️ How Doxxed Am I? 🤪 DynaVest 🤙 Nomadia 00:00 – ETHGlobal Taipei 2025 Closing Ceremony Highlights 00:08 – Kartik Talwar Introduces the Hackathon’s Success 00:43 – Attendee Stats: 700+ Builders, 42% New to Web3 01:59 – ETH Global’s Mission & First Taipei Hackathon 03:14 – $200K Prizes & Partner Thank-Yous (1inch, Worldcoin, etc.) 03:53 – 226 Projects Built: Open-Source Showcase 05:08 – NFC Wristband Analytics: 11,000+ Scans On-Chain 06:57 – Top 8 Finalists Announced (Signals, Nomadia, Ethereum Fighter, etc.) 08:56 – Attendee Feedback & ETH Global Improvement Survey 09:51 – Finalist Demos Begin 09:51 – How Doxed Am I: On-Chain Privacy Tool 15:57 – Signals: Bitcoin Prediction Market 21:32 – Dynavst: AI-Powered DeFi Agent 27:50 – Ethereum Fighter: AI Trading Game 34:05 – Nomadia: P2P Local Currency Exchange 37:17 – Celli: SMS-Based Crypto Transfers 42:22 – Solva: Venmo-Like On-Chain Payments 47:24 – Ask Chaishan: DeFi Wealth AI Advisor 50:48 – ETH Global Packs: On-Chain Perks for Hackers 54:27 – $200K Prize Announcements (50+ Categories) 1:08:15 – Thank-Yous: Judges, Mentors, Partners & ETH Global Team 1:10:19 – Finalist Prizes: $1K USDC, ETH Global Plus, Flight Credits 1:12:17 – Upcoming ETH Global Hackathons (Prague, NYC, Delhi) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 🇹🇼 *ETHGlobal Taipei* This workshop is specifically for ETHGlobal Taipei, a 3-day hackathon held April 4-6 2025, that brought together the most skilled web3 developers, designers and product builders from all around the globe for a weekend-long adventure to advance the Ethereum ecosystem! _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ✅ 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/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 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

ETHGlobal · Oct 9, 2025

Abhay Upadhyay, software engineer at Akave, explores how to hack the data layer for AI using Akave and Filecoin in this ETHGlobal workshop. Learn about decentralized storage concepts, how Filecoin's incentive-based storage complements Akave's hot storage layer, and how to interact with data agentically using Akave 03's S3-compatible API. Discover practical demos of storing/retrieving files through Akave 03 and integrating local AI models with on-chain data via Model Context Protocol (MCP). Perfect for builders at ETHGlobal hackathons. 00:00 - Introduction to Akave & Filecoin for AI Data 00:43 - Why Decentralized Storage Matters for AI 01:14 - Benefits of Decentralized Storage 01:41 - IPFS vs Filecoin: Key Differences 02:56 - How Akave Complements Filecoin Storage 03:51 - Akave Hot Storage vs Filecoin Warm Storage 04:17 - Akave 03: S3-Compatible Decentralized Storage 05:37 - How Akave Secures Data with Erasure Coding 06:34 - Akave 03 Features and Benefits 07:02 - Live Demo: Akave 03 S3 CLI Setup 08:20 - Creating Buckets & Uploading Files Demo 10:16 - Downloading Files from Akave 03 11:26 - Model Context Protocol (MCP) with Local AI 12:58 - Running MCP Server with Akave Credentials 14:23 - AI Agent Interacting with On-Chain Data _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 🇨🇿 *ETHGlobal Prague* This workshop is specifically for ETHGlobal Prague, a 3-day hackathon held May 30 - June 1 2025, bringing together the most skilled web3 developers, designers and product builders from all around the globe for a weekend-long adventure to advance the Ethereum ecosystem! Watch the full ETHGlobal Prague 2025 playlist here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXzKMXK2aHh5Vv-ZobDU2YMWekDFYvOqd&si=SoQ5O2TOAK8RkYf- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ✅ *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 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

ETHGlobal · Oct 9, 2025

Alex Pashinski, an engineer at Fluence, introduces Fluence Cloudless Compute—a decentralized, Web3-focused cloud platform designed to address issues like vendor lock-in, high costs, censorship, and lack of transparency found in traditional cloud providers (e.g., AWS). Fluence offers affordable, location-flexible virtual servers with no vendor lock-in, supporting custom hardware and images. The platform currently supports CPU-based VMs, with containers, GPUs, and managed services on the roadmap. Alex demonstrates deploying VMs via the web UI and API, highlighting features like custom images, multi-location support, and API automation. He discusses hackathon bounties for best AI use, reusable images, and multi-chain staking optimizations. Audience Q&A covers abuse handling, dynamic deployment, migration, and credit allocation. Fluence provides $20 credits for hackathon participants, with support available via Discord and at their booth. 00:00 Introduction 00:32 Problems with Traditional Cloud Providers 01:30 Key Features of Fluence Cloudless Compute 02:22 Hackathon Bounties and Use Cases 04:08 Live Demo: Deploying on Fluence via Web UI 06:05 Using the Fluence API for Deployment 07:26 Multiple VM Deployment and Hackathon Credits 08:34 Support and Q&A Introduction 09:12 Abuse Handling and Security 10:20 Dynamic Deployment and Migration Roadmap 12:04 Credits and Resource Allocation 13:00 Closing Remarks _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 🇫🇷 *ETHGlobal Cannes* This workshop is specifically for ETHGlobal Cannes, a 3-day hackathon held July 4-6, bringing together the most skilled web3 developers, designers and product builders from all around the globe for a weekend-long adventure to advance the Ethereum ecosystem! Watch the full ETHGlobal Cannes 2025 playlist here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXzKMXK2aHh5N2DCwhcEshNW9C8knZ1T-&si=Lc-WOyfkAVP2--R4 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ✅ *Follow Fluence X: https://x.com/fluence_project ✅ *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 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Robin Roy

ETHGlobal · Oct 9, 2025

Robin Roy presents the Avail Nexus SDK, a developer toolkit enabling seamless one-click cross-chain experiences for Web3 applications. Nexus abstracts away the complexity of multi-chain interactions, letting users bridge, transfer, and execute transactions across major EVM-compatible chains (like Ethereum, Optimism, Arbitrum, Base, Polygon, Scroll) without leaving the app or using third-party bridges. Key features include unified token balances, intent-based bridging, and bridge-and-execute functions, allowing developers to build cross-chain DEXs, yield aggregators, lending protocols, tipping clients, and gaming apps with minimal friction. The demo shows easy SDK integration, unified portfolio views, and transaction simulations. Nexus currently supports only EVM chains and liquidity must exist on supported chains. Resources, project ideas, and bounties are available for builders. 00:00 Introduction 00:50 Overview of Avail Stack & Products 01:22 What is Nexus? 02:23 Cross-Chain UX Challenges 03:10 Nexus SDK Features 04:07 Bridge and Execute Explained 05:11 Multi-Chain Application Use Cases 06:46 Bounties & Project Ideas 07:20 Live Demo: Integrating Nexus SDK 09:09 Unified Balances & Portfolio Aggregation 10:16 Bridging Tokens Demo 12:12 Developer vs User Experience 13:04 Bridge and Execute Demo 15:29 Code Walkthrough & Resources 17:23 Supported Chains & Q&A 18:13 EVM Compatibility & Closing _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 🇫🇷 *ETHGlobal Cannes* This workshop is specifically for ETHGlobal Cannes, a 3-day hackathon held July 4-6, bringing together the most skilled web3 developers, designers and product builders from all around the globe for a weekend-long adventure to advance the Ethereum ecosystem! Watch the full ETHGlobal Cannes 2025 playlist here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXzKMXK2aHh5N2DCwhcEshNW9C8knZ1T-&si=Lc-WOyfkAVP2--R4 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ✅ *Follow Avail* X: https://x.com/AvailProject ✅ *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 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Kevin Jones

ETHGlobal · Oct 9, 2025

Kevin Jones, Developer Relations Engineer at Edge & Node, presents an overview and live demo of building on Hypergraph, a new framework from The Graph Protocol for developing knowledge graph-based Web3 applications. He covers The Graph’s decentralized data indexing network, subgraphs, Token API, substreams, Firehose, and MCP servers for AI integration. Hypergraph introduces a knowledge graph model with entities, types, properties, and spaces, enabling optimized, structured data storage and curation. It supports both public and private data via a local-first sync server, with selective publishing to IPFS and blockchain. The framework is type-first (TypeScript), AI-friendly, and supports real-time collaboration and governance. Kevin demonstrates creating an academic app using Hypergraph CLI, defining schemas, managing private/public spaces, and publishing data on-chain. He highlights available bounties, resources, and starter templates for hackathon participants, encouraging developers to leverage Hypergraph for innovative Web3 and AI-powered applications. 00:00 Introduction 00:17 About Kevin Jones & The Graph Protocol 00:36 Overview of The Graph: Subgraphs, Token API, Substreams 03:04 MCP Servers & AI Integration 03:53 Developer Resources & Example Repos 04:33 Introduction to Hypergraph 05:15 Knowledge Graphs & Data Modeling 06:26 Spaces, Entities, and Relations 08:01 Public vs Private Data & Sync Server 08:54 Application Architecture & Governance 09:23 TypeScript, AI, and Data Querying 11:06 Publishing Data: Private & Public 12:08 Prizes & Bounties 13:29 Project Ideas & Documentation 14:12 Hypergraph Demo Introduction 14:37 Quickstart & App Templates 15:21 Schema Definition & App Generation 18:40 App Structure & Code Walkthrough 19:40 Running the App & Authentication 21:06 Creating and Publishing Data 21:59 Conclusion & Q&A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 🇫🇷 *ETHGlobal Cannes* This workshop is specifically for ETHGlobal Cannes, a 3-day hackathon held July 4-6, bringing together the most skilled web3 developers, designers and product builders from all around the globe for a weekend-long adventure to advance the Ethereum ecosystem! Watch the full ETHGlobal Cannes 2025 playlist here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXzKMXK2aHh5N2DCwhcEshNW9C8knZ1T-&si=Lc-WOyfkAVP2--R4 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ✅ *Follow Kevin Jones* X: https://x.com/cryptomastery_ ✅ *Follow The Graph* X: https://x.com/graphprotocol ✅ *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 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Phil Daian

ETHGlobal · Oct 9, 2025

In this panel, Hayden Adams, CEO of Uniswap Labs, and Phil Daian, Co-founder of Flashbots, discuss the evolution and future of onchain finance, focusing on DeFi, L1s, L2s, and trading infrastructure. They announce the launch of Flash Blocks for Uni Chain, enabling 200ms swaps and dramatically improving user experience. The conversation explores the role of Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) for privacy, integrity, and low-latency trading, and how Uni Chain leverages these to optimize for decentralized trading and MEV (Miner Extractable Value) redistribution. They debate the merits of DeFi on L1 vs L2, the importance of decentralization as a scaling technology, and the trajectory of DeFi from its early days to mainstream adoption. The discussion also covers the technical and economic advantages of Automated Market Makers (AMMs) over order books, the integration of programmable privacy, and the potential for specialized blockspace and interoperability across domains. They conclude by highlighting the unstoppable, democratizing nature of DeFi and encourage trying the new instant trading experience. 00:00 Introduction 00:51 Flash Blocks Launch & Collaboration 02:21 Evolution of Uniswap & Uni Chain 04:40 TEEs, Sequencer Design, and L2 Innovation 06:40 User Experience, Low Latency, and DeFi Scaling 08:32 DeFi on L1 vs L2 & Decentralization as Scaling 11:00 TEEs, Privacy, and Trading Protocols 12:36 DeFi’s Progress and Mainstreaming 16:35 Challenges of Mainstream DeFi & Privacy 18:06 DeFi, the Internet Analogy, and Democratization 19:11 Future of Decentralization & Block Building 21:21 AMMs vs Order Books: Technical Perspectives 25:58 AMMs, Fair Ordering, and Specialized Blockspace 29:31 Closing Thoughts & Instant Swaps Demo 30:29 Conclusion _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 🇺🇸 *Pragma New York* Pragma New York 2025 was held on August 14th at Vesper Events in Brooklyn, New York and was an in-person summit for builders and leaders in the web3 ecosystem. Watch the full Pragma New York YouTube Playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXzKMXK2aHh5TRLdUXjnhUVfdbBtu6z2j 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 Hayden Adams X: https://x.com/haydenzadams ✅ Follow Uniswap Labs X: https://x.com/Uniswap ✅ 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 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

ETHGlobal · Oct 9, 2025

Dieter Shirley, creator of ERC-721 and Chief System Architect for Flow Foundation, discusses the future of consumer crypto with AI, focusing on enhancing DeFi composability and usability. He introduces "actions," standardized interfaces on Flow enabling effortless DeFi protocol integration, allowing AI to generate secure, complex transactions. Shirley demonstrates how AI can automate DeFi tasks like yield farming using Flow's Cadence language, ensuring user asset safety via transaction structure (prepare, execute, post). He unveils "agents," on-chain schedulers enabling autonomous, recurring DeFi actions without third-party reliance, MEV resistance, and non-custodial execution. Upcoming Flow upgrades will finalize these features, with beta versions available and hackathon participation encouraged. Flow supports EVM compatibility, making advanced DeFi and AI-driven workflows accessible to both developers and end-users, marking a significant step toward decentralized, user-driven crypto applications. 00:00 Introduction 00:51 Speaker Background & Flow Blockchain 02:16 Composability in Crypto: Legos vs. Home Depot 03:31 The Problem with Current DeFi Usability 04:08 Introducing Actions on Flow 04:34 Demo: AI-Generated DeFi Transactions 06:48 Cadence Transactions: Structure & Security 09:19 AI-Assisted DeFi: Safety & Assurance 11:32 Actions: AI Reasoning & Protocol Integration 12:15 Introducing Agents: On-Chain Scheduling 13:45 Agents vs. Other Scheduling Solutions 14:25 Actions & Agents: Availability and Roadmap 15:25 Flow at Hackathons & EVM Compatibility 16:30 The Future: AI, Agents, and User-Driven DeFi 16:52 Conclusion _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 🇺🇸 *Pragma New York* Pragma New York 2025 was held on August 14th at Vesper Events in Brooklyn, New York and was an in-person summit for builders and leaders in the web3 ecosystem. Watch the full Pragma New York YouTube Playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXzKMXK2aHh5TRLdUXjnhUVfdbBtu6z2j 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 Dieter Shirley X: https://x.com/dete73 ✅ Follow Flow Foundation X: https://x.com/flow_blockchain ✅ 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 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Victor Munoz

ETHGlobal · Oct 9, 2025

Victor Munoz, Developer Evangelist at Flare, presents a workshop on how to bring Web2 data on-chain using the Flare blockchain. Flare is an EVM-compatible L1 blockchain with native, enshrined oracles, providing secure, decentralized access to external data. Key protocols include FTSO (Flare Time Series Oracle) for price feeds, FDC (Flare Data Connector) for verifying and attesting Web2 and cross-chain data, and FAssets for trustless asset representation from non-smart contract chains like Bitcoin and XRP. The workshop demonstrates fetching data from a Web2 API (Star Wars API), processing it with jq filters, verifying it via the FDC, and storing enhanced, verified data on-chain. Use cases include insurance automation, carbon credits, and on-chain reputation systems. Victor guides developers through Flare’s documentation, starter kits (Hardhat, Foundry), and a live coding example, emphasizing the importance of defining data structures and on-chain logic before implementation. 00:00 Introduction 00:40 Workshop Overview & Flare’s Uniqueness 02:07 Flare as an EVM L1 & Native Oracles 03:02 Flare Protocols: FTSO, FDC, FAssets 05:05 Use Cases: Insurance, Carbon Credits, Reputation 08:57 Flare Data Connector Flow Overview 09:42 Live Demo: Fetching & Verifying Web2 Data 11:09 Developer Resources & Starter Kits 12:39 Flare Developer Hub Walkthrough 14:00 Setting Up the Web2JSON Example 15:30 Running the Demo & Process Explanation 17:17 Demo Output & On-Chain Data Enhancement 18:44 Step-by-Step Log Analysis 21:03 Submitting Requests & Validator Consensus 22:08 Deploying Smart Contracts & On-Chain Logic 23:41 Decoding Proofs & Final Steps 24:30 Q&A and Wrap-up _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 🇺🇸 *ETHGlobal New York* This workshop is specifically for ETHGlobal New York, a 3-day hackathon held August 15-17, bringing together the most skilled web3 developers, designers and product builders from all around the globe for a weekend-long adventure to advance the Ethereum ecosystem! Watch the full ETHGlobal New York 2025 playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXzKMXK2aHh4Xze0ZeSWCSGsw25clPpvZ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ✅ *Follow Flare* X: https://x.com/FlareNetworks ✅ *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 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

ETHGlobal · Oct 9, 2025

Matthew Foyle, representing Dynamic, shares insights from judging 300-400 hackathon projects, offering practical tips for building winning projects and lasting products. He emphasizes focusing on core functionality, self-documenting demos, and product polish. Dynamic is presented as a seamless authentication and wallet solution for web3 apps, supporting social logins, embedded wallets, and integrations like Coinbase On-Ramp. Foyle highlights the importance of clear documentation, live doc integrations (MCP server), and using oneshot prompts for AI-assisted development. He showcases standout hackathon projects, discusses best practices for partner bounties, and demonstrates Dynamic’s quick integration process, including customizable onboarding and payment flows. Final advice includes leveraging office hours, prioritizing fun, and iterating based on feedback. Keywords include hackathon, Dynamic, web3, authentication, wallet, Coinbase, documentation, AI, onboarding, partner bounty, and product polish. 00:00 Introduction 00:36 Judging Hackathons & Dynamic Overview 01:15 Dynamic as Authentication & Wallet Solution 02:22 Real-World Integrations & Winning Tips 03:30 Demo Best Practices & Product Focus 04:28 Importance of Polish & Simplicity 05:05 Partner Bounty Strategies 06:00 Standout Hackathon Projects 07:23 Quick Start with Dynamic 08:49 Live Documentation & MCP Server 10:04 Oneshot Prompts & Documentation Features 11:14 Implementation Guides & Integration Tips 11:55 Coinbase On-Ramp Integration 13:24 Pay with Dynamic: Unified Payment Flow 14:25 Judging Realities & Final Advice 15:20 Conclusion _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 🇺🇸 *ETHGlobal New York* This workshop is specifically for ETHGlobal New York, a 3-day hackathon held August 15-17, bringing together the most skilled web3 developers, designers and product builders from all around the globe for a weekend-long adventure to advance the Ethereum ecosystem! Watch the full ETHGlobal New York 2025 playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXzKMXK2aHh4Xze0ZeSWCSGsw25clPpvZ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ✅ *Follow Dynamic* X: https://x.com/dynamic_xyz ✅ *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 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

ETHGlobal · Oct 9, 2025

Matthew Krak, Developer Ecosystem Lead at LayerZero Labs, presents on building omnichain vaults using LayerZero’s ERC4626 OVault standard. He explains LayerZero’s permissionless, censorship-resistant, and immutable interoperability protocol, enabling developers to deploy smart contracts across any blockchain and send arbitrary data/messages using customizable security stacks (DVNs like Google, Axelar, CCIP, Wormhole). LayerZero’s architecture supports both vertical and horizontal composability, allowing complex cross-chain execution flows and atomic/non-atomic operations. The talk details how omnichain vaults simplify ERC4626 vault interactions, enabling users to deposit assets on any network and receive shares on any destination, all via a single hub chain. Krak demonstrates deploying an omnichain vault using LayerZero’s tooling, configuring networks, assets, and shares, and wiring contracts for cross-chain communication. He answers questions on vault architecture, asset/share redemption, liquidity, and customization, emphasizing the flexibility and extensibility of the OVault standard for cross-chain DeFi. 00:00 Introduction 00:27 LayerZero Overview & Interoperability 01:23 Security Stack & Message Verification 02:33 Customizable Security & Validation 03:39 Vertical vs. Horizontal Composability 04:51 Cross-Chain Token Transfers 05:41 Omnichain Vaults & ERC4626 Standard 06:53 Omnichain Vault Workflow 08:15 Live Demo: Deploying an Omnichain Vault 11:24 Configuring Networks & Contracts 12:54 Compiling & Deploying Contracts 15:16 Asset & Share Token Configuration 15:58 Wiring Contracts Across Chains 18:16 Supported Networks & Documentation 19:07 Testing Cross-Chain Vault Operations 20:49 Reverse Redemption Flow 22:07 Q&A: Vault Architecture & Liquidity 24:36 Vault Limitations & Customization 26:13 Project Resources & Closing _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 🇺🇸 *ETHGlobal New York* This workshop is specifically for ETHGlobal New York, a 3-day hackathon held August 15-17, bringing together the most skilled web3 developers, designers and product builders from all around the globe for a weekend-long adventure to advance the Ethereum ecosystem! Watch the full ETHGlobal New York 2025 playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXzKMXK2aHh4Xze0ZeSWCSGsw25clPpvZ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ✅ *Follow LayerZero* X: https://x.com/LayerZero_Core ✅ *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 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

ETHGlobal · Oct 9, 2025

Chris Korhonen from OpenSea introduces OpenSea MCP (Multi-Chain Protocol), an API designed to empower AI agents and LLMs to access and interact with OpenSea’s data and services across 20+ blockchains, including NFTs, tokens, and DeFi assets. MCP acts as a universal connector, enabling AI-driven workflows such as portfolio analysis, trading automation, security checks, and personalized recommendations. Chris demonstrates integration with tools like Chorus and Vel’s AI SDK, highlighting features like natural language queries, analytics, swaps, and self-documenting APIs. Use cases span market insights, search/discovery, wallet analysis, and automated trading. OpenSea encourages developers to build innovative AI agents using MCP, offering a $10,000 prize for the best projects. Beta access is available, with broader rollout planned. The session emphasizes AI’s transformative role in Web3, seamless agent integration, and the potential for community-driven innovation. 00:00 Introduction 00:39 OpenSea’s Evolution & OS2 01:34 AI at OpenSea & Internal Use Cases 02:16 Why MCP? Opening Data to AI Agents 02:41 What is MCP? API Overview 03:08 Internal Workflow Example with MCP 04:10 MCP as the Glue for AI Agents 04:38 Real-World Applications & Incident Response 05:06 MCP Features: Data, Actions, Analytics 05:44 Natural Language Queries & Community Feedback 06:10 Demo: Chorus App & Multi-LLM Integration 07:13 Example Queries: Floor Price & Wallet Analysis 08:38 Code Integration Example (Vel’s AI SDK) 10:31 Multi-Server Orchestration & Workflow Automation 10:54 MCP Feature Categories 11:48 Entity Lookup, Portfolio Analysis, and Trading 13:42 Use Cases: Trading, Sniping, Security, Personalization 14:52 Community Challenge & Prize Announcement 15:39 Access, Documentation, and Q&A 16:07 Exciting Projects & Community Innovation 16:50 How to Get Access & Closing _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 🇺🇸 *ETHGlobal New York* This workshop is specifically for ETHGlobal New York, a 3-day hackathon held August 15-17, bringing together the most skilled web3 developers, designers and product builders from all around the globe for a weekend-long adventure to advance the Ethereum ecosystem! Watch the full ETHGlobal New York 2025 playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXzKMXK2aHh4Xze0ZeSWCSGsw25clPpvZ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ✅ *Follow OpenSea* X: https://x.com/opensea ✅ *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 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

ETHGlobal · Oct 9, 2025

The ASI Workshop, led by representatives from Fetch.ai, Ocean Protocol, SingularityNET, and Kudos, introduces the ASI Alliance and its collaborative AI ecosystem. The session covers each partner's role: SingularityNET for knowledge graphs, Fetch.ai for agent marketplace and discovery, Ocean Protocol for decentralized data exchange and privacy-preserving computation, and Kudos for agent infrastructure. Fetch.ai’s stack includes UAgents (a Python SDK for agent creation), an agent marketplace, and ASI—a discovery layer powered by an LLM that matches user queries to specialized agents. The workshop demonstrates how developers can build agents using popular frameworks (LangChain, CrewAI, Autogen, etc.), register them on the Fetch network, and monetize them. ASI’s LLM dynamically discovers and routes queries to the most suitable agent, enabling advanced use cases like business agents, agent-to-agent payments, and seamless integration with datasets from Ocean Protocol or knowledge graphs from SingularityNET. The session concludes with hackathon guidance, Q&A, and resources for building and deploying agents. 00:00 Introduction 00:32 Overview of ASI Alliance Partners 01:29 SingularityNET: Knowledge Graphs 01:55 Fetch.ai: Agent Marketplace & Discovery 02:04 Ocean Protocol: Data Economy & Privacy 02:41 Kudos: Infrastructure for Agents 03:06 Fetch.ai Tech Stack Overview 03:55 UAgents Framework & Agent Metadata 05:17 Agent Marketplace Features 05:38 ASI: LLM-Powered Discovery Layer 06:10 Building & Registering Agents 07:22 Agent Communication & Network 07:52 ASI1: Dynamic Agent Discovery 08:53 Demo: Specialized Agents in Action 09:42 Marketplace & ASLM Interface Demo 10:57 Developer Monetization & Business Agents 12:30 Direct Agent Tagging & Transactions 13:37 Service Appointment & Payments Demo 14:04 Agent-to-Agent Payments 14:51 Hackathon Guidance & Partner Integration 16:36 SingularityNET Meta Language & Knowledge Graphs 17:34 Building Discoverable Agents for ASI 18:01 Local Development & Security 18:29 LLM Reasoning & Query Matching 19:13 APIs & Developer Resources _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 🇺🇸 *ETHGlobal New York* This workshop is specifically for ETHGlobal New York, a 3-day hackathon held August 15-17, bringing together the most skilled web3 developers, designers and product builders from all around the globe for a weekend-long adventure to advance the Ethereum ecosystem! Watch the full ETHGlobal New York 2025 playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXzKMXK2aHh4Xze0ZeSWCSGsw25clPpvZ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ✅ *Follow ASI* X: https://x.com/ASI_Alliance ✅ *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 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

ETHGlobal · Oct 9, 2025

This session, "Turning Words into Killer Apps: DeFi Actions on Flow," explores the evolution and advantages of the Flow blockchain, a consumer-focused Layer 1 designed for scalable, user-friendly applications. Originating from the CryptoKitties phenomenon that exposed Ethereum's scalability limits, Flow now powers major apps like NBA Top Shot and Disney Pinnacle, supporting millions of users and transactions without network congestion. The talk introduces "Actions"—a new standard for composable, reusable onchain logic, enabling seamless interoperability and automation across DeFi protocols. Actions abstract protocol-specific details, allowing developers to build modular workflows (e.g., swaps, lending, staking) with minimal integration effort. The Cadence language’s unique features, such as resource-oriented programming and onchain scheduling (callbacks/agents), enable fully onchain automation, atomic transactions, and even unbounded loops, unlocking new possibilities for DeFi, gaming, DAOs, and subscriptions. Live demos illustrate how Actions and agents simplify complex workflows and empower developers to create innovative, scalable dApps. The session concludes with hackathon incentives and encouragement to build the next industry-changing app on Flow. 00:00 Introduction 00:40 What is Flow? 01:02 CryptoKitties & Ethereum Scalability 02:32 Flow’s Origins and Consumer Focus 03:32 Major Apps on Flow (NBA Top Shot, Disney, Ticketmaster) 04:18 Announcing Flow Actions 05:23 Automation & Onchain Agents 06:34 Challenges: Liveness, Inference, and Composability 08:51 The Power of Composability (Gaming & Mods Analogy) 09:49 What Are Actions? 10:56 Examples of Actions (Swap, Supply, Borrow, Stake) 11:43 Cadence Language Advantages 12:31 Live Swap Demo & Cadence Deep Dive 13:32 Atomic Transactions & Developer Benefits 14:35 Live Demo: Scheduled Callbacks & Agents 16:32 Callback Contract Walkthrough 18:43 Advanced Callback Example 21:44 Future Potential & Hackathon Tutorials 23:25 Onchain Automation Use Cases (DeFi, Gaming, DAOs) 24:25 Hackathon Prizes & Community Encouragement 25:59 Conclusion _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 🇺🇸 *ETHGlobal New York* This workshop is specifically for ETHGlobal New York, a 3-day hackathon held August 15-17, bringing together the most skilled web3 developers, designers and product builders from all around the globe for a weekend-long adventure to advance the Ethereum ecosystem! Watch the full ETHGlobal New York 2025 playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXzKMXK2aHh4Xze0ZeSWCSGsw25clPpvZ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ✅ *Follow Ali Serag* X: https://x.com/AliSerag0 ✅ *Follow Flow* X: https://x.com/flow_blockchain ✅ *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 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _