ETHDenver, the world’s largest Ethereum event, will be held in Denver from February 24 to March 5, 2023. This annual event is well-known for bringing together the global blockchain community to promote the development of the ecosystem.
Participants can take part in various activities, including developing decentralized applications and creating educational content. The festival provides resources, mentors, and educational content to support the growth and progress of all attendees.
The upcoming festival will have a diverse range of speakers who will cover topics like impact, public goods, NFTs, gaming, and the metaverse. We have compiled a list of ten must-attend learning sessions suitable for both novice and experienced builders.
Here is a list of 12 learning opportunities to check out during the festival:
Feb 24
14:10 How to build a vibrant developer Ecosystem with Sam Flamini
Many ecosystems lack a systematic approach to developing their developer communities. Some believe that providing minimal documentation, offering incentives, and attending events are sufficient to achieve their goals. However, this approach falls short.
Flamini’s presentation is intended for founders and leaders in developer relations. He will cover the skill sets required for developer relations, effective preparation of hackathons, Creating exceptional developer tools and the significance of distribution channels.
Feb 25
5pm Decentralized Collaboration: Creating the Future of Work with Web3 & DAOs
This 90-minute event will feature speakers from several projects and DAOs. The event will break into a collaborative workshop and networking social hour. Opolis, Bankless DAO, and Meta Gamma Delta DAO will provide speakers who will discuss topics where their missions overlap. There will be a focus on decentralization, inclusion, financial freedom, and self-sovereignty.
Feb 27
Buidl a dApp in a day
The Holochain team one-day event to BUIDL a dApp offers pre-scaffolded apps for those interested in working on frontend implementations, as well as easy-to-use scaffolding tools for those who prefer to start from scratch.
09:00 Learn ZK in 90 min: A Collaborative Workshop with Mina Protocol
Participate in the Mina community event in Denver to gain knowledge about zkApps – smart contract applications that utilize zero-knowledge technology. These applications provide users with enhanced privacy, security, and verifiability. During this interactive workshop, attendees will have the opportunity to learn about use cases and start building their own zkApps.
Feb 28
09:00 The Missing killer social app: Web3 social and what it takes to overtake web2 social
The blockchain community has been searching for successful use cases beyond the financial world since Ethereum’s emergence in 2016. Meanwhile, web3’s promises suggest that social media is an industry ripe for disruption. It’s only a matter of time before these two worlds collide. However, the web3 solutions currently available on the market have fallen short of expectations. Creators must introduce innovative concepts that align with web3’s decentralized, community-driven ethos.
Mar 1
11:00 Advanced NFTs via JS with Greg Zaitsev
Learn to build the most advanced NFT dApps with capabilities like re-fungibility, fractionalization, nesting of NFTs and more with JS.
12:50 Intro to Ethereum Developer Tooling: A Beginner’s Guide
Developing applications on Ethereum can be daunting for beginners. While numerous tools are available in the community, linking them to create smart contracts can be challenging, discouraging many aspiring developers from implementing their ideas on-chain. This talk is designed for beginners and will provide an overview of block explorers, Solidity development environments, transaction simulators, and other essential tools.
Mar 2
09:40 A Study of the Social Layer of DAO Governance
Join Optimism Foundation for this talk highlighting the key takeaways from conducting research on the governance of 22 DAOs. Take a closer look at what works, what doesn’t, and what are some commonalities between daos and the point in a dao’s development at which certain problems tend to arise.
Mar 3
09:20 First-principles for decentralizing organizations with Andrej Berlin
Berlin will share an evidence-based framework for designing organizations that are fully permissionless, truly autonomous (but non-anarchical), and infinitely scalable.
13:15 Data Composability on the Sovereign Web with Joel Thorstensson
This talk will provide developers with real-world applications and demos that showcase the power and innovation of decentralized data applications, and clear steps for how to use brand-new tools in the Web3 data stack to build full data composability into their products.
Mar 04
09:40 DeFi meets real-world impact: how blockchain is expanding financial access in emerging markets with Zack Marks
Zack Marks explores the intersection of DeFi and real-world impact, and how blockchain technology is extending financial access in emerging markets.During this talk, he will demonstrate how blockchain is revolutionizing financial access in emerging markets, challenging the misconception that cryptocurrency has yet to find a killer application in the real world.
10:15 Incentivizing DAO and Community Participation with Josh Rio
DAOs and Web3 Communities demand new ways of recognition and reward. We have developed a product that gamifies and automates the experience and would like to present it to your audience to increase engagement.
To view the full schedule of events, visit the EthDever Official site