The largest Eth Event in the world is back in Denver from Feb 24 – March 5, 2023.
ETHDenver is a renowned annual event that brings together the global blockchain community to contribute to the growth of the ecosystem. Attendees can participate in a variety of ways, from developing decentralized applications to creating educational content. The festival offers resources, mentors, and educational content to aid in the growth and development of all participants.
The upcoming festival will feature a broad range of speakers, covering topics such as impact, public goods, NFTs, gaming, and the metaverse.
We have put together a list of 10 unmissable learning sessions that beginners and advanced builders will enjoy.
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.
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 Customizable NFTs via JS with Greg Zaitsev
Learn to build the most advanced NFT dApps with capabilities like re-fungibility, fractionalisation, nesting of NFTs and more with JS.
Unique Network blockchain empowers next generation NFTs, offering developers independence from network-wide transaction fees and upgrades.
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 of the governance of 22 DAOs. Taking a closer look at what works, what doesn’t, what are some commonalities between daos and the point in a dao’s development at which certain problems tend to arise.
Mar 3
09:40 Enhancing DeFi with Automation with Sam Friedman
Four progressively more sophisticated DeFi strategies unlocked by smart contract automation:
Level 1: Dollar Cost Averaging with Cask Protocol
Level 2: Concentrated Liquidity Provisioning with Blueberry
Level 3: Automated Leveraged Yield Farming with RoboVault
Level 4: Compute-intensive, adaptive investing strategies with ChainML, Space & Time, and RoboDex
Mar 04
09:40 DeFi meets real world impact: how blockchain is expanding financial access in emerging marketswith 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.
Notable speakers scheduled to attend EthDenver 2023 include Jared Polis, Governor of Colorado, Danny Ryan from Ethereum Foundation, John Linden of Mythical Games, and Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen. To view the full schedule of events, visit ethdenver.com/schedule.
