Encode in Denver 2024— Summary
On 26th–29th February, Encode Club was in Denver, Colorado, hosting blockchain professionals and enthusiasts from across the world. Together with our sponsors — MultiversX, H.E.R. DAO, Stellar, Zettablock, Morph, Neon EVM and IoTeX—we were able to offer attendees targeted workshops, insightful panels, and a wide array of networking activities over four days.
The venue, Asterisk at 1075 Park Avenue, offered plenty of space for our hackers to learn, work, and meet with each other over food, tea, and coffee.
26th February Events
Keynote: Intro to MultiversX — Scale across the Multiverse with Sovereign Shards by Mihai Schiopu (MultiversX), Lucian Mincu (MultiversX) and Robert Sasu (MultiversX).
Keynote: Scaling Up for Lightning Speed by Adrian Dobrita (MultiversX).
Panel: The Future of Finance with Radu Fratila (MultiversX), Chad Barraford (THORchain) and Alex Jilavu (OneFinity).
Panel: Web3 Security Unlocked with Sebastian Banescu (Quantstamp) and Robert Chen (OtterSec).
Panel: The Evolution of a Product from Prototype to Market with Gloria Kimbwala (Morph) and Arijit Pingle (Plex).
Workshop: Building a DePIN on IoTeX by Simone Romano (IoTeX) and Giuseppe De Luca (IoTeX).
Panel: Building and Growing a Developer Relations Team with Yaz Khoury (Celestia), Nader Dabit (EigenLayer) and Eomji Park (Encode Club).
Panel: Strategising Developer Relations within an Organisation with Francesco Andreoli (Metamask), Austin Griffith (Ethereum Foundation), Anett Rolikova (Last) and Eomji Park (Encode Club).
27th February Events
Keynote: Smart Contracts 101 — Building on MultiversX by Andrei Marinica (MultiversX).
Panel: Funding Excellence with Superstan (Bware Labs), Joyce Chin (Animoca Brands) and Daniel Serb (MultiversX).
Panel: Empower & Scale: Shape the Next Wave with Maggie Love (SheFi) and Eva Beylin (The Graph Foundation).
Keynote: Showcasing MultiversX VM by Robert Sasu (MultiversX).
Panel: The Future of Web3 Infrastructure with Robert Sasu (MultiversX), Julian DiCarlo (Ormi Labs) and Kyle Rojas (Avail).
Panel: The World of L2 with Gloria Kimbwala (Morph), Jennifer Tran (DFINITY) and Emily Lin (Linea).
Panel: Creative Reward Designs with Grants, Airdrops and Retroactive Funding with Jeremy Dillingham (Gitcoin) and CryptoFede (Mode).
28th February Events
On day three, Encode partnered with H.E.R. DAO, Stellar and Zettablock to bring DApp Day to participants.
Workshop: What is DeFi: Crafting Your Initial DApp Journey by Julian Martinez (Stellar Development Foundation) and Anuhya Challagundla (Stellar Development Foundation).
Workshop: Ship Fast at Scale with ZettaBlock by Konstantinos Kompogiannopoulos (ZettaBlock).
Workshop: Smart Contracts: a Cakewalk! by Morgan Wilde (Okashi).
Panel: How to Build a Good Hackathon Project with Matheus Pagani (Venture Miner) and Lena Hierzi (Celo/H.E.R.DAO).
Keynote: Combining the best of EVM with the speed of Solana by Sukanya Parashar (Neon EVM).
Keynote: Runtime Verification & ZK by Grigore Rosu (Runtime Verification).
Panel: Web3 Meets AI with Scott Trowbridge (Stability AI), Matt Hamilton (Filecoin) and David Shi (Operator.io).
Panel: The State of ZK with Mamy André-Ratsimbazafy (Taiko), Pavel Sinelnikov (ZKM), Raza Rython (Scroll), Gautam Botrel (Linea) and Joon Kim (Mina).
Panel: zkML Today and Tomorrow with dcBuilder (Worldcoin), Daniel Shorr (Modulus), Jseam (EZKL) and Fran Algaba (Giza).
The day closed off with a MultiversX Networking Dinner, where developers had a chance to snack on charcuterie, drink wine and meet other likeminded developers!
29th February Events
Panel: Onboarding 1B Through Staking with Alex Radu (MultiversX), Nate Zou (Trust Wallet), Livio Aït-Ali (Ledger), Mirko Schmiedl (Staking Rewards), Ernest Oppetit (Kiln) and Mike Baer (Figment).
Panel: Exploring the Inter-Chain Security Landscape with Adrian Dobrita (MultiversX), Simon Baksys (Layer Zero), James Friel (Axelar), Patryk Huzarski (Morningstar Ventures) and Georgi Koreli (Hinkal).
Keynote: Starknet, the Least Aligned Ethereum L2 by Abdel (StarkWare).
Workshop: Getting Started with Morph by Rahat Chowdhury (Morph).
Panel: Oracles — the Driver for DeFi Expansion with Robert Sasu (MultiversX) and Philippe Engels (Umbrella).
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