ETHGlobal Waterloo

About The Event

Waterloo is not just another hackathon for us. The city near Toronto has been the stage for our humble beginnings and the birthplace of many ideas that would eventually become ETHGlobal.

ETHGlobal Waterloo is an event bringing together some of the top minds and experts in Ethereum Ecosystem to Waterloo. We enable teams to make something great in only 36 hours by providing an abundance of web3 resources like mentors, sponsors, and software. Sleeping is optional, but trying something new is not!

ETHGlobal events are focused on inviting builders (developers, designers, artists) who want to create or contribute to projects during the hackathon.

What to expect at the ETH Waterloo?

• Educational Workshops at the beginning to set you up for success at the hackathon
• $225,000 USD in prizes up for grabs
• Opening Keynote from Vitalik Buterin
• 24/7 mentorship and opportunities to connect with the ecosystem champions
• Delicious Food & Refreshments (not just pizza!) multiple times a day

We are wrapping up ETHGlobal Waterloo 2023 in style, with our cocktail party at Lazaridis. Chat with your friends, new and old ones, and exchange the last ideas before it’s finally time to say Goodbye. Cheers to all the amazing work you’ve accomplished in the past 3 days!

Rewards

$225,000 available in prizes:

• Gnosis Chain - $20,000
• Worldcoin - $20,000
• Polygon - $10,000
• Airstack - $10,000
• IPFS & Filecoin - $10,000
• UMA - $10,000
• Hyperlane - $10,000
• Sismo - $10,000
• NEAR Protocol - $10,000
• XDC Foundation - $10,000
• The Graph - $7,500
• DELV - $7,500
• Unlock Protocol - $5,000
• Compound Grants Program - $5,000
• MetaMask / Linea - $5,000
• QuickNode - $5,000
• and more...!

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Pragma Waterloo - June 22, 2023

ETHGlobal Pragma are in-person summits for builders and leaders in the web3 ecosystem. We are proud to announce our speakers for Waterloo: three founders who left an undeniable mark on the ecosystem.

Cafe Waterloo - June 22, 2023

For the third event in a row, we are opening the doors for hackers before the hackathon, to brainstorm, make new friends, find a team to build with and be a comfortable co-working spot — or, simply enjoy a nice cup of coffee!

Judges, Speakers & Mentors

• Kartik Talwar - ETHGlobal
• Charles St Louis - DELV
• Franky Nines - MegaVolt Corp
• Min Teo - Ethereal Ventures
• Evan Van Ness - Starbloom Ventures
• Illia Polosukhin - NEAR Protocol
• Jeremy Musighi - Balancer
• Vitalik Buterin - Ethereum Foundation
• Liam Horne - Optimism
• Swaroop Hegde - PowerLoom
• Aqeel Mohammad - Ethereum Foundation
• Nima Vaziri - Polychain Capital
• Benny Giang - Future Primitive
• dennison Bertram - Tally.Xyz
• Peyman Momeni - FairBlock
• Jeremy Musighi - Balancer
• Leo Sayous - Sismo
• Julien Genestoux - Unlock Protocol
• Jason Goldberg - Airstack
• Sarvesh Jain - Airstack
• Yorke Rhodes - Hyperlane
• John Shutt - UMA
• Alex Gaines - UMA
• Priom Chowdhury - ChainSafe
• Ariel Barmat - The Graph
• Gregory Makodzeba - Soken / Rektoff
• Diego Estevez - Co-founder & CTO at a DeFi startup (Brick Finance)
• cairoeth ‎ - OpenZeppelin
• Derek Brans - Freelancer
• Sinuhe Coronel - Anti SAT
• Shan Liu - Unicorp
• and more...!