Welcome & Opening Ceremonies
summary
The event is a hackathon not a conference: hacking starts immediately, teams up to five, submissions due Sunday 9am, almost 700 attendees (≈500 hackers, 30% new), over $200,000 in prizes from 16 sponsors. Organizers report 331 events, 165,000 attendees, 18,000+ projects and $500M raised. New continuity track lets teams build scratch, extend open source, or add an open module to private code tracked via the GitHub API; new-work must be open source. AI tools like Cursor, Claude Code, Codex are allowed but require auditable repository evidence, contribution vs delegation disclosures, and human validation.
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chapters (41)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:40What Makes ETHGlobal Events Different
- 1:03The History From 2017 to Today
- 1:49Expanding Across Six Continents
- 2:18The Numbers: 331 Events and Counting
- 2:4418,000 Projects and $500 Million Raised
- 3:47Mentors, Workshops, and Sponsors
- 4:27Thanking the Sponsors
- 5:01Logistics: Hacking Begins Now
- 5:19The New Rules: Teams and Timing
- 5:37Guidance on Using AI to Build
- 6:12Explaining Your Contribution vs Delegation
- 7:11Why Not to Use AI to Generate Ideas
- 7:38Why Not to Use AI to Value Your Idea
- 8:33Why Not to Blindly Delegate SDK Integrations
- 8:56Always Know What Your Codebase Does
- 9:43Introducing the Continuity Track
- 10:49The Three Paths You Can Take
- 11:28How Extending Open Source Works
- 12:43Adding Features to Your Own Project
- 13:27Adding a Module to Private Code
- 14:58Why Prizes Are Track Specific
- 15:44Venue Security and Wristbands
- 16:39Wi-Fi 7 and Why Not to Use Hotspots
- 17:52The Website and Discord Support
- 18:53Food, Activities, and Swag
- 19:26The Four Spotlight Teams
- 20:13Judging and the Prize Structure
- 21:03The Partner Prize Track
- 21:22The Finalist Track for the Top 10
- 21:45Finalist Perks and Requirements
- 23:45Splitting Finalists Across Tracks
- 24:14Submission Logistics and Timing
- 25:54Why a Better Submission Wins
- 26:57Where to Get Help From Mentors
- 27:40Code of Conduct and IP Ownership
- 28:51Tanner From 1inch on Aqua
- 31:00Gotham From Google Cloud on ERC-8004
- 33:19Greg From ENS on Naming
- 35:41Summarizing the Prizes
- 36:23Final Advice and Let's Get Hacking
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