Devcon is over! 🎆
4 events. 2300 guests. 100+ speakers.
That was the week of Devcon. Our most interesting and insightful week of the year.
Thank you all for joining us and being part of the events. We hope you found it insightful and had the chance to connect with some amazing new people! ❤️
See you next year at Epic Web3 events!
Special thanks to our partners for making this possible!
4 events. 2300 guests. 100+ speakers.
That was the week of Devcon. Our most interesting and insightful week of the year.
Thank you all for joining us and being part of the events. We hope you found it insightful and had the chance to connect with some amazing new people! ❤️
See you next year at Epic Web3 events!
Special thanks to our partners for making this possible!
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Three observations from different people at Devcon.
👯 Vibes and mood of people
Everyone seems very tired due to the end of the year, but still optimistic as BTC hits ATH.
💽 Not enough apps
We have almost 1000 rollups, but still no retail app. The only example is Polymarket, which became popular during the US presidential election.
Maybe next year we will see dApps not just for nerds, but for ordinary people. Who knows?
📅 Too many side events
We heard it before Devcon started, but the sentiment is still out there: Web3 has too many side events and it's hard for people to choose which ones to attend. Last time we checked, there were over 1000 of them happening right before Devcon started, during the main event and a few days after.
Insight from the Epic Web3 team: people seem to be tired and prefer to stay at one event all day rather than jump from one event to another.
👯 Vibes and mood of people
Everyone seems very tired due to the end of the year, but still optimistic as BTC hits ATH.
💽 Not enough apps
We have almost 1000 rollups, but still no retail app. The only example is Polymarket, which became popular during the US presidential election.
Maybe next year we will see dApps not just for nerds, but for ordinary people. Who knows?
📅 Too many side events
We heard it before Devcon started, but the sentiment is still out there: Web3 has too many side events and it's hard for people to choose which ones to attend. Last time we checked, there were over 1000 of them happening right before Devcon started, during the main event and a few days after.
Insight from the Epic Web3 team: people seem to be tired and prefer to stay at one event all day rather than jump from one event to another.
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The future of chain abstraction?
With Altan Tutar, co-founder of Nuffle Labs
With Altan Tutar, co-founder of Nuffle Labs
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What is the future of Layer2s and rollups?
Main insights from the panel discussion “Advancing Layer 2: Next-Gen Solutions and Breakthroughs”
👯 Rollps are everywhere, but fragmentation remains
The growth of rollup clusters and modular design has made launching rollups easier than ever. However, interoperability remains a challenge, with fragmented ecosystems relying on bridges and shared governance. True seamless interaction between rollups is still a long way off.
interoperability will become the next big focus as rollups scale, but expect it to be slow and gradual.
💽 App Chains are rising
The rise of application-specific chains is on the horizon. As interoperability matures, more applications will migrate to their own dedicated rollups, optimizing for custom needs without user fragmentation.
While app chains offer customisation, they also face problems like migrating liquidity and maintaining user experience. The rise of app chains is inevitable, but the ecosystem must evolve to support them.
📅 Web3 is becoming more modular
L2s have shifted towards modularity, enabling developers to add features and experiment with AltVMs, pre-compiles, and economic models. This modularity accelerates innovation and drives Ethereum's growth.
Ethereum's modular approach strengthens its position over monolithic chains like Solana by fostering a faster pace of experimentation and adaptability.
🛡 We need to push for decentralisation
The ecosystem is at a crossroads, with centralised rollups (like Coinbase Base) potentially dominating. Maintaining Ethereum's ethos of censorship resistance and decentralization is crucial.
Community-driven efforts to ensure decentralisation and transparency are vital to counter centralized control, particularly as rollup adoption accelerates.
Main insights from the panel discussion “Advancing Layer 2: Next-Gen Solutions and Breakthroughs”
👯 Rollps are everywhere, but fragmentation remains
The growth of rollup clusters and modular design has made launching rollups easier than ever. However, interoperability remains a challenge, with fragmented ecosystems relying on bridges and shared governance. True seamless interaction between rollups is still a long way off.
interoperability will become the next big focus as rollups scale, but expect it to be slow and gradual.
💽 App Chains are rising
The rise of application-specific chains is on the horizon. As interoperability matures, more applications will migrate to their own dedicated rollups, optimizing for custom needs without user fragmentation.
While app chains offer customisation, they also face problems like migrating liquidity and maintaining user experience. The rise of app chains is inevitable, but the ecosystem must evolve to support them.
📅 Web3 is becoming more modular
L2s have shifted towards modularity, enabling developers to add features and experiment with AltVMs, pre-compiles, and economic models. This modularity accelerates innovation and drives Ethereum's growth.
Ethereum's modular approach strengthens its position over monolithic chains like Solana by fostering a faster pace of experimentation and adaptability.
🛡 We need to push for decentralisation
The ecosystem is at a crossroads, with centralised rollups (like Coinbase Base) potentially dominating. Maintaining Ethereum's ethos of censorship resistance and decentralization is crucial.
Community-driven efforts to ensure decentralisation and transparency are vital to counter centralized control, particularly as rollup adoption accelerates.
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🧠 Rushi Manche (Co-founder of Movement Labs) on the future of Web3 infrastructure:
"If we're saying L1s, L2s, and technical stuff in seven years, we have failed as an industry. Ethereum's job should be as a global composability layer, enabling seamless interactions between L2s and applications without even knowing L2s exist."
"If we're saying L1s, L2s, and technical stuff in seven years, we have failed as an industry. Ethereum's job should be as a global composability layer, enabling seamless interactions between L2s and applications without even knowing L2s exist."
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The future of restaking in 2024 🚀
(from the panel discussion "Restaking: The State of Play, Major Results, Downsides of 2024, and 2025 Forecast")
1️⃣ Rapid growth: In just 19 months, restaking has gone from concept to reality, with over 500 teams building Actively Validated Services.
2️⃣ Security synergy: By combining economic incentives with cryptographic tools like ZK proofs, restaking unlocks scalability and practicality for advanced blockchain applications.
3️⃣ Challenges ahead: While the foundation is strong, features like slashing mechanisms are still being developed. Patience is key as the ecosystem matures.
4️⃣ 2025 vision: Next year will be a breakout year for Restaking, with mature protocols and real-world applications driving adoption.
(from the panel discussion "Restaking: The State of Play, Major Results, Downsides of 2024, and 2025 Forecast")
1️⃣ Rapid growth: In just 19 months, restaking has gone from concept to reality, with over 500 teams building Actively Validated Services.
2️⃣ Security synergy: By combining economic incentives with cryptographic tools like ZK proofs, restaking unlocks scalability and practicality for advanced blockchain applications.
3️⃣ Challenges ahead: While the foundation is strong, features like slashing mechanisms are still being developed. Patience is key as the ecosystem matures.
4️⃣ 2025 vision: Next year will be a breakout year for Restaking, with mature protocols and real-world applications driving adoption.
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AI agents in Web3: real use cases from Boba Network
AI agents are trending in Web3, with a 64% increase in Google searches last quarter. But this isn’t just buzz—here are real projects from Boba’s hackathon:
CodeCaster 🛠
Enables natural language commands for blockchain, like “Transfer 5 ETH to X” or “Transfer ETH if BTC > $30K.” AI parses commands into on-chain transactions seamlessly.
Presibot 🎮
A political simulation where AI generates real-world scenarios (e.g., inflation). Players submit policies, stake tokens, and AI picks winners based on effectiveness.
Other Ideas 💡
AI NFTs: Tokens with personalities that interact with users.
Fraud Detection: AI checks loans for anomalies.
Credit Assessment: AI uses off-chain credit for on-chain loans.
AI agents are trending in Web3, with a 64% increase in Google searches last quarter. But this isn’t just buzz—here are real projects from Boba’s hackathon:
CodeCaster 🛠
Enables natural language commands for blockchain, like “Transfer 5 ETH to X” or “Transfer ETH if BTC > $30K.” AI parses commands into on-chain transactions seamlessly.
Presibot 🎮
A political simulation where AI generates real-world scenarios (e.g., inflation). Players submit policies, stake tokens, and AI picks winners based on effectiveness.
Other Ideas 💡
AI NFTs: Tokens with personalities that interact with users.
Fraud Detection: AI checks loans for anomalies.
Credit Assessment: AI uses off-chain credit for on-chain loans.
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How to make a successful token launch? Insight from Dennis, co-founder of @storm_trade_news, the first Perp DEX on TON and one of the largest DEXes on the blockchain.
🧑🔧 Test pre-market trading
Before the official TGE, StormTrade enabled pre-market trading of token allocations. This helped prevent airdrop recipients from dumping tokens during the launch. Instead, those who wanted to sell did so in the pre-market, while serious investors acquired tokens.
The result was stable price discovery and minimal volatility during the TGE.
💽 Design token with utility in mind
The token’s value is intrinsically linked to the protocol’s success through a revenue-sharing mechanism.
A portion of the protocol's revenue is allocated for token buybacks, aligning token value with trading volume and protocol growth.
📊 Align stakeholder interests
Investors, users, and the team all benefit from increased trading volume, creating a shared incentive to grow the ecosystem.
This approach ensures token performance reflects the protocol’s long-term success.
🧑🔧 Test pre-market trading
Before the official TGE, StormTrade enabled pre-market trading of token allocations. This helped prevent airdrop recipients from dumping tokens during the launch. Instead, those who wanted to sell did so in the pre-market, while serious investors acquired tokens.
The result was stable price discovery and minimal volatility during the TGE.
💽 Design token with utility in mind
The token’s value is intrinsically linked to the protocol’s success through a revenue-sharing mechanism.
A portion of the protocol's revenue is allocated for token buybacks, aligning token value with trading volume and protocol growth.
📊 Align stakeholder interests
Investors, users, and the team all benefit from increased trading volume, creating a shared incentive to grow the ecosystem.
This approach ensures token performance reflects the protocol’s long-term success.
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How can we make Ethereum more efficient?
3 ideas from Gear.Exe
0️⃣ Recursive Zero-knowledge proofs
Recursive zero-knowledge proofs enhance scalability by allowing proofs to verify other proofs, consolidating computational steps into a single verification.
This approach reduces inefficiencies, enabling interconnected operations to maintain trust while minimizing computational overhead. By embedding prior validations into new computations, recursive ZKPs ensure efficient and secure processing across decentralized networks.
🐝 Roll-up Swarm
Gear.exe takes this concept further by reimagining the architecture of application platforms. It treats each application as a "mini roll-up," a self-contained unit with its own state and computation logic. These mini roll-ups form a "swarm," enabling highly parallelized and efficient processing.
👱 User-centric features and enhanced accessibility
From a user perspective, Gear.exe introduces a reverse-gas model, which eliminates the need for users to hold funds to interact with applications.
Instead, application developers bear the cost of gas fees, significantly lowering barriers to entry for end-users.
3 ideas from Gear.Exe
0️⃣ Recursive Zero-knowledge proofs
Recursive zero-knowledge proofs enhance scalability by allowing proofs to verify other proofs, consolidating computational steps into a single verification.
This approach reduces inefficiencies, enabling interconnected operations to maintain trust while minimizing computational overhead. By embedding prior validations into new computations, recursive ZKPs ensure efficient and secure processing across decentralized networks.
🐝 Roll-up Swarm
Gear.exe takes this concept further by reimagining the architecture of application platforms. It treats each application as a "mini roll-up," a self-contained unit with its own state and computation logic. These mini roll-ups form a "swarm," enabling highly parallelized and efficient processing.
👱 User-centric features and enhanced accessibility
From a user perspective, Gear.exe introduces a reverse-gas model, which eliminates the need for users to hold funds to interact with applications.
Instead, application developers bear the cost of gas fees, significantly lowering barriers to entry for end-users.
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Starting in an hour: dAGI House, our second project focused on AI, is hosting a Live AMA (Ask Me Anything) session!
Ask anything — from product insights to tech breakthroughs, to topics like launching and scaling AI+Web3 projects and exploring market trends.
🎤 First session lineup:
– Jake Brukhman, Founder & CEO of CoinFund
– Stepan Gershuni, VC Principal at cyber•Fund
– Nick Havryliak, Co-founder & CEO of Assisterr
Hosted by Andy Cho, Director of Business Development at IQ.wiki
👉 Join dAGI House X Spaces
Ask anything — from product insights to tech breakthroughs, to topics like launching and scaling AI+Web3 projects and exploring market trends.
🎤 First session lineup:
– Jake Brukhman, Founder & CEO of CoinFund
– Stepan Gershuni, VC Principal at cyber•Fund
– Nick Havryliak, Co-founder & CEO of Assisterr
Hosted by Andy Cho, Director of Business Development at IQ.wiki
👉 Join dAGI House X Spaces
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What is the future of tokens in Web3 games?
Insight from Daniil Shcherbakov, CEO & Co-founder @ton_tongames
Insight from Daniil Shcherbakov, CEO & Co-founder @ton_tongames
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⚡️ Storm Trade is the first Perp DEX & one of the biggest DEXs on TON!
We invited their Co-founder & CEO, Dennis to discuss onboarding users, launching tokens & growing your project on TON!
Thanks to Alex & Alena (Ecosystem Lead @ TON) for being chad hosts!
Listen on all platforms:
📍 Spotify - https://t.ly/gVIT2
📍 Youtube - https://t.ly/VqaG5
📍 Apple Music - https://t.ly/L2zwE
We invited their Co-founder & CEO, Dennis to discuss onboarding users, launching tokens & growing your project on TON!
Thanks to Alex & Alena (Ecosystem Lead @ TON) for being chad hosts!
Listen on all platforms:
📍 Spotify - https://t.ly/gVIT2
📍 Youtube - https://t.ly/VqaG5
📍 Apple Music - https://t.ly/L2zwE
Spotify for Creators
Onboarding retail users - how does this DEX do it? - with Denis Vasin, co-founder @ Strom Trade by Epic Web3 Podcast
What is the secret to useful tokens? How to findan active userbase? What is missing from the TON ecosystem?
Learn answers to this question with today’s guest — V Denis Vasin, co-founder @ Strom Trade, the first Perp DEX on TON!
Dive into the most important…
Learn answers to this question with today’s guest — V Denis Vasin, co-founder @ Strom Trade, the first Perp DEX on TON!
Dive into the most important…
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How zkSharding make blockchain more efficient? 4 examples from =nil; Foundation
Sharding divides a blockchain into smaller, independent subchains—called shards—each with its own state, validators, and local consensus.
This approach allows blockchains to process tasks in parallel, making them more efficient and scalable.
It allows for better:
⚖️ Scaling: dynamic scalability by adding resources as needed. Each shard operates independently, contributing to the system's overall capacity without causing bottlenecks.
🛜 Decentralization: resources are distributed globally, reducing the risk of centralization and ensuring equitable participation.
🏎 Application performance: applications are no longer limited by the constraints of their host blockchain, as sharding enables them to operate across multiple shards.
🎯 Validator efficiency: sharding optimizes validator utilization by distributing workloads, reducing idle time, and maximizing computational output.
Sharding divides a blockchain into smaller, independent subchains—called shards—each with its own state, validators, and local consensus.
This approach allows blockchains to process tasks in parallel, making them more efficient and scalable.
It allows for better:
⚖️ Scaling: dynamic scalability by adding resources as needed. Each shard operates independently, contributing to the system's overall capacity without causing bottlenecks.
🛜 Decentralization: resources are distributed globally, reducing the risk of centralization and ensuring equitable participation.
🏎 Application performance: applications are no longer limited by the constraints of their host blockchain, as sharding enables them to operate across multiple shards.
🎯 Validator efficiency: sharding optimizes validator utilization by distributing workloads, reducing idle time, and maximizing computational output.
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