Devconnect Buenos Aires wrapped up as the biggest Ethereum Basis occasion but, bringing collectively a world mixture of builders, founders, creators, and curious newcomers.
Key numbers from the week
- 14,000+ attendees
- from 130+ nations
- 45% from Argentina
- 53% first-time EF occasion attendees
- 1,000+ visas issued in collaboration with Argentina’s Dirección Nacional de Migraciones
- 80+ utility exhibitors
- 40+ deep-dive occasions
- 15 Group Hubs
- 200 volunteers
- 500+ community-run aspect occasions throughout town
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🎡 A World’s Truthful for Ethereum with La Rural because the Schellingpoint
For the primary time, Devconnect launched a World’s Truthful-style expertise, anchored fully inside La Rural, one in every of Buenos Aires’ most iconic venues, the place all the things was introduced collectively right into a single, immersive setting.
Inside La Rural, attendees might discover:
- 8 themed districts: DeFi, Privateness, L2s, Decentralized Social, {Hardware} & Wallets, AI, Gaming, and Artwork
- 80+ exhibiting groups exhibiting actual, working Ethereum functions
- 15 Group Hubs organized by ecosystem teams
- 40 occasions run by impartial groups
- Dialogue corners, coworking zones, and bookable assembly rooms
- Onboarding stations for newcomers
- Meals vans accepting crypto funds
- Dwell music, a cinema, and a soccer pitch with tournaments
It turned Ethereum into one thing you could possibly stroll via. Folks examined functions, performed onchain video games, tried new wallets, paid with crypto for meals and drinks, explored AI workflows, and met the groups constructing on Ethereum immediately.
📲 The Devconnect App: the information to the World’s Truthful
Your entire expertise was supported by the Devconnect App, which helped attendees navigate the large venue, view programming, construct private schedules, pay with crypto through the built-in pockets or add their very own, full quests, uncover new functions, and acquire POAPs on the best way. We collaborated with a number of web3 initiatives built-in into the app: Para, SimpleFi, POAP, WalletConnect, Base, Zapper, Zupass, AT Protocol, Peanut, and ENS.
App stats
- 9,000+ logged-in customers
- 16,000 POAPs minted
- 14,000 World’s Truthful quests accomplished
- Crypto payment activity via SimpleFi
📣 Ecosystem bulletins and discuss highlights
Devconnect featured main updates from throughout the ecosystem, with many groups selecting this time of the yr because the place to announce new initiatives.
Key bulletins
- Yoav Weiss (EF Account Abstraction) launched the Ethereum Interop Layer (EIL), designed to make Ethereum really feel like one chain once more with out compromising decentralization.
- Vitalik and EF groups introduced Kohaku, the brand new security- and privacy-focused pockets stack.
- Aave launched the brand new Aave App, a refreshed and unified interface for the protocol.
- Gnosis introduced the brand new Gnosis App.
- wARS, a brand new Argentine peso–pegged stablecoin, launched on Ethereum, Base, and World Chain.
- 1inch Aqua launched, introducing a product to defragment liquidity for market makers.
- Devcon 8 location introduced: Mumbai, India, This autumn 2026.
- And lots of extra…
Notable audio system and talks to (re)watch
And lots of extra throughout the Group Hubs, the 40 occasions inside La Rural, and a number of aspect occasions. 👉 Test again recurrently on the Ethereum Foundation YouTube account for extra discuss recordings.
🇦🇷 Native power and affect
Many guests fell in love with Buenos Aires, with the spring vibe and lively streets, the mate culture, asados and steak, ice cream, the football energy, street art, and the surrounding nature. Some even stayed properly beyond Devconnect.
Buenos Aires was the right location for the primary Ethereum World’s Truthful, with Argentina being some of the lively crypto markets on the planet, with about 20% proudly owning crypto, utilizing it for financial savings, hedging in opposition to inflation, entry to lending, and stability. Throughout town, many distributors settle for crypto for funds, and this familiarity made Devconnect really feel on the proper place on the proper time.
Devconnect itself was additionally formed by the contributions of the native and regional Ethereum communities:
☀️ ETHCon Buenos Aires
ETHCon was one of many main Devconnect occasions and was organized by the native communities SEED Latam, Crecimiento, Ethereum Argentina, ETH Kipu, Mujeres en Cripto, and a number of regional companions.
- 4,000+ attendees
- 60+ audio system, together with Vitalik, Santiago Palladino, metropolis and Ministry of Schooling representatives, and main firms like Mercado Libre, YPF, and Fiserv
- Talks and panels exploring Ethereum’s affect throughout finance, gaming, AI, artwork, schooling, and public infrastructure
🦙 Destino Devconnect
Starting in April 2025, we supported native initiatives via Destino Devconnect, a grants spherical designed to speed up regional adoption forward of Devconnect.
Outcomes:
- 100+ supported occasions
- 14 collaborating nations throughout LATAM
🎓 Universities and college students
Devconnect included one of many largest pupil and tutorial elements in EF occasion historical past.
- 3,000+ native faculty college students attended through a partnership with the Ministry of Schooling
- 45+ universities have been concerned
- 8 university-led classes occurred all through the week at La Rural
Devconnect is constructed on group contributions:
- 200 volunteers helped make your complete week doable, coming from 40 nations, with 30% becoming a member of us from African areas together with Nigeria, Kenya and Ghana.
- 15 Community Hubs created thematic residence bases for various teams
- DIP contributors created a various vary of activations for the occasion
- Ecosystem groups hosted 40 occasions inside La Rural and 500+ aspect occasions throughout Buenos Aires: hackathons, workshops, meetups, hacker homes, events, and extra
🙏 Thanks to our Supporters
The Ethereum World’s Truthful wouldn’t have been doable with out the groups who contributed assets, experience, and assist:
Arbitrum, Base, World, 1inch, Celo, Espresso, Aztec, Gnosis, Aave, Ambire, Bitget, Fx Protocol, Gensyn, RISE, Standing, Barter, Cowswap, Eliza, ENS, Kleros, Ledger, Lemon, Nethermind, Obol, Octant, Offramp, Unforgettable, Starkware, Tally, Uphold, Ethereum Observe Protocol, Wonderland, Morpho, Belo, Mimic, DeFi Saver, Exa App, Gitcoin, The Graph, Pond, Ronin/Axie Infinity, ZYFAI, Oxbow, Beam, Boulder, Burner, chro. ar, Daimo Pay, Dappnode, DiPe, Farcaster, Fileverse, Fluidly, Franklin, Freedom Manufacturing unit (ethOS), Gainforest, Hats Protocol, Human.tech, IDRISS, Noice, Nouns, Peanut, Pistachio, Precog Market, R3alblocks, Radicle/DRIP, Railgun, Replicats, Ripio, Rotki, Santiment, Seer, Virtuals, XMTP, ZK Passport, ZKEmail, ZKP2P.
🇮🇳 What’s subsequent: Devcon 8
With Devconnect Buenos Aires wrapped, the following main group occasion organized by the Ethereum Basis is Devcon 8, happening in Mumbai, India, in This autumn 2026.
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