​Read our ETHLisbon 2025 here.

​Innovate, Build, and Shape the Future of Web3

​Join co-hosts Lightshift Capital and Encode Club in Lisbon in May 2025 for an unforgettable event that merges innovation, collaboration, and cutting-edge research in the world of Web3. ETHLisbon 2025 features dynamic hackathon designed for developers, researchers, and Web3 enthusiasts:

​Hackathon: Build impactful projects, collaborate with top talent, and bring your ideas to life in a high-energy, overnight-access environment.

​📅 Dates: 9th–11th May 2025
📍 Venue: AIhub by Unicorn Factory

​What to Expect:

• ​Hands-on opportunities: 3 days of hacking, technical workshops, and collaboration.

• ​Real-world insights: Talks from leading researchers and Web3 innovators.

• ​Community vibes: Join 500–1,000 participants in shaping the next big ideas in decentralisation.

​Whether you’re here to build, learn, or connect, ETHLisbon is your chance to immerse yourself in the forefront of Web3 innovation.

​Ready to make your mark? Join us in Lisbon this May!

​​Interested in joining as a speaker, sponsor, or mentor? Apply here!

​Find the side event calendar here.

​Partners

​Community Partners

​Bounties

​Olas: $15,000
Kusama: $15,000
Rootstock: $5,000
Gnosis Chain: $6,500

​Speakers

​Here are our fabulous speakers!

​Judges

​Meet the ETHLisbon 2025 judges and mentors! From OG builders to top VCs, they know what it takes to make something great.

​Mentors

​Take a look at our mentors, ready to give you words of wisdom and practical advice on your projects during the hackathon!

​Schedule:

​🛠️ Day 1 (May 9th) – Hackathon Kickoff & Technical Workshops

• ​10:00am: Doors Open

• ​11:00am: Team Formation

• ​11:45am: Launch Event!

• ​1:00pm: Lunch

• ​​1:00pm: From Gas to Speed: Building Faster, Cheaper Smart Contracts on Kusama - Utkarsh Bhardwaj (Engineer, Parity)

• ​​1:45pm: Private Machine Learning with zkML Description - Laurence Kirk (CEO, Extropy)

• ​​2:00pm: Gnosis Workshop - Julian Nesk (Head of Ecosystem Growth, Gnosis Chain)

• ​​2:15pm: Rethinking retention: the case for long-term data availability at scale - Douwe Faasen (HyveDA)

• ​2:30pm: Wormhole Workshop - Ossie Amir (Core Contributor, Wormhole Foundation)

• ​​3:00pm: Build different: 3 ways to build actually user-owned agents with Olas - Adamantios Zaras (Senior Python Engineer, Olas)

• ​​3:15pm: Building on Bitcoin with Rootstock - Sebastian Guaqueta (Senior Software Engineer, Rootstock)

• ​​3:30pm: Code n Corgi: Dogfooding - Filipa Ribeiro (Filecoin)

• ​​4:30pm: JAM: The Architecture Web3 Was Meant to Have - Daniel Cukier (Core Developer, JAM)

• ​7:30pm: Pizza

• ​Overnight: Non-stop hacking!

​📣 Day 2 (May 10th) – Hacking & Mentorship

• ​24hr: Doors open

• ​9:00am: Nibbles

• ​1:00pm: Lunch

• ​7:30pm: Pizza

• ​All day and overnight: Non-stop hacking!

​​🏆 Day 3 (May 11th) – Final Submissions & Winner Announcements

• ​​24hr: Doors open

• ​9:00am: Nibbles

• ​11:00am: Submissions due

• ​1:00pm: Lunch

• ​12:00pm: Judging period

• ​4:00pm: Hackathon Finale!

• ​5:00pm: Doors close

​ETHLisbon, 2023

​📍 Location: Patio de Gale
💰 Prize Pool: $100,000
🛠️  Partners: Chronicle, Polygon, Near and more!

​ETHLisbon, 2022

​📍 Location: Academia das Ciências de Lisbon
💰 Prize Pool: $149,000
🛠️  Partners- Wallet Connect, Euler, Fuel and more!

​Curious to see other Encode Events?

​Encode London Hackathon and Research Conference, 2024
📍 Location: Shoreditch Exchange
❇️ Website: Here
🤖 Summary: Here

​Bangkok Bitcoin Hackathon, 2024
📍 Location: Glowfish Workplace
❇️ Luma: Here
🤖 Summary: Here

​For upcoming Encode programmes, check out our website!