ProtoLayers Builder Conference
ProtoLayers Builder Conference
Advancing the Ethereum ecosystem, one event at a time
About the Event
ProtoLayers is back for another cutting-edge edition in Bangkok during Devcon 7! We're bringing together the brightest minds in blockchain for a day of deep dives, collaboration, and innovation.
Why Attend?
Curated, high-impact talks on the latest in blockchain tech
Network with top developers and projects in the space
Exclusive post-talk dinner for prime networking (18:00-21:00)
Who Should Attend?
This event is focused on developers, blockchain specialists & researchers.
Agenda (Preliminary)
12:30 - 13:00: Check-in and welcome
13:00 - 15:00: Keynote Session 1
15:00 - 15:45: Break & Networking
15:45 - 18:00: Keynote Session 2
18:00 - 18:30: Short break
18:30 - 21:00: Networking dinner
Full agenda is released on our website.
Speakers
Joanna Zeng - Co-founder & CEO, SOON
Jan Kalivoda - Tech Lead at Ethereum team, Ackee Blockchain
Nader Dabit - Director of Developer Relations, EigenLayer
Yarden Shechter - Co-founder and CEO, Othentic
Paco Villetard - Co-Founder, OnlyDust
Elias Tazartes - CEO Co-Founder, Kakarot ZK-EVM
Furkan Akal - Researcher & Technical Writer, Inco
Alex Gaines - Integration Engineer, Across
Francesco - DevRel, Consensys
Anett - DevRel, Last Network
Norbert Vadas - Protocol Researcher, Gevulot
Tibor Tribus - CEO, MAYA-ZK
Leona Hioki - Co-Founder, INTMAX
Prabal Banerjee - Co-Founder, Avail
Jake Hartnell - CEO, Layer
Kyle Koshiyama - DevRel Engineer, Fhenix
Sasha Aldrick - Developer Relations, RiscZero
Zack Xuereb - Engineer, Aleo
Nikolay Volf - CEO and Founder, Gear
Alexey Yashunsky - Researcher, =nil; Foundation
Rehan Nek - Ecosystem Manager, Starkware
What’s this edition focus?
This event is made possible by our amazing partners & sponsors
Ackee
Ackee Blockchain is a leading security auditing firm dedicated to enhancing the blockchain ecosystem through comprehensive audits, educational initiatives, and the development of open-source security tools for smart contracts on Ethereum and Solana.
Last Network
Last Network L2 is a revolutionary cashflow-generating blockchain ecosystem that reinvests profits back into the community, enabling low-fee, high-speed transactions while empowering users to leverage their yield-bearing assets for enhanced liquidity and financial opportunities.
OnlyDust
OnlyDust is a dynamic platform that connects open-source developers with projects, streamlining contributions and rewarding efforts within the Web3 ecosystem.
Othentic
Othentic Stack orchestrates low-level AVS development, used by +30 teams. Imagine a canvas with all of the essential building blocks to spin up AVS, highly configurable and versatile in all aspects of AVS development.
Across
Across is a full stack for everything cross-chain, it connects Ethereum and Layer 2 networks in seconds. It supports Optimism, Base, Arbitrum, Linea, Scroll, zkSync, Polygon and many other popular ecosystems. Across provides bridge integrations for dApps, unlocking new cross-chain functionality by eliminating the need for users to bridge separately. As co-creator of the ERC-7683 standard, Across pioneers intent-based bridging, enabling capital efficient cross-chain asset transfers and actions in a single transaction.
Gear
Gear Technologies launched Gear.exe in October 2024 as an open-source, decentralized compute network that enhances Ethereum dApps with 1000x compute capacity through unbonded parallel execution, delivering 90-99% lower gas fees and sub-second latency, while maintaining seamless integration with existing Ethereum tools like Metamask and Etherscan. This builds upon their earlier developments of Gear Protocol and Vara Network, which introduced a high-performance L1 blockchain featuring parallel data processing and an advanced execution engine, creating a comprehensive ecosystem for next-generation Web3 applications.
MayaZK
MAYA is building the future of zero-knowledge infrastructure through hardware-optimized proof generation. Their work encompasses GPU-accelerated SNARK implementations, custom firmware optimization, and research in distributed proving.
Starkware
StarkWare builds technology that massively scales Ethereum and Bitcoin. Powered by zero-knowledge proofs, StarkWare’s Layer-2 scaling solutions facilitate secure, trustless, and scalable blockchain applications.
=nil; Foundation
=nil; Foundation is building a general-purpose Ethereum L2 powered by zkSharding that blends the scalability of appchains with the composability of a monolithic
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