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 are joining forces to bring you a very special opportunity to face off against one of the world’s greatest Chess players, certified GRANDMASTER 

! Although it’s highly unlikely any will come close, those who seem to create the most interesting positions will be awarded prizes by Grandmaster Dautov himself.

Join us for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get your derrière absolutely handed to you. On a Parisian boat nonetheless! 

There are 8 chess tables and the grandmaster plays on all 8 tables simultaneously. Chess players take a table and when their game is finished, they step away and another chess player takes their place. 

It takes about 40 minutes for a full game of chess, but in this situation, people may lose much quicker than that. 

Please register early to reserve a spot approval at one of the time options; the event will be first-come, first to play.

Spectators are welcome to share in our provided drinks and refreshments! You can help the player against the grandmaster and discuss moves, but any help via telephone or electronic devices of any kind will lead to disqualification.

We’ll also have extra boards scattered about so you can play with your friends! Some variations like Blitz, Hand, Brain, and community free play will be available.

The boat is docked 10 min walk from EthCC at the address linked above.

Note: You must register for this event to participate.

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is Web3's native derivatives layer. We’re creating the building blocks for a new financial system. One that puts control of the markets, the products, and the fees in the community’s hands. Vega is a decentralized network that will support the creation of derivatives markets for a variety of crypto assets.

 Immortal is enhancing Chess by introducing an entertaining crypto layer: we're keeping the rules of Chess and adding optional challenges that will be enabled thanks to NFTs tied to pieces! Immortal Game will let anyone in the world enjoy one of the oldest games in a play and earn mobile-first way.

 (born 28.11.1965 in Ufa, Russia) is a German chess Grandmaster. 

Living in Germany since 1984, he became Grandmaster in 1989. He participated in five Chess Olympiads for German national team. The biggest team success with his participation was 2nd place with team Germany in Istanbul in 2000. Dautov won some strong closed tournaments: Dresden (1988), Sverdlovsk (1989), Bad Lauterberg (1991), Ter Apel (1994), Nussloch (1996), Bad Homburg (1997), Essen (1999) and numerous open tournaments. With team Baden Baden he became 10 times German champion in Chess Bundesliga. 

Dautov lives in Westerburg (Germany) and works as a manager of a poker community, and plays for team Deizisau in Chess Bundesliga. His actual rating is 2591, his highest rating was 2636.

CHETH MATE

Join the DeFi, NFT, Metaverse, and Web3 squads from Serotonin for a cup of coffee and a chat about marketing at one of Bogota’s best cafes and roasting plants in the Chapinero neighborhood. 

To celebrate the merge and the return of DevCon, we’ll be making ourselves available to aspiring builders, devs, and blockchain enthusiasts with a great idea on marketing and growth strategies to help them take their ideas to the next level. 

Whether your project is in the seed stage, just getting off the ground, or full grown, feel free to drop by for some expert-level guidance on how to get where you want to be.

Address will be sent out the day prior to the event.

Office Hours with Serotonin

The workshop will be an introduction to safe smart contract development in Ink!/Rust. We will take a look at the differences and similarities between Ink and Solidity, and work on creating an ERC22 contract focusing on type safety (and showcasing how it makes for more robust contracts). 

Along the way, we will introduce some basic blockchain/DeFi concepts and principles for safe development. This talk should be suitable both for newcomers and seasoned developers, regardless of their smart contract language of choice.

 is a Proof-of-Stake public blockchain. We combined an original, aBFT consensus protocol with a customized Substrate stack.

Safe and robust smart contracts in ink!

When it comes to web3, communication and value transfer are two sides of the same coin. While the early stages of blockchain development have largely skewed towards decentralized finance, the promise of a secure, open internet will only be actualized once baseline web messaging takes place in a secure, decentralized environment. Fortunately, this is all possible today.

In this hands-on workshop, developers and no-coders alike will have the opportunity to explore the fundamentals of web3-native messaging services, guided by the Zerion and Dispatch teams. In short, attendees will learn how to use decentralized messaging protocols for both personalized web communications and branded on-chain activations. 

Chatting crypto on Discord is as hypocritical as trading decentralized assets on centralized exchanges. Traditional messaging services, much like CeFi, serve as helpful onramps and stopgap solutions – but this is only because no better alternatives have existed (until now). Any true form of web3 necessitates a more granular yet secure form of online communication, and adopting web3-native messaging services will ultimately benefit individual and institutional netizens alike.

The Key to On-Chain Messaging: Building Communication and Engagement Right in the Wallet with Dispatch and Zerion

ZPrize is accelerating the future of cryptography with a half-day summit dedicated to bringing together the competition’s winners, architects, sponsors and participants for a lively celebration of achievements. The celebration will feature ZK Technology Trivia and sponsored panels from Aleo, AMD, Samsung Next and more. Plus, attendees can expect a range of all-encompassing educational content on a variety of subjects, including conversations on Minimizing Latency with MSM Operations, and Accelerating NTT Operations on an FPGA. With such an intentionally developed  program of events, there’s a little bit of everything for both the ZK-curious and the general ETHDenver audience at large.

The event will take place in conjunction with ETHDenver 2023 on March 1st, from 1:00-4:30 pm at the BUIDLHub Workshop Stage - 1812 35th Street, Denver, CO 80216. 

 - ZPrize is a collaborative effort across the blockchain industry that includes over 32 partners and sponsors contributing time, effort, and resources to make this initiative a success. If you'd like to become a partner, please reach out here. 

 Aleo is a developer platform for building fully private, scalable and cost-effective applications. Using zero-knowledge cryptography, Aleo moves smart contract execution off-chain to enable a diverse range of decentralized applications that are both entirely private and can scale to thousands of transactions per second. Built on an open, public blockchain, Aleo brings the flexibility of Ethereum but with a more scalable architecture in which miners don’t need to re-run every transaction, but simply verify their correctness.

 - AMD has grown into a global company setting the standard for modern computing through major technological achievements and many important industry firsts along the way. Today, AMD is the high performance and adaptive computing leader, powering the products and services that define the future of the data center, artificial intelligence, PCs, gaming, communications, and automotive.

 - Samsung NEXT is a multifaceted innovation group within Samsung Electronics dedicated to identifying new growth opportunities in technology and beyond.

- Manta Network is the layer one blockchain that brings programmable privacy to web3 using zero-knowledge proofs. Its suite of core products and technologies, including zkNFTs and MantaPay, offers user-friendly access to powerful ZK-enabled use cases. Leveraging the Poseidon hash and its own cryptographic innovations, Manta Network offers the fastest prover speed of any ZK network.

The project is created by a team of experienced founders from prestigious institutions like Harvard, MIT, and Algorand. Manta Network has received investments from some of the top web3 investment funds, including Binance Labs and Polychain, and has grown through participation in the best web3 accelerators, including Alliance DAO and Berkeley Blockchain Xcelerator. Manta Network is poised to bring the next generation of web3 users and usher in a new chapter of privacy-focused web3 applications.

 - DZK focuses on efficient, application-specific proof systems that accelerate emerging ZK use cases. DZK adopts a blend of software and hardware optimizations, and has designed application-specific protocols with new proof techniques that work well with consumer-grade hardware, specifically GPU. Many new techniques arising from this application-specific approach are unheard of in this industry. We have learned lessons in designing an ASIC for zero-knowledge proofs, and realize how important an application-specific approach, and thus programmability, is needed, and we believe that we are ready to make impossible things possible.

ZPrize: The Future is Private

Join us Wednesday, April 12th during NFTNYC week at a chic new spot in the city.

We'll host an invite-only open bar from 7-9PM to foster discussion with fashion, artist, collector, investor, media, and NFT holder friends followed by a party 9PM-4AM for those who'd like to stay and kick off the week with us. Cocktails, sake, orange wine, and more!

Don’t miss the Mint & Secret Cocktail-- all guests will also have the opportunity to mint an exclusive NFT powered by Co:Create. The NFT will unlock the Secret Cocktail of the night… 

Hosted together by Serotonin, Keyrock, Co:Create & Holder.

 is the leading web3 marketing agency and product studio for web3 products. Leveraging expertise in crypto, DeFi, DAOs, NFTs and blockchain verticals, Serotonin has enabled the world’s largest companies to foray into web3 with an end-to-end approach to marketing, content creation, public relations, social media and event management

 is a digital asset market maker building more inclusive and efficient markets. With their proprietary algorithmic technologies, they provide scalable and adaptable liquidity solutions for marketplaces and asset issuers alike. 

 enables innovative brands to unlock the power of their community. Fueled by our flexible, API-first community activation platform — brands can now build gamified, self-owned reward experiences that supercharge their community.

 is a web3 CRM and marketing automation platform that powers customer data for the tokenized world.

Generative Cocktails with Serotonin, Keyrock, Co:Create & Holder

Web3 Marketing: A Handbook for the Next Internet Revolution

, as she hosts a book signing and Q&A at Hodler Gallery in Wynwood this Friday, May 19th from 3:30-5:30PM. Light refreshments will be provided for purchase. 

 ahead of the event. Also available where most books are sold.