Photogary showcase curated by Goldie and ImnotArt

The Crypto Recruiters bring their classic LinkedIn Live event to ETHChicago IRL -- Feedback and Q&A -- facilitate ice-breaking / team-building on Friday or Saturday morning

Learn about the current and future state of crypto payments from a leader in the space, Brent Traidman, head of software sales at Coinbase. Coinbase is a leading provider of global payments for businesses, non profits, and Web3 organizations. Coinbase Pay and Coinbase Commerce allow businesses and organizations to seemlessly accept crypto for donations, invoices, eCommerce, and more! Learn about the future of payments, as well as industry trends and real life utility.

Get to know each other through an emotional intelligence board game! We designed a bunch of cool ice-breaker games for you to play with one another :)

Is Web3 just about the money? Or can it be leveraged to effect positive change in the real world? The Full Plate Project created by xBohiti is pushing the boundaries of what 'utility' in an NFT project can be. By using 80% of NFT sales and 100% of auction sales to buy food and supplies for people in need in Chicago, we are proving that NFT collections can do more than "Number go up"

Within the past few years auditing blockchain technology has become a key requirement and an asset within the crypto industry. The regulatory pressure for maintaining a mature risk and controls framework and having frequent inhouse audits over compliance with key requirements has become scrutinized and simply essential within the community. Lamentably, the crypto and blockchain communities are not too familiar with what a risk and controls framework is and how to perform an audit. Furthermore, not many are aware of core technology standards and global regulatory requirements as most of the attention has been over AML, sanction screening and transaction monitoring etc. while ignoring key Information Technology and Information Security standards. This workshop will walk the audience through the basics of risk and audit management, dive into what are some of the core IT and IS requirements for blockchain and crypto technology and also explore how to think about auditing internally before a regulatory examination.

ZK for Beginners & State of ZK

DeFi, MEV auctions, and what we need to do for DeFi to compete with CeFi

Announce the start of the hackathon, TAIKAI registration, and Bounties

Cover Your Assets: How the CryptoCurrency Security Standard (CCSS) Protects Your Crypto

In this talk, Tippi Fifestarr, Events Lead for DevRel University, will share a powerful framework for winning Hackathon teams and projects. WIN is an acronym for 3 steps to success in any hackathon. The idea digs into what else you can win from a hackathon, and how this can shift your career.

Explore the exciting fusion of technology and law, promising a deep dive into the dynamic realm where blockchain redefines how IP is protected, monitored, and enforced in our increasingly digitized world.

Learn how to design, build, and ship your very own Nouns DAO auction and site with ZERO code.

Chicago artist showcase curated by Goldie and ImnotArt

A deep dive into the philosophy, process, and tech stack behind building value-based community DAOs.

We believe we’re at the beginning of a once-in-a generation opportunity to partner with category defining companies that will make profound changes to the digital world. Join our session to learn why investors and builders should remain as bullish on the ecosystem as we are, and discuss the benefits of a truly decentralized world.

Kickstart your hackathon journey with intention. This powerful meditation, designed specifically for innovators, will strengthen your vision and connect you to the potential impact of your creations. Begin with clarity, refine your approach, and gain momentum to effectively transition from ideation to execution.

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networking event to find teams, connect with teams

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Wormhole is a cross-chain messaging platform that enables development across 30+ blockchains. In this workshop we'll give an overview of how Wormhole works and dive into the tooling that makes it easy to use.

Have you ever wanted to build an ambitious product or startup, but don't have the resources, experience, or team? This is for you.

The music industry is broken and corrupted. Let's Learn from industry leaders about the current state of the music industry and get a glimpse into its future. This panel will explore opportunities and challenges presented by decentralization and how it will disrupt the global music ecosystem.

Opening Ceremony Announcements

Want to learn to build a dapp quickly and easily? This is the workshop for you! We will setup and build a dapp from scratch using Scaffold-ETH 2 and The Graph.

Scaffold-ETH has everything you need to get started quickly.
- NextJS
- Rainbow Kit
- Wagmi
- and more...

If you want to follow along please install nodeJs, yarn package manager, git and docker. See you there!

It was written..... Potential patterns from Indian Mythology that can show us the arc of NFTs and technology

OpenUX is available to answer any of your UX questions for the upcoming hackathon or your project.

Art lovers and enthusiasts are invited to embark on a journey of self-discovery and exploration. If you find yourself captivated by the allure of art, spending endless hours admiring masterpieces from afar, and eagerly anticipating art shows and open studios, then "Rescue or Destroy" is the event yoååu've been waiting for.

Experience the thrill of Rescue or Destroy as art takes center stage in a unique and exhilarating concept. Attendees will be faced with a transformative decision - the fate of the art is in their hands. Each piece showcased during the event will confront one of tow possible destinies.

First, Passionate and decisive art lovers have the opportunity to take ownership of their favorite pieces by purchasing them directly from the event. Embrace the power to claim the object of your affection and bring it home to grace your walls, becoming a part of your daily life.

Secondly, the evening holds a more daring and dramatic outcome - certain artworks will meet their end. Witness the spectacle of a large, bearded, bald man with an ax, as he skillfully transforms the pieces into hundreds of tiny fragments. It's a captivating moment that underlines the significance of every decision made.
"This is the antidote to indecision," says the event organizer, "I've seen it firsthand: She who hesitates is heartbroken." At "Rescue or Destroy," there's no room for vacillation. Embrace your love for art and participate actively in its destiny or let it burn to the ground and make way for the new.

"Rescue or Destroy" encourages attendees to take control of their passions, embracing a sense of agency in the art world. Don't let others dictate the fate of the pieces you adore. This event celebrates the joy of art, the thrill of ownership, and the courage to let go.

Learn how to work with API3 price feeds using both the hardhat and foundry framework toolset.

Ultimately, Ceptor Club is building at the intersection of Art, Tech and Games. We are beginning with making Tabletop Role Playing Games more fun, faster, and accessible for everyone. Developers, Artists, and Game Masters can play in our Workshop and do a mini-mission that will demonstrate the pain points that we are solving, in a fun way (we promise!)!

Genius Bar Office Hours

This workshop is a technical tutorial aimed at upskilling developers and protocol stakeholders on how to build an agent-based simulation model for their protocol or Dapp, which can greatly improve their efficiency, security, and scalability. I will give a detailed walk-through on building a data-driven ABM using real world examples, and optionally a live coding demo. The session is designed to involve high output/engagement from the participants, where by the end everyone will have built a rudimentary agent-based model for a web3 protocol / Dapp of their choice.

Some basic knowledge about smart contracts, DeFi concepts, and object-oriented programming would be helpful. No prior knowledge about quantitative modeling or data science required.

Main Exhibition

In partnership with Zora, we are launching a platform to "Nounsify" any existing NFT collection. We are starting with the CryptoPunks community, which will launch on Saturday of ETHChicago.

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When both a voting and treasury system are in place, blockchain can be truly decentralized. Our future will be in the hands of the community, who will have everything they need to grow and evolve an advanced socio-economic operating system to advance humanity.

Blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) technology are revolutionizing the e-commerce industry. This technology has the potential to enhance e-commerce experiences, drive revenue for businesses, and deepen consumer-brand relationships.

The session specifically examines three core use cases of blockchain and AI in e-commerce: commerce co-creation, proof of custody, and immersive e-commerce. Commerce co-creation allows brands to co-create new products and experiences with their consumers, while proof of custody ensures the authenticity and provenance of products. Immersive e-commerce uses virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) to create more engaging and interactive shopping experiences.

The use of blockchain and AI in e-commerce is still in its early stages, but it has the potential to fundamentally reshape the way we shop online.

Some use cases discussed:

1. Traditional e-commerce platforms are static and fail to engage online shoppers.
2. Blockchain and AI can be used to create more personalized, interactive, and immersive e-commerce experiences.
3. Commerce co-creation allows brands to co-create new products and experiences with their consumers.
4. Proof of custody ensures the authenticity and provenance of products.

DEX trades account for the majority of onchain activity. This talk will cover the current state of DEX Trading, how Uniswap v4 and X will change the trading experience, and the future of RWA trading.

How protocol founders should approach designing their token model. Lessons learned from helping multiple teams do this

The world has moved on to Web3, so why are we still using the same template inherited from Web2's corporate style? In this discussion, we will explore captivating UI/UX examples and delve into how a distinct aesthetic taste and design can truly create an impact. Perhaps most importantly, this design will establish the tone of your product from the outset, increasing the likelihood of a fulfilling development process. And, of course, we'll address how to embark on this journey using tools like Figma and TailwindCSS. After all, sometimes all you need is a compelling UI/UX design to sway the judges.

The brand <> customer relationship is being flipped on its head as we enter the next iteration of consumer behavior — a world where the consumer wants immersive, ownable, and hyper-personalized experiences. Web3 and blockchain technology has the opportunity to usher in this new future. In this session, we will unpack how the world’s leading brands are leveraging web3 and redefining the customer relationship from decentralized loyalty programs and omnichannel marketing, to user-controlled data and next-gen incentive design. Understand the different strategies brands are employing as they enter web3, the web3 brand maturity curve, and how your company should be thinking about web3.

OpenUX will provide open office hours to support high quality UX from builders in the ETH Chicago hackathon

Solana Cross Chain Interoperability

Session Runner: Vlad Avesalon, aka The Professor & Navneet Saxena, co-founders of Vennity, will lead the session

Welcome to the Wizardly Workshop, an immersive session where we'll learn how to bring our imagination to life using the power of AI art tools like Midjourney and geo-fenced NFTs using Vennity.

This workshop is for brand marketers, digital content creators, game designers, and tech enthusiasts eager to explore the cutting-edge intersection of augmented reality, artificial intelligence, and blockchain technology.

Prof. will begin by demystifying the complex world of AI and blockchain, explaining how these technologies can work together to create and manage digital objects in the real world. This will include an overview of how AI can generate unique, personalized digital collectibles and how blockchain ensures their authenticity and ownership.

The session will then move onto a practical ideation exercise. We'll get the opportunity to brainstorm and discuss how to use these technologies to create your own magical world of digital collectibles.

At the end of the Wizardly Workshop, we will walk away with a comprehensive understanding of the potential of AI and blockchain in the creation of digital collectibles and have a conceptual framework for your own digital collectibles campaign. Prepare for a magical, tech-filled adventure!

In this engaging panel discussion, we will delve into the exciting synergy between fashion, innovation, and technology. Our aim is to showcase the latest trends and innovations in the fashion tech industry, emphasizing its potential for transformation. Additionally, we plan to feature fashion tech partners and conduct live demos of cutting-edge fashion tech startups, providing attendees with a firsthand look at the future of fashion and tech.

Join us at Eth.Chicago for this thought-provoking discussion, where fashion meets innovation and technology to shape the future of the industry.

The existing renewable energy certificate (REC) marketplace is similar to booking travel in the 1990s with a great deal of manual work and brokers (e.g., travel agents) - the internet and Expedia, among others, replaced that system. Innovo Markets is building the same thing for the REC marketplace so power producers (solar, wind, hydro) can sell their RECs directly to corporations (Amazon, Apple) instantaneously instead of a 30-60 day lag. New laws are creating tailwinds in the space that are estimated to grow the market from $20 billion today to over $110 billion by 2030. Using blockchain as the underlying technology to build the digital marketplace streamlines the buying/selling of RECs and creates a transparent record of activity.

In the age of AI, how do we trust online? This talk explores how attestations can unlock so many use cases from digital identity, to the provenance of intellectual property, and so much more. It'll give you practical steps on what they are, how to start thinking about them, and hands-on examples of building with attestations.

Now anyone can become a cellular provider! How anyone can build their own cellular network.

Abstract:
In this discussion, we invite participating artists to talk about their experience of displaying
their work in large scale and immersive ways and their perspectives on how their art
practice might evolve as technology continues to change the world around us.
Artists:
- Will Creates Art
- Myra Rivera
- Michael Mcafee
- Willea Zwey
- Rafa Rivas
- Mike B
- Bianca Pastel
Host: Adrian Stein
Sponsors:

To learn more about The Canopy, please visit: https://thecanopyat900.com/
The Canopy, a permanent, immersive art installation in the atrium of 900 N Michigan
Avenue showcases artists and creatives that are making strides in the field of art,
animation, and technology.

What are DAOs actually, and what can existing companies learn from them? This talk introduces the concept of the Capture-Resistant Organization to answer both of these questions.

Smart accounts and account abstraction are the key to unlocking mass crypto adoption. Together, they enable robust onchain security and a great user experience. In this talk, you’ll learn how smart accounts and account abstraction are catalyzing a new wave of onchain activities, and what comes next.

ERCx (https://ercx.runtimeverification.com) is a tool suite that helps assess the behavior of smart contracts. ERCx checks the conformance of a contract to ERC (Ethereum Request for Comments) standards as well as additional desirable security properties. ERCx aims to help the Ethereum community by providing (i) contract developers with pre-deployment conformance and property checks and (ii) token investors with easy-to-run and fast quality assessment.

In this presentation, we show developers how ERCx works and how they can use it to create new tokens conformant with existing standards. Avoid repeating past mistakes and add an extra security layer when it comes to avoiding potential future exploits. We will also overview the design choices and the future of ERCx.

We will need standard equipment for a talk. If tables are present in the room, we may have a hands-on moment where attendees can experiment with the tool.

Ylies Falcone will run the session.

2 hours of open gallery time for anyone/team to utilize. Take over the gallery space and ten screens and a few ipads, show your demo/logo/design/art, see what your favorite nft looks like on a physical display.

Tokenization of Real-world asset.

Witness how decentralized finance (DeFi), tokenized assets and deposits, central bank digital currency (CBDC), and other novel financial offerings are taking shape as a result of harnessing the collective potential of emerging technologies such as AI, Web3, digital identity, and metaverse.

Building for Zero Trust

The evolutionary journey of Ethereum consensus layer has been marked by significant advancements, spanning from its inception through stages like Altair, Bellatrix (merge), and Capella (withdrawal). Anticipating the year 2024, our focus shifts to forthcoming developments. What's coming in 2024?

Genius Bar office hours for hackers

ERCx evaluates ERC (Ethereum Request for Comments) token implementation, either deployed or using their source code. During this workshop, we will focus on the ERC-20 standard and the comprehensive test suite (100+ tests) of ERCx. Participants will get familiar with how they can use ERCx to evaluate existing ERC-20 tokens and test their own implementations of ERC-20 tokens. We will briefly overview how to use the interfaces offered by ERCx. Then, the participants will be offered the following hands-on activities:

1. Test your favorite token. In this activity, participants will select some of the tokens they are familiar with and run the ERC-20 test suite on them. Participants will learn how to read and interpret the generated reports.

2. Find the bug in some ERC-20 tokens. In this activity, participants will be presented with buggy source code implementations of ERC-20 tokens. Participants will exploit the reports generated by ERCx to find the bugs, fix them, and ensure the patched implementations are correct.

3. Test a list of tokens. In this activity, participants will use ERCx open API to test lists of tokens by automatically querying ERCx reports. Participants will learn how to create their own list of tokens and how to query reports in batches.

The current incentive systems for many applications and ecosystems in crypto are naive and will not extend to mainstream consumer adoption.

We will talk through a new framework to help projects think about how to appeal to mainstream users and share some examples for how we are using it at Icebreaker (eg getting people to run without monetary incentives).

We might even do a live demonstration :)

https://mirror.xyz/icebreakerlabs.eth/xDKxKWdxiBn7waxTq9o-LaQi2UhkSO1g3xrqJRtft3Y

Governance can be a pain in the @$^ so why do we even bother? In this talk we'll go over why governance is worth dealing with, some of the well known high stakes issues, and some lesser understood pitfalls.

I want to talk about stETH as the reserve currency of the internet. I am going to use the analogy that stETH will serve as the backbone of defi and eth settlement in the same way the treasury market does. I have plenty of images and analogies. Also, I will talk about how ETH staking percentages are going to be far higher than people expect and I may include examples of how eigenlayer will play a part in it.

The EVM Object Format is a container format for the existing EVM architecture that provides the needed structure to provide several long desired improvements to the EVM seen in other VM frameworks (such as subroutines and linear transpiration) while removing problematic features such as code observability and gas schedule incompatibility. This talk will provide byte-code level examples of major aspects of the code. EOF is targeting release in a hard fork after Dencun.

Abdullah Umar (Michigan Blockchain) & Getty Hill (GFX Labs).

Description: We will be discussing how DAOs are currently run, the pros and cons of current DAO structures (balance decentralization vs efficiency), and how voting + discussion making occurs between delegates + token holders

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Art from Artblocks

how to use the taikai platform for submissions

In an increasingly interconnected world, the need for decentralized identity solutions has become paramount, with implications spanning industries, technologies and global societies. Eth Chicago is proud to present a thought-provoking discussion the delves into the heart of this issue with "Navigating Digital Identity in a Decentralized Future."

Overview of bridges, rollups, shards, and other cross-chain systems. What exists, how do they work, who's full of shit, what's exciting, etc.

the talk addresses the challenges posed by opaque and inaccessible contract templates and tokenomics in various projects and proposed a viable solution with EthSign TokenTable, a token ownership management platform that helps users execute, track and enforce distribution. This work is proven to be valuable, especially for early-staged founder thinking about future fundraising from renown investors.

With the emergence of generative AI, the value of novel information has escalated exponentially. Determining the origin of information has become more significant, making verification necessary. Today, we explore the idea of "The Verified Web" and using Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) as a way to establish ownership of verified data and information. By indexing data on-chain, the World Wide Web will be divided into verifiable and "unverified" segments.

Smart contract developers face a bevy of potential pitfalls that traditional web2 methodologies and tools are unequipped to handle. For example, reentrancy and flash loan vulnerabilities have enabled many attacks on various exchanges, and even simple functional correctness bugs can lead to costly attacks. This talk will discuss how developers can avoid these vulnerabilities in their projects, both with manual reasoning and by using tools developed by Veridise.

Learn to broadcast your creative energy to the entire web, with Megan @trogs Troglio.
This presentation examines how to develop your source material & amplify communications with technology.

Discussing various ways users can find an edge (and make $!) trading crypto. Pitfalls to avoid, unique insights into crypto specific markets and themes, and realistic case studies. All from a veteran trader (10+ years experience across a variety of markets).

Michael Hollingsworth, Tuan Jones, and William Ojeda will discuss what it takes to make it as an artist in web3. We will recap past events along with highlighting upcoming events we have scheduled. Discussing the growth process of “Lead the Homies” and how it came to be.

Genius Bar Office Hours

Join Josh Hannan, a senior smart contract programmer on the Flow core team as he discusses a programming paradigm that gives smart contracts developers the best tools for building complex, secure, and powerful decentralized applications

Learn about the exciting onchain world with a presentation from Kelvin Chang, a product manager at Coinbase, where he will cover what is Coinbase Base, the L2 ecosystem, and how to build on Base.

Description of the event: NFTs have been a part of the Ethereum ecosystem since 2017 when punks and kitties began to populate the blockchain. Since then, we have built a digital art market that spans style, genre, geography, language, and more. Not only has the NFT ecosystem proven the value of digital art, it has also challenged the traditional art market, and in doing so found a place for digital art within the upper echelons of the art world.

But in a world where there are millions (and one day trillions) of NFTs, how do we capture the history, the cultural significance, the very story of each piece of digital art?

Mint Gold Dust has always cared about the stories behind NFTs, which is why we pioneered the memoir feature, which is a piece of text that accompanies an artwork. But in our recently launched v2, we take it one step further. We preserve that memoir on the blockchain and tie it to the NFT artwork. For the archeologists of the future, NFTs minted on our platform will not only tell the visual story of our times, but also have a written counterpart onchain.

We believe that this technology will help creators to preserve history and document the digital renaissance that we are witnessing before us today.

I've been to multiple conferences in the pass 3 years from ETH Denver, NFT NYC, Metaverse Miami, and NFT LA. I have also hosted a handful of events with artist showcasing and educational presentations. I look forward to bringing a unique perspective as a creator and entrepreneur. As well as being open about the space, along side what it needs. I also lead a community of artist with different mediums and help integrate Blockchain technology within their projects.

QA session with Nathaniel Stern hosted by Mad Pinney

🎵 Beats in the Sky: A Music Listening Session 🎵

Elevate your senses at the Willis Tower with a curated selection of groundbreaking artists from the Web 3 space. Dive deep into the world of new music, engage directly with the artists behind the beats, and seize the opportunity to mingle with like-minded musical creatives.

🌌 Featured Artists 🌌:

5unde' : Alternative Hip-hop/RnB/Lofi Trap
(Accompanied by his production team)

Rhino: Alternative Hip-hop

xBohiti: Alternative
(Partnered with XTincT, Engineer/producer)

NickiYuno: Alternative Hip-hop

Jay Masz: Alternative Hip-hop

Osama: Hip-hop

Chesbro: Alternative

Day Kay: Alternative Hip-hop

XTincT: Alternative Hip-hop

Lord Haiti: World/Hip-hop

Tippi Fifestarr: Banjo/World

Cullah: Indie

Vessy Mink: Folk/Indie/Alternative

David Prorok: Rap

Prepare to be immersed in an auditory experience like no other, as we celebrate the sounds of the future. Join us, connect, and be a part of the ever-evolving musical landscape of Web 3.

Genius Bar Office Hours

Innovations in governance will be critical if we are going to address grand societal challenges identified by the U.N. SDGs. Research is underway to design a value-chain level blockchain based governance and operations model to effectively support the achievement of a range of pressing humanitarian social goals (e.g., stable global supply of food, access to affordable housing, regional circular economies). Called the “Social Purpose Value Chain” (SPVC), this system level concept is based on the idea that a combination of blockchain technology, coopetition, reimagination of value-chain analysis in the context of social goal achievement, a relational bureaucratic governance model that is vertically integrated (i.e., shared governance by members of each step of a value chain), and a social credit incentive system would overcome several known barriers to social goal achievement (e.g., such as power and hierarchy issues in decision making, donor-driven solutions that do not effectively or efficiently address needs, contract execution failures). The SPVC concept, the status of the software research prototype supporting it, and next steps will be discussed.

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Hold and Release - Curated by C

Understanding the financial context for DeFi Data

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1 or 2 people, the founders of Duo. Carlos Robles-Shanahan and Rafael Robles

Duo is a Chicago-based innovation studio/lab with the mission to create built environment innovations for the benefit of society. Duo's signature design methodology, Multicontextual Design, promotes norm/form-making which enables us to (re)shape dominant norms and set new precedents through our work.

The presentation will give a foundation of the importance and impact of real estate assets on the unequal distribution of wealth in the United States, and follow it with a presentation of two projects that will be among the first in Chicago to use equity crowdfunding to open investment opportunities for commercial and residential buildings to neighbors and non-accredited investors. The presentation can finish with an open conversation about how ETH, Blockchain and other emerging technologies can further promote ethical interventions in physical environments.

Sharing the Milken Institute FinTech program's letter of comment on the digital asset Market Structure Bill and contextualizing other upcoming legislation in the space.

Blockchain in Supply Chain Panel Discussion

participants present to each bounty for judge tables

LSDs are the #1 most popular DeFi narrative in 2023. This interactive presentation aims to give the participants an in-depth yet intuitive understanding about the LSD space, and equip them with practical tools for their own research analysis of LSD tokens.

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The burgeoning world of web3 is creating new opportunities for brands to connect with target audiences in meaningful ways, writes VMLY&R Commerce's McDonald Predeleus.

Daniel Lev will discuss how Web3 and decentralized finance are revolutionizing payments and financial services. Using insights from CoinFlow's journey, Lev will highlight the current benefits such as low-cost transactions and financial inclusion, while also considering the challenges and future potential of this emerging landscape. Ideal for anyone interested in the intersection of technology and finance, this talk offers a glimpse into the transformative power of Web3.

Work from the ETHChicago Volunteers

What is the meaning of being ‘global’? How important is localization? How do countries approach fintech and Web3 more broadly? How do Web3 companies respond? What are challenges and where lie opportunities for both countries and companies?

We will explore all of these questions, and more, with Anthony Howell, Director & Overseas Representative of the Washington D.C. Office for the Government of Bermuda, and Serra Wei, the founder and CEO of Aegis Custody & Trust, the only custody provider with licenses to operate in both the United States and Hong Kong.

You may have heard that crypto gives you a "Swiss bank account in your pocket" or "not your keys, not your coins" but the reality is that these properties are enabled by self-custody of digital assets, which can be a daunting prospect for many people.

The goal of this talk is to focus on what you "need to know" to do your own self-custody, give an overview of available tools, and show how get started using DeFi applications.

Enjoy the full benefits of digital assets by creating a secure setup for your non-sovereign stores of value like a Crypto Jason Bourne.

Campbell Teague

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In this session we’ll discuss why blockchain technology has the powerful potential of furthering creativity in multidisciplinary digital art and beyond. Tokenization has equipped artists with the ability to create, authenticate, and distribute work using any digital or digitized medium. This fuel is the perfect catalyst for all artists, musicians, dancers, poets, actors, galleries, museums, curators, platforms, and even literary novel writers – to work together, without the overarching dominance of industries.

You will hear artists and innovators offer their personal insights on how the collaborative landscape of blockchain technology has led them to where they are now and what could be the possibilities of the future.

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NFTs are fun, but integrating them into your business can be hard.

With Holaplex Hub you can test how NFTs fit into your business strategy in minutes. Join Holaplex's very own Pontus, who isn't technical at all, as he showcases how easy it is to build a starter minting solution powered by a fully functioning end-to-end enterprise NFT management solution with analytics on stage at ETH Chicago.

This talk explores the concept of digital attestations and how they can be used to unlock so many non-financial use cases.

Web3 is enabling radically new means of getting to know people and accessing capital. Ian raised 10Ξ for the conference from DAOs; Andrew originated the conference and sparked Chicago's community into action. Together, they will share their experiences on navigating this new framework.

a special workshop for hackathon participants on sunday (about translating their recent hackathon project into an updated CV, for finding a job)

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Crypto is a completely new asset class, unlike anything we've ever seen before. With that comes a completely different investment and research approach. Discover the research methods that are unique to this digital frontier.

In the quest for mass adoption, the Web3 world is in dire need of skilled developers who can create groundbreaking decentralized applications (Dapps). However, the current availability of quality Web3 developers falls significantly short. With approximately 28 million Web2 developers compared to a mere 21,000 Web3 developers worldwide, the stark reality emerges: there exists a staggering 1300X order of magnitude difference, equivalent to a meager 0.075% representation. In this talk, we will explore the pressing need to bridge this gap and transform Web3 developer education to propel the industry towards widespread adoption.

What does it mean to go "overseas"? Extraterritoriality and jurisdictional considerations in crypto operations. Many crypto companies and start ups erroneously believe that forming an entity overseas will keep them immune from U.S. enforcement. This discussion will cover jurisdictional considerations, especially relating to regulatory issues.

There’s a great danger in the crypto space to over-emphasize the investment side and underestimate the value of education. Join the discussion by educators and culture leaders.

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Closing Ceremony,

Closing remarks: Thank you for being here!