Devconnect Buenos Aires wrapped up as the most important 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+ international locations
- 45% from Argentina
- 53% first-time EF occasion attendees
- 1,000+ visas issued in collaboration with Argentina’s Dirección Nacional de Migraciones
- 80+ software exhibitors
- 40+ deep-dive occasions
- 15 Group Hubs
- 200 volunteers
- 500+ community-run facet occasions throughout town
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🎡 A World’s Honest for Ethereum with La Rural because the Schellingpoint
For the primary time, Devconnect launched a World’s Honest-style expertise, anchored totally inside La Rural, one in all Buenos Aires’ most iconic venues, the place every thing was introduced collectively right into a single, immersive setting.
Inside La Rural, attendees may discover:
- 8 themed districts: DeFi, Privateness, L2s, Decentralized Social, {Hardware} & Wallets, AI, Gaming, and Artwork
- 80+ exhibiting groups exhibiting actual, working Ethereum purposes
- 15 Group Hubs organized by ecosystem teams
- 40 occasions run by unbiased groups
- Dialogue corners, coworking zones, and bookable assembly rooms
- Onboarding stations for newcomers
- Meals vehicles accepting crypto funds
- Reside music, a cinema, and a soccer pitch with tournaments
It turned Ethereum into one thing you would stroll by. Folks examined purposes, 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 Honest
The whole expertise was supported by the Devconnect App, which helped attendees navigate the large venue, view programming, construct private schedules, pay with crypto by way of the built-in pockets or add their very own, full quests, uncover new purposes, and acquire POAPs on the way in which. We collaborated with a number of web3 tasks 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 Honest quests accomplished
- Crypto payment activity by SimpleFi
📣 Ecosystem bulletins and discuss highlights
Devconnect featured main updates from throughout the ecosystem, with many groups selecting this time of the 12 months 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 plenty of extra…
Notable audio system and talks to (re)watch
And plenty of extra throughout the Group Hubs, the 40 occasions inside La Rural, and a number of facet occasions. 👉 Verify again commonly on the Ethereum Foundation YouTube account for extra discuss recordings.
🇦🇷 Native power and impression
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 nicely beyond Devconnect.
Buenos Aires was the proper location for the primary Ethereum World’s Honest, with Argentina being some of the energetic crypto markets on the earth, with about 20% proudly owning crypto, utilizing it for financial savings, hedging towards 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 impression throughout finance, gaming, AI, artwork, training, and public infrastructure
🦙 Destino Devconnect
Starting in April 2025, we supported native initiatives by Destino Devconnect, a grants spherical designed to speed up regional adoption forward of Devconnect.
Outcomes:
- 100+ supported occasions
- 14 collaborating international locations throughout LATAM
🎓 Universities and college students
Devconnect included one of many largest pupil and educational parts in EF occasion historical past.
- 3,000+ native faculty college students attended by way of a partnership with the Ministry of Schooling
- 45+ universities had been concerned
- 8 university-led classes occurred all through the week at La Rural
Devconnect is constructed on neighborhood contributions:
- 200 volunteers helped make your entire week attainable, coming from 40 international locations, with 30% becoming a member of us from African areas together with Nigeria, Kenya and Ghana.
- 15 Community Hubs created thematic dwelling 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+ facet occasions throughout Buenos Aires: hackathons, workshops, meetups, hacker homes, events, and extra
🙏 Thanks to our Supporters
The Ethereum World’s Honest wouldn’t have been attainable 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 facility (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 subsequent main neighborhood occasion organized by the Ethereum Basis is Devcon 8, happening in Mumbai, India, in This autumn 2026.
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