Top 10 Must-Attend Events at Ethereum Devcon 2024

Devcon, one of the biggest Ethereum crypto conferences in the world, returns after a two-year hiatus on November 12, 2024.

The vibrant Southeast Asian city of Bangkok will host the seventh edition of the Devcon crypto conference, where you can interact with blockchain developers, hear from crypto thought leaders, and learn what the future holds for the world’s most valuable smart contract platform—Ethereum (ETH).

In this article, we will list the top 10 must-attend events at Devcon 7. Don’t miss out.

Table of Contents Table of Contents

1. Key Takeaways
2. Key Info You Need to Know About Devcon 7
3. Top 10 Must-Attend Events at Ethereum Devcon 2024
4. The Bottom Line
5. FAQs
6. References

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Table of Contents

1. Key Takeaways
2. Key Info You Need to Know About Devcon 7
3. Top 10 Must-Attend Events at Ethereum Devcon 2024
Show Full Guide
4. The Bottom Line
5. FAQs
6. References

Key Info You Need to Know About Devcon 7

Here is some key information about Devcon 2024.

sign up for the Devcon ticket waitlist here: https://t.co/elqOdTg9eK

another batch from the waitlist will be released today pic.twitter.com/N04gH1RR4l

— Deva the Devcon Unicorn (@EFDevcon) November 5, 2024

Top 10 Must-Attend Events at Ethereum Devcon 2024

These are some of the most interesting events that you can explore at Devcon 7. Note that the events mentioned below are not ranked and instead compiled based on their timing.

1. What’s Going Into the Pectra Upgrade?

No sooner had Ethereum developers successfully implemented the Dencun upgrade in 2024, attention immediately shifted to the Pectra upgrade which was initially described as Ethereum’s biggest hard fork to date. However, the Pectra upgrade will now be implemented in two parts.

At Devcon 7, you can learn all about Pectra’s core Ethereum improvement proposals (EIP) and timelines with Christine Kim, Vice President, Research team at Galaxy Digital.

@christine_dkim‘s talk, “What’s Going Into the Pectra Upgrade?” is on Nov 12 at 1:00 PM, Stage 1.

She’ll cover:
💠 Core EIPs in the Pectra upgrade
💠 Key decisions and timeline for Ethereum’s next hard forks
💠 Ethereum’s governance process and developer priorities

Learn more:…
— Galaxy (@galaxyhq) November 6, 2024

2. Are L2s Extractive to Ethereum?

There are many individuals who are not convinced about Ethereum’s rollup-centric roadmap. Join Ren from crypto venture capital firm Electric Capital as he explores this hotly-debated topic on whether layer two (L2) rollups are extracting users and gas fees away from the base Ethereum chain.

At Techopedia, we discussed how lower gas fees were making Ethereum’s gas fee burning mechanism less effective and turning ETH into an inflationary asset.

3. L2 Interoperability via Collaborative SNARKs

L2 interoperability is a niggling issue that has troubled the Ethereum community. Now as zero-knowledge (ZK) technology adoption grows, Ben Fisch of Espresso Systems explores how collaborative SNARKs can enable smart contracts across rollups to interact synchronously while maintaining horizontal scalability.

Bullish on True Interoperability. Espresso is bringing that to all chains regardless of stack. ZK is indeed the future, but ZK is an open technology that so many teams are working on making it faster. I predict that in less than one year every stack will be able to use open ZK… https://t.co/L1kG3nbbLl

— Ben Fisch (@benafisch) September 14, 2024

4. How to Onboard 22 Million Users Overnight Using Non-conventional Cryptography

If you are interested in real world use cases of blockchain technology, this event hosted by Ernesto García, a smart contract engineer at OpenZeppelin and developer at PlumaaID, will be a good fit for you.

Garcia will talk about how account abstraction technology is helping over 22 million people in Mexico use blockchain for digital identity security and management.

Our thesis is simple:

📈 Ethereum TAM is literally all financial assets, with a realistic chance of getting a decent share

✍️ Cryptographic digital signatures are the best natural tool for trading these assets compliantly

Let that sink in

— Plumaa ID (@PlumaaID) October 31, 2024

5. “Unified Ethereum” vs. “L2 Ecosystem Competition”: Can We Have Both?

In this event, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin teams up with thought leaders from leading L2 chains to discuss Ethereum’s rollup-centric roadmap.

According to the official Devcon 7 website, the star-studded lineup will discuss the “frenemy” dynamic between competing L2s, liquidity fragmentation, user experience, and more.

6. I Read Every Single 1990s Cypherpunk Email. Here’s What You Should Know

Travel back to the 1990s with Porter from Matter Labs to learn about the history of the cypherpunk movement. Porter will take you through thousands of emails from the Cypherpunk mailing list that started in 1992.

Some feel that the crypto world has lost its Cypherpunk ways due to the flood of capital in the industry. Maybe a throwback to the 1990s cyberpunk movement is just the reminder we need.

7. Argentina’s Opportunity & the Case for a Special Economic Zone

Argentina’s struggles with inflation and currency devaluation have forced its citizens to turn to cryptocurrencies, especially US dollar-pegged stablecoins, to protect their wealth. Unsurprisingly, Argentina is a leader in crypto adoption in Latin America.

At Devcon 2024, Maria Milagros Santamaria will talk about how the creation of Special Economic Zones in Argentina can promote the growth of the crypto industry in the region.

8. Bringing AI On-Chain Workshop

Among the various developer workshops hosted at Devcon 7, Bringing AI on-chain will teach developers how to interact with artificial intelligence (AI) agents. In particular, this workshop will focus on using AI agents in prediction markets.

According to Gabriel Fior of GnosisDAO, they recently created an AI bot that can “learn, survive and evolve” on-chain and can bet, redeem winnings, and monitor prediction markets in real time.

Happy to share a new AI Agent we've been developing at @GnosisDAO !

Our team is building the General Agent – an autonomous bot that can navigate prediction markets and whose goal is to "learn, survive and evolve" on-chain. 🧵

— Gabriel Fior (@TheGabrielFior) November 1, 2024

9. The Hunt for Impactful Use Cases From the Crypto for Good Fund: What 15 Blockchain Pilots Revealed in Emerging Markets

Learn about the use of cryptocurrency beyond trading, staking, and liquidity farming with Timothy Asiimwe of Mercy Corps Ventures, as he highlights some of the most impactful real-world uses of blockchain and crypto technology.

Asiimwe will also share insights on three web3 pilots in Africa and Latin America.

10. Dare to Be Solo Staking

Solo staker Jerome de Tychey will talk about his journey of staking using his personal computer and the technical commitments required for solo staking.

This short 10-minute talk aims to inspire more solo stakers to take control of Ethereum decentralization.

In October 2024, the future of Ethereum staking made headlines after Vitalik Buterin floated the idea of reducing minimum staking deposit from from 32 ETH to 1 ETH. If the idea comes to pass, it will make Ethereum more decentralized than ever before by lowering barriers to Ethereum staking.

The main reason I was initially so interested in Ethereum all those years ago was because of Ethereum's planned move to a Proof of Stake mechanism where people could stake from home.

Fast forward a few years and I was setting up my own solo validator to be ready for the December…

— sassal.eth/acc 🦇🔊 (@sassal0x) October 2, 2024

The Bottom Line

The 10 events mentioned above are by no means the only events that you should attend at Devcon 7.

If you are interested in participating in specific interdisciplinary conversations, Devcon 7 has organized mini-events known as “Community-led Sessions” that focus on topics such as defensive acceleration, blockchain gaming, coding, and more.

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