Closing Ceremony and Finalist Demos for ETHGlobal New Delhi 2025 I Kartik Talwar
Sun, Nov 2, 2025, 12:00 AM
Kartik Talwar closes ETHGlobal New Delhi 2025 with a high-energy recap of a 36-hour hackathon: 1,900 attendees (1,600 hackers), 21 workshops, thousands of NFC wristband interactions, and 616 project submissions—far above expectations. He recaps rules, celebrates mentors and partners, and (memorably) scolds hotspot offenders with a live spectrum demo explaining why Wi-Fi broke. He also shares tech usage trends (Next.js, Solidity, ethers.js) and deployment stats across chains. The top-10 finalists demo live: UniPerp (perps on Uniswap), Autonom (agentic paywalled web via X402/ENS/Graph), Egress (7702 safety agent), Kagami AI (AI social DeFi), MemeWarp (multi-chain meme bonding curves + instant bridge), Nox (privacy dark-pool trading), Dyke/Tiki Protocol (branching prediction markets), Ad402 (micropaid on-chain ads), Kalendarify (calendar-as-wallet time-native payments), and Nonet (offline BLE mesh transactions). After a rapid-fire $200k prize roll-call, Kartik announces finalist perks (ETHGlobal Plus, credits, travel), thanks every contributor, and plugs upcoming ETHOnline, Buenos Aires, and E/NYC dates. 00:02 – Opening vibes & hacker montage 02:26 – Stats recap & weekend framing 04:47 – Wi-Fi saga & hotspot crackdown 08:02 – Submissions surge & tech trends 11:00 – Finalists reveal (Top 10) 14:44 – Live finalist demos (10 teams) 1:10:38 – Prize brief & on-chain packs 1:12:57 – $200k partner prize roll-call 1:27:35 – Finalist perks & verification 1:29:28 – Thank-yous & community shoutouts 1:30:50 – Next events & wrap-up _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 🇮🇳 *ETHGlobal New Delhi* This workshop is specifically for ETHGlobal New Delhi, a 3-day hackathon held September 19-21 at the India International Convention & Expo Centre, bringing together the most skilled web3 developers, designers and product builders from all around the globe for a weekend-long adventure to advance the Ethereum ecosystem! Watch the full ETHGlobal New Delhi 2025 playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXzKMXK2aHh7zCFW3hBqatZ18rQaYeEJL _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ✅ *Follow Kartik Talwar* X: https://x.com/TheRealKartik ✅ *Follow ETHGlobal* X: https://x.com/ETHGlobal Warpcast: https://warpcast.com/ethglobal Website: https://ethglobal.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ETHGlobal _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Are you interested in Ethereum development and entrepreneurship?_ 👉 Sign up for the next ETHGlobal event: https://ethglobal.com/events 🎁 Get exclusive access and perks with ETHGlobal Plus! https://ethglobal.com/plus 📣 Want us to throw an event in your city? Tell us where! https://ethglobal.com/city