Hedera Workshop: EVM, SDKs and AI Agents I Nadine Loepfe

Sun, Nov 2, 2025, 12:00 AM

Nadine gives a fast, practical tour of Hedera and how to get building quickly—even if you’ve never touched the stack. Hedera is a Layer-1, EVM-compatible network (nearly equivalent) with native SDKs in JavaScript, Python, Java, .NET, Rust, etc., so you can interact with the ledger like a normal full-stack app or deploy Solidity contracts. She highlights production traits: ~10,000 TPS, very low, predictable fees (priced in USD cents—e.g., ~1¢ per token transfer, ~0.08¢ per HCS message), strong security (hashgraph consensus) and an independent governance council (e.g., Google, IBM). It’s also positioned as one of the greenest networks. For onboarding, the Hedera Portal (portal.hedera.com) gives you instant Testnet credentials (account ID, EVM address, private keys) plus a daily faucet. The Dev Playground runs entirely in-browser—no installs needed—so you can create tokens/NFTs, burn/mint, schedule transactions, try KYC flows, and interact with contracts. Every example shows live results and links out to HashScan (Hedera’s Etherscan) to inspect transactions and contracts. There’s an embedded AI assistant and a separate HiveMind GPT trained on Hedera docs, useful to avoid hallucinations while prototyping. For smart contracts, the Contract Builder (Remix-like) scaffolds ERC-20/721, toggles features (mintable/burnable/ownable), compiles, deploys, and verifies on HashScan—all in the browser. 00:36 What Hedera is (L1, EVM-compatible) & why build here 01:53 Enterprise-readiness: scalability, green profile, predictable USD-denominated fees 04:28 Portal walkthrough: create account, faucet, keys 05:56 Dev Playground: run transactions & inspect on HashScan 08:17 HiveMind GPT (doc-grounded assistant) & querying Mirror Nodes 09:52 Docs: native vs EVM developer paths 10:14 Contract Builder: scaffold ERC-20/721, compile, verify, deploy, call 12:49 Interacting with deployed contracts via UI 13:27 Hedera Agent Kit: create project, modes (autonomous vs human-in-loop) 15:45 Configure Operator ID/key, model; run template; local chat agent UI 18:53 More tutorials (verification, HBAR in Solidity, etc.) & support at the booth _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 🇮🇳 *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 Hedera* X: https://x.com/hedera ✅ *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