Beginner's Workshop: What to Expect at ETHOnline 2026 | Pascal Rüger

So, in general, I'll talk about everything related to hackathons, how to navigate the hackathon, what the schedule actually looks like, how the project submission works. I will walk you through the entire process. So, at the end, there should be no more open questions about the information pages we have, about the mentors, the people who will support you throughout the event, and about the partners and the prizes worth over $100,000 that you can win. Fantastically. So, I'll just wait a minute for a few more people to join.

I'll just leave some information in the chat. That's it. More people are joining. This is a great turnout. Fantastically.

More than 20 people. Surprisingly. You see, it's almost done. That's all. And again , if you have any questions, just leave them directly in the chat.

I will review them as they arrive to see if they are a good fit. And besides , it's great. I think everyone can hear me. That's also great. And we'll also have a little question and answer session at the end of this whole event.

Yes, that's cool. So thank you all for participating. So, everyone participating in this call has already fully confirmed their participation in the hackathon, which is great. This is, um, the biggest online hackathon we usually do during the year. We expect over a thousand participants.

So there will be a bunch of really cool people you can meet and chat with. We have a bunch of sessions to chat with other people, as well as our Discord server where you can chat, ahem, and create really cool stuff. I'm looking forward to this. So, one of my favorite events every year. So, each of you has probably already seen this wonderful website.

So, this is the event website, which has all the information about the hackathon. So you can see the actual hacking and the actual dates of the event. So, we start hacking on September 4th. So please, please , please, please, please , please, do not start working on your project before this date. I'll go into a little more detail about what this looks like later about what this looks like later .

So, a little general information on the Eve Global landing page. The cool thing that we started in 2026, we actually started it in New started it in New York. So this is the third time we've done this. This is called a continuity track. So until then, for every hackathon, the project had to be started completely from scratch.

But we have a lot of people who want to continue to build on what they have created in the past. That's why we introduced the continuity track. This practically means that if you have an existing project that you already support, open source or closed source, you can build on top of it. So you have a great new integration that you want to implement into a previous hackathon project. For example, this is something you can use with letter, arc, or world.

You can build this feature during a hackathon using your existing codebase, which is really cool which is really cool . But we still have a lot of people who prefer the traditional format traditional format – just hacking something during a hackathon, completely new, great ideas, great projects. You can still do it. I'll also talk a little more about the tracks and projects later. Fantasy.

So, we have over $800,000 in prizes. If you add all this up, the total won't be $100,000. Hmm, the reason for this is that Eve Global also offers a bunch of prizes and a bunch of additional prizes for the top finalist teams. I'll talk a little about that later as well. So, these are all the great partners we have for this event.

And that's what's really important. I always like to be the first one on our schedule. So in the schedule you can choose which time zone you are in. This should automatically take your location into account. But if you, for example, travel and work in different time zones, you can toggle this and the time will automatically update.

For example, I am currently in Europe. So this is my time zone. So for me it's 4:00 PM now. Perfectly. But if someone calls, for example, from New for example, from New York, it will be 10:00.

This is really very important. We usually report all times in Eastern Time, meaning in the New meaning in the New York and Eastern time zones. So to avoid getting confused, be sure to check what this actually means for your specific time zone. So I'll quickly go through the schedule so you can see what to expect over the next few days and two weeks. So, this is a seminar for today.

We also have an Ethereum development workshop with Austin Griffith from the Ethereum Foundation, which is a great workshop. I can highly recommend it to anyone who has never worked in this field before. Austin is a this field before. Austin is a wonderful person. He explains everything perfectly and has attracted literally thousands of people to our ecosystem.

So, starting Thursday, we will have a series of partner workshops. So, on September 3rd, we'll have Hideera and Uniswap, and we'll have a team building session. The team building session helps developers who want to join a team or get feedback on projects they want to build and just hang out with people. So you don't need to hack on your own. You can hack as a solo team or with a team of up to five people.

So these team building sessions on YouTube and Discord can be super helpful. So, on Friday, with the application deadline, which shouldn't matter to anyone here because you've all already applied and received confirmation, we'll have another team building session, and then we'll have a series of workshops for ENS. We start at 6:00 PM European time, which is 12:00 PM Eastern time. So that's when the hacking for the event will officially begin. And we will have another seminar with World.

Then on Monday we will have a seminar on accounting reporting. We will have several project reviews, which I will talk about later. Another seminar from Chainlink, and we'll have project feedback sessions next week where you can get feedback from your mentor feedback from your mentor partners on your projects and help them, uh, grow. And then, another very, very important date that I'm going to share, and I'll just go to Eastern Time, uh, it's the deadline for project submissions. So, each project must be submitted by Sunday, September 13th, 12:00 PM Eastern Time.

This is not up for discussion. We will not extend this deadline. So, your project must be submitted at least once before the deadline. Otherwise, you will not be eligible for prizes and will not receive your bet back. So, to get your participation fee back , you simply need to submit your project by Sunday, 12:00 PM Eastern Time.

This may seem like a long time, but often people wait until literally the last minute, and this creates problems. So make sure you submit projects often and early. And if you submit something by Sunday, September 13th, 12:00 PM Eastern Time, that's fine. Then we do, uh, asynchronous evaluations of each project. And those who made it to the finals will advance to the second round if they qualify.

I will also talk about this a little later. And it will start on Monday, September 14th at 12:00 PM Eastern Time at 12:00 PM Eastern Time . This is a list of all the judges, speakers, and mentors for this event. More people will be added to this list as well . Hmm, if they have Twitter, you can just click on the link.

It will redirect you, and we have gathered all our partners. We also have a FAQ section and information pages on this subject. Hmm, okay, let's see. Okay, great. I'll cover a bunch of these questions later so as not to disrupt the whole process.

I'll just take two now. Is solo hacking a disadvantage? Absolutely not. I would just say that hacking with people is more fun, but it's possible to hack solo and create something great. So, this is not a drawback.

Another question: I started working on a hackathon project a few days ago. Can I still submit it even if I started a little earlier? No, that's impossible. If you started the project earlier and it is not ongoing, meaning it is something that already existed, you actually gained an advantage. So you'll have to start all over again.

I'll talk about this a little later, but whatever you're doing for the hackathon can't start before, um, September 4th, um, um, 12:00 PM Eastern Time. Okay, great. I'll now move on to the hacker control panel, which will be, ahem, half of your home during the event. So it shows you all the information you need for the hackathon. It shows you what the next steps are.

So, you can now create a project on your profile page. You can submit your project once submissions are open, presenting it to the judges. This will automatically activate and provide feedback, which is extremely important to us. So, I've already talked about this briefly. We have a continuity track.

So you have two ways to approach a hackathon. Or you create something completely new. You choose to create from scratch. If you choose continuity, it will mean that you have an existing project that was completely built in the past, either closed source or open source that you maintain, and you can add new features to it, and the new features will be considered at the hackathon. For such projects, be sure to create a fork of your existing project and build on it so we know what was built when.

But it's not that it doesn't really count, it's that I already started working on it a few days ago and now I'm going to finish the rest at the hackathon. This is a completely separate thing. So the existing project you are expanding will be suitable for continuity from scratch. If there are any specific edge cases, feel free to message me on Discord or send an email at helloglobal.com and I can help you.

But in general, it's a start from scratch or a build on something that was already developed earlier as a separate project. Then we have, um, a bunch of packages, which I'll talk about in a bit. Each of you has at least created a hacker package that gives you access to Discord, which after the event gives you a free ENS domain free ENS domain , as well as a bunch of additional benefits. And if you unlock the prize money, if you unlock further packages, you can get additional benefits like $5,000 in AWS credits. Steeply.

I'm going to do the project and the team in one go and then dive into it a little deeper. So, almost every bit of communication happens on our Discord server. To connect with it, you can join at eveglobal.com/isord or use this button here. If you are not connected, it will happen again, you can click on it.

It will ask you to sync with Discord and it will automatically take all the roles of every hackathon you have participated in in the past or have already registered for, and you will be added to those channels for ETH online. This is very important because it's all asynchronous and all communication is via email and Discord. So make sure you connect your Discord right there and you'll also be able to connect with other people and you'll be visible in the directory, meaning if you check that box or agree to share it, people will be able to actually search for your skills and message you directly in Discord. I'll also show that a little later. But for now, I'm just going to talk about how you can create and submit a project, and then I'll show you a few more things because it's all still fresh right now.

I haven't said much yet. Um, and that's really the key part. So, to create a new project, we click "create project", which will redirect us to the project page. And so we have a few things we need to fill in. I have a smart list where I can just put a bunch of things.

So you choose a project name. One thing at the beginning: every thing you enter here can be updated until the submission deadline. That is, if you have made any changes to the project name, category, or category, or any text, you can always update it, even if you submitted your application before the submission deadline. This is only blocked after the submission deadline. So I need a good project name that describes my project, i.

e. my...yes, this could potentially be the name of my startup. If I want to create this outpost, the event will be in the category that this... You can choose can choose any of these names.

Again , this can be updated later. I just choose safety. And as for the emoji, it's the best fit for this event. Let's say I'm just going to make a cow. Then I would continue.

This is too long. Ideally. Uh, I would create a project, and it would, um, tell me a few things, and I would like everyone who actually creates the project to read this carefully . So start submitting your applications as early as possible, meaning that as soon as we open applications, you will technically be able to submit your project and resubmit it if you make any changes before the submission deadline. And what I said before for people who joined a little later, you can edit your application and you have to submit it.

You must submit it at least once before the submission deadline. If you do not submit an application, you will not be eligible for any prizes and will not receive your stake back. This is the only requirement we have. Uh, for online have. Uh, for online events, it's important and mandatory to record a demo video.

The demo demo video. The demo video should be between two and four minutes long. It cannot be shorter than 2 minutes. It cannot be longer than four minutes. Must be at least 720p resolution.

And it should have a clear voiced sound and not have music. So it's really important that it's two to four minutes long and has a resolution of 720p. Uh, and it included audio. You mean you're talking over it but you don't have music. Indeed, it is very important.

Otherwise, the system will not allow the download. And we get this for every online event. People wait until the last minute to create their video for upload. This fails because any of these options fail the test and they run into problems. So make sure you don't procrastinate too long with your video.

And also, um, include all of that. And commit often and have a proper, um, commit history. Therefore, all projects must be created publicly. This should be done on GitHub and you should have a proper commit history. So, um, you can't just have one commit and that's it.

This will be marked. We need to see how you actually develop the project over the course of a week. If I'm happy with all of this I'm happy with all of this , I can go ahead and actually create the project. I'm just answering one quick question. All participants can submit a project or only one participant can submit it.

Yes, only one person needs to make the submission. If you work in a team, almost everyone sees the same thing . Perfectly. Let's see. So, I'll provide a few snippets of information.

We need a name. We need a demo link. For example, if the project is being rolled out in real time, which must be done if you want to qualify for the finals, you would add a link here. It doesn't have to be under a specific domain. It could also be Verscel, a railway, or some other kind of deployment.

It's not necessary, uh, you don't have to buy a domain for this. This is always better, but it won't reduce your chances of winning a prize at the hackathon. Then we need an actual description of the project. So, try to explain it in as much detail as possible. Don't force artificial intelligence to simply generate 20 pages of a document.

It should be something that a person will also read and see. This is what the judges will see . This is what partners will see. So, describe in as much detail as possible what your project is and what it does. And in another section, describe how it was created.

So, um, you can't give too much away here . The more you delve into the details, the easier it will be for the judges to evaluate it. Also, please make sure you don't write any, excuse the language, nonsense there. If you didn't add the integration there, don't mention it. If you built it using method A but say it was built using method B, don't post it there.

It should reflect what you are actually creating. So be honest about it, because cheating will literally get you nowhere get you nowhere . We review every application and winning project. And if we detect cases of fraud, we have the option to simply remove the prizes and you will be banned from future Eve Global events. So make sure you actually place it correctly .

Only post what you created. If it's a little less, that's perfectly normal. But don't invent features or capabilities that simply don't exist, because that will only make you look bad. So, as for the link to the demo, it doesn't necessarily have to be published right away either. This may be a temporary option for now, but eventually, it should become a reality.

And then you need to connect your GitHub repository. This is something that only one person should do. So this person should have full access to the GitHub account or repository, either within the organization or as an individual. You can connect your GitHub account directly. Let's see if this works for me, because unfortunately I disabled it earlier.

Uh, let's see how all the repositories are saved. Uh, okay, just answering the question. Can I make my repository private instead of public when submitting it? No. Everything has to be public, otherwise we won't be able to verify it.

The judges won't be able to verify this. Each individual project, uh, should be, uh, each project should be, uh, public at the time of the event and evaluation. Uh, you can make it private later, but for now it should be made public. Okay, great. I did a fu-fu.

So, I'll have to fill in a few more things again. I'll go back to where I started. So, I just connected my GitHub account in the background. I would recommend that you do this directly as early and as quickly as possible. You can choose for your application whether you want to provide access to every public repository or only to specific ones.

In this case, I granted access to all my accounts for the test account. So, I'll add the test one I set up for Eve Online. This one is completely empty, but I can already set up a GitHub repository earlier. If you have multiple repositories that you work on and have access to, you can also add them to the top five. For example, I can also add these test repositories here.

I can set one as the main one and set which repositories it will be. So, I can say that this is the frontend, the backend, and these are the contracts. For example, I can always delete them and update them later. Then I would, um, save it. I would move on to the next step, which is images.

All of this information, like all of these images, all of these images will be shown on the showcase page after you submit them. And this will also be for all the judges so they can evaluate your project. So, um, make sure they look good, and also make sure you're really showing off what you've created. So, hmm, considering that, it's not going to look very pretty because I'm just using placeholders. So, for the master class, let's take a look.

We have, um, a logo. I 'm going to upload this cute guy here. This will be my logo on the showcase page. Then the cover image, which, um, will also be something I'll share a little later. And then you need to take at least three screenshots of your project to once again demonstrate what you created.

Hmm, I recommend spending some time and making them as beautiful as possible, because that's what people will see when they search for your specific project. Okay, saving changes . Perfectly. Um, what about using encoding agents and MCPS? Yes, that's completely normal.

Literally everyone these days uses AI or similar agents for coding. So that's completely normal. You just need to specify where you are creating things agentically. So, uh, what was created by AI, and what was created by was created by AI, and what was created by you? There is information on the information pages that I can show you later.

But it's perfectly normal to use AI. So for the text stack, you'll need to choose, uh, what technology you built based on what blockchains you used. For all of these options, you should be able to choose others if none of them are suitable. What programming languages, uh, what web frameworks did you use, what database, if any , uh, any designer tools. I like that MS Paint is there.

Uh, and if there's anything else we haven't thought of, you can add it here too can add it here too . And, as I just said about AI tools, uh about AI tools, uh , please share what you've used and how you've used it, and add it to your "read me" and then everything will be fine. If someone literally passes something along, says, "I didn't use, I didn't use AI, didn't use AI, " and we see that literally the entire codebase was generated by AI, which isn't necessarily great. We are not punishing you for using AI; we just want to see attribution because I want to see what people are developing where. And if you're using AI, for example, if you have, if you're doing spectrum in development, if you have all the documentation for the markup that you're putting into your AI, then provide that as well, then provide that as well, so people can see how you actually built them.

It makes it much, much more enjoyable. Steeply. Then the next thing Steeply. Then the next thing we're going to do is price selection, which, uh, I'm just going to do so that I can use AI for 100% assembly with proper attribution. Yes and no.

Uh, if you provide each spec file, if we see how you develop it, that's fine. But overall, the project still needs to have some human interaction with it. So 100% AI is a bit rough. If you provide every spec file you used used , of course. But if you literally just add things and don't provide any explanation.

This is one single commit that just shows that it's 100% made by AI, then, uh, that's not going to be good. OK. Regarding judging and prizes, we have two separate things. I'll just go through all of this and then move on to a few questions. So, again, we have two key areas: continuity and building from scratch, and then application types.

So, I briefly talked about finalists earlier, what does " " finalists" even mean? So I'll do it the other way around. If you are only applying for partner prizes, i.e. from three of those we have selected as partners, such as graphera, Arc World, 1 in, ENS unis, swap Foundation, Privy and Bzantic, then you will simply select the things that you actually included.

You will write a description of how you created it; So, for example, if I created something on Graph, I want to show why I'm a good fit for that price. So what feature did I create, where can they find it can they find it , and how well did the integration work? For example, say something like, “Hey, that was super easy to integrate. Ideally. Rate this highly.

If not, rate it lower, but be fair and provide feedback to the team." This is extremely important. This is something only these companies will see. For example, when sending something to Hideera, you say, “Hey, the API integration was great. But feedback, if you did XY Z, that would be even better.

Only Hideera would see this,” and it helps them improve their tools. And getting good feedback, proper feedback, can also potentially increase your chances of winning a prize if it's something truly useful. So don't just spam with feedback. Only leave reviews when you really mean it . If you don't need to say anything, you can say something like, "No, that was totally fine."

totally fine." But make sure you describe everything in as much detail as possible so they know what to look for . If a company receives around 300 applications, it will be very, very difficult to thoroughly evaluate them all. Therefore, the more information you provide, the easier it is for you to contact them you to contact them , the easier it is for them to see you. The important thing here is to see you.

The important thing here is that you can choose up to three. More than three won't work. You'll just have to turn off your microphone. So please don't turn on your microphone. I'll answer all the questions later and we can have a Q& A session, but otherwise it's very distracting.

And yes, we can apply for a maximum of three partnership prizes. That is, if you chose these three, you cannot choose the fourth. You can always choose less. You can also choose none at all. This is completely normal if you are just creating something.

But the general point is that a maximum of three prizes can be applied here. And, um, the qualifications that I'm talking about now are for, um, the second thing, which is the finalists. The finalists include everything that was partner prizes. But here's something that adds to that that adds to that . So, if you want to get into the top 10 projects, that is, to get additional fame and respect, then if you get into the top 10, you will be able to present your project at the closing ceremony.

You will receive additional prize money, meaning you will receive $1,000 for each team member from Eve Global. You will receive free access to Eve Global Plus for a full year, which also includes tickets to every conference we host, including next year's Eve Conf in New next year's Eve Conf in New York. And the cost of this already exceeds $1,000. So that's very nice. You get developer credits, special access, and invitations to certain events only for past finalists and founders.

So if you want to get into the top 10, potentially get an additional prize, extra credibility, and also quickly get into various programs developed by Eve Global or Eve Global or partner companies. So the requirements for this are the same as for an online for an online event: you have to have a video. I've already listed the video requirements, but now I'll show you them again . And, um, every project that qualifies for a place in the top ten finalists will undergo a preliminary check. And I would say that only the top 10-15% of say that only the top 10-15% of projects, depending on the number of projects, will make it to the second round of evaluation, which will be asynchronous.

People like the if global team People like the if global team will put you in a separate Zoom call with many other teams. We will show your video that you recorded for the demo video that you recorded for the hackathon that will be played. After that, you will be brought on stage and, um, you will be asked questions to two judges for three minutes. So, a four-minute video and a three-minute Q& A. And from all these projects, the 10 best teams will be selected.

They will receive a notification will receive a notification . They will receive a briefing. And then at the closing ceremony, they will be able to showcase their projects to every friend who joined the hackathon, as well as to the online online community. And a special thank you to them for making it to the top 10 projects at the hackathon. Good.

So, if I have filled all of that out , I can just move on to the next section. Again, you can update every single thing here. And if you submit more than three projects, you can still add them here can still add them here , but you will not be eligible for prizes. Perfectly. Then download the video.

An extremely important thing. Be sure to have a video for each project you work on at this hackathon because it is remote. It doesn't matter if he's a finalist or not. You must have a video. Videos are 2 to 4 minutes long.

This is a strict selection, meaning you can't make anything shorter than 2 minutes or longer than 4 minutes, it must be 720p, meaning it must be high definition, and the format must match. And it should be audio without music be audio without music , meaning don't put music on top of it. Really tell me. We want to hear your story about your project, an explanation of what it creates. And also the demo video demo video I'm uploading now is not the best example, but you see how it works, roughly what it looks like.

The download will take approximately 30 seconds, depending on your connection and server load server load , and approximately 2-3 minutes to verify that all criteria are met. If all criteria are met, you will see green checkmarks. If not, you will have to re-edit and upload the video again. So depending on what you did, it will go well or badly. You will see a green checkmark here once it is done and all of these requirements have been passed as well.

Again, strict requirements of 2 to 4 minutes, no longer, no shorter, 720p without music. And one thing I would highly recommend is don't speed up the audio or video. You can edit the video, you can trim it, but don't speed it up. That always sounds terrible. This makes it very, very difficult to understand.

This won't be great. So spend some time working on the video. You can edit it. You can shorten it. It doesn't have to be perfect, but it should be easy for people to understand what you've created.

And it should be more of a demonstration than a slideshow. So you have 4 minutes. 4 minutes 4 minutes. 4 minutes is a long time. Don't waste 3 minutes, 50 of them, just discussing why this is the best project of all time.

Describe what it is, the problem it solves. It could be 30 seconds max, and then just walk us through the demo. That would be a fantastic video. We also have a bunch of demo videos where you can see what it should look like. But again, we want to see what you create, not what it could potentially be in 20 years.

Then future opportunities. So if you want to create something like a follow-up to this post-hackathon, you can let us know here and we can get back to you later. And then, once the application process opens, the system will run a few checks to see if everything went well. And then you can submit the project. This will suggest hanging confetti with a message like: "Hey, you sent successfully."

And you can submit the project again and again until the submission deadline. We also have a bunch of sample projects that you can, uh, check out, like what a good project looks like, general information about what it is , uh, what videos, what the application should be like, and then, uh, I can also share some general demo projects. Perfectly. Uh projects. Perfectly.

Uh , okay. Yeah, I'll... Okay , okay. Yeah, I'll... Okay , just take a quick look at the chat and answer a question or two , and then I'm going to jump in and answer the rest in, uh, Q& A, because I already answered that.

Uh, I looked at the prizes and they're 75k total, not 100k. Yes, I mentioned this before. Er, the prize pool does not include prize money allocated by Eve Global money allocated by Eve Global . Uh, we set $1,000 per team member on each team. So, uh, that means it could be up to, uh, 50 grand of extra money plus additional credits.

So we don't skimp on you. It's just the overall, uh, overall value that we get from partners, but Eve Global also invests money in that. Okay, great. We talked about the toolbar, about projects. Now I'll talk a little about teams.

It was very good at the time. Perfectly. So, each of you can access this page. This is team management. So you can work with one person on your own or with four other people, five in total.

You can either invite people directly by providing their name and email address and send it. You can also share the team invitation link with your friends or simply copy it. For example, if I say I want to join this team, I just add it here to join and I'll be automatically added to the team. I can always leave the team again. So, even if you say something like, “Hey, this just isn’t working, I want to work with a different, uh, group of people,” or they drop out, you can always leave the team and move on.

But you can only be part of one team, meaning whether you hack alone or in a group alone or in a group , only part of the team can be part of one team, and you can only submit one project during the hackathon. Therefore, please do not register with multiple email accounts . Just focus on one project and be part of one team. And you can also choose your role in the team. For example, let's say I'm a visual designer.

I can choose this here. Again, this is for internal statistics only. This doesn't have to be completely accurate. This might also be something of a joke, but I would say if you are a fullstack if you are a fullstack developer, just add fullstack there. Perfectly.

And again Perfectly. And again , this can be updated up until the time of submission. Steeply. Also, before I jump in here, I briefly mentioned this earlier. We have a Discord server, and every person who joins the event should have access to it.

If not, go to your hacker panel, sync your Discord with Eve Global. You will receive a role for Eve Online that will give you access to these great channels here. A general information channel that contains all the necessary information about the hackathon, explains continuity principles, judging rules, contains links to all our resource guides, and shows the calendar. The calendar is great because every seminar, every term is on this calendar. I will also show this later.

Perfectly. We have a channel for finding a team. So if you're creating something, looking for team members, or see something interesting, you can just jump there. It's a great way to connect with people. Additionally, we'll be holding two team building sessions, one this week and then two this week, to connect with people and hopefully create fantastic teams that will win a ton of money and make it to the finals.

And if you want to get to the Eve Global directory for Eve Online, you can use this use this "find team members" URL. There's also a link to it directly on the information page, but I'll just share it here. If you click on this link, you agree that your Discord username will be shared with everyone else at the event only. And you get this cool page that allows you to, uh, add and list your skills, interests, uh skills, interests, uh , whatever you're looking for. And you see a list of people who are, uh, looking for team members or want to join the team in general.

So team in general. So , all these people who signed up, you can see, uh, the software, their experience, their role on the team, and what they're generally looking for. So this is a good resource to just look at, in addition to the in addition to the Find a Team channel. So what I usually recommend is if you're looking for something, just be open, just talk about it, say, " about it, say, " Hey, I've been a backend Hey, I've been a backend developer for four years, I've been building projects like this, I want to build something in DeFi." If anyone wants to join me, just send me a private message and you can just leave it in the " leave it in the " Find a Team" channel.

We also have, uh, a general Eve online chat for all things Eve Online. An event schedule that automatically notifies everyone of every event that happens on the schedule, er, help with mentoring. So, every partner channel, uh, has a direct channel, and we have a whole bunch of dedicated ecosystem mentors who will try to answer all your, uh, questions and support you, and provide feedback on your projects during office hours and project feedback sessions . And something that I'll talk about a little bit is what we're asking you to fill out a super mini- to fill out a super mini- survey about. It takes a minute to see a minute to see what stage of your project you are at, uh, in the process of doing it.

So if you feel like you're almost done, you're stuck somewhere, that will help us help you. For example, if there are 3 days left to submit and you are just stuck because one of the partners is not responding, something is broken, you just need help, you can let us know through registration and we will help you get unblocked faster. So, it is not mandatory, but we strongly recommend that you fill out the form. If everything is going well, just say, “Hey, no problem. Perfectly.

"Everything is fine." Just send it there. But, let's say, for example, one of these partners simply doesn't respond. The integration doesn't work and you just need support, but they just don't respond. You can let us know and we will unblock you.

And, as I said, each sponsor that we have at the event has their own dedicated channels with information that is available in personal access, that is, on eglobal.com, about the prices that they pay. Whether it's for starting from scratch or for continuity, there's a full breakdown of prices and you can ask questions here directly. I would highly, highly, highly recommend doing one thing: not asking for the sake of asking questions. Just ask the question directly.

So if it's just something like, "Hey, is anyone from "I have a question" and this is an asynchronous event?", that person might be in a completely different time zone. It takes her 12 hours to respond. You will lose 12 hours. So if he says, "Oh, yeah if he says, "Oh, yeah , what's the question?"

then another 12 hours, you've lost a whole day. So, saying something like, "Hi, I have a professional, I have a question about this integration." Wondering how XY Z works? You just send it there. It is public.

People can see it, which is usually never a problem, but they react much faster that way. It is much easier for you to get the support and help you need. And if you have any questions, you can always use the use the EVE online chat or the request system we have. So, if there's something that shouldn't be done publicly that bothers you, or you have a question, you can always create a request here and then the team can take advantage of it. I would recommend not sending me private messages because, messages because, especially during hackathons, I get a ton of such requests and the requests can get lost if I'm unavailable.

This simply means that the request will also be lost and you won't be able to get the support you really need. So, if you have a question, just ask. If you need anything from Eve Global, please send an email to hello@eglobal.com or simply create a support request. OK.

Perfectly. Okay, I'll answer the rest of the questions later, because otherwise we won't get through otherwise we won't get through . Okay, great. We also have a bunch of ecosystem mentors in the West. We currently have four great people you can reach out to via their Discord nicknames as well as their X, and they will be joining us during all working hours as well as feedback sessions on the project.

This list is not final. More people will be added to it as well, but you can find them at eon online2026/mentors. Then I briefly talked about the information pages. We have three that I find very useful. One of them useful.

One of them is a general information page that has everything about the hackathon: how to get started, how to get there, what the staking process looks like, the hacker dashboard, how you contact the hackers, and all that information, as well as the rules and code of conduct, what project registration is, what project feedback sessions are, what the application process looks like—all of that, it's all right here. So I would recommend everyone to check out this page at least once. And the really important page I'm showing you now is the rules and guidelines. So and guidelines. So , that's everything you need to know about starting from scratch: the continuity track, what you can and can't do, using AI tools, how you submit your project, what qualifies as a finalist and what doesn't, how you attend judging sessions, general FAQs, things to ask, and something I'm also going to talk about because we hear this a lot, is how our projects are actually judged.

So, in terms of judging the finalists, again , individual judges don't necessarily have anything to do with the partners who are present; these are completely separate individuals, not Eve global, individual people in the ecosystem, usually founders or, for example, at a very, very high level. They will evaluate your project based on technicality, originality, practicality, usability, and wow factor. It's something like metrics. So if you see something like, "Hey, I see like, "Hey, I see my project is super unique. I've never seen anything like this before."

It's probably going to get a really, really high wow high wow factor rating if it just impresses them. If it's very technical, it gets a rating there. If it's usable, it gets a rating there too , because sometimes you have something really technical, super original, but it's not usable, and it's not necessarily going to be that great. So these are just general metrics and also tips on how to pitch a good video. I've talked about this a lot talked about this a lot .

I know it's really annoying, but I go through it at every event. It's on every information page. We really tell these people a lot , but they still don't read these tips. And they're not really tips. It's more like what you should do in general.

Anything that says " says " must" is going to fail if it's not. Again, anything shorter than 2 minutes, will fail. Anything longer than 4 minutes will fail. Um, just try to speak calmly. Don't rush anything.

You can edit the video. Please don't speed up the video. It always sounds terrible, it's very difficult to understand. And if you can't show your project in 4 minutes, then the video is not really a problem. You should be able to do all of this in less than 4 minutes.

In many cases, like 250 is usually all you need. Um, keep the introduction short. We don't need to know your full story. We don't need to hear your resume. We don't need to hear why your team is the best.

Really, really focus on the project itself so people know what you actually built. And we have some inspirations that you can also look at. Great. And the other page that we have on the information pages is this one, which is dedicated to tools and resources. There's a bunch of YouTube channels here, a bunch of reading material from EF from Eve Global, general resources for developers on how to start, introductory materials on NFTTS and Dows, Ethereum R&D , about second layer and scaling solutions.

In general, I can highly recommend everything related to this ecosystem, if you have something that you think should be on the list, just let me know. Just send me an email in general. Hi email in general. Hi , edifyglobal.com.

I read every email. I will respond to every email, usually during the day on weekends. It might be a little longer. Hmm, but yeah, we are open to any suggestion to improve everything related to Eve Global, in general. And then adding to that, after the event you can fill out a survey about Eve Global and about the hackathon, we would like to get your honest feedback.

I would say give objective feedback. So just don't give us one star unless we deserve it we deserve it , and I don't think we deserve it unless someone really did something . So give constructive feedback so we can improve the events. So next time we we're going to do this event, it's going to be more comfortable for all the participants. And for five random people who give good feedback at the event, we're going to give away special hoodies that are only made five times, for the winners.

So yeah, feedback would be really appreciated either through the feedback form or if you have anything, just email me. Great email me. Great . Then, the certificate of participation, you'll get it after the event is over and the prizes are awarded. So if you win if you win any prizes, it'll be on the certificate.

It's signed by Cartek. So that's something that you can put on your resume, for example, or just if you're applying to, like, any other website company, 3 it's cool to see something like, to see something like, "Hey, I've already won, like, a bunch of money" or "one Eve Global Pro finalist at the Eve Global events," which I'd say is a pretty good option. You also have a shortened version of the schedule right in the hacker's panel, and you also have an overview of all the prizes. Just go here, for example . So each team, each project has a price list or each sponsor has a price list, sorry.

Um, it shows information about the project, about their project, about their websites and their social media, and then, uh, the bounties that they're running. So, I said you can qualify for three teams. That means three companies. If they have multiple tracks or multiple bounties, you don't choose them individually. They choose them.

For example, if they see that there's something that connects, for example that connects, for example , these two together, you can be eligible for those two. The important thing is that only people from scratch or people who are starting from scratch can apply for those who do n't have that. So if your, uh, project is built on continuity, if it's an existing project that you're expanding, you're only eligible for the prizes that are shown here. But in general, if you choose three projects or you can choose, sorry, you can choose up to three companies from them, uh, to embed in your application. The reason for this wasn't in the past.

We changed that about two years ago. Uh, a lot of people just integrated every sponsor, and they were really terrible integrations. None of it made sense. The quality was really really bad, and we noticed that usually the best projects had a maximum of three integrations. So, really make sure, I mean, it's very tempting to see all this money to try to raise as much money as possible, but your chances of winning are actually much higher if you only put in what really makes sense.

If your project doesn't make sense to have it doesn't make sense to have it , don't add it. If it makes sense, great. But don't push integrations for the sake of making money. The chances of making money are extremely low, and the project is likely to fail. So yeah, all the qualification criteria are right there on these pages as well.

We'll try to publish all the information. I think one or two are still missing. But we we'll update that or we'll work with the teams to update that by Friday. But every company that sponsors Eve Global is available here. So that's pretty much everything that's directly related to the hackathon related to the hackathon .

There are a few things that are worth adding as well . Overall . Overall , we have some nice resources at Eve Global. Uh, one of the nicest ones, I would say, is the showcase. So the showcase contains every Eve Global project that's ever been created at the event, starting back in 2017 at Eve Waterloop.

There must be over 18,000 projects. You can browse through them all. You can filter by specific hackathons. You can filter by specific partners. Hmm, what, um, what kind of project they're involved in.

So I said at the beginning that when you select your project, what type it is, it's going to show up here. It makes filtering easier, and once the closing ceremony happens, we'll publish all the projects that were created and submitted during Eve Online. So your project will also be visible here, and that's why I mentioned earlier that this is what will be featured with your project. For example, this project was a finalist and won a bunch of prizes in Lisbon. All that's left is to wait for the review to finish.

I hope I didn't get blacklisted. Oh, great. That's it . Um, this is a video that they created. You can play it here.

All the screenshots that they have the screenshots that they have , the description. So everything that I filled out earlier will be visible on the showcase for partners separately on their dashboard and also for the public, including links to real resources and source code. And you can see all the prizes or all the awards that they've won. So for this, they won prizes from 1st place on the chart and also from Eve Global because they were one of the top 10 teams. So it's available at eglobal.

com/showcase. Just browse, look for interesting projects, get inspired. I would say, don't copy frankly a project that will never go well. Just because something worked well in the past, if you rebuild it exactly the same, you probably won't make a single dollar. Just saying.

And another thing that we have that is really really cool is a faucet. We have cool is a faucet. We have , I think some chains might be offline right now, but technically over 16 chains where you can get the testnet. So you just click on any of them. You can choose which wallet it should be sent to among the wallets that you have connected globally connected globally , and you can,,, , and you can,,, get Sapoleia ETH or Sapoleia USDC on a bunch of chains.

Here's how you can set them up directly in your,,,wallet. So your,,,wallet. So , for a hackathon, it's ideal to have the testnet ETH and you can get them. It resets every 24 hours after you get it, which is really important. If you have a certain package that I talked about earlier that I talked about earlier , those numbers go up.

For example, every person who has The hacker NFT pack , gets 0.1 E per day. If you, however, let's go here. I'll just go through the others. So if you've hacked with us before, if you've earned at least $100 in prize money or if you've been a finalist before, you can unlock the builder pack, which is the second tier.

That gives you access to a few extra things, including a larger faucet token limit, which means instead of 0.1 you get 0.5, and if you unlock the biggest pack we have, the pioneer pack, or if you've been a finalist before, you get one testnet ETH per day on multiple blockchains. So you never have to worry about worry about any testnet ETH . Then .

Then any other global event that we're doing is available at eglobal.com/events. So for hackathons, we have two left for this year. We have Eve global Tokyo, which is going to be in person, and Eve global Mumbai, which is going to be after Defcon in Mumbai. And then, uh, next year, we've already announced Evecon, our biggest conference of the year, which will be held on June 14th and 16th in New York City at the Javits Center.

We also have a bunch of happy hours and community meetups. You can check them all out at eglobal.com/events. Great. I've gone through the dashboard , the applications, the team prizes, the project applications, and the tracks.

Let's see. I'm going to open up a QA round . I'm just going to quickly go through the chat and see if there's anything and see if there's anything I didn't mention or that I missed, or just give me a minute. Uh, okay. Let's see.

Uh , can we talk about this privately after this? I'd like to get some feedback without publishing it. Okay. Sure. You can email hello edifyglobal.

com or open a support ticket. We can chat about it. Unfortunately, I don't have time to chat in a feedback session or call. But yeah, you can just contact me directly. Let's see, coding agent.

I was talking about the private continuity track. Okay, for the continuity track, do we really need to focus on what was added, or should we just leave it as a general description? It makes sense to have at least a few sentences about what the project actually is for the continuity track. So what you've built in the past, but the focus should be on what you've built additionally at the hackathon. So, just briefly, "Hey, this is a project that we built.

This is what was there before, and this is a feature that we're adding that is much more valuable to both partners and Eve global because we see that this is actually something that you built during the hackathon." So even if you have, let's say, a really, really great project before the hackathon, but the integrations are bad, not good. Hmm, but for example, if the project wasn't that great before, but now it's much better because of the continuity and the hackathon, that would be great. If it's great in both cases, that's even better. But yeah, the main focus should always be on what was added at the hackathon or actually created during the hackathon.

Hmm, but the previous one should still be mentioned of course should still be mentioned of course . Hmm, let's see. Is n't idea generation also part of a hackathon? Arush, yes, it is. Hmm, so idea generation–that's again, you can do it in the sessions that we have, like brainstorming.

You can do it on Discord to talk to people about it. And what I really, really recommend is not just implementing your idea with AI. Like coding with AI, it works great, especially if you're a good developer, then it just gets amplified. But, uh, AI idea generation— AI idea generation— it's 90% complete garbage. And if you just say AI: "Hey, here are these 16 or 10, um, projects these 16 or 10, um, projects that are out there.

Help me find the best idea to win a lot of money." We see a lot of them. They all look the same, and they're all the same, and they're all garbage. You might get lucky with one or two and you'll make some money, but the idea generation, I would say, should be yours alone. Try to figure out, uh, try to think about what works for you.

Try to find a problem or try to see if you have a problem that doesn't have an obvious solution, that would be a great project. If there's something that's really annoying in this area, something that's really, really bad, like the UX side of cryptocurrency that you can just ignore, great. If there's something that's been bothering you at events for about 5 years, then develop a solution for that, I would say. So, in general for projects, yeah, idea generation shouldn't be done by AI. Okay.

And also, we don't really like it if the global community can't help with that. This is a question I get asked a lot, like can you give me a good idea of ​​what to build? No, you have to come up with it yourself, and especially with AI, ideas are more valuable than actual builds because you can make a really decent MVP even if you don't have a lot of coding experience with a good, um, idea or good people. Okay, let's see. Um, we had this.

Um, is it possible to host a public repository in a GitHub organization? Yes, that's totally fine. You just need to have full access to that organization so you can see that repository. Um, I'm having some issues building a hacker pack. I'll post on Discord.

Yeah, great. Just open a support ticket and I'll look into it. Make sure to stay on Discord. If someone contacts you like, "Oh, you need to join here on another server" or sends you a private message, it's not us. E Global will not send you private message directly.

Um, the prices I was talking about, uh. Is there a deadline to put together a team? Um, technically you can put together a team before the application deadline. I would say try to put together a team sometime next week. So it's perfectly fine not to have a team and start later than the actual, uh, start time.

So, uh, you have to have a team before you apply. That's the only thing. Once you apply once, the team selection, uh, is locked in. But other than that, it doesn't matter when you choose a team. It has to be done before you apply.

uh, it's also unclear which projects will get the extra $1,000 and not from the partners. Thanks for the info. uh, the top 10 finalist teams. So the teams that go through the separate finalist selection, that get selected for that, that qualify for that and that actually win out of the top 10 teams, each team member will get an extra $1,000. On the ARC channel it was stated that mainnet deployment has to be completed by september 30th.

yeah, it's a very specific case for ARC because they're launching their mainnet soon. so, um, you're still building projects on testn net, but, um, to actually claim the prizes after that, you still have to deploy what you've done on testn net to the mainnet. so this really applies to ARC. i'll also write something about that because it's a little bit confusing. usually anything during a hackathon is suitable for this specific case.

it just has to be deployed to the mainnet afterwards. uh, it looks like it was generated by an artificial intelligence because of the emoji. yeah, i hear that a lot. it wasn't generated by an artificial intelligence. it's just to make it a little bit more readable because otherwise if it's a lot of text, people, um, yeah, they don't read it anymore.

so they read it a little bit better. at least according to the statistics. um, if we will choose three sponsors, or will they all consider the project separately? Does Eve global do that? Eve Global will not evaluate projects for partners.

Therefore, each partner you choose will be evaluated individually. So Eve Global will review almost only the projects that qualify for the top 10 finalists, after they have passed the evaluation stage. So practically each partner evaluates the project individually the project individually . Therefore, it is possible that one project that gets on the funding list does not receive money from partners. It is possible that the project receives money from each partner that it applies to , but this is not a joke, because everything is evaluated individually and based on the integration that you make.

But yes, if you apply, for example, to Unis Swap, then Unis Swap will evaluate your project based on your integration with Unis Swap. Yes, sponsors will have access to your application as soon as you select them. Great. Do I need to deploy smart contracts on the main global content sheet? It absolutely does not matter where you deploy, with which wallet or with what account.

Um account. Um , if you're deploying any contracts, make sure they're available and that people know that this is the contract that you deployed. So add that to the description, put that in the readme. I deployed this contract on this particular chain with this wallet. Just add that there.

It doesn't have to be any specific, um any specific, um , related to E global. Um , related to E global. Um , when do you review and when do people get their prizes? Oh, it's all on the info pages. Oh.

Um, so we're doing the evaluation that I was showing a little bit earlier. I'm just, um, going to quickly jump to that for the schedule. Um, so, um, submissions close on Sunday. Just going back to Eastern time. So submissions close on Sunday, and right after submissions close, all partners will start asynchronously reviewing projects, and we'll also review those who wants to qualify for the top 10 teams for the top 10 teams .

So it starts almost immediately after the application closes , and the people who will receive the prizes will be announced during the closing ceremony. life. So, on Wednesday, September 16th at 12:00 PM Eastern Time, you will announce all the finalist teams during the closing ceremony. They will be presenting there. So, they, um, already know in advance that they are finalists, but they don't know what other prizes they qualified for.

And each person will be able to see if they won a prize at the closing ceremony. So you'll find out by September 16th, 12th. Hmm, and each person who has qualified will also be displayed on the hacker dashboard, as well as on the presentation page presentation page . Okay, let's see. Uh .

Okay, let's see. Uh , I tried developing ideas with artificial intelligence. This is truly terrible. Yes. Uh, DJ stuff?

I mean, are meme markets, etc. or games discouraged? If it's done really well, if it's something really cool technically and makes sense, it's not really encouraged. Again , like any project, no matter how creative or uncreative it is, it can be eligible if it is well-constructed. I would recommend not using any explicit materials.

Do not use naked body. Don't do anything that violates the code of conduct. And don't try to hide your stuff from the community. And then everything will be okay. How many sponsorship prizes can we get?

Maximum three. So three is the absolute maximum. You can apply for zero. This is normal. If you just want to be among the finalists, you can apply for one, two, or three.

But three is the absolute maximum. Good. Yes, the German troika can do this or that. Okay, Logan, if the team is a top 10 winner, will they receive airfare and accommodation for the upcoming hackathon? Great question.

So, yeah, I can show you one thing quickly, and then we're in place. So, this is the perfect, um, question to wrap this up . So, uh, I've talked before about what people will get if they qualify as top 10 finalists. So, um, the top 10 teams will receive the Eve Global Finalist Pack, which is, um, an on-chain NFT that gives you access to a few things. One of them is one free year of Eve Global Plus, our full Eve Global subscription.

It gives you a bunch of developer benefits, as well as access to every event we host, like any summit, any conference, any conference, any happy hour, or anything else. You can get free access to it for a year. $1,000 for each member of the finalist team. You receive $500 in reimbursement for the first personal hackathon you join after becoming a finalist. For example, if you become an Eve Online finalist, you join us in Tokyo or Mumbai, you will automatically receive $500 in your main wallet on eglobal.

com after the event. So we don't need to see any checks. Even if you literally, for example, live in Tokyo and show up in Tokyo after you become a finalist, you'll still get an extra $500 from us , you'll get a zip-up hoodie with a cool Eve Global logo. This is for Eve Global finalists only. You can't buy this anywhere, only for finalists, and, uh, $10,000 in, uh, AWS credits, uh, for startups.

So, this is what startups. So, this is what you will get if you become a finalist in the EF Global event. Yeah, uh, we...So to answer your question a little bit more specifically, Logan, we don't provide housing or lodging, but again, hackathons, food during the hackathon is free. You can stay at the hackathon location throughout the duration of the event.

Oh, and we'll reimburse you for your airfare up to $500 if you show up at the next or one of the next Eve Global events this year, which will be Tokyo or Mumbai. Uh, living in Japan is expensive right now. Yes and no expensive right now. Yes and no . You can still get pretty good deals.

I would say that if you don't want to be in a five-star hotel, something like pots are still relatively cheap, or you just stay at the venue . We also have a few places to sleep there. It won't be the best there. There will be no showers , but you can still stay there. Just saying.

Um, we won't be able to pay for everyone's accommodation, all that stuff at events. We really try to support hackers as much as possible , but we limit our capabilities. Okay, great. Um, we have time now, so it was all recorded. It is available on eglobal at youtube.

com/eglobal. You can always review it. My wonderful colleague will edit and polish the video a bit so that there isn't a lot of nonsense and so that I look even nicer than I already do. Thank you, Aubrey. Um, if you have any questions about EF Global, about the hackathon or anything else, feel free to reach out to hello global.

com or just ping us directly on Discord. Again, most questions can be asked publicly because it helps a lot of people, as they may have the exact same question as you. Um question as you. Um , I'm really, really excited to see what will be created at this event. This will probably be the biggest event of the year, at least online.

I expect a lot of really cool projects and, yes, I'm looking forward to seeing what happens. Hmm, looking forward to the construction. Please do not start construction before Friday, before the official opening official opening . This could cause some problems, and I would rather not have to deal with them. I hope everyone is having a fantastic start to the week.

Hmm, happy chopping, and yeah, if you need anything, just let me know. Have a nice day.