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EthCC & ETHGlobal Highlights

Andrew G

Jul 22, 2024 • 4 min read

Blockscout EthCC and ETHGlobal Brussels Highlights

Our scooter wheels bounced along bumpy cobblestone as we headed to the heart of Brussels and the SQUARE came into view, a grand venue for the largest Ethereum conference in Europe. The big E(thereum) energy at EthCC was palpable, and we set off to find our colleagues and friends, partners and allies, spreading the message of open-source exploration for the public good.

It was a breeze to connect with the community this year! So many projects recognized the Blockscout shirts and approached us to ask questions, thank us for an open-source explorer, inquire about our upcoming roadmap, or just say Bonjour.

⭐️ We had a chance to speak several times at the conference, presenting on DApp security and the evolution of Blockchain explorers.

⭐️ We attended amazing side events put on by our partners and met with many supporters to talk about what's coming next for Blockscout.

⭐️ With more than 1000 projects and rollups actively using Blockscout, we ran into friends on every corner!

Pics from EthCC

The SQUARE ETHCC — Arriving at the SQUARE

Blockscout team in Brussels — Team assembly day 1

Blockscout security — Mike talks Dappscout for enhanced security

Blockscout climber — Blockscout climbs to new all time highs

Filecoin party ETHCC — Exploring some delicious apps at the Filecoin party

Blockscout memecoin — Mike spars off in the memecoin ring.

Ethereum football party EthCC — UEFA semifinal party hosted by friends from everywhere including Espresso Systems, Nethermind, Airchains, AltLayer, Ankr, Automata, Caldera, Cartesi, Catalyst, CyberConnect, dWallet, Fhenix, Fluent, Gelato, Hyperlane, Injective, Karnot, Kinto, Omni, ParallelFi, Plume, Polygon, Pragma, RARI, Social Network, Socket, Specular, Superposition, Synonym, Taiko, & Treasure!!

Blockscout explorer evolution talk — Andrew's talk on explorer evolutions and what's on the horizon.

EthGlobal Hackathon

As the conference wound down, the EthGlobal hackathon picked up, and we took another bumpy ride down to the EGG hackathon venue. Large halls were jam packed with tables for hackers, and the Big D(eveloper) energy took over.

We were a proud top-tier Presenter sponsor and had a booth with the best swag by far (according to at least one attendee angling for a custom backpack 😄). It was a 36 hour hacking marathon; in the end over 100 projects submitted to the Blockscout bounty, with 95 qualifying for a share of our 20k pool prize!

Over 500K in prizes was awarded by EthGlobal sponsors.

Blockscout crew — Blockscout Crew primed for the hack

Blockscout workshop — Full house workshop

Blockscout ETHGlobal Brussels bounty — Kirill announcing the 20K bounty on the main stage

Blockscout bakers — Cooking up some product ideas

Line for blockscout booth — A huge line gathers at the Blockscout booth for project judging

Code using Blockscout at hackathon — Code Check

Hackathon judging — Hackers present their project to the Blockscout judges

Winners of Blockscout bounty at EthGlobal Brussels — Announcing the final 95 EthGlobal winners for the 20K Blockscout pool prize.

Friends, Waffles & Hotpot

Working decentralized, in different timezones, continents, and cultures, is challenging for any team. It's the norm in the crypto space, and a reason why these events are so powerful (and exhausting)! For a week we have a chance to break out of our bubbles and meet some of the remarkable folks working to make our world more transparent, trustless, and secure. It provides scale and perspective, and renews faith in the mission and all of the humans making it possible.

Collage of foods in Brussels — Beers, waffles, hotpot and relaxation after an eventful week

We hope to see you (for the first time or once again) at the next big conference. In the meantime, please join our Telegram community and Telegram News Channel for info and giveaways, and visit us on X and Discord to connect with the team.

Pics from EthCC

EthGlobal Hackathon

Friends, Waffles & Hotpot

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