ETHDam is a conference and hackathon taking place in the heart of Amsterdam, Netherlands. For the third edition, ETHDam will gather more than 600 participants, bringing the best Privacy and Security builders in the crypto industry. ETHDam is a conference and hackathon taking place in the heart of Amsterdam, Netherlands. For the third edition, ETHDam will gather more than 600 participants, bringing the best Privacy and Security builders in the crypto industry.
ETHDam is powered by CryptoCanal, an education and events platform growing in Amsterdam, spreading its roots to Rotterdam and Zürich.
CryptoCanal unites a community of crypto enthusiasts driven to make a positive impact on the world. Unapologetically political, we prioritize education, events, and services for the crypto industry. Committed to upholding cypherpunk values like privacy, sovereignty, and censorship resistance, our mission is to foster learning, connection, and collaboration among individuals in the crypto space.
9:30 - 10:30 - Breakfast & Registration
10:00 - 10:15 - Welcome to ETHDam (Main Stage)
10:00 - 10:30 - Hackathon Partner Workshop - Circles (Studio)
10:25 - 10:45 - TBD (Main Stage)
10:30 - 11:00 - Hackathon Partner Workshop - Oasis (Studio)
11:00 - 11:30 - What it's like to build Public Goods in Crypto - Panel (Main Stage)
11:35 - 11:55 - Where will the next DeFi Summer be? — Anton Bukov (Main Stage)
12:00 - 12:30 - Custody - Panel (Main Stage)
12:00 - 12:00 - ETHDam III Trading Battle
12:15 - 12:30 - AI Agents with Real-World Utility — Pedro (Studio)
12:30 - 12:45 - Save the weights, save the children — Roel Nuyts (Studio)
12:35 - 12:55 - The fight for the middle ground in web3 privacy — Reuben Yap (Main Stage)
12:40 - 13:00 - Closing the loop on crypto AI Agents — Milan de Reede (Main Stage)
13:00 - 14:00 - Lunch (Studio & Main Stage)
14:00 - 14:15 - Info-Defence, ECF Pensieve — QJ (Studio)
14:00 - 14:20 - Privacy coins/tokens as an answer to CBDCs — Aaron Day (Main Stage)
14:15 - 14:30 - Breaking the Privacy Paradox — Sandi Fatic (Studio)
14:25 - 14:55 - How are we keeping everyone safe - Panel (Main Stage)
14:30 - 14:45 - Why DAOs will never be truly decentralized — Costanza Gallo (Studio)
14:45 - 15:00 - Privacy as An Ecosystem — PG (Studio)
15:00 - 15:15 - Privacy Is Normal — Loring Harkness (Studio)
15:00 - 15:20 - Privacy Pools in production — Ameen Soleimani (Main Stage)
15:15 - 15:30 - Bring your own secrets — José Pedro Sousa (Studio)
15:25 - 15:55 - TBD - Panel (Main Stage)
15:30 - 15:45 - Multisigs Demystified — Christopher Von Hessert (Studio)
15:45 - 16:00 - Zk validation module for contract accounts — Eugenio Reggianini (Studio)
16:00 - 16:15 - Unlocking Web Proofs — Marek Kirejczyk (Studio)
16:00 - 16:20 - The Minimum Rollup Constraint Theory — Pavel Emdin (Main Stage)
16:15 - 16:30 - ZKPs in identity — Oleksandr Kurbatov (Studio)
16:25 - 16:55 - Liquefaction: Privately Liquefying Blockchain Assets - Panel (Main Stage)
16:30 - 16:45 - Protocol Guild — Cheeky Gorilla (Studio)
16:45 - 17:00 - Degens & Dragons — Nico Gallardo (Studio)
17:00 - 17:15 - Smart Contracts Without Handcuffs — Ben Greenberg (Studio)
17:00 - 17:20 - Have Fun Staying Private — Vlad Costea (Main Stage)
17:15 - 17:30 - Human Keys for Human Flourishing — Shady El Damaty (Studio)
17:30 - 17:45 - TBD — Viktor (Studio)
18:00 - 19:00 - Happy Hour (Studio & Main Stage)
9:30 - 10:00 - Breakfast (Main Stage)
9:30 - 10:30 - Breakfast (Studio)
10:00 - 10:15 - Enshrined Tokens on Ethereum (Studio) – Dennis Oliver Huisman
10:15 - 10:30 - MEV Prevention Strategies in L2 and Rollups – Optimizing User Experience and Fairness (Studio) – Arpit Temani
10:25 - 10:55 - How are we keeping everyone safe (Main Stage) – Liz Steininger
10:30 - 10:45 - WTF is Surge: The ULTRABASED Rollup (Studio) – Aayush Giri
10:45 - 11:00 - Scaling Bitcoin and Ethereum, with Starknet (Studio) – Victor Sizaret
11:00 - 11:15 - The Future of Scaling-Focused Protocol Design (Studio) – Julian Ma
11:00 - 11:20 - Bitcoin EVMs: All about Zkrollups, sidechains, and other L2s (Main Stage) – Paul Puey
11:15 - 11:30 - Building rollups on Bitcoin: ideas, tradeoffs, and the future (Studio) – Omer Talip Akalin
11:25 - 11:55 - Building secure wallets for all (Main Stage) – Panel
11:30 - 11:45 - TBD (Studio) – Dani Vilardell
11:45 - 12:00 - Scaling Semaphore (Studio) – Vivian Plasencia
12:00 - 12:15 - Private DeFi: what we can build today? (Studio) – Lisa Akselrod
12:00 - 12:20 - The fight for the middle ground in web3 privacy (Main Stage) – Reuben Yap
12:15 - 12:30 - What iO (indistinguishable obfuscation) unlocks? feat. privacy (Studio) – Pia Park
12:25 - 12:45 - TBD (Main Stage) – Jernej Kos
12:30 - 12:45 - FHE eats ZK for breakfast (Studio) – Lauri Peltonen
12:45 - 13:00 - A new Cypherpunk generation (Studio) – mf
13:00 - 14:00 - Lunch (Main Stage)
13:00 - 14:00 - Lunch (Studio)
14:00 - 14:15 - Secure Cosigners in Blockchain: Real-World Implementations with MPC and Enclave Technology (Studio) – Ben Liderman
14:00 - 14:20 - TBD (Main Stage) – Sal the Agorist
14:25 - 14:55 - Is Privacy just a hype? (Main Stage) – Panel
14:30 - 14:45 - Trust me, security still sucks. (Studio) – Lumi & Gorilla
14:45 - 15:00 - Fixing security so crypto can win (Studio) – Jacob Czepluch
15:00 - 15:15 - dcipher: a new protocol for decryption only when real-world conditions are met (Studio) – Patrick McClurg
15:00 - 15:20 - Freedom of Speech (Main Stage) – Thierry Baudet
15:15 - 15:30 - Using onchain collateral for any app (Studio) – Tyler Spalding
15:25 - 15:55 - Crypto & NL politics (Main Stage) – Panel
15:45 - 16:00 - Cypherpunk and the Law (Studio) – Rev. Dr. Jordan S. Hatcher
16:00 - 16:15 - Invariant Testing - Fuzzing Defi Protocols (Studio) – Victor Martinez
16:00 - 16:15 - TBD (Studio) – Emily Loh
16:00 - 16:20 - BTC: A corrupt and broken dead end (Main Stage) – Justin Bons
16:25 - 16:55 - Free Roger Ver (Main Stage) – Panel
17:00 - 17:20 - The Evolution of Digital Cash Beyond 2025 (Main Stage) – Joël Valenzuela
17:25 - 17:55 - Privacy Pools (Main Stage) – Panel
17:30 - 17:45 - Killing with Keyboards – How Your Digital Footprint Can Be Weaponized (Studio) – Noah Jelich
18:00 - 19:00 - Happy Hour (Main Stage)
18:00 - 19:00 - Happy Hour (Studio)
19:00 - 20:00 - Hacker Dinner (Main Stage)
19:00 - 20:00 - Hacker Dinner (Studio)
09:30 - 10:30 - Breakfast (Main Stage)
10:00 - 10:00 - Closing the hackathon (Main Stage)
10:00 - 10:20 - Crypto trading landscape in EU (Main Stage) – Remy van der Nagel
10:25 - 10:55 - TBD (Main Stage) – Panel
11:00 - 11:30 - Cypherpunks (Main Stage) – Panel
11:30 - 15:00 - Hackathon Judging (Main Stage)
11:50 - 12:10 - TBD (Main Stage) – Alexey Pertsev
12:10 - 12:40 - Code on Trial (Main Stage) – Fireside chat
13:00 - 14:00 - Lunch (Main Stage)
14:30 - 16:00 - Otter Track (Main Stage)
16:00 - 17:30 - Top 10 Hackathon Projects (Main Stage)
17:30 - 17:45 - Partner bounties (Main Stage)
17:45 - 18:00 - Closing remarks (Main Stage)
18:00 - 19:00 - Happy Hour (Main Stage)
19:30 - 22:00 - AfterParty - Aloha (Main Stage)