Grant Proposal: Ethereum Brasil

Grant ID: 8684u0v10

Summary:

Ethereum SP - Bootcamps and Hackathon

Summary:

EthereumSP 2023 is a four-day event to educate and encourage the Brazilian web3 community. Participants will have access to advanced workshops, bootcamps and Hackathon. The highlight of the event is the Hackathon, where participants collaborate on innovative solutions with a high potential for impact. The event is an opportunity for developers, builders, enthusiasts and students to boost the Brazilian web3 community

Description:

EthereumSP 2023 is an event that will take place between the 22nd and 25th of June. At USP (University of São Paulo) Top University of Latin America. Sao Paulo is the tech hub of LatAm and USP the lead University in Engineering and technology. The event kicks off with two bootcamps, one for developers and one for non-developers, offering expert guidance and support for first-time attendees and advanced workshops for experienced attendees. Web2 devs will learn web3 languages and onboard the space with the best of the assistance, what will make than ready to participate in their first Hackathon. The Hackathon, the event’s main activity, brings together hackers and developers from around the world to collaborate on innovative solutions that address the most pressing SDG challenges. Participants will have the opportunity to work with experienced mentors and other participants to create high-impact projects and compete for prizes. EthereumSP 2023 is an unmissable opportunity for participants to delve into the web3 and create innovative projects with the potential to change the world.

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Describe what your project does or is aiming to do in 50 characters or less:
Ethereum Brasil (EB) is a non profitable project launched at the end of 2021, initially as a Brazilian web3 event planner focusing in the Ethereum ecosystem. After the success of our first event, EthereumRio, in March of 2022 a lot of the attendees got in contact to thank us for the opportunity to participate in their first web3 event. Some participants had their lives completely changed after that first event where their projects could be sponsored by the biggest web3 companies.

Today Ethereum Brasil actively promotes the growth of the Ethereum ecosystem through collaborative efforts, building a diverse community that includes education projects and partnerships in addition to organizing conferences, Hackathons, Bootcamps and Networking.

We will have a workshop on The Graph - Why its important and how to build subgraphs for your smart contract. Delivers by Kevin Jones.

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How far along are you?:
We have done conferences and Hackathons before.
The Bootcamp, workshops and Hackathon are happenig and published already in our channels.
We already have 300~ hackers signed up.

Why did you pick this idea to work on? Do you have domain expertise in this area? How do you know people need what you’re making?:
Brazil is a community with a lot o portential with a GAP of events, educational meetups.

What’s new about what you’re making? What substitutes do people resort to because it doesn’t exist yet (or they don’t know about it)?:
Is the first and bigger community in Brasil.

What’s your vision for how your project will impact The Graph and/or web3?:
With the workshop on The Graph, teaching why its important and how to build subgraphs for your smart contract (Delivered by Kevin Jones) we aim to Leverage the ecossystem by educating and brining new users.

How will you measure success?:
Number of Hackers and projects subscribed and taking the workshop
Number of Hackers using The Graph on their Hackathon projects
Number of winners in that track
Number of projects that moved forward after hackathon

What milestones will you achieve in the coming weeks/months, with or without the grant?:
The event is happenig in last then 2 weeks.
The grant will be giving as bountie in the Hackathon
If there is a grant for supporting the event as well, we will cover expenses of the bootcamp and workshops happening online (really we should get in to a call to discuss that)

Please select who you think will benefit from your project?:
Other

How much funding are you looking for? (USD):
5000

Provide a breakdown of your requested funding:
5 prizes of 1k

Have you applied for (or already received) funding from somewhere else?:
No

Why are you interested in contributing to The Graph and/or web3?:

Are you applying as a team or individual?:
Team

What type of grant are you pursuing?:
Project (one-off)

Please select the category your project best fits into:
Education




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The majority decision of the Grant Committee concludes to not recommend this proposal for DAO funding. Please recognize that this is not a statement on the proposal itself, but rather an aggregated reflection by committee members taking into account a number of factors.

Below you find brief feedback brought up within the committee to not recommend DAO funding that may help you to submit successful grant applications in the future:

  • Due to the limited timeframe available before the proposed event, we believe that we would not be able to provide the level of support and resources necessary.

Thank you for submitting this proposal, and you are encouraged to stay engaged in the Graph community. You are also welcome to submit new grant applications in the future with proposals that may generate stronger support from the committee.