Welcome & Introduction
summary
Pragma frames a single-track day of concrete moves: seven interviews and four launches, partner booths from Worldcoin, Polygon and Quantstamp, and specific demos on EIP-6551, RabbitHole quests, Tally’s new product, Powerloom’s secret launch and NEAR’s OS-for-blockchains vision. Organizers mint a free CryptoKitty NFT to every verified wallet — the original ERC-721 token — and report 300 attendees from 37 countries, positioning the event as a compact, demo-heavy tour of what’s actually shipping in Web3.
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- 0:00Pragma Waterloo opening remarks
- 0:44What is ETHGlobal?
- 1:02ETHGlobal’s mission and upcoming hackathon
- 1:39What Pragma means and event goals
- 2:10Event format: single-track, focused sessions
- 2:38Designed for everyone, not just developers
- 3:05Schedule overview: 7 interviews, 4 launches
- 3:31ETHGlobal’s history with Waterloo
- 4:07ETHWaterloo and the birth of CryptoKitties
- 4:36The origin of the ERC-721 NFT standard
- 5:09Surprise: Everyone receives a CryptoKitty NFT
- 5:47300 attendees from 37 countries
- 6:15Partner shoutout: Worldcoin, Polygon, Quantstamp
- 6:45Schedule preview: Vitalik, EIP-6551, RabbitHole
- 7:13Afternoon talks: infrastructure, DAOs, AI
