<aside> ♥️ Welcome to New York City, often referred to as the "Big Apple," a vibrant and iconic metropolis that pulsates with an unmatched energy. This global hub is a melting pot of cultures, ideas, and lifestyles. The city's breathtaking skyline is dominated by skyscrapers like the Empire State Building and One World Trade Center, which stand as testaments to human ingenuity and ambition. The streets are a symphony of honking taxis, bustling pedestrians, and the aromas of diverse cuisines wafting from street food vendors, reflecting the city's dynamic and multicultural atmosphere.
Central Park, a sprawling oasis amidst the concrete jungle, provides a serene escape where New Yorkers and visitors alike can find respite from the urban hustle. The park's meandering pathways, serene lakes, and lush greenery offer a refreshing contrast to the city's fast-paced rhythm. Times Square, a neon-lit epicenter of entertainment, captures the city's essence with its dazzling billboards, Broadway theaters, and lively street performers. It's a place where the pulse of the city is palpable, and the excitement is contagious.
New York City's cultural tapestry is woven from threads of artistic expression, with world-renowned museums like the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), and the Guggenheim showcasing an unparalleled collection of historical and contemporary masterpieces. The city's neighborhoods each possess a distinct character, from the bohemian streets of Greenwich Village to the cosmopolitan chic of SoHo, offering a taste of diverse lifestyles and experiences. With its relentless energy, cultural richness, and iconic landmarks, New York City stands as a testament to the human spirit's unyielding pursuit of progress and innovation.
Get ready to immerse yourself in a 3-day hackathon with people from all around the globe who all work towards one mission: Growing the Ethereum ecosystem and hacking for over $475,000 USD in bounties!
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<aside> 📍 Location: 23rd street & West Side Highway, New York, NY 10001, United States
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<aside> 🕒 Time zone: (GMT-4) ****Eastern Daylight Time
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<aside> 💬 Official Language: English
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<aside> 💱 Currency: United States Dollar (USD)
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<aside> ✈️ Airport: LaGuardia Airport; JFK International Airport; Newark Liberty International Airport
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<aside> 🚰 Tap water is SAFE to drink
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<aside> ☀️ Average September Weather Daily high: 76°F (24°C) Daily Low: 62°F (17°C)
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<aside> 🗽 Pier Sixty 23rd street & West Side Highway, New York, NY 10001, United States Open the map for directions → → →
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✈️ If you are arriving by plane, the venue is a 45 minute drive from LaGuardia Airport and from Newark Liberty International Airport and a 1 hour drive from JFK International Airport
🚕 For cabs or other local transport, you can check out Uber or Lyft or take a local train (**App Store / Google Play**).
🚍 For travelling via public transport → read this Guide!
How To Get Around New York City: A Guide To NYC Transport Options - Finding the Universe
🚨 Please note: This event — a closed, invite-only event is open to the hackers who are accepted and have staked to attend. Other than hackers, entry is open to select Partners. General admissions or visitors would not be allowed to the event.
New York City Neighborhood Map
✨ What to eat, where to stay, and how to explore the city
| 📆 Start to End date (all in local GMT+2) | ✍🏼 Event Name | 👥 Organizer | 💭 Description | 🏷 Category | 📍 Location | 💸 Cost | 🔗 Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday, September 21, 9am-5pm | 📌 ETHGlobal Pragma New York | ETHGlobal | Pragma New York, happening on September 21, is an excursion into DeFi, Scaling & Mainstream Adoption. We are joined by some of the most notable actors in the space, including Cami Russo, Joe Lubin and Kain Warwick. Decentralised Finance is an integral part of our industry, a popular center of attention, offering countless access points for new talent, who might not have exposed themselves to the different layers of web3 otherwise. Scaling solutions, namely the rise of L2s, have become our great hope to onboard the masses. But simultaneously, these are also the biggest challenges we as a community must tackle: from education to managing responsibilities and expectations to transparency. What does the future hold for us? Apply now to explore this with a carefully curated community at Pragma New York. | Summit | tbd | 99USD for confirmed hackers, 198USD for general attendees | https://ethglobal.com/events/pragma-newyork |
| Thursday, September 21, 9am-6pm | 📌 ETHGlobal Hacker Café | ETHGlobal | Welcome to the ETHGlobal hacker café! We're thrilled to offer a dedicated space for hackers before the hackathon, to brainstorm, make new friends, find a team to build with, and be a comfortable co-working spot to cram in some last minute work. ETHGlobal Café is only open to accepted and staked hackers, please check your ETHGlobal dashboard for more information! | Coworking | Worthwild Café | free (confirmed/staked hackers only) | https://ethglobal.com/events/cafe-newyork |
| Wednesday, September 20 - Friday, September 22 | 📌 Mainnet | Messari | As the crypto industry continues to grow and disrupt adjacent industries, Messari strives to offer investors, developers, entrepreneurs, and newcomers alike with reliable information and data tools that help them participate intelligently in the crypto economy. Building off this ethos, we will continue to experiment with industry partners to ensure the Mainnet experience offers experiential learning, promotes collaboration & networking, and remains anchored with independent content. Relocating to Pier 36 on the East Side of Manhattan, we’re eager to design a unique experience for all attendees and build activations that align with our sponsors’ objectives. Budgets and target audiences may vary but we’re keen on customizing each sponsor’s package to best meet their needs and promote optimal | Conference | Pier 36 | For ETHGlobal community members: $300 USD Discount Code | |
| Code: ethglobal (at checkout) | |||||||
| or directly via https://events.messari.io/mainnet2023/page/2348454/register?promo=ethglobal |
More information upon registration: https://mainnet.events/page/2090722/register | https://mainnet.events/page/2090722/register | | Thursday, September 21 | Epic Layer 2 Day | Cartesi, Quantstamp & Starkware | Epic L2 Day is a one-day technical event for builders dedicated to Ethereum L2 Scaling. We liked our L2 day in Lisbon and L2 day in Paris so much that decided to make another one in New York. | Summit & Workshops | register to see the address | free | https://lu.ma/l2nyc | | Monday, September 11 - Wednesday September 20 | Venture Miner Events | Venture Miner | Educational Workshops and Seminars hosted by one of our tech mentors Matheus Pagani. Focus on building a project, Smart Contract literacy and hackathons | Workshops | register to see the address | free | https://lu.ma/u/mpagani | | Wednesday, September 20, 6-10pm | Buildoors> Threadoors | Polygon | Before ETH Global NY kicks off, Polygon and frens are invited to brainstorm and whiteboard. Pizza and beer will be provided. | Workshops/Meet up | 381 Park Ave S floor 4
381 Park Avenue South #floor 4 New York, NY 10016 United States | free | https://www.eventbrite.sg/e/buildoors-threadoors-eth-nyc-brainstorm-whiteboard-w-polygon-friends-tickets-718338438607?aff=ebdsoporgprofile&keep_tld=1 | | Wednesday, September 20 - Sunday, September 22 (multiple sessions) | web3familia x variable Collective Hacker House | web3familia | Welcome to the Variable Collective x Web3Familia builders residency, a beacon for intellectual exchange and artistic expression. We are a hub for diverse communities, builders, and creators to come together at the intersections of technology, art & culture. As part of the highly anticipated week during Messari Mainnet and ETHGlobal Hackathon in New York, we are delighted to present a lineup of exclusive engagements that will propel your professional journey in tech to new heights. | Hacker House | Unlock by registering | free | https://lu.ma/VC-W3F-NYC23 | | Thursday, September 21 | Ignite the Future: New York | Sparx Labs & Banyan Collective | This interactive event is for web2 professionals, web3 builders, AI fanatics, regens, entrepreneurs, investors, and those with an insatiable curiosity for the future. We aim to inspire and support builders of all backgrounds to explore their own journey in web3. | Summit | Mastercard NYC Tech Hub | free for general admission VIP tickets available | https://lu.ma/IgniteTheFuture-NewYork2023 | | Thursday, September 21 6:30pm-9pm | Write a ZK Circuit in 30min: Primer for ETHGlobal NYC Hackathon | Axiom | Axiom is a sponsor for the ETHGlobal NYC hackathon this year and we are hosting a pre-hackathon primer. If you’re participating in the hackathon and interested in learning more about ZK integrated smart contract applications come by!
Doing a live coding example of writing ZK circuits and integrate it into an app.
Bring your Laptop! After our demonstration, you'll get the chance to dive in and start to write ZK circuits of your own. If you’re still on the fence, we will have plenty of pizza 🍕 | Workshop | tbd | free | https://lu.ma/axiomethnyc | | Wednesday, September 20, 3:30pm-8pm | NPC Day | ERC6551 - Future Primitive - Benny Giang | NPC Day is an intimate gathering of the best minds building on the edge of internet culture. We explore current paradigms of being online, offline, and on-chain with speakers who have done critical work in defining the Blockchain, AI, and digital artifact space to discuss speculative visions of the future. CULTURE — approaches to digital identity & networked society; its evolution, maintenance, growth over time. APPLICATION — explorations, demos, use cases of NPCs in the world as pseudonymous identities, fully autonomous agents, or something new altogether. THEORY — what defines a networked society? what value does abstraction play in the evolution of the digital identity? Where have we come from? Where will we go next? | Meet up/Talks | Get on the list to see location: https://partiful.com/e/sEZdyAoor2KxsZIhdZAo?rsvp=true | free | https://partiful.com/e/sEZdyAoor2KxsZIhdZAo | | Thursday, September 21, 11am - 3pm | STARKNewYork Conference 2023 | Starkware, Topology, Starknet U.S. | Introducing STARKNewYork 2023, organized by StarkWare, Topology, and Starknet U.S., happening during ETHGlobal New York Week. Join us and dive into the vibrant Starknet U.S. community at STARKNewYork Conference 2023. Engage in discussions and exchange ideas with fellow Starknet innovators. | Summit & Workshops | https://maps.app.goo.gl/YtRMkFUNN9PCRCZa7 | free | https://www.eventbrite.com/e/starknewyork-conference-2023-tickets-687317002657 | | Friday, September 22, 7am-9am | AM Run & Workout with Bankless | Bankless | Join us for an early morning Run & Workout! Be prepared to run ~6km (3.7 miles), and do a few tabatas (bodyweight movements) along the way. 07:30am we start the Run, don't be late. Exact start... | Activity | tba | free | https://cryptoevents.xyz/NYCFallEvents/Am-Run-Workout-w-Bankless-VC | | Friday, September 22 | ReggaETHon | web3familia, HERDAO Latam | Familia, join us to close out the week at Mainnet and kick off ETHGlobal New York with a celebration. We invite founders, developers, investors, and friends to come, mingle, and enjoy some drinks at a beautiful venue — a staple of NYC with an amazing rooftop.
No bear market vibes here and the only vibes you'll get will be a lot of reggaETHon and Bad Bunny vibes! | Party | Register to unlock address | Free for Early Birds | https://lu.ma/W3FReggaETHon |