Hey Hunter what's going on man how are you?
I'm doing good. How about yourself?
doing pretty good. Is it just going to be you on the mic today? Me and a couple others. I know we have Carlos.
to other students that wanted to talk about Edudal and some of their experiences. Other than that, I think that's it.
All right, cool. Well, do you want to, while we wait for them, do you want to give us a quick background into yourself, your origin story, how you found out about Web 3, what beat your interest, what you're currently doing? I don't know if you're in university, you just graduated and then also give us a high level overview of Edgy Down and jump into things after that. Yeah, absolutely.
So no, I'm not in university at the moment. I did go to university major in economics and that's kind of when I first found out about Bitcoin. I was back in 2015. Pretty hooked.
on the economic side of things, just being in control of your own money, being in control of your own, you know, not just economic status but socioeconomic status, but I felt like Bitcoin gave people the freedom for. So at that point in time,
time. Ethereum started coming out with their ICO. So I got involved in that and then it's kind of been, you know, a roller coaster ever since then. I started working for BitDow, just kind of as a consultant.
I want to say about a year ago, which if you guys don't know what BitDow is, that's kind of the ecosystem that's funding edged out at the moment. So I would definitely go check them out. They have a lot of cool projects going on. And that's what we're a part of.
So Edgy Dows place is kind of to partner with universities. Find people that want to build in crypto. Find people that want to make a difference and just build cool things that are useful for society. And we like to invest in them. So we like to
You know, put on events, get students kind of in the right, right places at the right time in front of the right faces. Those can be, you know, crypto VCs. It can be other students right that are looking to deal cool projects. It can be just other crypto protocols.
We do a lot of brunches and not sort of thing, a lot of networking or career fairs and things of that nature. And then we also put on hackathons for students, gives them an opportunity to win a lot of prize money, gives them an opportunity to show off their prize money.
projects to, you know, kind of bigger, bigger fishes. And like we have one going on right now with some of our universities and go to our Twitter to kind of see the details on that. But yeah, I think that's, I think that's kind of the gist.
Right on. Yeah, so you guys, so you guys are working with how many different universities and which ones? Yeah, so are they currently?
A lot of them are, so I'll say, USC, Cal Berkeley, Harvard, MIT, do some things with Colombia, do some things with Oxford, so overseas in England.
Yeah, just a lot of people like that. So we've kind of done like a first batch of universities and then we're opening up kind of more batches here soon. We're doing them in batches just because we are allocating resources to them. So it's a way for us to kind of analyze markets.
So what we return, you know, we can get for the broader ecosystem and also make sure that we're investing in the right people. But yeah, so if you want to be a part of Edgy Dow, be a part of those resources and things like that, you know, you can
And you can hack in our hackathons. You can also submit proposals as to why you want to be a part of Edgedow. And we review all those and then try to open it up as much as possible so we can give as much resources as we possibly can.
And you said you're helping students at the collegial level by either funding their ventures, your startups, what are some other ways that you guys are assisting and trying to cultivate students learning at the college level?
Yeah. We're definitely trying to assist in just the overall infrastructure. So we have, you know, basically what we call sub-dows, right, for each university where we've kind of...
try to give them a push to create their own hubs. A lot of them will do it themselves because they're trying to cultivate kind of that environment on their own campus. And so we just try to support them as much as we can, whether that's
From a social perspective, right, and kind of bringing awareness to what they're doing. Or like I said, you know, resources or putting on certain events kind of in those areas, right for students. And then.
You know, some other ways are
Basically just trying to connect other students as well. So, you know, they might have some good connections going on locally, but the fact that we're trying to create a bigger ecosystem of university students that are across the world, you know, we have universities such as
Dubu, which is in Shanghai, that are also working with us. And just being able to foster kind of a bigger community that's worldwide instead of kind of local on campus, right, is a thing that we see a lot of value in.
And on the edu.douse side, how many folks are involved in the decision making process?
Do you mean like from like a managerial standpoint? I mean, well, when I read the name edu dau, I'm going to go ahead and assume that you guys are a dau in some shape or form. And in that regard, I would be curious to know how many folks are involved in
in the voting process, decision making process, whether you guys are gonna say yes or no to a Stuart University that wants to onboard, would love to know about how things work on the inside of your organization. - Yes, that's a great question.
So you can think of us as kind of a sub-dial from bit-dial, which is the, you know, bigger ecosystem at large. And so through bit tokens, BIT, that is how people vote on certain proposals. So we just like every other dial when it comes to governance.
to put forth proposals as to how we're going to spend the money and who we're going to spend it on. And so then the community, if you own bit tokens, you are allowed to vote. And that's kind of the governance token. That token itself is kind of
positioning and other things as well. If you're curious about that, take a look at mantle. They're using bit token for gas fees and things like that. But yeah, to answer your question, it comes from bit down and the owners of bit tokens and how they like to allocate their votes.
Yeah, and to be fair, I probably should have. Let's take a step back for people that don't know at a high level. What is Bittow? Yeah, Bittow is exactly that, right? It's basically us, but out of
You know, broader level of fostering kind of economic growth and project growth throughout all of crypto, right? So it's investors from like buy bit, for example, we're like a big investor and a bit down. And it's basically just a big treasury over $2 billion treasury.
Like it's allocated to projects based off of their proposals, right? So we are one of those projects that proposed, you know, creating this university type community and trying to align incentives with the broader bit doubt ecosystem. And so that's that's how we're a part of it.
There's other things apart of it like game seven Which is focus more so on game five type of work I previously mentioned mantle right there modular L2 that's that's building out some scaling solutions for Ethereum So
You know, a lot of projects under bit down. Bit down is just trying to foster growth for all of crypto. So
Got it. Okay. Yeah. So that makes a lot more sense. You guys are basically a sub doubt bit though. And you currently have a hackathon going on. This is why I know this is why one of the main reasons you wanted to come on kind of get some exposure on that. It's going on to Saturday. But
Let me know what I'd love to know, and how you guys organized hackathons, how many students are a part of them, and how long they typically go for, and maybe specifically talk about the one that's currently underway.
Yeah, I can give kind of a brief little intro to it and then maybe I can let Carlos request to speak come up and kind of talk more and depth about the hack upon itself. But usually, you know, we try to incentivize our students with
as much prize money as we can. And then we also try to offer houses that we put up, give them a nice location to hack. In this circumstance, specifically, we've kind of done like a hybrid model where you can hack
You know, at your university and do a hub for that, we'll pay for the food, things like that. But if you can't do that, then you can hack remotely for our hackathon, which has been nice for people to form teams that may not have
have, you know, that connection at their local university. Um, but I can kind of pass the mic over to Carlos and he can talk a little bit more in depth about hackathons, but that's kind of the usual approach is we'll try to set up hacker houses at events that are already
happy means, take ETH Denver for example, just bigger crypto ecosystem events that are happening, then we'll try to set up things where people are going to be. But anyway, I'll pass the decarlos if you want to talk about this hack and the
Yeah, right on I just saw Carlos. Let's see. Let me pull him up. I just saw Carlos request so I'm pulling him up He probably will take a few minutes to buffer and then he'll be ready to go Carlos welcome to the panel sir
Hello guys, are you here me?
Yeah, I'm clear. Cool. Yeah, so yeah, well, the hackathon we're organizing. It's a totally tough at the very nice and we help students to promote their projects and basically chill with their building and we also organized a few
in real life gatherings for those hackers. So, as students were free to gather and get some food and edit out what's the sponsor in those. So, we have hubs hacking in the UK, in China, in
Malaysia and also in the US. And yeah, that's pretty much it. We have sponsors like Mantle, BitDow and Edithow. So it's basically a hackathon from the whole BitDow ecosystem, but Edithow is organizing it.
All right, right on. And is there anything about this specific hackathon that's currently underway that is stood out to you guys?
What do you mean? You guys currently have a hackathon underway, correct? Yes, we are. Right. So is there anything just based on your experience having done this? Is there anything about this specific hack?
that's been different. Yeah, this is a different hackathon. So I've been to many hackathons last year and the way this is different is like we are basically encouraging this
students to gather in one place and have together and then we help them with some expenses like food. I think I've never been through this. Like you can hack remotely or gather with your friends in real life and hack online as well.
This is a special special experience. So, sorry, go ahead. So I was just going to say we have some students that are currently hacking. So if they want to talk about their experience, they're more than welcome. I'm not going to, you know, take over the space.
But I feel like it'd be best from a student perspective kind of what they've thought so far Yeah, well anyone that any if there any students in the in the crowd or in the audience that want to come up they're welcome to
So guys, I mean, I be curious to know when it comes to as you doubt what you guys have envisioned for the future, right? I mean, I've at this point I've interviewed probably three dozen college students between the all the blockchain clubs that we've brought on and I've been pretty impressed with
with just the general baseline knowledge of the industry that a lot of these students have. It reminds me of millennials and the internet and how well-versed millennials were when it came to the internet and just understanding its potential. We'd love to know what you guys have planned going forward, ways that you dial plans
on evolving and getting more and more involved at the collegiate level. Again, I think it's really important education meeting critical catalysts to master adoption to cultivate that within students, Gen Z's, Gen Alpha's, which are going to be the next big wave of adoption, money, and interest that funnels into this industry and pushes it to the next level.
Yeah, yeah, I can talk a little bit about that. And then if you guys don't mind, we can let Dr. Adaku, I think she's requested to speak as well.
So after me if possible that would be awesome because she can kind of share her experience. I know she's been involved for a while now with Oxford. She's been awesome to have a part of everything. But anyway, yeah, in terms of kind of the future.
You know, the main goal is to really just bring as much awareness to crypto as possible. Kind of like what you're saying is on boarding kind of the future generations and to, you know, buying into this vision of, of, you know, just being in control of kind of your financial situation.
being able to be, you know, I would say like borderless, right? And so to do that, obviously we're trying to capture the market of university students because, you know, I don't think it's a prerequisite for you to be successful, right? Going to university in any means, but I think it does
So, it does offer a lot of social impact where you can meet like-minded people around your age that are working on the same things. And I feel like it's kind of been a market that's been overlooked when it comes to building in crypto. And so, just expanding our reach there.
think is going to be super valuable, making it more global than it already is with our universities that we're partnering with. And just really trying to get people as young as possible, right? Interested in crypto, interested in building the things of the future that
We think will be valuable. So really just doing more events, right? Getting the name out there, doing more hackathons, fostering growth within bit down and other ecosystems and trying to bridge those gaps. That's kind of where we see the future going.
but yeah love it love it thank you so much Hunter it was a brilliant breakdown and I know Dr Dr. Adaku I didn't realize you were part of the gang so the mic is yours man welcome hello hello hello I'm from Oxford Blood Chain Society so I want to say thank you for including me here
I just want to give my perspective on edgy dail and things that we've done so far. So I actually started at Oxford as a post grad, now I'm a post doc, but still part of the Oxford Blood Chairs Society because at Oxford's, post doc so now to be part of society. And we have been to ETH
Denver, EFB, UK, and Britain, much more than every single hackathon. What we love about Edgy Dows is opportunity to learn, to get everyone together, to attend these hackathons and really add value to everyone's lives. For example, we've done our in-person portion of the
Edudel Hackathon just last weekend and it was honestly amazing and while what we loved about it was the fact that we was able to learn together in such a nice way like even Edudel just providing food and drinks like it makes such a difference I think we've all experienced different aspects of Edudel at
different hackathons where we get even food drink activities, networking sessions and I'm essentially thinking about our wild being from the onset and it's amazing and what I love about this particular hackathon that's still going on till the 12th of May is that there's opportunities for everyone to get involved and that's how we sort of
pushed this in person event that we did last week is that there's content, values of meme, values like literally everyone can get involved in the best thing about the world of Web 3 is that in reality there's so many areas to it, there's product, there's marketing, there's content. So the fact that hackathons
more and more are identifying this and having boundaries that include all of these aspects I think is amazing. So we did our in-person sessions for about three days and we just literally encourage people to come learn more, speak about different topics on Web 3, we had like team formation, we had ideas
people just to think what ideas we did our own like mental workshops based on the resources that available already and so yeah we're honestly like I feel like it's definitely life-changing I've been involved in web-proof or just in three two years now and I've learned the most since being part of art subliminal
not change society and being able to be involved in these events like that Edudel has enabled that particularly if Denver just under two months ago, I really feel like I learnt the bulk of my new development there because I had more of a web too background.
as a development man. And I always call myself a baby gem. But I think you can learn and learn more and more by literally doing, like learning by doing. And I think that's what Edgy Dow really enables. So I guess one question that came to mind to me was, what's a mean bounty?
Great question. So if everyone checks out the edges of hackathon, it's going to right now you can see a list of the boundaries on one of them is related to means so you can literally make her meme and be involved in the hackathon and I think that's so relevant because we all know that one of the three things in Web 3's, GMGM.
but also there's memes everywhere left right in the center. So I even just love how memes are represented in this hackathon and you can associate it with content bounding, there's a content bound you can do an article or video also in meme. So yeah, I like literally what are there people talk about a Dutch real-life in web3 and I think
for like opportunities like this, literally unable to get involved about being scared of like, oh my god, I didn't know how to code, I didn't actually this. Literally, start of a meme, start with a blog, start with a video, like read and learn, submit something, like learn by doing. And I think that's the way to go for sure.
And I asked this question earlier, but Dr. A-Daku, what has been the most, I guess, differentiating factors or factor factors of this hackathon versus some of the other ones that you might have participated in? Yeah, definitely. So I think that as Carla said,
that obviously the virtual hackplans exist but this concept of having a hub where you can bring people together especially with a university setting really makes a difference because you can encourage one another. It's not to be an imperson but what I love about this one, that only is it still going on till the 12th so that you have
bit more time but also the fact that you're not alone like there's other people you just literally sit down over some pizza talk about some topics think about some ideas and as I mentioned virtual headphones exist but having this concept of having a hub where Edgy Dahlspot some food and drink I don't think I've seen that
before, where something as simple as that really does make a difference, like it's under the rim of Walbeam, so my peach she was actually on Walbeam, so I'm all about Walbeam. So yeah, really like so for example, ours was from, we did our impersonal and from Friday to Sunday and that Friday evening we just sort of like set down, we looked through the boundaries, the
three in general, like how web free has been used for good, different like use cases, just it was quite casual sitting down, getting together, just like that makes a difference, having time to even do that. And then the Saturday and Sunday was more like the, we started hacking on Friday but there was more like a case sit down hack, but still your month of a people and it
really works, like if you're stuck in something, like I was, like some more in mantle for example, and with my other blockchain society members, we were just like going through the quick start together, that really makes difference when you're on your own and doing stuff and if something's not working or a bit confused at one point, you might give up.
you might not, but when you have people around you, it really makes a difference. And as I mentioned, virtual backgrounds exist, physical backgrounds exist, but this gives you sort of like the best of both worlds.
Sorry, I think my mic button bugged out there, but Dr. A based on the students that you spoken to and based on what you've seen, what are some of the protocols and even sectors of the industry that interest builders and students are most. So we've got a wide
I've got in from, I've got gay men, social, web free social, I'm really interested in that in particular but as I said we pretty much won every single group from Oxford, there's one that pretty much every single hackathon we've been to and I think that is testament to Edgy Bell to having the
resources to learn to gather like this isn't just like her one out of one random day in a week sort of thing we literally like Always have resources from edge of doubt opportunity to those these half of those a bit earlier go to like if Denver was there a week before for a bit or week and
So yeah, we are in our societies across the board in for a game in Web 3 social account. I've seen there's a huge one within our society too. So again, that's the interesting thing about putting people together like even me for example, I make music so I do a lot of like the social things
I love to build on music related things, well-being things, and then we've got people that work on games, people that work on ZK, and countless of abstraction, in-friend general. So it's really nice to be around that because again we have these discussions, we just sit down and discuss
We see ways that we could learn together, like on Sunday, part of our impact on Hackathal. We were just sitting down and speaking about the ZK for a little while too. And thinking about the future of that as we were also teaching each other, going through the mental quick start and speaking through everyone's ideas and thinking about how things that exist
this one area can also work in other areas. Again, that's a benefit of gathering together for someone like this. And we're bringing it back to the hackathon that's currently underway. Is it still too late for folks to participate? No, not too late. It's on to the 12th now.
honestly really encourage everyone to get involved because as I said there are meme and bounties, content bounties and obviously there's like for example mental related bounties but I would just honestly learn by doing like go through the quick start and when you're with other people it helps like you can go through these
together. There's video resources, there's telegram group chat. I think just go through it. Like I've learned, well anything I know we're free related, I've learned by doing. So I say go through it, like just do it. Still on to the top, so top of me.
No, I couldn't agree more. I think most people that have made it in this industry or still around have learned most of what they have to offer by doing by learning. Exactly. I want to go ahead if you had some thought to share that. I want to pass the mic to one of my community members, I shall.
after that. I don't know, as I said, I think definitely just go for it, you learn by doing, I think I'm really passionate about like people like entering the space in a way that they feel comfortable. Like as I mentioned, the music came into the concert and they got so few months ago, like web free related, like educated
local artists about work three and I think we need things at least hackathons to break down the barriers where people can enter the meme or the content and then learn more by gathering together within devs non-devs who've got wants to learn more and then it becomes like a positive cycle so I just say go for it.
Right on what I shine I know you've been waiting to to ask dr. A and the gang a question to the mic is yours and then we'll go over to Venice
Yeah, thanks now. So could you please provide information on the sources of funding for Edudau? Is Pittau the sole provider of funding or are there other revenue streams as well?
Yeah, so the way it works is that doubt self has a bunch of funders. I know I mentioned by bit earlier other protocols as well that are involved. You know, it's one of the
labs and other people from the Ethereum community. And then what happens is you request funds from the bit. Treasury right through a governance proposal. And then whether or not it passes right is how those funds get allocated.
And then in terms of Edgy Dow, right, we're trying to invest in student projects and obviously we we hope that you know there's a return on that but it's really more about
just investing in the people themselves and trying to give them a good runway and a platform to be successful. That's kind of the main mission.
I noticed that Adudor was established in collaboration with BitDow. I am curious about the extent of BitDow.
and the author's involvement in promoting and advancing editor and while editor operates as a separate entity or falls under the umbrella of bit
Yeah, so one of the core contributors to bit down was kind of the initial person that thought of this idea, which they've been involved in fostering kind of university crypto research.
related growth for a long time now. They even started a couple of blockchain type clubs at their university, which led to kind of a research arm at Cal Berkeley, for example. And so
It was kind of their original idea and they're like I said one of the core contributors to bit down and so that's Initially where it came from and then the community obviously kind of rallied behind it and thought that you know this would be a good avenue for
just, you know, growth in the crypto space and trying to attack, you know, the university market, which we felt was just kind of underutilized, especially when, you know, as we know, we've all kind of been university students. It's tough to have resources to
building that you want to build and so that's kind of why we decided to step in and try to foster that a little bit more. Got it. Okay, last question for me. I'm curious if there are any plans to
develop an online platform that connects enrolled students with blockchain protocols, which would allow them to take online courses and workshops as well as facilitate blockchain networks to hold online interviews and potentially higher students for providing internships.
Yes. Yeah, this is a great question. So I didn't touch on all these details earlier when we were talking about kind of the future of Edgy Dal, but that is one of them. We are working on just kind of this, you know, educational material.
material side of things that's going to offer resources online for people to come and learn about blockchain, learn how to develop on blockchain, and all that stuff like that. We do kind of collect resumes currently and things like that and we're trying to
build a bigger network that protocols kind of pay for our services, right, to get university students in front of them and to help them with recruiting and networking. So those are all in the works. Those are future plans for us.
and we hope that it will be a big lift, you know, not just for the protocols that are looking to find students like that, but also to the students as well, right, and kind of setting them up with good networking opportunities and getting their work in front of the right people.
Awesome. Thank you. Thank you so much for entering.
Thank you, Aisha. Let's go to Venice.
Okay, thank you Noah. So I was thinking that do you have any plans to establish a network of ambassadors in different parts of the world who can
is it high schools and pre-university institutions to raise awareness about the potential of blockchain technology and encourage students to consider pursuing careers in this field.
Yeah, that's an awesome question. We currently don't have plans for ambassadors or things like that, but that's an awesome idea that I think we can take into consideration and see how that would work out. So I love the idea.
Yeah, I think high school students might need guidance and regarding to choose which field they should pursue as their variant and I think it will be a great initiative.
So now I have another question. Do you have any plans to collaborate with university professors to propose funded project ideas to eligible students along with them, especially funding and resources?
Yeah, we currently do have some of those programs. I mentioned earlier at Cal Berkeley, there's a research arm that where the professors are involved in conducting blockchain and crypto research.
So definitely we want to expand things like that because we think it's just a great collaboration opportunity for a lot of students to work with, you know, professors at their university. But yeah, so we do have one of those currently. Be nice to expand it as well.
Okay, I understand that and what opportunities will be available to hackathon participants beyond the competition itself such as networking events mentorship and potential job or investment opportunities. Yeah, so all those opportunities are on the
table. Like I said, we host a lot of career fairs. We also do them, you know, kind of virtually, you know, through the central land or some other metaverse type thing, where we have people like sushi swab, you know, uni swabs a lot of, you know, zK sync.
Other dials from BITDAL, you know, lots of different protocols that you can kind of meet and agree in network with. And then we also, like I said, do these hackathons right where we have judges from some of those protocols as well.
So they're getting to see your work and you know just see everything in action which we think is you know super beneficial a lot better than just you know kind of sending a traditional resume and hoping that someone sees it. So all those things on the table, investment opportunities,
communities, like I said, we really want to invest in people and give them the resources that they need to build the projects that we think will shape the future. And, you know, however, we do that is kind of our mission and what we're trying to, you know, get better at every day.
Yeah, and I just wanted to add to that because I mentioned it earlier but even as Hunter just mentioned so when we was in Denver, Bogota we had opportunities to have edge of our range, lunch in network sessions like with VCs and protocols
and as you mentioned that's the best way to meet them and to get involved. As a post-ititational web to send the CV we literally want to meet the people who are hiring or funding projects so that's always, that's amazing, it really adds value to us for sure.
Okay, I got it and I completed Shen when we were saying and one last thing I want to know that do you plan to accept applications from quite a
spends deciding in countries other than the host country of the Akatron and will you provide any financial support to our travel expenses such as visa, flight, sending, accommodations as well?
So normally what we do is we set up these sub-dows with partner universities. And for example, with this hackathon, we have universities in Africa, hacking. We have universities in England, in China.
in the US, you know, places like Southeast Asia and Vietnam, Malaysia, and then South America as well. So it's truly like worldwide. And basically what we try to do is coordinate hubs in the
places where we can find and accommodate and pay for hacker houses or assist in hosting some venues to subsidize food and things like that. So it truly is
worldwide and we truly try to try to get as many people as possible. And then in terms of like traveling to other countries for different events, you know, Dr. Document mentioned earlier that, you know, they've been to East Tokyo, they've been to East Bogota, they've been to East Denver, right? And we
try to accommodate all those things and just set people up for success wherever they're traveling to. So that's a big, big part of EdgyDowl and we think it helps out a lot. But in terms of like visas, right?
and things like that. Those are things that people in their own country have to sort out with wherever they're traveling to. So we don't get involved in those legal matters like that, but happy to assist in other places.
Okay, and you guys are really doing great. I think this kind of initiatives are really necessary for bridging the gap between each question institutes and industries and God bless you and thank you so much for watching our questions as well.
Hey guys, sorry so Rahmat and Captain Levi, the Jutail team has to go and I'm gonna wrap things up here, but I really want to thank Hunter, Dr. A Carlos, Venina, for
making this happen. Remember everything you hear on these broadcasts meant for educational purposes only nothing is financial advice guys so be safe out there and we'll see you on the next one soon take care.