Ethereum’s growth is a result of the diversity in human participation, which creates resilience within the ecosystem. The Devconnect Scholars Program This is a small step that will help create community resilience. The Ethereum protocol can better serve all people’s coordination needs by ensuring that it is represented across demographics, geography and age groups. Better representation, such as a better geographical distribution of Ethereum Nodes, not only helps the security of the blockchain but also enriches our community.
The Scholars Program attracted 22 builders to Devconnect Istanbul from communities currently underrepresented on Ethereum. This post highlights some of the Scholars, and their stories.
Meet the Scholars
Meet Ovia. She is a blockchain researcher and PhD candidate who has studied Proof-of-Work Blockchains. She is an active member of India’s Web3 communities, primarily by giving workshops and helping to empower non-binary and female individuals at the Phoenix Guild. Ovia says she came away from Devconnect full of ideas and collaborations that will help her with her ongoing work. work Other than having some “fan-girl” Moments of meeting some her tech-heroes. Here are her key takeaways: “Introduction to ZKVMs and Types of ZKVMs” Here: “Simplified moonmath behind ZKSNARKs.”
Meet Elnaz. She is a Java backend programmer from Iran who has turned into a smart contract developer. Elnaz was banned from her central exchange, along with other people who came from certain countries. She read the Bitcoin whitepapers as well as Ethereum’s. “mind-blowing.” She said that in her community where there is little access to banking and high inflation, it is still necessary to educate people about the negatives of centralized networks, and to onboard them to decentralized ones. work. Her reflection can be found here: “Enabling Low-Cost, Decentralized Micropayments on Ethereum Through Layer 2 Rollups.”
Meet Alphonce. A software engineer from Kenya. He initially became interested in crypto due to speculation but changed his mind when he began participating in open-source projects.source Ethereum can be used to create projects. “powerful platform for fostering financial inclusion and innovation.” He said that he wanted to contribute to Africa’s blockchain ecosystem by bringing the collaborative spirit and knowledge sharing from Devconnect back. You can read his findings by clicking here. “Reflections From DevConnect: Unveiling Opportunities for Financial Inclusivity with Ethereum.”
More Scholars are available to share their stories, learnings, and insights. here.
What’s next?
We hope to improve our community’s representation by working with the efforts that are already underway. Devcon and Devconnect Scholars Expand and enrich the Infinite Garden of Ethereum. Follow to learn about future Scholars Programs. @EFNextBillion.
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Source: blog.ethereum.org
