ETHDenver 2026 is the world’s largest and longest-running Ethereum #BUIDLathon, a cornerstone event in the global Ethereum and Web3 community since its inception in 2018. This community-owned gathering brings together innovators, builders, dreamers, and enthusiasts from six continents to advance decentralization, open finance, governance, and connectivity.
Themed as “New #BUIDL City”—a digital metropolis representing the last bastion of decentralization in the Etherverse—the event fosters collaboration through hackathons, summits, and immersive experiences, empowering participants to shape the future of blockchain technology.
Dates and Location
- Dates: Main event from February 17–21, 2026, with BUIDLWeek and Camp BUIDL kicking off on February 15, 2026, and the SporkDAO Community Mountain Retreat following from February 22–27, 2026.
- Location: Stockyards Event Center, 4850 National Western Dr, Denver, CO 80216, USA—a state-of-the-art venue designed for building, learning, and connecting.
- Format: In-person, with enhanced features like shuttles, subsidized transit, immersive lounges, puzzles, co-working spaces, curated food options, and free/subsidized childcare to ensure accessibility for all participants.
Key Themes
- ETHERSPACE: Exploring the user-owned internet, including apps, tokenomics, NFTs, social media, wallets, identity, and mainstream adoption.
- devtopia: Focusing on infrastructure, scaling solutions, developer tooling, security, zero-knowledge proofs, and research breakthroughs.
- New France Village: Diving into the future of finance with DeFi, TradFi integration, stablecoins, real-world assets (RWA), regulatory compliance, and institutional adoption.
- Futurllama: Highlighting emerging technologies like AI, DePIN (Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks), frontier tech, new primitives, and innovative UI/UX.
- Prosperia: Emphasizing cypherpunk and solarpunk ideals, privacy, public goods, governance, DAOs, community building, and Ethereum for social good.
Speakers include:
- Zak Cole, President, Ethereum Community Foundation
- Caitlin Long, Founder & CEO, Custodia Bank
- Tomasz Stańczak, Co-Executive Director, Ethereum Foundation
- Austin Griffith, Founder, BuidlGuidl
- Hester Peirce, SEC Commissioner
- Ameen Soleimani, CTO, 0xbow.io
- Sreeram Kannan, CEO, Eigen Labs
- Patrick Witt, Executive Director, President’s Council of Advisors for Digital Assets, The White House
- Danny Ryan, Cofounder & President, Etherealize
- Bo Hines, Strategic Advisor for Digital Assets and U.S. Strategy, Tether
- Tung Chan, Commissioner, Colorado Division of Securities
- David Phelps, Co-Founder, JokeRace
- Maria Shen, General Partner, Electric Capital
- Robert Drost, Executive Director & CEO, Eigen Foundation
- Griff Green, Co-founder, Giveth, Unicorn.eth & more!
- Joe Lubin, Co-Founder of Ethereum; Founder and CEO of Consensys
- Hannah Laut, Founder & Advisor, Runway, SporkDAO, ETHDenver
- CupOJoseph, Founder, Nerite
- Dryden Brown, Co-Founder & CEO, Praxis
- Vivek Raman, CEO, Etherealize
- Dani Osorio, Strategy, Sei Labs
- Darren Langely, General Manager, Rocket Pool
- Scott Moore, Co-Founder, Gitcoin, Public Works
- Viktor Bunin, Protocol Specialist, Coinbase
- Joseph Chalom, Co-CEO, SharpLink
- Sam MacPherson, CEO, Phoenix Labs
- Mike Silagadze, CEO, ether.fi
- Elena Sinelnikova, Co-Founder, Metis, ZKM, CryptoChicks
- Matt Wright, CEO and Co-founder, Gaia
- Adam Wozney, Head of Community, Akash Network
- Henri Stern, CEO, Privy
- Jim Hiltner, Co-founder & Head of Business Development, Superstate
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