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Waterloo Blockchain
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Waterloo Blockchain
@wlooblockchain
University of Waterloo is home to the biggest founders in crypto, including Vitalik from Ethereum and Liam from Tempo & Optimism. Who’s next? Get involved.
- Every 30 seconds, we interviewed a student getting feedback about Coinbase’s products. Every 1 minute, a student installed the Coinbase app & setup their Coinbase Wallet. Every 12 minutes, a student completed the full onboarding process and made their first onchain
- Swap on @JupiterExchange, get bubble tea!🧋 Every 45 seconds we had a student setup their Solana wallet on @phantom and complete their first onchain swap into USDC using Jupiter! Best part about this? Students who were amazed by how fast & cheap it is to send money
- Learn how to deploy a smart contract live and the basics of blockchain! 🧑💻 Presented by Kevin Yang, Core Engineer at @NibiruChain, UW Alum 📅 November 16, 2023 🕠 5:30 PM (ET) 📍 E7 1427 (IDEAs Clinic) Free pizzas will be available too! 🍕 Register in the link in the bio!
- Had a blast learning while munching on biryanis and samosas with an amazing crowd! Special thanks to everyone who showed up. Big shoutout to @ShanghaiYang, a Waterloo alum and Core Engineer at @NibiruChain, for sharing valuable knowledge about blockchain fundamentals!
- Join us for an insightful workshop on Ethereum scalability solutions with @dghelm from @Scroll_ZKP! 🗓️ Friday, June 30, 2023, 5-6 PM (ET) 📍 E7 1427 (IDEAs Clinic) 🍕 Free pizzas and merch will be provided. Registration link in bio!
- We’re cooking a hacker house filled with cracked students who: - raised $2.5M for their startup, - worked at Jane Street, - are doing protocol level engineering like subsecond blocktimes - working on ZK proofs - generated over $100k in MEV Our thirst for learning is real, and
- We just had 50 students trade on Jupiter Mobile! 🔥 The highlights: 50 students swapped on Jupiter Mobile seamlessly 11 of the 50 students imported an existing Solana wallets (crypto natives growing! 👀) We surprised many students with 69,420 WEN tokens each 💹 Best part?
- 🚀 Waterloo Blockchain x Flare at ETHDenver! We’re partnering with @FlareNetworks to bring an exclusive Hacker House experience to ETHDenver🏆 A space for builders, innovators, and Web3 pioneers to connect, collaborate, and create the future of blockchain. Stay tuned! 👀🔥
- WHO IS FRANK DEGODS? 😹🫵 Our first DormDAO event is happening this Friday! We will host a 40 minute interview followed up by a 20 minute Q & A digitally in our discord server alongside an IRL meetup! 🙏 Join our Discord to tune in at 6pm EST this Friday! LINK TO DISCORD
- 🚨 Waterloo Blockchain X @FlareNetworks : ETHGlobal Prague Hackerhouse 🚨 We’re sending 4–5 top hackers to Prague (May 26–June 2) for a week of Web3 innovation 🌍 🛠 ETHGlobal + ETHPrague 🏠 Free accommodation ✈️ Up to $600 USD for flights 💥 Build, network & explore crypto
- Big win for Waterloo Blockchain at the @FlareNetworks x @googlecloud Verifiable AI Hackathon at Berkeley! 2DeFi by @hitarthkhurana and @0xpane brings TradFi investors into DeFi instantly, securely and effortlessly with AI and Google Cloud TEE. @UWCheritonCS @UWaterlooThe future of crypto x AI
- We deeply apologizes for @0xSolanagirl's misinformed tweet. It was NOT @Hedera who pulled out, and we cannot thank Hedera and @alili912 enough for their unwavering support of our Waterloo Blockchain X BAF hackerhouse. @Hedera has provided us a very generous sponsorship,
- - ALL students were onboarded without a blocker. - ALL students liked using Phantom & Jupiter - ALL students would recommend Jupiter Exchange to their friends!! more feedback -> better ux -> more students get onboard. we're here to onboard the next 10,000 students onchain.
Swap on @JupiterExchange, get bubble tea!🧋 Every 45 seconds we had a student setup their Solana wallet on @phantom and complete their first onchain swap into USDC using Jupiter! Best part about this? Students who were amazed by how fast & cheap it is to send money
