The Devconnect 2023 conference will be held in Istanbul from November 13th to 19th. Devconnect is a week-long gathering of independent Ethereum events designed to learn, share, and advance together. Devconnect events are a place where you can dive into hot topics in Ethereum and collaborate face-to-face on the problems you're currently trying to solve.
Taiko is a second-layer expansion solution for Ethereum based on ZK-Rollup. It is building the world's first Based ZK-Rollup (Based Type 1 zkEVM) that is equivalent to Ethereum in order to be technically and ideologically compatible with Ethereum to the greatest extent possible. Square. Taiko's multi-proof protocol and permissionless design maximizes decentralization and security, while supporting reuse of all Ethereum tools and code ensures the smoothest development experience.
The Taiko team will attend the "Devconnect · Istanbul" event and participate in more than 24 offline activities in various forms within 6 days (November 13-18), involving partners including but not limited to: Ethereum Foundation, Lido , EigenLayer, StarkWare, zkSync, RISC 0, IOSG, etc. Among them, Taiko was invited to participate in roundtable discussions, workshops, keynote speeches, etc. in multiple events.
In this article, we will expand in detail the series of activities of the Taiko team in "Devconnect · Istanbul", select and highlight the wonderful moments that cannot be missed in each link, and ensure that you seize every opportunity for cooperation and communication.
Taiko Recommended Activities
【ZK HACK】
Date: November 10th - November 12th
Highlight: Sponsored by Taiko
【zkEVM Panel at zkDay】
Sponsor: Manta Network
Guests: Taiko co-founder and CTO Brecht Devos, zkSync co-founder and CEO Alex Gluchowski, Redstonr Oracles founder Jakub Wojciechowski, HER DAO founder Tracey Bowen
Time: November 13, 13:00-19:00
Location: Intercontinental Istanbul
Highlights:
・14:30 Taiko Lianchuang and CTO Brecht Devos and other Lianchuang’s zkEVM theme symposium
Registration link: https://lu.ma/zkDayIstanbul
【HER DAO activity Build Hour】
Sponsor: HER DAO
Time: November 13, 17:00 - 22:00
Location: Exact location will be sent to registered and approved guests
Highlights:
・18:20 - 18:40, Taiko’s zero-knowledge engineer and product manager Cecilia’s keynote speech: A Deep Dive in Proof Continuation and Chunking Scheme
Registration link: https://lu.ma/buildhouristanbul
【ZK Community Meetup Istanbul】
Sponsor: Cryptomeria Capital
Guests: Taiko Zero Knowledge Engineer Director Mamy, Mina Business Development Director Phill Kelly, Aztec Software Engineer Adam Domurad, Kroma (TBC)
Time: November 13, 17:30 - 22:00
Location: Naz City Hotel Taksim
Highlights:
・18:30-19:00 Taiko Zero-Knowledge Engineer Director Mamy and other executives’ zkEVM symposium "Harnessing the Power of ZKPs: A Deep Dive" (a forum where experts uncover the complexity of zero-knowledge proofs and explore their potential Symposium on practical application value)
Registration link: https://lu.ma/zk_istanbul
【Staking Gathering】
Sponsor: EthStaker
Sponsors: SafeStake, Lido, EigenLayer, RocketPool, Sigmaprime, Taiko, Ether.fi , StakeWise, Diva, Nimbus
Time: November 13th - November 14th
Location: Hilton Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey
Highlights:
・On the 13th at 14:05 pm, Taiko Zero Knowledge Engineer Director Mamy gave a keynote speech: How restaking improves based rollup UX
Registration link: https://ethstaker.cc/events/staking-gathering-2023
【Old Friends Reunion Istanbul】
Sponsor: IOSG
Time: November 14, 9:00 - 18:00
Location: Ciragan Palace Kempinski, stanbul
Highlights:
・11:40 Daniel Wang, co-founder and CEO of Taiko, will participate in the theme forum of "Redefining on-chain games through RaaS"
Registration link: https://lu.ma/OFR_Istanbul
【Abstract Istanbul】
Sponsor: StarkWare, argent, zkSync, Clave
Time: November 14, 10:10 - 11:00
Location: The St. Regis Istanbul
Highlights:
・10:10 Taiko Developer Relations Engineer Keng will participate in the theme panel discussion of "Discussing Network Account Abstraction"
Registration link: https://www.abstract.live/
【EVM Summit 0 Istanbul】
Sponsor: Ipsilon Team
Time: November 14, 10:00 - 18:00
Location: Istanbul Congress Center
Highlights:
・10:30 - 11:15 Taiko Zero Knowledge Engineer Director Mamy will participate in the theme forum "Discussing the past, present and future of zkEVM"
Registration link: https://evmsummit.org/
【Builders Day】
Organizer: Polyhedra, Linea, Aspecta
Guests: Dave, Head of Developer Relations Engineer at Taiko, Declan Fox, Product Lead at Linea, Kenny, Co-Founder of Manta
Time: November 14, 12:30 - 18:30
Location: Exact location will be sent to registered and approved guests
Highlights:
・13:00 - 13:45 Dave, Taiko’s Head of Developer Relations Engineer, will participate in the theme panel discussion of "Infrastructure Catalyst"
・14:00 - 14:30 Taiko Developer Relations Engineer Keng’s keynote lecture: Build on Taiko
Registration link: https://lu.ma/8whammxf
【Leap Zero-knowledge!】
Sponsor: Leap Studio
Guests: Daniel Wang, co-founder and CEO of Taiko, Tiago Pratas, head of Ankr DeFi, Jakov, head of Lido DeFi, Artemiy Parshakov, P2P product director, Matthias Ang, core team member of SSV Network
Time: November 14, 14:00 - 18:00
Location: W Istanbul (Studio 3)
Highlights:
・15:45 - 16:15 Daniel Wang, co-founder and CEO of Taiko, will participate in the theme forum "LSDFi Panel: How does liquidity staking transform DeFi?"
Registration link: https://lu.ma/leapzk
【L2 Days】
Sponsor: L2 Beat
Time: November 14, 10:00 - 17:30
Location: Istanbul Lutfi Kirdar International Convention & Exhibition Center
Highlights:
・12:10 - 12:30 Taiko protocol developer Daniel Keszey will deliver a keynote speech: Funds are SAF(U)
・17:00 - 18:00 Taiko co-founder and CTO Brecht Devos will participate in a themed symposium focusing on the differences of zkEVM
Registration link: https://l2days.xyz/
【Nethermind Summit】
Organizer: Nethermind
Time: November 15, 9:00 - 19:00
Location: Workington Lotus Nianta
Highlights:
・10:25 Taiko Developer Relations Manager Keng will participate in the topic panel: Rollups design—From off-chain to on-chain
Registration link: https://www.nethermind.io/nethermind-summit-istanbul
【ZK Accelerate】
Organizer: Ingonyama
Guests: Mamy, director of zero-knowledge engineering at Taiko, Andrija Novakovic, cryptography researcher at Geometry, Alisa Cherniaeva, director of NIL foundation research team, Diego Kingston, director of Lambda Class research team
Time: November 15, 9:00 - 18:00
Location: Swisstel The Bosphorus Istanbul
Highlights:
・09:30 - 09:50 Taiko Zero Knowledge Engineer Director Mamy will deliver a keynote speech: Standardizing zkEVM acceleration API
・13:30 - 14:00 Taiko Zero Knowledge Engineer Director Mamy will participate in the theme forum of "New Frontiers of ZK Research"
Registration link: https://lu.ma/8veuj6sl
【GrowthCon】
Sponsor: ZetaChain, W3W, Sending Labs
Guests: Relevant persons in charge of Taiko, Polygon, Mantle, Linea, Avalanche and ZetaChain
Time: November 15, 11:00 - 18:00
Location: HAN Spaces Piyalepaa
Highlights:
・12:00 - 12:45 Taiko Partner Director Joaquin Mendes will host a panel discussion on the theme of "Unblock the Chains".
Registration link: https://lu.ma/devconnect-growthcon
【Epic ETH Infra Day Istanbul】
Sponsor: Epic Web3
Guests: Brecht Devos, co-creator and CTO of Taiko, Nebojsa Urosevic, co-creator and senior vice president of R&D at Tenderly, Dmitry Zhelezov, co-creator of Subsquid, Anton Bukov, founder of Tinch
Time: November 15, 12:00 - 22:00
Location: Kolektif House Maslak
Highlights:
・13:50 - 14:20 Dave, Taiko Developer Relations Engineer Lead, will deliver a keynote speech: Horizontal scaling for L2s
・18:00 - 19:00 Taiko Co-founder and CTO Brecht Devos will participate in the theme symposium "ETH Infrastructure: Innovation, Challenges and Solutions"
Registration link: https://lu.ma/ethdayistanbul
【Crypto Kitchen】
Sponsor: Fusion Labs, zkPass
Guests: MetaMask developer evangelist Mirko Garozzo, Starknet developer relations engineer Gnana Lakshmi, Taiko developer relations engineer lead Dave, Lita Foundation chief engineer Chewy, HyperOracle co-founder Kartin
Time: November 15, 10:30 - 21:30
Highlights:
・16:00 - 17:00 Dave, Taiko’s Head of Developer Relations Engineer, will participate in a panel discussion on "How to Guide the Next Generation Developer Community into the ZK Project"
・17:00 - 19:30 Cooking show time, Taiko Ecology Director Joaquin will attend this event
Registration link: https://lu.ma/CryptoKitchen-ZKday
【AntAlpha hacker house】
Date: November 15th - November 17th
Location: TBC
Highlights:
・On the 15th, from 19:30 to 20:00, Taiko zero-knowledge engineer and product manager Cecilia will conduct a workshop
Registration link: TBC
【L3 Summit Istanbul】
Sponsor: zkLink, Ploygon Labs, Teddy, Marco
Time: November 16
Location: Nippon Hotel, stanbul
Highlights:
・14:00 Kakarot, zkLink, Taiko and zkSync theme panel: L3 Solutions - Are They The Future?
・14:45 Keynote speech by Dave, Taiko Developer Relations Engineer Lead: Deploying L3s with Taiko』s open source stack
Registration link: https://lu.ma/L3Summit-Istanbul
【RaaS DAY】
Organizer: Lumoz
Guests: Taiko, Celestia, Linea, NGC
Time: November 16, 14:00 - 19:00
Location: Grand Hyatt Istanbul
Highlights:
・16:05 - 16:45 Cecilia, Taiko’s zero-knowledge engineer and product manager, will participate in the theme forum "Rollup Solution Comparison and Future Development Prospects"
Registration link: https://lu.ma/4l9flkd5
【Programmable Cryptography Conference】
Sponsor: ProgCrypto
Time: November 16th - November 17th
Location: TBC
Highlights:
・13:30 - 14:00 Taiko zero-knowledge engineer and product manager Cecilia topic sharing
Registration link: https://progcrypto.org/
【Open Data Gn】
Sponsor: Kyve
Guests: Taiko protocol developers Dani and Linea, Scroll senior protocol researcher Mo Jahanar, Polygon ID product vice president Sebastian Rodriguez, Evmos
Time: November 17, 10:00 - 18:00
Location: Feriye, Beikta, Istanbul
Highlights:
・14:30 - 15:05 Taiko (TBC) will participate in a panel discussion on "How to process data in L2"
Registration link: https://lu.ma/opendataday
【AltLayer Rollup Frontier Day】
Sponsor: Altlayer
Guests: Nicholas Liochon, head of research and development at Consensys, Ismail Hishon, founder and CEO of Lagrange Labs, Brecht Devos, co-founder and CTO of Taiko, Sandy Peng, co-founder of Scroll, Brian Retford, co-founder and CTO of RiscZero
Time: November 17, 13:00 - 19:00
Location: InterContinental Istanbul
Highlights:
・14:45 - 15:15, Taiko co-founder and CTO Brecht Devos will participate in a symposium on ZK
Registration link: https://lu.ma/rollupfrontierday
【Jessie's Hacker House】
Date: November 18, 9:00 - 16:00
Highlights: Taiko team members will be present at the event
Registration link: https://twitter.com/wehack247/status/1707440072445067379
