ENS @ Real World Ethereum Hackathon – ETH Latam 2025 São Paulo

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Intro

Hello everyone (ENS Ecosystem stewards (@slobo.eth, @Limes, or @ don.nie ),

This is my first time submitting a grant request on the ENS DAO forum, so I’d like to kindly ask for guidance to ensure I am posting this in the right category and following the proper process. We are approaching the event date soon, so it feels important to clarify the correct flow early on.

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I noticed there is an available balance for hackathons under the Ecosystem WG (screenshot attached, also visible here: enswallets.xyz), which aligns with this proposal. I also understand the group meets every Thursday at 11am ET (weekly meeting thread), and I’d be glad to present or take feedback live in one of those calls.

With that said, I’d like to formally submit the following application:

Grant Application

ENS @ Real World Ethereum Hackathon – ETH Latam 2025 – São Paulo

Funding Ask

13,000 USD

  • 10,000 USD – Large Tier Sponsorship package
  • 3,000 USD – ENS Bounty allocation

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Overview

We propose ENS DAO’s strategic presence at the Real World Ethereum Hackathon in São Paulo on November 6–7, 2025, co-organized with ETH Samba – past hackathon. The hackathon will bring together 500+ developers, students, and professionals focused on building real-world use cases: stablecoins, payments, RWAs, DeFi, and identity infrastructure.

ENS will directly empower builders to integrate naming and identity into their projects, reinforcing ENS as a core layer of Ethereum usability in emerging markets.

Why Brazil?

Brazil is Latin America’s largest crypto market, with:

  • Active developer communities.
  • Institutional engagement (tokenization pilots).
  • 12,000+ startups in São Paulo alone, with fintech leading the charge.

This hackathon is a strategic moment to position ENS not only as a naming service, but as infrastructure that supports payments, identity, and DeFi adoption in emerging markets.

Deliverables (Large Tier – 10K)

  • 1 Jury Seat
  • 2 Mentor Slots
  • 1 IRL Workshop (1 hour)
  • Unlimited Pre-event Online Workshops (onboarding builders to ENS tooling)
  • ENS Branding across hackathon communications
  • Conference Tickets: 8
  • VIP Access: 4
  • Brand Presence: Medium
  • Promotion in Social Media

+ 3,000 USD Bounty Allocation – prizes for ENS-integrated hacks.

Sponsors of ETH Latam 2025

Confirmed supporters include: Chainlink, Deframe (Pods), Ethereum Foundation, El Dorado, Genesis Chain, OffRamp, Scroll, Worldcoin, Base, Fhenix, Metamask, Arbitrum, Gnosis Pay, with others in final stages.

Milestones

  • Pre-Event ENS Workshops – Oct 2025
  • Hackathon Sponsorship Package Delivery – Nov 6–7, 2025
  • ENS Bounty Allocation – Nov 7, 2025
  • Post-Event Report – Dec 2025

KPIs

  • 10+ ENS-integrated hackathon projects
  • 100+ online workshop participants, 50+ onsite
  • 500 total hackathon builders engaged
  • ENS branding across official ETH Latam & ETH Samba channels
  • Media archive + final report on ENS adoption

Budget Request

Total: 13,000 USD

Team

  • Romina Sejas – ETH Latam Co-founder, Event Lead
  • Solange Gueiros – Hackathon Lead, Developer Advocate at Chainlink Labs, Co-founder ETH Samba
  • Thiago Catarino – Hackathon Sponsorship Lead, Co-founder ETHSamba
  • Patrick Carneiro – Solidity Instructor, Workshop Lead
  • Cassio Chagas – University Relations & Builder Onboarding
  • ETH Samba Collective – Hackathon production & operations

Relevant Links

Closing

We believe this grant is a direct fit for ENS DAO’s Ecosystem mandate and will generate meaningful adoption in Brazil, Latin America’s largest crypto market.

Happy to refine details and receive feedback on whether this is best placed under the Ecosystem WG category or if another track is preferred.

Thank you for your time and for maintaining this forum as a constructive space — I hope this proposal adds to that tradition.

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This grant would be great to improve ENS adoption in Brazil (and LATAM as a whole). I hope that you get it!

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Thanks for sharing this proposal and for putting thought into how ENS could be represented at ETH Latam. We appreciate the initiative and the importance of supporting hackathons in general.

A key to successful hackathons is having ENS experts available on the ground to mentor, run workshops, and support builders directly like we are currently doing at ETHIndia for example.

At this time, the team does not have the capacity to provide that level of support, especially with contributors committed to Devconnect in November.

Given that, we don’t believe we could responsibly commit to this event this year. Thank you again for bringing this forward.

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Thank you for submitting this, I do think this kind of hackathons must be a priority for our community, since building real world applications is one of the weakest point of our ecosystem.

Can you develop if you guys have the infraestructure to allow virtual presence? Meaning someone from the team can maybe join like that and be a judge?

ENS doesn’t have such a complex architecture and we are aware after years of doing hackathons of the kind of projects that get submitted, virtually it should be possible to judge the submissions if provided with a way to do it.

For that reason I’d suggest a tier that doesn’t have mentors and any ticket can be given away as a scholarship.

The reason of my strong support is because last year I went to the Honduras one, and it really shows where funding is really needed and it can be applied in a effective way.

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Thank you both [@slobo.eth] and [@vegayp] for the thoughtful feedback.

I completely understand the concern raised about contributor capacity around Devconnect time. That’s a fair point, and we don’t want to put ENS in a position where the commitment feels stretched or risky.

At the same time, Eduardo’s perspective highlights something very real we’ve also been seeing on the ground in Brazil and across LatAm: builders are hungry to experiment with real-world applications where naming, identity, and usability matter. The opportunity for ENS here is less about being physically present with a large team, and more about meeting this demand in a flexible way.

We fully agree with the idea of enabling online participation — whether that’s virtual judging, online workshops, or pre-event onboarding sessions. From our side, we already have the infra to facilitate this, and can make it seamless for ENS judges or mentors to participate remotely. This would also let us create a package that doesn’t overstretch ENS’s contributor bandwidth, while still ensuring that ENS is represented, visible, and integrated into the builder journey.

We’d love to explore this middle ground:

  • Tailor the sponsorship package so it reflects virtual judging + online workshops rather than heavy in-person mentoring.
  • Allocate the bounty in a way that maximizes ENS adoption in practical projects.
  • Offer flexibility in branding and visibility, so ENS still reaches the builders and ecosystem actors that matter, without additional workload on your side.

I’d be happy to pitch this directly in one of the upcoming Ecosystem WG calls.

One possible path could be a $10k package (7k sponsor + 3k bounty) with all deliverables online – judging, workshops, and pre-event ws presence without requiring on-site bandwidth.

We see this as a win-win: ENS continues to strengthen its position in LatAm hackathons – where identity and real-world adoption are critical – without requiring heavy lifting from the contributor team during a busy Devconnect month.

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts, and very open to shaping this in collaboration.

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Our experience with hackathons has been that the best results come from having folks on the ground helping.

I want to reiterate that we do like to support a wide area of regions and we do have a hackathon in ETHGlobal Buenos Aires in November.

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hey @slobo.eth appreciate the straight reply on bandwidth around Devconnect, totally get it.

what if we keep the ENS team remote-only (online workshop + mentoring) and let us carry the boots-on-ground? we’ll staff Brazilian builders on-site, handle logistics and reporting; your side stays super light: on-line workshop, remote judging and a short online session/AMA (live as @vegayp flagged, virtual judging works fine) – we tried that last year and worked fine.

ETHLatam sponsorship might feel like a stretch, but I’d love you to consider a presence in Brazil rn.

you’ve probably seen Chainalysis’ latest drop: Brazil hit #5 globally, 63% YoY. that’s why ETHLatam is in Brazil rn – not BA – even though most of the team is from Argentina. I’m not asking for a big ticket, just a light presence (with or without onsite). it’s 2 days right before Devconnect and a 3-hour hop to BA, basically a stopover.

it’s a rare shot to feel the region in one go. you’ll see Brazil ≠ rest of LatAm, and with ETHLatam not returning to Brazil next year, this window’s unlikely to repeat.

would $7k (4k ops + 3k bounty) be workable under Ecosystem WG?