- What is EDCON?
- EDCON stands for Community Ethereum Development Conference.
- It’s an annual conference focused on Ethereum development, involving builders, researchers, projects, community leaders, and more. edcon.io
- Previous editions have been held in places like Paris (2017), Toronto, Sydney, San Francisco, Montenegro, and Tokyo.
Better just to watching this PROMO video to understand what is EDCON :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4z_PAuDUsM
- EDCON 2025: When & Where
- Dates: September 16–19, 2025.
- Venue: Congrès Square Grand Green, Osaka, Japan.
- The event is co-hosted by UETH, Osaka Prefecture, and the Osaka Innovation Hub (OIH).
- It coincides with the 2025 World Expo in Osaka, which could amplify reach and exposure.
- Who’s Involved / Speakers
- Big names from Ethereum: Vitalik B. is listed among the speakers.
- Ethereum Foundation leadership (e.g., Adrian Li) also participating.
- Developers, researchers, entrepreneurs, institutional players, and student communities are all targeted.
- There’s a Student Session in collaboration with the Japan Student Web3 Association.
- Why It Matters / Themes
- Regulatory momentum: There is increasing crypto regulation activity in Japan, including from its Financial Services Agency EDCON 2025 is well-placed to discuss compliant infrastructure, stable-coins, and institutional Ethereum adoption.
- Community and education: With student sessions, developer hack sprints, and workshops, EDCON is not just corporate, it’s very much community-driven.
- Real-world & global reach: Tied in with Osaka’s innovation initiatives, and happening during Expo 2025, this gives Ethereum visibility not just to crypto people, but to a broader, international audience.
Developer Focus + Ecosystem Growth: The broad agenda (core protocol, DAOs, privacy, scaling) plus the builder-hack component (Super Demo × WaveHack) suggests it’s not just for show — real development and innovation are expected.
Community-First: The inclusion of student sessions and community-organized workshops shows that the community ethos of EDCON remains strong — it’s not purely corporate.
WiseOne was presenting as a speaker their hackathon winning project and talking about experience meanwhile highlighting projects from ETHTokyo.
Memorable speakers VB: (The Next 5 years in Ethereum Core tech)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfxQzbow_TI
WiseOne / Bitcoin.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRHWh-1dwU0
My favorite talk from Noah J. - Killing with Keyboards – How Your Digital Footprint Can Be Weaponized | EDCON2025
Its a story about social engineering and how non-tech leaders can compromise your team.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZAG9LnsfBg