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49 stories from lu.ma have been shared on Kiwi News since 4 September 2023, with 122 upvotes and 10 comments in total. The latest was shared on 19 August 2025. They are listed below, most upvoted first.
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- Kiwis in Bangkok
Kiwi Events ran a past meetup in Bangkok, Thailand, for Kiwis and crypto friends, hosted by Mac Budkowski. The event was billed as a cozy but open gathering for people who value crypto OG values over trading memecoins. The listing says 37 people went and that the event was featured in Devcon. The exact address was shared only after registration, and the page links to Kiwi documentation.
- Farcaster x Kiwi News meetup in Berlin today
- Kiwi ETHWarsaw Tapas Meetup @ 6.09
The ETHWarsaw Tapas Meetup is an informal, open gathering for people interested in Kiwi, Lens and crypto, hosted by Mac Budkowski and tim daubenschütz. The event describes itself as suited to people who value crypto's original ideals more than trading memecoins. It will be held at Sobremesa Tapas Bar in Warsaw, and the first 10 attendees will receive a free Kiwi Pass and be personally onboarded by the Kiwi founders.
- Kiwi events calendar
- Open Internet Club/Berlin #1
Open Internet Club Berlin held its first session, "Back to School! The Mini App Lab," to teach attendees how to build mini apps without writing code and to start turning their ideas for the Open Internet into reality. According to the agenda, hellno.eth gives an 11:00 insight session on building mini apps without coding knowledge. Attendees then break into groups from 11:20 to brainstorm mini app ideas and present them as prompts, followed by a return to building at 12:00. The event opens with breakfast at 10:30. The club is described as a local community, powered by Gnosis and run by its members.
- Kiwi Meetup @ Devconnect
- Kiwi Community Call
- Kiwi Open Community Call @ 27/11
- Kiwi News Open Office, 2023-10-11 (next Wed)
- Crypto Security 101 - Workshop by Revoke x Octant
A crypto security workshop hosted by Revoke.cash in partnership with Octant is being offered as a hands-on, one-hour session covering basics through best practices. The event is hosted by Mashal Waqar, Nico Gallardo and Rosco Kalis, and the organizers say scams are getting smarter, even for experienced crypto users. A "Dragons' Den" quiz testing Crypto Security 101 knowledge is planned for the following week in Octant's Discord, with $GLM prizes.
- Kiwi Community Call @ 16/10
- Kiwi Open Community Call @ 04/12
- Full Circles IV - Circles' 4th birthday party
Circles is holding Full Circles IV, a fourth-birthday celebration in Berlin marking four years since the Circles V1 deployment, with a first look at Circles V2. The event will feature talks from the people behind Circles about the journey from launching V1 to building V2. It is aimed at both the original Circles community from 2020 and the newer Circles developer community, with food, drinks and discussion, and attendance is by RSVP because space is limited.
- Kiwi Community Call @ 11/09
- Berlin Blockchain Week · Events Calendar
- The Network State Conference: Amsterdam, Oct 30 2023
The Network State Conference is a one-day event in Amsterdam on October 30, 2023, for people interested in founding, funding, and finding new communities, with topics including startup societies, network states, digital nomadism, and competitive government. The schedule lists speakers such as Vitalik Buterin presenting Zuzalu, Glenn Greenwald presenting Rumble, Garry Tan presenting YCombinator, and Anatoly Yakovenko presenting Solana Labs. The event is held at TAETS Art and Event Park in Zaandam, and it is streamed on YouTube and Twitter for remote attendees.
- Dappnode Running Club - Berlin Edition
This is an invitation to a casual, community-driven morning run in Berlin during Blockchain Week, open to all levels and organized by Dappnode. The run is scheduled for Tuesday, June 17, from 8:00 to 9:00 AM (GMT+2), starting at the East Side Gallery of the Berlin Wall. Listed perks include a scenic run at a relaxed pace and free Dappnode swag for early birds.
- Beeple, World-Changing Crypto Artist
Beeple, real name Mike Winkelmann, is a digital artist who has created and shared a new piece every day for over 16 years, building a portfolio of more than 5,800 unique works. His NFT artwork "Everydays: The First 5000 Days" sold for a record $69.3 million at Christie's in 2021. The article also reports that he opened Beeple Studios, a 50,000-square-foot venue dedicated to celebrating "digital weirdness."
- Kiwi Community Call @ 30/10
- Circles Developer Workshop - PreDevcon Series · Luma
An invite-only, two-day developer workshop on Circles, described as a decentralized trust protocol, is scheduled for November 1-2, 2024 at 3PM CET, with the location disclosed only to invited participants. The workshop covers the Circles SDK and use cases focused on personal and group currencies. Participants get access to a closed invite-based Circles group, Discord and Telegram, direct questions to the Circles team, and a chance to use the CRC token for group mint. The listing presents the workshop as preparation for a bounty award at ETHGlobal Bangkok, held before Devcon.
- Kiwi Community Call @ 23/10
- Kiwi Community Call @ 09/10
- Devcon events on Luma
Luma lists community-run side events for Devcon 8 in Mumbai, India, held November 3-6, and the page states these events are managed by the community rather than the Ethereum Foundation. The listings cover topics including DeFi security, onchain legal and regulatory compliance, AI and news, liquidity, and Ethereum standards. Named hosts include Monad Foundation, NEAR Foundation, Zcash, QuillAudits, and Kleros, alongside several smaller organizers. Venues include Jio World Convention Centre and Courtyard by Marriott Mumbai International Airport.
- Kiwi Community Call @ 25/09
- Kiwi Writing Contest & Community Call @ 04/09
- Crypto Fundraising 101 with Orange DAO
Orange DAO is hosting a workshop and Q&A called Crypto Fundraising 101 to help early-stage crypto founders raise capital for their projects. The session covers the crypto fundraising landscape, preparing a project for fundraising, crafting a pitch deck and narrative, identifying and connecting with potential investors, and leveraging a network and community for support. Attendees must register to join the event.
- Memecoin hackathon by Variant
Variant is hosting a memecoin hackathon in New York, inviting participants to build memecoin ideas and meme infrastructure. Listed project areas include new memecoins, especially those aiming for a positive-sum impact on the broader ecosystem, liquidity layers such as Telegram bots and DEXs, applications using memecoins as a go-to-market strategy, and social and discovery experiences. Registration is currently closed, and the exact location is shown only to registered users.
- Build Better Together: 4844
An event called "Build Better Together: 4844" invites people to celebrate the upcoming Dencun release of the Ethereum ecosystem, which features EIP-4844. The announcement describes EIP-4844 as a testament to community collaboration and the result of developers playing a positive-sum game of improving technology for all. Registration is through an unlonely.app channel for the Superchain ecosystem, and the page frames the event as "Blob season."
- Kiwi News Open Office on 2023-10-18
- Funding the Commons Forum: Berlin 2025
Funding the Commons is hosting Infrastructures of Resilience, a two-day forum in Berlin on June 10–11 that brings together technologists, researchers, artists and organizers to explore how public digital and non-digital systems can be designed, governed and sustained by the communities that use them. The program includes lightning talks, roundtables and workshops co-curated with partners including Web3PrivacyNow, DWeb and Breadchain Cooperative, plus an art exhibition and The Commons Library, a shared bookshelf. Free and discounted tickets are offered to nonprofits, NGOs and community organizers, and the code BUILDER50 gives developers, researchers and artists 50% off.
- Network State Conference: Singapore Oct 3, 2025
The Network State Conference, held October 3, 2025, at the Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre in Singapore, is a one-day event on founding, funding and finding new communities, with topics including startup societies, network states, digital nomadism and internet-first institutions. The listed speakers include Vitalik Buterin, Bryan Johnson, Amjad Masad, Brian Armstrong, Ben Horowitz, Arthur Hayes and Andrew Huberman. In-person tickets cost $99, remote attendance is free, and the event will be streamed on nspodcast and balajis.
- Founder Sprint: The 100-Hour Vibathon
Starkware and the Starknet Foundation are running Founder Sprint, a 100-hour vibathon in which participants use AI-powered tools to build a working product that includes Cairo. The event runs from Monday, June 23 at 00:00 UTC to submissions due Thursday, June 26 at 23:59 UTC, with winners announced Monday, June 30. The prize pool totals $4,200, with $2,000 for first place, $1,000 for second, $500 for third, and $700 for Best Vibe. Judging weights product-market fit at 40%, originality at 30%, and product completeness and demo quality at 25%.
- “SOFT MUTATIONS” Opening Party: by Artverse, Objkt.one and Blueshift Gallery
The "SOFT MUTATIONS" exhibition, a collaboration between Artverse Gallery, Objkt.one and Blueshift Gallery, runs at Artverse Paris from November 29 to December 14, 2024, with an opening party on November 28 from 6pm to 9pm. The show brings together 10 international artists, including Alfacenttauri, Connie Bakshi and Sam Clover, to explore slow, shared transformations between human and non-human beings as an alternative to an anthropocentric vision of the future. Supported by The Giving Block, a portion of sales proceeds will go to the Wildlife Conservation Society, and the organizers say they calculated the exhibition's carbon footprint and implemented energy-saving measures.
- Poetry Reading - Ana Maria Caballero at Paris Photo
- Funding the Commons & Earth Commons: Bangkok 2024
Funding the Commons, in partnership with Earth Commons, will hold its eleventh conference in Bangkok on November 8-9, 2024, covering public goods funding, digital innovation, and environmental stewardship. The program includes impact evaluation for digital public goods, local commons approaches in Southeast Asia, and a Hackathon Demo Hour on November 9 from 16:00 to 17:00 showcasing outcomes from the Chiang Mai Builder Residency and Hackathon. The event is designed to be interactive and hands-on with workshops and an unconference space, and includes a lineup of speakers such as Michel Bauwens of the P2P Foundation and Kevin Owocki of Gitcoin. Scholarships are offered, with priority given to actively enrolled students who email contact@fundingthecommons.io.
- libp2p Day @ Bangkok 2024
libp2p Day in Bangkok in 2024 is a gathering of developers, researchers and community members focused on turning solutions and research into a robust peer-to-peer networking library. The event promises talks and workshops from maintainers and experts who use libp2p in production, including a learning workshop for newcomers and advanced sessions on browser-to-browser connectivity, AutoNATv2 and gossipsub improvements. The schedule includes talks by Juan Benet, who gives the libp2p keynote, Csaba Kiraly on libp2p in Ethereum, and Leo Bautista-Gomez on evaluating the Ethereum P2P network for data availability sampling.
- Principled Technology for Enhancing User Agency hosted by Gnosis · Luma
This Luma event page announces a Gnosis-hosted evening at Commons Hub Brussels on principled technology for user agency, with a 15:00 kick-off and a 20:00 wrap-up. The agenda includes a talk on bootstrapping liquidity for Community Circles using Gnosis Chain staking rewards, a talk by Gnosis Labs on AI agents on Gnosis Chain, and the launch of the Shutterized Gnosis Chain mainnet, which the page says uses Shutter encrypted mempools to protect against malicious MEV and censorship. Attendance is limited to people holding an event ticket or a Regen Village wristband, and the page includes a sandwiches and networking break at 19:00.
- The Work of Art in the Age of Immutable Cryptography - hosted by Aura · Luma
An event hosted by Aura and Luma, titled The Work of Art in the Age of Immutable Cryptography, states that cryptoart did not begin or end with the NFT and asks how persistent, autonomous cryptographic objects could serve as art supplies. Its framing questions also ask how such artworks might resist or embrace financialization, and whether the chain itself is a more expressive medium than the NFT or smart contract. The agenda lists talks by Achilleas, Alexander Mangel, Sam Hart, Simon Denny, MP, Henry Vanderspuy, Stina, Sarah Friend and Joan Heenskerk, closing with a panel of Stina, Billy and Joan moderated by Achilleas.
- Funding the Commons: Tokyo 2024 · Luma
This is an event page for Funding the Commons Tokyo 2024, the 10th conference in the series, planned for summer 2024 and co-hosted with DeSci Tokyo at the United Nations University Center in Shibuya. The two-day program, curated with DeSci Tokyo and Plurality Tokyo, covers new ways to fund public goods, with themes including AI alignment, population decline and open source culture. Listed speakers include Audrey Tang, Glen Weyl, Aya Miyaguchi, Ryota Kanai and Cheeky Gorilla. Ethereum EDCON Tokyo begins the day after the conference.
- EthCC Sybil Soirée - Hosted by Passport, Guild & RefractionDAO · Luma
This is an event listing for a Sybil Soirée on Tuesday, July 9th, during EthCC, hosted by Passport XYZ, Guild.xyz and RefractionDAO. The party is a masquerade ball with drinks, masks provided, and no planned presentations, taking place across the venue's full three levels. Sponsors named include CryptoSapiens, Ontology, Cheqd and Verax, along with others.
- Network State Conference: Singapore
The Network State Conference 2024 is scheduled for September 22 at the Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre, held right after Token2049 and Solana Breakpoint. The event covers startup societies, network states, digital nomadism, competitive government, and internet-first institutions, with speakers including Naval, Vitalik, Bryan Johnson, Brian Armstrong, Niall Ferguson, and Ayaan Hirsi Ali. In-person tickets cost $99, remote attendance is free, and the event is livestreamed on YouTube and X.
- Dappnode Running Club x #rundao: Brussels Landmarks · Luma
This Luma event page announces a Dappnode Running Club run with #rundao, scheduled as a tourist loop around central Brussels on the second day of ETHCC. The route passes landmarks including the Royal Park, Mont des Arts, the Grand Place / Grote Markt, the Stock Market and the Royal Palace, and finishes at the gate of the Royal Park. The loop is described as around 5.5 to 6 km and taking 35 to 45 minutes, with the meeting point at Place de la Nation in Brussels.
- The Art of Protocols by Outland Magazine · Luma
The Art of Protocols, a联 Outland Magazine and Luma event, is a series of conversations on how building new software infrastructures, or intervening in existing ones, can be a critical, creative gesture. The schedule runs from 9:30 to 13:30 and opens with a keynote by Maria Paula Fernandez, Growth Director at Avara Companies, on what "onchain art" means. Panels cover conceptual art on Ethereum, with Malte Rauch, Nahiko, Operator and Olivier Sarrouy, and Ordinals as creative interventions, with Brian Laughlan, Theo Goodman and Bitgod21, while sssluke, Artistic Director at GrailersDAO, gives a keynote on curating Ordinals.
- Vernissage: Damjanski "Magenta Elephants" ·
OFFICE IMPART is announcing "Magenta Elephants," a solo exhibition by Damjanski, with an opening on 7 June 2024 from 6 to 9 pm at its Berlin location on Waldenserstraße. An accompanying text by Charlotte Kent uses Schrödinger's cat and a meme-like image of a taxidermied cat to ask whether an image understood as an idea, a phrase or a picture means more, does more, or shows more than another. The announcement does not describe the works themselves.
- SWIM with WorkoutDAO (I organize it)
WorkoutDAO is hosting a group swim at Sommerbad Kreuzberg in Berlin, after moving from the Schwimm und Sprunghalle Europasportpark as announced on May 20, 2024. The organizer, Tim, recommends that participants can at least swim freestyle in a 25m or 50m pool. Attendees should arrive before 10:15 AM, bring ID or a passport, a padlock, swimming goggles and proper swimwear, and pay a $3 entrance fee.
- Farcaster Berlin Cozy Corner
This is a listing for a past Farcaster meetup in Berlin, Germany, hosted by david furlong and hellno at Holzmarkt 25 at Holzmarktstraße 25, 10243 Berlin. The event was a sunset drinks gathering for fellow Farcaster users held near the dappcon venue. Due to limited capacity, registration prioritized active Farcaster users, and attendees were asked to give an accurate handle. The listing states that 100 people went.
- 'Deploy on Degen' Week
Degen and Syndicate co-hosted 'Deploy on Degen', a one-week virtual program to accelerate developers building on Degen Chain, with grant recipients to be announced on Thursday, April 25th from 11:00am to 12:00pm EST. Degen is giving 10 million $DEGEN in grants, and Syndicate and 1confirmation are each contributing 250,000 $DEGEN, for 500,000 $DEGEN total from those two. New projects and projects that have already deployed to or integrated with Degen Chain can apply. Talks and workshops ran from April 15 to 19, and project submissions were due Sunday, April 21st at 11:59pm EST.
- We ❤️ The Art: Celebration Livestream
Optimism Events presented a virtual livestream celebrating the "We ❤️ the Art" contest, its winners, and the submissions that spoke to the community. It was scheduled for Monday 11 March from 20:00 UTC and hosted by Emmanuel. The event thanked participants for their support and is now listed as a past event.
- IPFS Mainnet: Gathering the Commons
The IPFS ecosystem is moving toward a commons-based model, with many separate companies, foundations and funding partners, and an ETH Denver event invites people to help support and govern large public projects such as the ipfs.io public gateway and the Kubo IPFS node codebase. Adin Schmahmann of IPFS Shipyard, an IPFS Core Maintainer, is scheduled to present on Shipyard's "New Chapter" and other initiatives. A facilitated discussion hosted by Boris Mann, Founder of Fission, will follow, covering questions such as what a "mainnet" means, who will support running ipfs.io, and what the takedown rules for the main gateway should be. Attendees must join a waitlist and write a custom message to be accepted.