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## TL;DR

The Builder Protocol Hacker House @ Devconnect Buenos Aires brings together builders, skaters, hackers, and creators in a unique cultural-meets-technical residency. Co-hosted with Gnars DAO, this initiative blends on-chain bounty innovation, skate and art culture, and media storytelling, positioning Builder Protocol as the infrastructure for transparent distribution and long-term partner visibility.

## Participants & Profiles at a Glance

Confirmed co-organisers and creators include:

- **Gnars DAO**  
    - https://www.gnars.com/
    - https://skatehive.app/
- **Builder Protocol** product and tech residents  
    - https://x.com/nounsbuilder
    - https://farcaster.xyz/~/channel/builder
- Local skate/creative collectives (**7Capas / 7CTV Media**)  
    - https://www.instagram.com/7capas/
    - https://7ctv.wtf/
- Global builder community contributors active on **Farcaster** and **Builder Protocol**  

This portfolio combines **long-term aligned builders** with the cultural energy of Argentina’s skate and creative scenes. We are the authentic brand advocates that help you grow your community in Argentina and Latin America **on-chain**.

### Impact at Devconnect

Inspired by our track record at past conferences and our creative potential, we’ve outlined what real life coverage of Devconnect can look like.

![](https://images.hive.blog/DQmX9fxFCJgZazUw7Br4qzcQKhcLB1mNyDRjQTfmnhWL4v5/Captura%20de%20Tela%202025-09-04%20a%CC%80s%2016.57.29.png) 

### Gnars Hackers in Action

Builders, artists, and skaters will be on the ground, capturing key moments and actively contributing to this initiative.

- [Gnars](https://zora.co/@gnars)
- [Gnars Community](https://zora.co/@gnarscommunity)
- [Skateboard - Vlad](https://zora.co/@skatehacker)
- [Willdias](https://zora.co/@willdias)
- [Zimardrp](https://zora.co/@zimardrp)
- [R4topunk](https://zora.co/@r4to)
- [Willywonka](https://zora.co/@nwillywonka)
- [Nogglesboard](https://zora.co/@nogglesboard)
- [Nogenta](https://zora.co/@nogenta)
- [karao7a](https://zora.co/@karao7a)


### Marketing Outcomes

- Increased visibility and engagement within the NFT, skate, and creator communities.
- Real-time documentation of both IRL and URL events, showcasing the vibrancy of the DIY movement.
- Strengthened partnerships with builders, DeFi enthusiasts, and other ecosystem players, highlighting collaborative opportunities.
- Expanded promotion of DeFi platforms through active content creation, token drops, and storytelling around ETH culture.
- Demonstration of enabling novel funding streams ready for the real world and cool enough for skaters to slice them up.

## Confirmed Builders

### willywonka

Serial builder with a focus on product and vibe coding. Former founder and CEO of JustLegal (acq. by DigitalTown) and Bitfract (acq. by ShapeShift). Contributor to Giveth and ATXDAO. Currently part time Head of Decentralization for Fox Foundation (supporting ShapeShift DAO) and co-founder of Nounspace/blank.space.

Planning to hack: **f*ck yes**

#### Socials

- https://github.com/willyogo
- https://github.com/Nounspace
- nounspace.com/s/willywonka.eth
- x.com/willyogo
- https://farcaster.xyz/willywonka.eth
- [Talent profile](https://app.talentprotocol.com/dd22289f-f52d-4fd5-affe-ab3b52b6ffaa) #41


### Vlad

I’ve been building in web3 since 2016, with a focus on decentralized social media and creative communities. My path started at LBRY and Odysee, moved through Hive-based frontends, and now spans Farcaster, Nounspace, Skatehive, and Gnars ⌐◨-◨ 

Alongside building, I’ve worked in exchanges and DeFi protocols (including CoinEx and ShapeShift) as a marketing manager, giving me perspective on both community growth and product adoption at scale.

I’m obsessed with designing social systems where every interaction is a transaction, every influence is rewarded, and creators actually own their content through private keys. My stubbornness is my edge — I’ll figure out how to build anything if it strengthens community infrastructure.

I’ve contributed to tools for decentralized publishing, DAO governance, and Zora-powered creator economies, and I’m currently building across Builder DAO, Skatehive, Gnars, and Nounspace. At Devconnect I’m interested in hacking on experiments at the intersection of social protocols, DAOs, and onchain media.

> **I will bring all skateboarders on chain.**

#### Socials

- https://github.com/sktbrd
- https://skatehive.app/
- https://farcaster.xyz/skateboard

### r4to

Discovered ETH magic through Nouns in 2023, understood the possibilities of the technology and got fascinated. Met Vlad after a while and he introduced me to Skatehive and Gnars, where I started contributing with thoughts and open-source code. Last year I got into Farcaster and then Nounspace, where I also contributed with some code and ideas.

I'm a researcher with engineering skills. I can code, but my main passion is acquiring knowledge, and my main topics of research these days are AI Agents, Blockchain, and DAOs. I love high tech, philosophy, and occultism.

Now I'm at Balaji's Network School in Malaysia building a data engine for an AI-first health tech startup, while I keep contributing open-source code for Gnars. In my free time, I'm building a new version of the Gnars website using Builder DAO SDKs and planning to add the Zora Coin SDK to introduce a new form of income to the DAO treasury.

At Devconnect, I'm interested in pushing this development to production, giving Builder feedback about the SDKs and pair programming to build not only a website for Gnars, but a Next.js template for every DAO from Builder to fork. I'm also studying how to build AI functionalities that can help DAO members with voting, proposal evaluation, and development.

#### Socials

- https://github.com/r4topunk
- https://farcaster.xyz/r4topunk

### SwarthyHatter

an experienced builder and strategist with over seven years working at the intersection of grassroots public policy, governance, and decentralized innovation. Their expertise lies in aligning diverse stakeholders, building consensus, and translating complex ideas into actionable systems.

#### Relevant Experience & Achievements
- Governance & Policy: 10+ years of experience in grassroots public policy and consensus governance, specializing in participatory processes and community-driven decision-making.
- Regenerative Finance: Coordinated decentralized MRV (Measurement, Reporting & Verification) systems for ReFi initiatives, ensuring transparency and accountability in ecological impact reporting.
- DAO Formation & Consulting: Provide consulting services for DAO creation, governance structuring, and operational scaling.
- Grants & Funding: Professional contract grant writer with a successful track record of securing funding for decentralized and community-based projects.
- Program Coordination: Experienced project coordinator and program administrator, with skills spanning from strategic design to day-to-day operational management.

#### Builder Identity
Bridging governance, regenerative systems, and decentralized infrastructure, Timothy works to make DAOs both functional and impactful. Their ability to design governance, secure funding, and coordinate execution makes them a catalyst for DAO-based innovation.

#### Socials

- https://farcaster.xyz/swarthyhatter

### Dan13ram

Dan (Dhanwanthari) OneTree is a software developer focused on Web3 technologies, leading development at Smart Invoice and contributing to open-source projects. Passionate about blockchain, DAOs, and NFTs, he aims to drive positive change through technology.

#### Socials

- https://github.com/dan13ram
- https://github.com/raid-guild

### vika

Vika is a UX/UI designer with a background in sociology, linguistics. She creates full-stack branding experiences – from naming to UI toolkits – and has 4+ experience in designing intuitive interfaces for blockchain projects. At the Sui Hacker House Bangkok 2024, she worked on Suibond and contributed designs to Rui, one of the winning projects. She is also a RaidGuild member and will lead UX/UI research, design and branding for the project.

#### Socials
- https://x.com/vicosvv
- https://vkozlova.notion.site/

### Zima

I’ve been working at the intersections of art, fashion, and technology for the past years, as co-founder and product manager of Airdrop Culture Surf Brand, where I also acted as operations director. This journey brought me into the Surf Hive community within the Hive ecosystem, writing about surfing, environmental preservation, and upcycling including collaborations with Precious Plastic.

Later, I became an athlete at Gnars DAO and expanded my role into communications and branding, helping refine creative outputs and reporting through agile media, both onchain and online.
I’m currently building the Nogglesboard project decentralized, asymmetric surfboards for the Nouns DAO, in collaboration with artists, NFTs, public goods, and community-driven initiatives. This type of creative and integrated work fuels my motivation to keep building onchain every day.
I’ve also brought surf culture and handcrafted art onchain through NFTs, award-winning surf films, and action sports storytelling in a Nounish & Gnarly way, especially via Gnarly News on Paragraph, helping preserve this culture on the blockchain.

#### tldr 

- Co-founder of Airdrop Culture Surf Brand → Surf Hive → athlete & comms/branding at Gnars DAO.
- Currently building Nogglesboard (decentralized surfboards for Nouns DAO), blending surf, art, NFTs, and public goods.
- Keeping surf & action sports culture onchain through Gnarly News and creative collaborations.

#### Socials

- https://farcaster.xyz/zimardrp
- https://github.com/zimardrp

### Will Dias

#### tldr

Will Dias is a visual artist and professional skateboarder working at the intersection of urban culture and the onchain ecosystem. Creator of the Collab Skate Clip and Nogglesboard projects, he explores new visual languages that merge skateboarding, art, and decentralized communities, with a focus on sustainability and decentralized media.

#### Bio

I am Will Dias, a visual artist and professional skateboarder, with a career built at the intersection of urban culture and the onchain ecosystem. My journey began on Odysee and Hive in 2018, where I explored creative possibilities. This perspective led me to experiment with new visual languages, combining design and digital art.

Within Gnars DAO, I found a space to expand this approach and connect skate culture with decentralized communities. From this connection, some of my key projects emerged, such as:

Collab Skate Clip — a visual and cultural initiative that creates custom-designed skateboard decks in tribute to protocols, DAOs, and partners from the Nouns ecosystem, translating the spirit of onchain communities into physical, performative pieces.

Nogglesboard — a project I started in 2022 that transforms used decks into true works of art on wheels. Produced manually, the first Nogglesboards featured generative aesthetics, glitch effects, and vibrant colors, quickly capturing the community’s attention and circulating in artistic and cultural contexts.

Today, I continue to develop these initiatives as part of a path that bridges professionalism in skateboarding and decentralized media, artistic experimentation, and onchain collaboration. My work seeks to redefine creative expression within skate culture, while remaining committed to sustainability, community, and decentralization.

> **I build images through art and technology**

## Builder Protocol

Builder DAO ([BuilderOSS](https://github.com/BuilderOSS)) maintains an actively shipped monorepo for Nouns Builder with four tagged releases in July–August 2025, delivering L2/testnet support, proposal UX enhancements, and reliability improvements. The stack includes a published package ecosystem (@buildeross/* SDK, UI, hooks, analytics, blocklist, IPFS services) and multi-chain subgraphs deployed across Ethereum, Base, Optimism, and Zora (mainnet + Sepolia).

### Members of Builder Protocol at DevCon

![image](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/rk1SYGzjle.png)

benedictvs mentored at Design Jam Bangkok, a two-day gathering of developers and researchers working on Web3 challenges. As lead of the EU-funded WID3+ Consortium, he gave junior hackers, builders, and UX designers a quick start on human-centric DeFi applications. 

![image](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/BJYXFMfsgl.png)

As part of the Grants & Impact Community Hub during Devcon SEA, benedictvs had the opportunity to engage with funders, grantees, and others involved in the Web3 grants ecosystem. Throughout four days at the hub, discussions focused on the state of Web3 grant programs, the challenges grantees face in navigating diverse funding criteria, and the best practices for designing transparent and effective grant programs. This hub provided an opportunity to connect with others working on similar problems and gain a better understanding of how Authbond can address some of the pain points within the ecosystem.


## Gnars

![Image](https://ipfs.skatehive.app/ipfs/QmRfwLMRKrjzMV2f5Kx3CWuyAXYmQyTZ2cLfUykLqSXbeW)

### Introduction

Last year in Bangkok, our community made waves with real-time mints, Farcaster reporting, live coverage, and creative documentation of underground culture. The energy carried beyond Devcon, highlighting how DAO infrastructure can power cultural and technical storytelling.

In Buenos Aires, we will continue this energy by combining a hacker house and mini-hackathon with curated media coverage, amplifying the stories of builders, skaters, and creatives while showcasing Builder Protocol as the social layer for DAOs, bounties, and partnerships.


![IMG_4740 (1)](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/Hy78a_Eqgx.jpg)

### Recap DevCon 7

#### ✨ Mints

A series of NFTs were created to capture highlights from the Gnarly adventure in Thailand, featuring moments from Devcon, skateboarding, cultural audiovisuals, crypto innovation, and Nounish energy. 

These NFTs were shared via the [Gnars Community profile.](https://zora.co/@gnarscommunity)

| Thumbnail | Title | Mints |
|-----------|-------|-------|
| ![](https://ipfs.skatehive.app/ipfs/QmV818A9e6zo2PL45qxCbayJgeCaB9fQkf4JgartWBcqEy) | **Highlight NFT 1** | 2056 |
| ![](https://ipfs.skatehive.app/ipfs/QmRvDhiuEh5Y2rgYYrhhxFuFD4qNCu8RQxDcB9q7DGXnNw) | **Highlight NFT 2** | 292 |
| ![](https://ipfs.skatehive.app/ipfs/QmbK1rhi2pQqdV7ZwxfjqFuGq5fvLzgKHtBxjjnYxse7n9) | **Highlight NFT 3** | 326 |

### ⚪ Creators Hub Talk

We shared live the first day of Highlights and Creations in Thailand onchain called **styland [gnars01]** which is now available to watch and collect at the hyperlink. This mint went viral and generated lots of smiles and good vibes during the event. Over 2k mints, we can pull off again.

![](https://dmo9tcngmx442k9p.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/23wgQ55DMV61ogbQwkyhhmhuzxzrRuFVbR3euQRwkLivG5dmDfcWSJysPL3Pj9u2stfrA-8LG3vKQKLd9bcDHf2JHtXSh15HSFbX.jpg)

#### Photos / Links HighLights

- [7Capas Article](https://7ctv.wtf/styland/) and [back Cover](https://7ctv.wtf/da7a/)
- [Paragraph DevCon 2024](https://paragraph.xyz/@gnarsdao/devcon-2024)
- [Gnars Community Zora Posts](https://zora.co/@gnarscommunity)
- [Gnars Profile on Zora](https://zora.co/@gnars)
- [Gnarly Propdate](https://www.gnars.com/dao/proposal/39?t=propdates)