It’s been about a month and a half since the Polish capital hosted ETHWarsaw 2022, the CEE region’s biggest Web3 conference and hackathon. BeInCrypto was present at the venue as a media partner and we did witness some truly lively and insightful discussions throughout the four days of the event starting on Sept. 1.

The hackathon was hands down one of the highlights of ETHWarsaw 2022. It followed the first two days of the conference and included overnight “hacks” that brought in “opportunities for teams and individuals to get hands-on, practical experience working with applications and advanced tools”. There was also $50,000 in rewards to be won from various competitions.

The hackathon’s most valuable add-on, however, was the stage it set for the blockchain and web3 community to network, exchange ideas, and forge new alliances and collaboration. We took the opportunity to discuss this with many of the industry insiders that participated in the event. 

We asked them how events like the ETHWarsaw hackathon help community building, and almost all of them unanimously agreed that hackathons do, in fact, strengthen the web3 community. More on that in a bit.

Web3 hackathon benefits

For those out of the loop, a hackathon is an event where developers, non-technical founders, and other creatives can get together to build a solution to problems that are presented in front of them as a challenge. 

Hackathons bring excellent opportunities for existing and new web3…