ETHChiangmai is holding the Future Summit today in Chiang Mai. Prior to the Summit, ETHChiangmai just concluded a 5-day intensive hackathon, attracting over 120 developers, resulting in 44 projects, and distributing a total of 11,500 USDT in prizes. Project directions covered DeFi, privacy and ZK technology, decentralized identity (ZK Card), as well as public goods, local collaboration, art and cultural experiments, showcasing the diverse exploration of the Ethereum ecosystem at both technical and social levels.
This event is a key milestone in the two-month building season that ETHChiangmai launched on December 8, 2025. ETHChiangmai is conducting practice at a "city scale," connecting hackathons, unconferences, reading groups, and ongoing community activities through co-living, co-learning, and co-building, attempting to explore how Web3 can operate long-term in real cities and local contexts.
The ongoing Future Summit is not a traditional conference but a phased response to this sustained practice. The morning agenda focused on "Zuzalu as a method" and "Cypherpunk as a practical survival skill," discussing ways to construct future societies and the practical meaning of "permissionless" in contemporary environments; the afternoon session further delved into Cosmolocalism (local construction × global collaboration), education and systems, and combined with hackathon project demonstrations, discussed the evolution of Ethereum in coordinating individuals, organizations, and communities.
ETHChiangmai aims to propose a path different from short-term conferences: viewing Ethereum as an ongoing social practice, allowing technology to be used, tested, and co-shaped within local contexts.
