The global work continues, even as this local chapter closes. Happy 10th Birthday, Ethereum.

To the few who answered the call, who raised their light to meet ours: thank you. Your belief was a current of warmth in the quiet, and we are deeply grateful for it.

A seed of sovereignty needs willing ground to grow. To force it is to betray the nature of the seed itself. We choose the difficult honesty of stillness over a flawed creation. This is our principle, made real.

We believe a hackathon should be a reflection of its ideals. Without a broad, active organizing team from the community, we felt we couldn't create the truly decentralized and collaborative experience we envisioned.

This change is on all of us - organizers, sponsors, and builders. By choosing to support and participate in events with this collaborative ethos, we collectively build a more sustainable and genuinely innovative ecosystem.

Let's make this the new standard.

So what’s the alternative? A model where the main goal isn't claiming a bounty, but sharing research. A space where we learn from each other and have the courage to ask the real, hard questions about what we're building and why. It’s about collaboration over competition.

This isn't a failure of the builders; it's a flaw in the incentive structure. A relentless focus on 2-3 days sprints for cash bounties naturally leads to a graveyard of abandoned projects. We're celebrating the demo, but forgetting the difficult journey that comes after.

This goes deeper than just hackathons, it's about the soul of our ecosystem.

Are we building a community rooted in shared learning and authentic curiosity, or a transactional arena where the highest bidder sets the agenda? The culture we build is the one we get.

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