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The Web3 Scholars Conference primarily focuses on technical and organizational innovations within the blockchain ecosystem, including but not limited to security, MEV, cryptography, tokenomics, decentralized AI, dApps, DAOs, and organizational studies. We aim to drive innovation within the Web3 community and enhance collaboration among scholars, researchers, and practitioners.
Previous conference talks are available here: WSC 2023, WSC 2024
Conference Date: April 8, 2025
Venue: Stage 2, 5BCDE, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
Program
10:00 – 10:05
Welcome to WSC 2025
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Audrey Tang, Founder of DRK Lab
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Daniel Luo, Professor of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
10:05 – 10:10
Opening Remarks
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Duncan Chiu, Legislative Council Member (Technology & Innovation Constituency), Hong Kong
10:10 – 10:45
Keynote
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Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum
Session 1: Security
10:45 - 11:05
Refinement-based Safety and Liveness Proofs for Consensus Protocols: LiDO and Beyond
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Zhong Shao, Thomas L. Kempner Professor of Computer Science, Yale University; President, CertiK
11:05 - 11:25
Unmasking Hidden Threats: Strengthening Blockchain Security
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Daniel Luo, Professor of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
11:25 - 11:45
System Research for Blockchain: From Storage Optimization to Parallel Execution
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Yajin Zhou, Professor of Zhejiang University; CEO of BlockSec
11:45 - 12:05
Towards Deployable Large Scale Distributed Key Generation and All-hands Checkpointing
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Qiang Tang, Associate Professor, The University of Sydney
12:05 - 12:20
Exploring Onchain Data Analytics
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Feida Zhu, Aptos Move Chair Professor & Associate Dean, School of Computing and Information Systems, Singapore Management University
12:20 - 14:00
Lunch
Session 2
14:00 - 14:20
Next-generation Proving for L2s
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Ed Felten, Co-Founder & Chief Scientist, Offchain Labs
14:20 - 14:40
AUTONOME: Backbone of a Verifiable and Interoperable Agentic Web
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YQ, Founder of AltLayer
14:40 - 14:55
Keynote
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Yonatan Sompolinsky, Kaspa Originator, Research Affiliate at Harvard University
14:55 - 15:10
ChaosChain: How AI Agents Are Redefining Consensus and Governance
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Sumeet Chougule, Team Lead, ChaosChain, Nethermind
Session 3: Cryptography
15:10 - 15:30
Privacy-Enhancing Technologies for Central Bank Digital Currency: A Technical Perspective
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Man Ho Allen Au, Professor of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
15:30 - 15:50
Post-Quantum Blockchains and zkTLS as Enablers of Authentic Data Portability
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Yu Yu, Professor of Computer Science Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Session 4: ZK
15:50 - 16:10
Keynote
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Eli Ben-Sasson, Co-Founder & CEO of StarkWare
16:10 - 16:25
Horizontal scaling via fast cross chain interoperability
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Anurag Arjun, Co-Founder of Avail Project
16:25 - 16:40
Building Verifiable Applications with SP1
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Uma Roy, Co-Founder & CEO of Succinct
16:40 - 16:55
Pico: A Modular, Performant zkVM
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Michael, Co-Founder of Brevis
16:55 - 17:10
Keynote
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Jacob Everly, Boundless Product Lead, RISC Zero
Speakers
(in speaking order)
Vitalik Buterin
Ethereum
Duncan Chiu
Legislative Council Member (Technology & Innovation Constituency), Hong Kong
Zhong Shao
President, CertiK
Thomas L. Kempner Professor of Computer Science, Yale University
Daniel Xiapu Luo
Professor of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Yajin Zhou
Professor of Zhejiang University
CEO of BlockSec
Qiang Tang
Associate Professor
The University of Sydney
Feida Zhu
Chair Professor
Singapore Management University
Ed Felten
Co-Founder & Chief Scientist
Offchain Labs
YQ
Founder of AltLayer
Yonatan Sompolinsky
Kaspa Originator
Research Affiliate at Harvard University
Sumeet Chougule
Team Lead, ChaosChain
Nethermind
Man Ho Allen Au
Professor of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Yu Yu
Professor of Computer Science
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Eli Ben-Sasson
Co-Founder & CEO of StarkWare
Anurag Arjun
Co-Founder of Avail Project
Uma Roy
Co-Founder & CEO of Succinct
Michael
Co-Founder of Brevis
Jacob Everly
Boundless Product Lead
RISC Zero
Audrey Tang
Founder of DRK Lab
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