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Welcome and Opening Ceremony for ETHGlobal New Delhi 2025 I Kartik Talwar and Vitalik Buterin

📅 Oct 16, 2025 ETHGlobal 49 MIN 151 VIEWS 7 SEGMENTS · 3 SPEAKERS
ETHGlobal New Delhi 2025 opened with an energetic welcome from Kartik Talwar, setting the tone for 36 hours of building, learning, and collaboration. Over 1,900 attendees gathered from 25 countries, with 30% new to Web3. The event featured $200K in prizes, 21 workshops, and strict rules for originality and fairness. Kartik emphasized community, on-chain innovation (including NFC wristbands as Ethereum wallets), and building from scratch. Attendees were reminded of submission rules, judging logistics, and the importance of collaboration, respect, and security. The kickoff concluded with a keyn...

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  1. 26:40Let's give a massive round of applause. Ev, can you hear us?
Cartek 0:07 ↗
Good evening everybody. My name is Cartek, co-founder of ETH Global. Welcome to ETH Global New Delhi, a hackathon focused on builders. Over eight years, we've done 220+ events, onboarded 150,000 builders, and awarded $15 million in prizes. This weekend, 1,900 participants are here, 30% new to web3. Hacking starts now for 37 hours; all projects must be built from scratch. We have $200,000 in prizes from 21 partners. Key rules: wear your wristband, do not use hotspots, and use our Wi-Fi. There is a finalist track for the top 10 projects. Food, mentors, and workshops are available. Be respectful and have fun. Now, let's bring on our keynote.
Matt 24:29 ↗
GM New Delhi! I'm Matt from 1inch. 1inch was born at a hackathon in 2019. We've processed over $750 billion in volume with 25 million users. We have three bounties this weekend: $12,000 for a cross-chain intents extension, $6,500 for limit order strategies, and API usage bounties up to $300 each. Happy hacking!
Cartek 26:40 ↗
All right, we are ready for our main event. Let's bring on Vitalik. He'll join us remotely to talk about practical onchain privacy. Let's give a massive round of applause. Ev, can you hear us? We'll do a quick audio check. There we go, we are not getting audio. Let's make sure it's not a mute thing. Oh, there we go, we're all set.

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Buterin, V. (2025, October 16). Welcome and Opening Ceremony for ETHGlobal New Delhi 2025 I Kartik Talwar and Vitalik Buterin [Interview transcript]. ETHGlobal. CEOInterviews.AI. https://ceointerviews.ai/interview/990238/

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Vitalik Buterin. "Welcome and Opening Ceremony for ETHGlobal New Delhi 2025 I Kartik Talwar and Vitalik Buterin." ETHGlobal, 16 Oct. 2025. Transcript, CEOInterviews.AI, https://ceointerviews.ai/interview/990238/.

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@misc{buterin2025_990238,
  author       = {Vitalik Buterin},
  title        = {Welcome and Opening Ceremony for ETHGlobal New Delhi 2025 I Kartik Talwar and Vitalik Buterin},
  howpublished = {Interview transcript, ETHGlobal. CEOInterviews.AI},
  year         = {2025},
  month        = {oct},
  url          = {https://ceointerviews.ai/interview/990238/},
  note         = {Speaker-attributed transcript with timestamps}
}