ATHDAOx, an event in the tradition of the Solana Hacker House, took place on Dec. 9 and 10 in Athens, Greece to discuss all things decentralized autonomous organization (DAO).
From governance and legalities to community building and security, the event brought together the local DAO-focused community in Greece and abroad.
Cointelegraph was on the ground for the event and spoke with one of the event’s founders, Dimitris — aka Takisoul — about his experience building a physical space to discuss digital communities.
Athens DAO was first held in 2022, during which Takisoul said it hosted around 150 attendees, many of whom were from outside Greece. In its second year, he told Cointelegraph that attendance was anticipated to be four times that of the first event and with much higher participation from the local Greek community.
“One of the many other things that we wanted to achieve is to bring the vibes of a conference from abroad, like Breakpoint, to Greece and at scale.”
“We’re trying to be the glue between the devs and the community,” he said. Takisoul said that physical meetups on this scale are “opportunities” for beginners and the “blockchain curious” to meet people at the forefront of building projects in the space.
The event had support and attendance from prominent developers in the space, such as Solana, Bankless DAO, ApeCoin, GrapeDAO and more.
Why DAOs?
Asked why it’s important to educate and activate a local community on the possibilities DAOs present, Takisoul said that non-Web3 natives often have “superficial notions” and awareness of the space.
“Many are not aware of the wonderful ways Web3 and DAOs unlock human coordination. They are changing the way that we collaborate as groups and also instill a sense of ownership.”
He said an ideal outcome after Athens DAO would be, at some point, to see more Ethereum Virtual Machine communities eyeing Solana DAO tooling for their applications and Solana DAO infrastructure realms as well.
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“The other part that would make us immensely happy would be that in the next hackathon, whether it be on Solana or Ethereum, we see more Greek-based teams take part in hackathons,” he said.
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