ETHDam is an Ethereum-focused hackathon and conference gathering over 800 of the best builders in the blockchain industry every May in Amsterdam. Following the chilling arrest of Alex Pretsnev, a Tornado Cash developer, ETHDam 2023 theme is DeFi and Privacy. ETHDam Hackathon focus is to gather developers working and building in the Privacy Ecosystem. The speaker and mentor line-up includes well known names of the industry, like Security Director of Polygon Christopher von Hessert, a Dune wizard hildobby and engineers from Aave and Balancer! ETHDam is powered by CryptoCanal, an education and events platform growing in Amsterdam, spreading its roots to Rotterdam and Zurich. Speakers include: Christopher von Hessert, Security Director, Polygon Yahya Ibrahim, Senior Backend Engineer, LensProtocol & Aave Julien Bouteloup, Founder, Stake Capital Group (Stake DAO, BlackPool Finance, Rekt.news), Curve Core Team Member Ryan King, Head of Business Development, Dusk Network Hildebert aka hildobby, Data Analyst, Dragonfly Elias Simos, Co-founder & CEO, Rated Labs Sebastian Buergel, Founder, HOPR Shuchang Sun, Ecosystem Development Lead, Blocknative Robert Ellison, Chief Growth Officer, Allnodes Pranav Kanade, Portfolio Manager, VanEck Digital Assests Alpha Fund Seraphim Czecker, Head of Taking Risk, Euler