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Sand Garden2025 recap
Project 01

Speedrun
Ethereum

Our flagship educational product. In 2025, we doubled down by upgrading to Scaffold-ETH 2 and shipping targeted UX, SEO, and gamification improvements—increasing reach, signups, and challenge submissions.

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92.4k+74% from 2024Unique Visitors
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5,700+114% from 2024Unique Signups
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5,900+40% from 2024Challenge Submissions
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Tasks & Achievements

◆Migrate challenges to extensions for easier maintenance and compatibility with future Scaffold-ETH 2 upgrades (July)
◆Launch Speedrun Ethereum v2 built with Scaffold-ETH 2 (April - May)
◆Added builder portfolio page and side quests
◆Migrate old builds from BuidlGuidl v3 + categorization
◆Created 23 Solidity guides and launched Google Ads campaigns (~100% organic traffic increase)
◆Improve conversion tracking and traffic sources
◆Supported the launch of 5 new challenges
◆Gather feedback from Speedrunners (SRE impact on their careers and feedback gathering on SRE platform)
Project 02

Scaffold-ETH 2
Ecosystem

Our modular toolkit for bootstrapping full-stack Ethereum apps. In 2025, we simplified the core, extracted reusable packages, expanded extensions to better support onboarding and ecosystem integrations, and made it AI-ready.

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2,243+repositories createdPublic and Tracked
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78knpm downloadsBurner Connector package
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$cattoolkit.md
◆Allowing SE-2 to deploy to IPFS
◆SE-2 added in Mastering Ethereum v2 book
◆Tailwind v4 + Daisy v5 Migration
◆Encrypted Private Key
◆Migration toward Next 15
◆Makes docs more AI compatible with llm-full.txt files (Mar)
◆Add custom Cursor rules to enhance DX (easier to "1shot" dapps) (Apr)
◆Migrate the docs to vocs framework for better style, more AI compatibility (like ask ChatGPT), dynamic unfurl etc.
$catcreate-eth-cli.md
◆Better documentation for extension creators with an args file example
◆Normalize all the template args + allow more extensible system for extension developers
◆Fix the github api rate limit error
◆Expose the selected variable by user to extension developer via global variables
◆Main extensions added: porto, x402, eip-5792
$catwebsite.md
◆Built Scaffold-ETH 2 usage tracker and sent over 5000 repos using SE-2 to electric-capital/open-dev-data (Nov + Dec)
◆Shipped projects.scaffoldeth.io with SE-2 usage stats (Dec), with stats and direct link from SE-2 homepage
◆"Build an app on Ethereum in 8 minutes" video added to the website
$catscaffold-ui.md
◆Shipped this standalone package of reusable hooks and UI components extracted from Scaffold-ETH
◆Monorepo setup with docs + example setup + packages setup
◆3 npm packages available (components, hooks, debug-contracts)
$catburner-connector.md
◆Maintenance
◆Add compatibility with EIP-5792
Project 03

Educational
Initiatives

Beyond our flagship products. In 2025, we ran security challenges through our CTF platform and contributed to key community events, including BuidlGuidl's Builder Bootcamp at Devconnect Buenos Aires.

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1,600+Flags minted
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20+Workshops
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$catcapture-the-flag.md

Hands-on security learning platform that challenges developers to solve real-world Web3 vulnerabilities. In 2025, we launched the CTF as a live, always-on platform and expanded it with a second season.

4,400visitors
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1,645flags minted

Timeline

JanOpened Devcon CTF as a live platform for anyone to play at any moment
NovCreated new CTF for Devconnect Argentina, played with 30 teams
DecAdded S2 (Buenos Aires) to live platform - now choose between S1 or S2
$catworkshops.md

Not a core focus in 2025, but we played a key supporting role at Devconnect planning and executing BuidlGuidl's four-day Builder Bootcamp in Buenos Aires.

Builder Bootcamp • Nov 18-21View schedule →
4days
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19workshops

Sand Garden Sessions at Devconnect

◆Unveiling Scaffold UI
◆Leveraging AI to build on Ethereum
◆Capture the Flag session

Other Events

◇aigentsbcn event support (Feb)
Project 04

Ecosystem
Collabs

Partnering with key players to expand Ethereum's reach. In 2025, we deepened our collaborations with ENS, Arbitrum, Geode Labs, and Ethereum.org building grant platforms, cohort programs, and developer resources that benefit the broader ecosystem.

$catens-grants.md
◆Launched the new milestone-based USDC grants features
◆Added milestones and enhanced admin workflow to ETH grants
◆⇒ 4,100 unique visitors
◆⇒ 241 applications submitted in 2025, 42 approved
◆⇒ ~50 ETH and 65k USDC granted to projects
$catarbitrum.md

Launched the Arbitrum Cohort to build dapps on Arbitrum. Currently developing two key projects for the ecosystem.

Projects in Development

DevCreds

Developer reputation dapp for the Arbitrum ecosystem

View →
Governance Dashboard

Dashboard for Arbitrum governance participation and tracking

WIP
$catjob-board.md
◆Launched the Ethereum Job Board in collaboration with Geode Labs
◆⇒ 8,100 unique visitors
$catethereum.org.md
◆Built the Collectibles site for contributors
◆Speedrun Ethereum and Scaffold-ETH are featured as main themes on ethereum.org/developers/
Project 05

Miscellaneous
Projects

Side projects and experiments. Beyond our main initiatives, we maintained useful tools, explored emerging platforms like Farcaster, and started ideating programs for 2026.

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~20kAbi Ninja users
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3Farcaster Miniapps
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$catabi-ninja.md

Our tool for interacting with any smart contract on any EVM chain. In 2025, we focused on maintenance and incremental improvements to keep it running smoothly.

Highlights

◆Maintenance and small features
$catfarcaster-miniapps.md

Exploring the miniapp ecosystem after our Farcaster day at Devconnect by launching experimental games and interactive experiences.

Launched Miniapps

◆Advent Calendar — Holiday-themed miniapp game
◆Snowman / Not Snowman — Spinoff farcaster game
◆Bubble Tap — Interactive tap game
$cat2026-ideation.md

Looking ahead—exploring new directions and prototyping programs to launch in the coming year.

Prototypes & Concepts

6-Month Acceleration Program

Ideation and prototyping of a structured builder program

View prototype →
Enterprise Education

Mockup for enterprise-focused Ethereum education

View prototype →