Community driven Pre-KBW Side Event (Korea Blockchain Week)
*Date: August 6, 2025 (Wed), 19:00–22:30
*Venue: Hashed Lounge, Gangnam, Seoul, Republic of Korea
*Organizer: Hope
- Web3 Builder
- Senior Researcher at Decipher, Seoul National University Blockchain Academy
*Powered by: Chainlink, Mantle, Magic Newton, Portal to Bitcoin, Overtake, MemeCore, Hyperion
1. Objective & Overview
SocialFi Pizza Night: Yapping Seoul was organized as an official side event ahead of Korea Blockchain Week, bringing together global Web3 builders, SocialFi users, and industry leaders to share insights on the present and future of the SocialFi and Yapping ecosystem. Unlike traditional foundation-led meetups, this community-driven event placed every participant at the center, with programming and engagement built on principles of spontaneity and decentralization.
2. Attendance & Participant Profile
Registrations: 525
Approved attendees: 350
On-site attendance: 330
Online viewers: 1,300 concurrent live viewers (SideKick livestream)
Composition of Attendees:
- 35%: Yappers & KOLs
- 35%: Web3 Builders
- 20%: Project’s specially invited VIPs
- 10%: Journalists & Web2-to-Web3 transition professionals
3. Program Highlights
Keynote Sessions:
1. Mantle – Gemma, Korea Marketing Lead
2. Magic Newton – Jaemin Jin, Co-founder
3. Portal to Bitcoin – Ian, CMO
Panel Discussions:
1. Yapping Pro Tips!
- Moderator: Hope
- Panelists: Jiwoo Jun (KaitoAI BD), Subin An (Hashed Data & Tech / Decipher), Rejamong (A41 NodeOPs Lead / Decipher), Ponyo (FourPillars Researcher)
2. Keep Yapping about the Future of Crypto
- Moderator: Jayplayco
- Panelists: Jaewook Lee (Chainlink / Decipher), Steve (Magic Labs), Moana (MemeCore), KB (Overtake), Claire (Hyperion)
Agenda (19:00–22:30):
- 18:50 – Check-in
- 19:30 – Opening
- 19:40 – Keynote: Mantle
- 19:50 – Keynote: Magic Newton
- 20:00 – Panel 1: Yapping Pro Tips!
- 20:30 – Special Raffle
- 20:40 – Keynote: Portal to Bitcoin
- 20:50 – Panel 2: Keep Yapping about the Future of Crypto
- 21:30 – Raffle & Networking
- 22:30 – Closing
4. Participant Testimonials
"Unlike foundation-hosted events, everyone was the protagonist here."
"One of the best events I’ve ever attended — perfect content and networking."
"I traveled from Busan in the morning to meet respected peers in person — it felt like a dream."
"This was the only truly community-driven event I’ve seen in Korea. It was hard to believe it wasn’t run by a company — everyone moved voluntarily and in a decentralized way. It was the ideal form of a DAO."
5. Outcomes & Impact
- Established a successful benchmark for community-led meetups, expanding the footprint of SocialFi and Yapping culture in Korea.
- Generated significant brand and network effects through organic participant advocacy and positive word-of-mouth.
- Enabled high-quality connections among Web3 builders, projects, KOLs, and media representatives.
- Built a solid foundation for future collaborations and market entry strategies ahead of the main KBW events.
- Kaito’s official account retweeted
- Regular participants organized their own events, sponsored prizes, sent emails saying they’d be happy to help with anything—even picking up trash—offered to support as staff, and even made name tags. Within the main meetup, there were countless decentralized events like these.
SocialFi Pizza Night: Yapping Seoul was only possible because we all built it together.
I’ll remember it forever. Thank you 🥰
Feedback aggregate from participants
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If you’d like to create online or offline events in Korea, feel free to reach out via
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August 2025
- Sincerely, Hope -