Introducing the Ethereum House: a Builders Studio for Ethereum’s Next Decade
A Schelling Point for Ethereum's Next Decade in Silicon Valley
Today, we're thrilled to introduce the Ethereum House: a permanent builders studio in San Francisco’s Frontier Tower designed to support the next generation of founders accelerating the application layer of Ethereum. Ethereum House has received a recent grant from the Ethereum Foundation (EF) and is led by Gokhan Er and Mia Deng.
The Vision: Support Builders and Accelerate the Application Layer of Ethereum
As Ethereum approaches its 10th anniversary on July 30th, we find ourselves on the edge of something greater. The first decade gave us the foundation: a secure base layer for trust, freedom, and coordination. But the next chapter is where it all comes to life.
Ethereum is crossing the chasm—from raw infrastructure to real-world impact. AGI is sprinting toward reality. These are the two most important technologies of our time, and they’re crashing into each other in real time. The stakes? How we live, how we govern, how we grow. If we get it right, we don’t just build apps, we build systems that are open, fair, and built to last. But that only happens if we are able to build it together.
"SF is back, and it has become the hub for both the AI acceleration and d/acc movements. I expect the Ethereum House at Frontier Tower to become a hub for the city's Ethereum builders - a place with a distinct flavor of deep reflection on AI, automation, privacy, and censorship resistance." — Tomasz Stańczak, Co-Executive Director at Ethereum Foundation
We aim to establish Ethereum House as a builders studio to accelerate the application layer of Ethereum. It will serve as a Schelling point and the epicenter in San Francisco for those building at the intersection of crypto and AI, decentralized applications, privacy, and the future of financial primitives—becoming the definitive hub for the Ethereum community in Silicon Valley.
Our Core Pillars
The House’s activities will be structured around three core pillars to actively support Ethereum's next chapter in accelerating the application layer.
1. A Studio for Builders
At its core, Ethereum House will be a vibrant environment for visionary builders. We facilitate thoughtful talks, open office hours, intimate gatherings, and more — creating a space where leading voices come together with builders, EF core developers/researchers, investors, and academics. Not just to share ideas, but to shape the future, side by side.
2. A Salon as the Curatorial Layer
Ethereum House is a space for curation, connection, and conversation, a guiding platform for the ecosystem in Silicon Valley. Here, we shine a light on the most meaningful and forward-thinking developments in Ethereum.
Starting in July, we are hosting the "Ethereum at the Edge" Salon series, intimate gatherings led by EF core developers/researchers and other top thinkers who are at the forefront of Ethereum’s development. We are excited to kick off this series with a UX Week starting July 18th, led by Josh Rudolf, who co-leads the UX improvement efforts at EF. Josh will present the roadmap for Ethereum's UX, followed by open dialogues with key ecosystem participants.
Next up is Decentralized AI Week, where EF researcher Davide Crapis brings together open-source AI builders to show what they’re working on and talk through how Ethereum can give their projects a truly open, community-owned home.
3. A Bridge with Academic Institutions
We will be collaborating closely with top academics and emerging talents from institutions like Stanford Blockchain and Blockchain at Berkeley to bridge the gap between cutting-edge research and practical implementation.
Where We Build: Frontier Tower, San Francisco
We are taking over an entire floor of Frontier Tower, a 16-story vertical village in the heart of San Francisco dedicated to emerging technologies and the first node in an inter-city network society.
This location is no accident. The tower is a hub for pioneers in AI, Robotics, Biotech, and Arts/Music, creating an unparalleled environment for cross-pollination. The future of Ethereum is not in a silo; it is in its integration with other frontier technologies to solve real-world problems.
Moreover, the Frontier Tower is an experiment in building the first node of a 13M citizen network society. It is a concept inspired by pop-up cities, which erupted out of the Ethereum ecosystem, beginning with its initialization at Zuzalu in 2023. We can imagine no venue more aligned or exciting to serve as Ethereum’s home base in Silicon Valley. Since launching earlier this year, the Tower has drawn citizens like Vitalik and Tomasz alongside pioneering minds from other technology and creative industries.
“At Frontier Tower, we believe the future of communities is open, programmable, and shaped by those who inhabit them. Ethereum’s ethos of decentralization and permissionless innovation aligns perfectly with our vision of an inter-city network society. We're excited to help shape Ethereum House together with the Ethereum Foundation.” — Jakob Drzazga, Cofounder and CEO of the Frontier Tower.
Supporting Ethereum House:
Ethereum House received a grant from the Ethereum Foundation. Special thanks as well to founding sponsors Linea (Consensys), Starknet Foundation, and Altlayer. For organizations and individuals interested in becoming founding sponsors, please get in touch with us at contact@ethhouse.xyz.
Stay Tuned for Our Future Events:
July 18th: Join our inaugural "Ethereum at the Edge" Salon series on UX led by Josh Rudolf, UX co-lead at EF: https://lu.ma/ethhousesalonUX
July 25th: Join our "Ethereum at the Edge" Salon series on Decentralized AI led by Davide Crapis, EF Scientist with AI focus: https://lu.ma/ethhousesalonDeAI
July 30th: Save the date for a special celebration of Ethereum's 10th birthday at the Tower: https://lu.ma/eth10birthdayparty
August 5th (SBC Week): Save the date for Ethereum House’s launch party: https://lu.ma/ethereum-house-launch-event
Coming Soon: We will be exploring topics like scaling, institutionalization, developer tooling, zk and more.
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The next decade of Ethereum starts now. Let's build it together. If you are interested in getting involved as a builder, researcher or sponsor, get in touch with us on twitter/X @ethereumhouseSF or email contact@ethhouse.xyz - our DMs are open
