EasyA, the premier blockchain education platform, is excited to announce the opening of EasyA x Polkadot University, the first university dedicated to training the next generation of blockchain developers. EasyA alumni have already established companies worth over $2.5 billion. This new university aims to cultivate a new wave of founders within the Polkadot ecosystem, empowering them to launch their projects on Polkadot.
With 1 million users already exploring blockchain through the EasyA app and thousands of developers participating in EasyA hackathons globally, EasyA is elevating its educational efforts. The EasyA x Polkadot University will harness the abundant talent found in universities, directing it toward the Polkadot ecosystem. By offering a mix of workshops, hackathons, and demo days, the University will aim to educate students about Polkadot and support them in launching new projects within the ecosystem.
"EasyA has a proven track record of nurturing founders who go on to found leading projects, backed by top VCs like a16z, YC and Founders Fund. The EasyA x Polkadot University is all about inspiring the next wave of those founders to launch their projects on Polkadot”, said Phil Kwok, CEO and Co-Founder of EasyA. EasyA currently hosts 1-2 in-person hackathons per month in major cities around the world from San Francisco to London to Singapore and beyond, attracting top talent looking to build high-value startups. These hackathons will now be a core pillar of the University.
The most significant breakthroughs in blockchain have often been spearheaded by students, such as Vitalik Buterin, who left school to develop Ethereum, and Robert Habermeier, a student who left academia to create Polkadot. Through its University, EasyA aims to identify the world’s most gifted founders and nurture them toward success.
EasyA's founders, Phil and Dom Kwok, bring extensive experience in both blockchain and business. They began their blockchain journey in 2013, gaining insights into what succeeds and what fails over the past decade. Phil is a Cambridge University scholar and one of the youngest individuals to pass the New York bar exam. Dom studied at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, where he was also a scholar before working at Goldman Sachs and later with the private equity powerhouse Blackstone. The EasyA x Polkadot University marks the dawn of a new era in blockchain education—a hub where the world's top builders will shape the next phase of the internet.
