B<>rder/ess is a Public Good that raises the next generation of web3 developers, contributors, creatives and builders from today's universities.
We raise the next generation of: Builders and Founders Developers Web3 Creatives and Story Tellers Web3 Contributors to Public Goods
We do this through our (Proof of Work) PoWs; Building physical web3 hubs on Campuses Organising quarterly chain-focused Cipher Sessions Organising quarterly general developer Cipher Sessions Hosting web3 events and Funding Programs Providing Crypto Education and Finance training in our communities Establishing Web3 Campus Tech Clubs in Universities Launching DevTools and on-chain products.
- Building physical Web3 hubs on campuses https://borderlessbuild.dev/clubs-and-hubs#:~:text=%E2%80%A2-,Our%20Hubs,-Borderless%20Hub%20PortHarcourt These hubs provide resources, infrastructure, and mentorship for students to work on real-world blockchain projects, creative expressions, and contributions.
Established the first hub in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, accessible to the University of Port-Harcourt and Rivers State University Students (2022) Established the 2nd one, which is the B<>rder/ess Web3 Product House at UNN, accessible to the University of Nigeria, Nsukka Universities (2024)
- Organising quarterly chain-focused Cipher Sessions We've hosted eight quarterly deep-dive bootcamps and developer builder sessions, exploring specific ecosystems such as Arbitrum, Celo, Lisk, Metis, Algorand, Base, Filecoin, and other EVMs. During these sessions, we trained developers to deploy smart contracts, launch products, explore tooling, and integrate chain-specific SDKs in our Hackathons and Demo sessions. Here's one impact we created for Op Stack in Lisk.
Ran broader developer-focused workshops on Solidity, Dev Tools, and Embedded Systems. Helped transition 300+ developers from Web2 to Web3 with practical, project-based learning. 3. Organising quarterly general developer Cipher Sessions We've organised 12 general Tech Cipher sessions so far, where students from different universities take part and learn Product Design, Web Design and Development, Data Analysis, Cyber Security and more.
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Hosting Web3 events and Funding Programs Organised 3 B<>rder/ess Web3 Events that impacted 4,000 attendees cumulatively with web3 education. Organised campus-wide Web3 hackathons, bootcamps, and panels to showcase student innovation. Created entry points for creators and non-technical participants into Web3 awareness and adoption, and pioneered the Web3 for Universities initiative in GG23, raised $33,000, and funded 50 Projects and initiatives for web3 Education in Universities.
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Providing crypto education & financial literacy training Delivered crypto savings and finance training tailored to student communities. Bridged the gap between Web3 tools and real-world financial empowerment.
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Establishing Web3 Campus Tech Clubs Grew to 14+ active tech clubs across Nigerian universities. Each club drives local developer onboarding, peer-to-peer learning, and project incubation.
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Launching DevTools & on-chain products Incubated byteonchain.xyz, the simplest Web3 onboarding and education tool using attestations.
Launched open-source developer tools like bytestore https://github.com/B-rder-ess-Dev-Hub/ByteStore-SDK and incubation programs, empowering students to contribute to public goods.
B<>rder/ess Developers and contributors built Bitsave Protocol an Onchain Savings protocol that has won multiple Incubation Programs and Grants from 3 ecosystems and serves thousands of users.
RELEVANT LINKS TO OUR UPDATED IMPACT REPORTS 2024 - https://mirror.xyz/karlagod.eth/-CTCNFmRvWXFNJ_SRb3XudTPUc6rV1Cf1cwzY1PlH-k
2025 (1st Half) https://giveth.io/project/brderess-builders?tab=updates#:~:text=B%3C%3ERDER/ESS%20IMPACT%20REPORTS%20JANUARY%20%2D%20MAY%202025
Is B<>rder/ess Open Source? YES B<>rder/ess is built on open-source values everything we create is non-rivalrous and non-excludable, meaning our resources, tools, and knowledge can be freely accessed, used, and improved by anyone without diminishing their value for others. We see developer growth as a public good: the more people who learn, contribute, and build, the stronger the web3 ecosystem becomes.
Our repositories, tools like byteonchain.xyz for onboarding and educational materials are released under permissive open-source licenses (e.g., MIT/GPL), giving builders the freedom to use, study, modify, and share our work.
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Trainings: We achieve our aim, by setting up physical tech hubs for training and mentoring young people to last in the web3 space.
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Building and Mentorship: During the program, young people will be matched with live web3 teams to intern at and build products.
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Events: We hold quarterly dev events to certify and showcase newly trained developers and attract new intending developers.
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Projects: Students get the opportunity to build something that will benefit the web3 space.
If we are ever going to make our societies better with the help of technology, then we must invest in our people to build with it, so we can build solutions that solve our problems and solutions the world can use for economic benefit.
We're set to build our B<>rder/ess mobile and web app, to bring education to web2 devs wanting to transition to web3 or learn how to develop web3 products.