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SAND GARDEN
2025 RECAP

The Sand Garden is BuidlGuidl’s core builder team, dedicated to creating tools and educational resources to onboard Ethereum developers and help them grow on the ecosystem. In 2025, we shipped big upgrades to Speedrun Ethereum, Scaffold-ETH 2, helped run several educational initiatives, and partnered to build new tools with ENS, Arbitrum, and others.

$ sre_visitors: 92,400$ sre_signups: 5,700$ se2_repos: 2,243
/education/tooling/collabs
EDUCATION / DEV ONBOARDING TRACK

Speedrun
Ethereum

Our flagship educational product. In 2025, we doubled down by 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

◆Add a builder portfolio page and side quests
◆Migrate builds from BuidlGuidl v3 and categorize them
◆Create 23 Solidity guides and additional landing pages, driving a 100% increase in organic traffic
◆Support the launch of five new challenges (Thanks Elliott and Philip!)
◆Launch Google Ads campaigns and collaborate with Blockscout on referral traffic
◆Improve conversion tracking and traffic source attribution
◆Automate feedback collection from past Speedrunners to measure career impact and improve the platform
◆Upgrade SRE to Scaffold-ETH 2
◆Migrate challenges to extensions for easier maintenance with future Scaffold-ETH 2 upgrades
→ Website→ Github
DEV TOOLING TRACK

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+public repositoriescreated in 2025
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78knpm downloadsduring 2025
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$cat toolkit.md
→ Github

The core open-source toolkit for rapidly prototyping and building decentralized applications on Ethereum.

◆Enable Scaffold-ETH 2 deployments to IPFS
◆Scaffold-ETH 2 it's showcased in the Mastering Ethereum v2 book
◆Implement encrypted private key support
◆Migrate to Tailwind v4 and DaisyUI v5
◆Migrate to Next.js 15
◆Improve documentation AI compatibility using llm-full.txt files
◆Add custom Cursor rules to enhance DX and enable easier one-shot dApp generation
◆Migrate documentation to the Vocs framework for improved styling, AI compatibility (ask ChatGPT), and dynamic unfurling
$cat create-eth-cli.md
→ Github

CLI to bootstrap new Scaffold-ETH 2 projects with customizable extensions (starter kits)

◆Improve documentation for extension creators, including an args file example
◆Normalize template arguments and enable a more extensible system for extension developers
◆Fix GitHub API rate limit errors
◆Expose user-selected variables to extension developers via global variables
◆Add core extensions, including Porto, x402, and EIP-5792
$cat website.md
→ Github

The scaffoldeth.io homepage, showcasing ecosystem projects and resources for builders.

◆Build Scaffold-ETH 2 usage tracker and send over 5000 repos using SE-2 to electric-capital/open-dev-data
◆Ship projects.scaffoldeth.io with SE-2 usage stats, adding stats and direct link to SE-2 homepage
◆Add 'Build an app on Ethereum in 8 minutes' video to homepage
$cat scaffold-ui.md
→ Github

Standalone packages of reusable React hooks and UI components extracted from Scaffold-ETH 2.

◆Monorepo setup with docs + example setup + packages setup
◆3 npm packages available (components, hooks, debug-contracts)
$cat burner-connector.md
→ NPM package

Lightweight wagmi connector for ephemeral burner wallets, enabling instant onboarding without extensions.

◆Maintenance
◆Add compatibility with EIP-5792
EDUCATION / DEV ONBOARDING TRACK

Educational
Initiatives

We ran security challenges through our second edition of the Capture The Flag platform and contributed to key community events, including BuidlGuidl's Builder Bootcamp at Devconnect Buenos Aires, and Dev support on Buthan.

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1,600+Flags minted
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20+Workshops
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$cat capture-the-flag.md
→ Website

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
◆Released Devcon CTF as a live platform for anyone to play at any moment
◆Created 12 new challenges for Devconnect Argentina
◆Added Season 2 (Buenos Aires) to our CTF platform
$cat workshops.md

We played a key supporting role at Devconnect Buenos Aires, 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

◇Dev support on Buthan, to help their government to anchor its national digital identity system on Ethereum
◇Ethereum fundamentals workshop for instructors at universities
◇aigentsbcn event support
DAPP BUILDING TRACK

Ecosystem
Collabs

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

$cat ens-grants.md
→ Website

ETH Grants platform implemented adhoc for ENS in 2024, we improved it with milestone-based USDC grants in 2025 and enhanced admin workflow.

◆Launched the new milestone-based USDC grants features
◆Added milestones and enhanced admin workflow to ETH grants

2025 Stats

4.1kvisitors
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42 of 241grants approved
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$200k+granted
$cat arbitrum.md
→ Website

Launched the Arbitrum Cohort to build dapps on Arbitrum. Currently developing two 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
$cat job-board.md
→ Website

Curated job board connecting developers with opportunities across the Ethereum ecosystem.

◆Launched the Ethereum Job Board in collaboration with Geode Labs

2025 Stats

8.1kvisitors
$cat ethereum.org.md
◆Built the Collectibles site for contributors
◆Speedrun Ethereum and Scaffold-ETH are featured as main themes on ethereum.org/developers/
DAPP BUILDING TRACK

Miscellaneous
Projects

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

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~20kAbi Ninja users
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3Farcaster Miniapps
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$cat abi-ninja.md
→ Website

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
$cat farcaster-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→ Open Miniapp
◆Snowman / Not Snowman — Spinoff farcaster drawing game→ Open Miniapp
◆Bubble Tap — Spinoff Interactive tap game→ Open Miniapp
$cat 2026-ideation.md

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 →