Monthly Meetup of the Israeli Web3 Developers Underground community
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Web3 Devs Underground - Meetup
🚀 Smart Contracts in Practice | vProgs Architecture - with StarkWare & Kaspa
About the event:
🎙 Brought to you by Israel Web3 Developers Underground × StarkWare × Kaspa
Sponsored by StarkWare
Powered by Masterkey VC
Date & Time
📅 November 17th, 2025
Time: 18:00 - 21:00
Location:
Mindspace מיינדספייס אחד העם - משרדים וחללי עבודה | קומה 5
Ahad Ha'Am St 54, Tel Aviv-Yafo
https://maps.app.goo.gl/7pdsdhCB7abCSSNe9
### Speakers:
- nagmoon (@nagmo13) - Starknet Apps Group Manager, StarkWare
- Topic: "Smart Contracts in Practice"
- Michael Sutton (@michaelsuttonil) - Core Developer, Kaspa
- Topic: "vProgs: a sovereign yet composable zk architecture"
Agenda:
18:00 - 18:30 | Drinks and Networking
18:30 - 18:40 | Opening Remarks
18:40 - 19:20 | nagmoon: "Smart Contracts in Practice"
19:20 - 19:30 | Q&A with nagmoon
19:30 - 19:50 | Break for Food and Drinks
19:50 - 20:30 | Michael Sutton: vProgs: a sovereign yet composable zk architecture
20:30 - 20:40 | Q&A with Michael
20:40 - 21:00 | Finish the day with collaborations and mingling over some great drinks and desserts with us.
#What can you expect? (Topics)
Talk1: Smart Contracts in Practice:
Storage models, gas/resource constraints, immutability challenges, logic splitting, indirect execution patterns.
- Real use cases from StarkWare engineering
Talk2: vProgs - A Novel Smart Contract Architecture:
ZK-based architecture solving sovereignty vs composability tension.
- Yellow paper Deep Dive:
(https://github.com/kaspanet/research/blob/main/vProgs/vProgs_yellow_paper.pdf)
About Our Sponsors:
StarkWare is a global company of 200+ employees across Israel, Europe, the US, and Southeast Asia. We pioneered ZK-STARKs - advanced cryptography that enables secure, scalable blockchain applications. Our main product, Starknet, is a Layer 2 network that cuts Ethereum costs and boosts speed using math-based proofs. Now expanding to Bitcoin, Starknet aims to power a more decentralized internet. We value deep thinking, ownership, and transparency - and give people room to grow and lead with impact.
Masterkey Venture Capital is a global early-stage fund investing in top-tier innovative deep tech and Web3 infrastructure projects. With a strategic presence in key crypto hubs worldwide, we are uniquely positioned to drive technological advancements within global ecosystems. Backed by nearly 50 years of combined expertise in advanced infrastructure, novel cryptography, cybersecurity, and energy solutions, our team is dedicated to empowering the entrepreneurs shaping the future of blockchain technology.
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We welcome passionate individuals and organizations to contribute to our community. If you're interested in speaking at future events or sponsoring our meetups, please fill up the Speaker application form and contact Amit Shilo at @Amit_Shilo (Telegram)
- Community Managers: Amit Shilo, Eden Luttenberg, Alon Kivity, Alon Ben Lavy.
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