[2603] Rootstock BTCFi Onboarding & Builder Activation — CryptoVendimIA 2026

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[2603] Beexo BTCFi Grant – Criptovendimia 2026 - Failed

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I believe what Rootstock needs most right now is users and activity.

The main bottleneck is still awareness. We won’t reach adoption if people don’t know Rootstock exists or understand what can be done with it. I still attend conferences where many participants are either unaware of Rootstock or unclear about its use cases.

The users I know who actively use Rootstock protocols report high satisfaction.

Conferences remain key to addressing this. While impact is not always easy to measure, they are one of the most effective ways to reach new users and drive onboarding, especially when combined with hands-on follow-ups, which we are working on with Vottum.

In that context, I find it difficult to understand decisions like the vote against supporting Cryptovendimia. This is an event with strong ties to the ecosystem, direct access to the audience, and clear opportunities to drive wallet usage and protocol adoption—all with a relatively small investment.

I would understand not supporting events where we lack reach or influence. But in cases like this—where there is a key ecosystem partner involved in the organization, an ambassador directly engaged, and a team strongly aligned with Rootstock—the decision becomes even harder to understand. These are precisely the kinds of teams that actively drive real adoption.

Apologies for insisting on this point, but I’ve been working on Rootstock user adoption for over 6 years, and I care deeply about what actually works.

In the past, Rootstock Labs has sponsored many events with significantly larger budgets, often focused on branding without strong activation or follow-up. Those efforts also typically required team travel, logistics, and coordination costs, which likely matched or exceeded the sponsorship itself.

In contrast, initiatives like this are effectively outsourcing execution to highly committed ecosystem partners, who are already aligned and focused on driving adoption. Not supporting them is, in my view, economically inefficient and strategically counterproductive.

If the expectation is to return to a more centralized model of execution, I believe that would go against the spirit of the Collective, which exists precisely to decentralize efforts and empower the ecosystem.

This is exactly the type of initiative we should be supporting—especially when it comes from proven contributors with years of involvement and commitment to Rootstock.

The goal should remain simple: make sure people know Rootstock exists, understand what they can do with it, and start using it.

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Rootstock BTCFi Onboarding & Builder Activation — CryptoVendimIA 2026 (Updated Proposal)

We understood it feels Roostock is making the heavy financial effort. We will re-adapt certain aspects to rebalance it.

We are going to make a new proposal onchain with careful review and clarity over metrics expected and a lower budget as a proof we heard your comments.

In addition, in the hackathon side, there is no obligation to build over Beexo Protocol, just extra incentives.

Final Cost Structure

  • Sponsorship (shared Rootstock + Beexo): $10,000 USD

    • Rootstock Collective: $5,000

    • Beexo Wallet: $5,000

  • Builder Prizes (Rootstock Collective): $2,500 USD

Total request for Rootstock Collective: $7,500 USD

We’re attaching the full Crypto VendimIA sponsorship deck to this post so everyone can review the tier breakdown, benefits, and exposure packages transparently.

The key point: Rootstock and Beexo is contributing at Silver Tier ($10,000) but receiving full Main Sponsor-level benefits — which are valued at significantly more. This is possible because of a long-term strategic partnership between our team, Rootstock and Crypto VendimIA, built over multiple years of collaboration. The event organizers recognize Rootstock’s ecosystem value and are granting Main Sponsor exposure at half the cost.

In concrete terms, this means Rootstock gets everything a Main Sponsor receives but paying equally Beexo Wallet and Rootstock.
2 main stage keynotes, a fully branded Finance & Blockchain stage, dedicated booth, B2B panel access, 100+ tickets, VIP passes, and maximum social media visibility.

2 Main Stage Keynotes
Rootstock will lead two high-visibility sessions on the main stage, positioning BTCFi and Bitcoin programmability at the center of the conference narrative. The hole morning will be about Bitcoin and BTCFi introduction.

  • Finance & Blockchain Stage Fully Branded for Rootstock
    The dedicated stage will carry Rootstock branding throughout the event, reinforcing institutional recognition and ecosystem authority.

  • Dedicated 5 meters Booth for Onboarding and Activations
    A permanent ecosystem hub for wallet onboarding, protocol education, and direct interaction with attendees, builders, and institutions.

  • Panel Participation During B2B Friday
    Rootstock will participate in the enterprise and institutional track, engaging regulators, fintech companies, and corporate stakeholders.

  • Technical Workshops During the Hackathon
    Hands-on sessions designed to guide developers through real Rootstock integrations and BTCFi use cases.

  • Dedicated Hackathon Tracks for Rootstock Use Cases
    A structured builder pathway focused exclusively on Rootstock applications, increasing the probability of meaningful ecosystem outputs.

  • Maximum Social Media Visibility
    Rootstock will receive digital exposure equivalent to a Main Sponsor, including campaign amplification across event channels.

  • 100 General Access Tickets
    To run ecosystem campaigns, raffles, or targeted community engagement initiatives across X and Instagram.

  • 20 VIP Passes
    For KOLs, strategic partners, and ecosystem leaders aligned with Rootstock.

  • 10 Full Experience Tickets
    For high-level networking with regulators, enterprises, universities, and institutional actors.

  • Dedicated LABITCONF / Bitcoin Argentina Space
    A Bitcoin-native educational area focused on explaining Bitcoin, Rootstock, and BTCFi fundamentals, reinforcing long-term ecosystem education.

  1. Strategic Alliance & Ecosystem Partners**

    This initiative is executed as a coordinated ecosystem effort, involving:

    • Rootstock Collective — ecosystem coordination, funding, and builder enablement

    • Beexo Wallet — BTCFi use case and integration interface

    • Money On Chain — DOC and USDRIF as BTCFi primitives

    • Tropykus — BTCFi lending and DeFi use cases

    • CryptoVendimIA — regional execution platform

    • Communities: UnderC0de, AndesTech, CuyoConnect, AIWKND, SeedLATAM and 1. * Buidlers— a 1,000+ developer community, co-organizing a large-scale hackathon

    • LABITCONF / Bitcoin Argentina NGO — bringing Bitcoin-native education from Buenos Aires to Mendoza, with a dedicated space to explain Bitcoin, Rootstock, and BTCFi

    This alliance ensures both technical depth and community reach.

  2. Video of the event 2025:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xckzhgHT0Ec

Deck in English:

We are going to

  • ≥from 300 to 500 new wallets activated on Rootstock.

  • +800 on-chain transactions from event wallets.

  • 3 to 5 teams on the hackathon.

Both verifiable via Rootstock Explorer queries included in the Impact Report within 14 days of event close.

Onboarding Actions — Step by Step

We have three distinct onboarding activations, each designed for a different interaction context:

1. Booth — a 5 Meters Booth with Rootstock, Beexo Wallet, Rootstock Collective, Money on Chain, Tropikus.
Event Campaign: Every visitor to the Rootstock booth receives a code that triggers their first on-chain transaction (wallet creation + RBTC interaction). For them to have enough RBTC to make transactions.

2. Learn-to-Earn Challenge: A 10-question quiz on Rootstock, BTCFi, and the Collective. Only participants who answer correctly receive token rewards — this filters for genuine engagement and knowledge retention, not just airdrop farming. They will receive USDRIF that will make them be able to buy in-site event perks.

3. Workshop On-Chain Challenge: During technical workshops, participants complete a practical on-chain task (deploying, interacting with a contract, or executing a transaction on Rootstock). Completions enter a raffle with prizes. This targets the builder/developer audience specifically.

Each of these feeds directly into the on-chain KPIs in the Impact Report.

Builder Prizes — Allocation & Structure

The $2,500 builder prize pool is allocated by use case quality:

┌───────┬────────┐

│ Place │ Prize │

│ 1st │ $1,250 │

│ 2nd │ $750 │

│ 3rd │ $500 │

└───────┴────────┘

Additionally, Beexo is independently funding extra builder prizes from our own resources — this is separate from the grant and represents additional co-investment into the hackathon ecosystem.

Stakers & DAO Participation

We will promote Rootstock Collective staking as part of our booth education and the dedicated Collective presentation. However, we want to be transparent: converting event attendees to active stakers within the event window is a stretch goal, not a core KPI.

Summary

  • Sponsorship deck attached for full transparency

  • Main Sponsor benefits at Silver Tier cost via long-term partnership co-sponsored with Beexo Wallet.

  • Three structured onboarding flows (booth codes, learn-to-earn, workshop challenges)

  • $2,500 prizes split $1,250 / $750 / $500 + additional Beexo-funded prize.

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Hi Juani! Given that the event starts in a few days (on March 25), do you think there’s enough time to move forward with this new proposal?

Edit: I see that the new voting ends on March 26. After that, if it passes, the queue time begins until the proposal is executed, which will be around the end of the event or after it concludes.

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Hey @juanipodesta , we have voted against for this proposal, because the projected KPIs and unclear Customer Acquisition Cost simply do not justify the expenditure. Furthermore, the activation feels highly imbalanced, coming across as a promotional vehicle for Beexo Wallet where Rootstock is expected to do the heavy financial lifting without equal “skin in the game” from the other partners.

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@Eren_DAOplomats Let me try to explain some things to make this clearer.

We are the ones making the largest financial contribution, as well as investing significant time and effort to ensure this initiative is a success. The KPIs are clear, and we are confident we will surpass them.

We are coordinating more than 20 participants who will travel specifically for the conference to speak about Bitcoin and Rootstock. We have already aligned with universities, KOLs, builders, and multiple media outlets to ensure strong impact.

We are organising a 16-person builder house for the hackathon and preparing a full agenda centred around Rootstock. Our goal is to educate, provide resources, and deliver a complete hands-on experience with Rootstock protocols—while actively encouraging the deployment of new contracts on the network.

We have been engaging with builders for over a month to build awareness and momentum around this initiative.

It is important to understand that we have been building on Rootstock for months without requesting any grant. We have already contributed tangible value:

  • Making DOC and USDRIF usable in Argentina by enabling swaps to ARS

  • Integrating natively with Money on Chain and Tropikus

  • Implementing a Boltz integration for swaps

  • Currently working with the Rootstock Labs team to integrate the required EIP for RIF Relay

In this proposal, we are asking Rootstock to co-finance and co-brand the conference—providing full exposure while showcasing the real power and innovation of its ecosystem.

This is not just a sponsorship. The goal is to make the conference deeply Rootstock-centric.

Understanding the local idiosyncrasy is key: we are not targeting massive, generic audiences. We are planting a seed of trust within a curated, high-quality niche that can truly drive long-term value for Rootstock.

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@juanipodesta this is promising, thanks for sharing.
I’m happy this proposal reached quorum and seems on track to be passed.

please share as much detail as possible during execution and afterwards, as there may be useful information and takeaways for other events and initiatives.

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Gm, @juanipodesta , we hope that the event was a success and that the workshop and technical panels were well attended. We’re looking forward to the after event KPI report, but wondered if you have any prelimary thoughts or images that you could share now? Tks!

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Gm @juanipodesta , we’re excited to read the event Impact Report that you mentioned would be published within 14 days from the close of the event. If you need more time to put together the report, just let us know when you expect to publish it. Tks!

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Hi everyone!

It has been an amazing week during the 3 day hackathon and the main conference.

13 complete builds on rootstock that compete for the prizes.

We have al least 6 teams that will make the follow up to Rootstock Collective.

This are some pictures of the Hackathon + Event.

The event was amazing, a lot of education

The full report will be soon delivered, with on chain proofs.

Thanks, and talk really soon!

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Love the pictures, @juanipodesta , really shows the vibes the event, which look fantastic! You’ll have to give some additional details about the picture of the two little boys with the educational idea! We’re really looking forward to reading the report, and if you can include any recommendations on what the team could improve upon for a potential future event and/or any concerns you had to address during the event. Not sure if you’ve seen @ChronoTrigger great report on his event, as it really provides an excellent full picture of what worked well with some weaknessess that the team encountered.

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Thanks a lot! It was definitely hard work, but the hunger from people all across Argentina — genuinely wanting to understand how this new world is going to reshape their lives — gave us the energy to push through. It’s not a simple topic to explain. You need patience and a lot of familiar analogies to make it land.

On the two boys in the picture: that moment captures exactly what we’re after. They presented a school project on financial inclusion — their own take on why access to money and savings tools matters for everyone. Seeing kids that age thinking seriously about these problems reminded all of us why we’re building what we’re building.

On the product side, we’re putting in serious work to enrich the Rootstock experience. Soon we’ll be announcing that any Argentine will be able to buy USDRif and DOC directly from ARS — and also RBTC and BTC. We’re also building protocol integrations for on-chain swaps between other EVMs (Base, Arbitrum, Ethereum, Polygon, and more) and Rootstock — both directions.

The goal is to become the platform to interact with Rootstock and the real world.

Please do share the report of @ChronoTrigger , will be super helpful!

Happy to keep sharing updates, and happy to be learning the Rootstock Collective process so other builders can understand how to get financial support while adding real value.

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Hey @juanipodesta,

@DAOstar_gov is referring to this one:

Notice there’s a take from me in the end of the post with my thoughts.
Being in there, boots on the ground, it’s a full day engagement, you present, you talk to people on coffee breaks, lunch, happy hour, dinner, etc. you can grab a lot of sentiment and insights.
I agree it’ll be rich if you can share your takeaways as well.

Ps.: don’t you dare talk about the hard work in a Crypto+Wine themed event in Mendoza/AR, where the entry ticket for participants was literally called “Malbec”. I’m sure all the wine drinking must have been overwhelming.
I’m kidding of course!

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Love this update and can’t wait to read the full report. The story about the two boys is fantastic - pretty amazing that kids that age are thinking like this!

You mentioned that you’re building a platform for all Argentines with real (world) utility for USDRif, etc. - your story about the two boys just demonstrates the importance of how this will benefit families with access to low cost and secure transactions. Glad that @ChronoTrigger shared his pre-empt perspective of his event, since the better we understand the full picture of what builders are experiencing in Argentina and LATAM, other builders can learn from your experience, and create more effective proposals that can really make a difference in peoples lives.

Not sure if you saw this, posted by @Axia , but would love to get your comments on this forum post based upon your experiences. Tks!

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Hi team,

First of all — thank you so much for your patience and for everything Rootstock Collective has made possible. The sponsorship of both the hackathon and the event was incredibly meaningful to us, and we want to make sure the report truly reflects the impact of your support.

Good news: the report is fully completed and will land here on Monday.

In the meantime, we’ve been heads-down shipping what might be our most exciting release yet — and a lot of it is deeply connected to the Rootstock ecosystem:

• Buy with ARS → USDRIF and DOC (Dollar On Chain) — a huge step for Argentine users to dollarize natively through RSK-native stablecoins.
• Buy BTC directly — with RBTC coming right after.
• KYC flow upgrade — smoother, more responsive, better conversion.
• Improved integrations for crosschain interoperability— solving DOC ↔ EVMs and USDRIF ↔ EVMs bridging to expand liquidity and usability.

And honestly? We have a lot more ideas brewing around Rootstock — new integrations and products we’re genuinely excited about. Specially for Argentine/ LatAm needs.
Probably around Yields :wink:
We can’t wait to share them with you once this version ships and the report is in your hands.

Monday it is. Thanks again for everything — this partnership means a lot to the whole Bexo team.

Warm regards,
Juani

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Fabulous! @juanipodesta , we’re looking forward to reading this next week and especially hearing what the team has been brewing. Tks for the exciting update!

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Hi Juani!

We’d like to take this opportunity to ask you the same question we’ve been asking all Rootstock builders on the forum: Does the announced sunset of Tropikus affect Beexo or have any consequences for it? If so, what kind, and how do you plan to address it? If there’s anything the DAO or our team at SEEDGov (in Argentina/LATAM) can do to help with this situation, please let us know.

Thanks!

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Hi! This is the link to the Report:

Incredible experience :slight_smile: Still a lot to work on.

Thanks a lot for the patience, and thanks to every dellegate who support with questions and feedback.

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Hi Juani, thanks for the comprehensive report!

We have a question regarding the hackathon participants and winners: have you stayed in touch with any of them to ensure this wasn’t just a one-off experience, but rather the beginning of ongoing engagement aimed at continuing to build on Rootstock? What can you tell us about your expectations regarding that?

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Absolutely! What would be the prefer channel to canalize them?

What should be the best channel also to make them continue the interaction?

Is there any collab we can do with SEED to expand it?

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Hi @juanipodesta great question, since the event wrapped first of all congrats on this results.

Here’s what we’re proposing to keep the builder momentum alive:

Telegram group + Slack channel (our top pick for LatAm builders)
Telegram for the builders (fast, informal, high engagement), Slack for coordination with the DAO and ecosystem stakeholders. Both linked and mirrored on key announcements.

Telegram: A dedicated group for all VendimiaTech 2026 alumni. Telegram is where most Argentine/LatAm developers actually live day-to-day, so friction is lowest. We’d use it for async updates, Q&A, sharing progress, and surfacing new opportunities from the Rootstock ecosystem.

Slack: A #rootstock-vendimia-builders channel, potentially inside an existing Rootstock Collective channel. Better for structured threads and integrations, and easier to connect with the broader Rootstock team for development.

These 14 projects and 30 teams are the beginning of a Rootstock builder community in Argentina, and we want to treat them that way. Feel free to DM me to start creating this asap.

Would love the DAO’s input - and if @SEEDGov or any delegates want to be part of the builder group, you’re more than welcome.

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