FIELD NOTES / PEOPLE / PLACES

Work is also where it happened.

A chronological record of building, teaching, presenting, and meeting the communities around the systems and protocols I work on.

MENTORING · JUL 2026 · LAGOS, NIGERIA

Mentoring zero-knowledge at Web3Bridge

Mentoring students through an intensive three-week program, connecting cryptographic foundations to proof-system concepts, implementation, and the reasoning required to work through zero-knowledge protocols.

Samuel Dahunsi mentoring zero-knowledge students at Web3Bridge in Lagos — Working through zero-knowledge concepts with students during the Web3Bridge program.

SPEAKING · FEB 26, 2026 · LAGOS, NIGERIA

QuikDB at the Lagos Ethereum Community Hub

Presenting QuikDB's community-powered cloud infrastructure, including its distributed compute model, deployment experience, and the operational systems behind running workloads across community-operated nodes.

Black-and-white photograph of Samuel Dahunsi speaking at the Lagos Ethereum Community Hub — Presenting QuikDB's distributed compute model to the Ethereum community in Lagos.

Samuel Dahunsi speaking beside the Lagos Ethereum Community Hub banner

Close view of Samuel Dahunsi explaining QuikDB during the presentation

Samuel Dahunsi presenting QuikDB to the audience at the Lagos Ethereum Community Hub

REPRESENTATION · FEB 1–4, 2026 · DOHA, QATAR

QuikDB at Web Summit Qatar

Representing QuikDB as an Alpha startup, demonstrating its community-powered cloud infrastructure, and meeting founders, developers, investors, and ecosystem partners from across the event.

QuikDB Alpha booth and product demo screens at Web Summit Qatar 2026 — QuikDB's Alpha booth, A5-60, with the product running live on the exhibition floor.

Samuel Dahunsi wearing an Alpha badge at Web Summit Qatar 2026 in Doha

Samuel Dahunsi's QuikDB Alpha badge for Web Summit Qatar 2026

Samuel Dahunsi at the illuminated Web Summit Qatar installation in Doha

COMMUNITY · NOV 17–22, 2025 · BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA

Devconnect Argentina and the Ethereum World's Fair

Moving through technical sessions, interactive ecosystem spaces, and side events across the Ethereum World's Fair, with a focus on protocol infrastructure, payments, privacy, and the wider builder community.

Samuel Dahunsi at the Devconnect Argentina Ethereum World's Fair venue in Buenos Aires — At the Ethereum World's Fair, the main gathering space around Devconnect Argentina.

Samuel Dahunsi participating in an interactive installation at Devconnect Argentina

Samuel Dahunsi with another attendee at a Stacks ecosystem side event in Buenos Aires

Samuel Dahunsi at the Money Rails payments space during Devconnect Argentina

BUILDING · JUN 2024 · ACCRA, GHANA

Building at muAccra and ODHack

A hands-on builder program spanning open-source contribution, Cairo and Starknet, Cartesi rollups, and real-world assets, alongside ODHack sessions focused on contributing through the OnlyDust ecosystem.

Samuel Dahunsi collaborating with builders around a laptop during ODHack at muAccra — Working through an open-source contribution with builders at ODHack muAccra.

The ODHack muAccra builder cohort gathered for a group photograph

Samuel Dahunsi and teammates at the podium pitching their hackathon project during muAccra

Samuel Dahunsi trying an immersive technology demonstration at muAccra

MENTORING · 2023–2024 · NIGERIA

Mentoring young builders with Technovation Girls

Supporting student teams across two Technovation Girls competition cycles, from early product thinking and mobile application development to technical problem-solving, teamwork, and preparing their ideas to present.

Samuel Dahunsi mentoring a Technovation Girls team during a collaborative product session in Nigeria — Working through product decisions and technical challenges with a Technovation Girls team.

Samuel Dahunsi and fellow mentors guiding Technovation Girls students through an MIT App Inventor project — A hands-on mobile application session with students and mentors.