I recently attended the ETH San Francisco Hackathon as a volunteer and was fairly blown away with the magnitude of BUIDL.

I spoke with hackers, organizers, and other attendees — learning about their interests, their beliefs, and generally what draws people to ethereum. In fact, one common question I heard was: what brings you here? This inspired me to briefly articulate what excites me most about ethereum, and highlight a few specific projects from ETH San Francisco that fuel this interest.

Here’s 3 reasons why I’m excited: