1. Executive Summary
Project Name: Onboarding Latin American Developers to Arbitrum
Questbook Application: Link to Questbook Application
Link to Website & Socials:
- Website: Course platform
- GitHub repositories:
- YouTube: Course playlist
- DappDojo Blog: Articles and additional content
- LinkedIn and other promotional content: see links in Section 3
Project Overview & Impact
This project delivered a free, public, Spanish-language educational program focused on onboarding Latin American developers to the Arbitrum ecosystem. The course consists of 64 original videos, over 4 hours of technical content, hands-on code examples, and a final project centered on tokenizing Real World Assets (RWAs) on Arbitrum, using Solidity, Foundry, Chainlink oracles, and best security practices.
Beyond online content, the project executed in-person university outreach, including conferences and multi-day bootcamps, directly engaging students from Software Engineering programs and introducing them to Arbitrum and Layer 2 technologies.
Role of the Grant
The Arbitrum DAO grant made it possible to:
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Produce high-quality educational content fully focused on Arbitrum.
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Deliver the course free of charge.
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Conduct in-person university conferences and bootcamps.
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Create content and publish open-source repositories tailored to Arbitrum development.
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Sustain consistent promotion across YouTube, DappDojo, LinkedIn, and Facebook.
Without the grant, the project would not have reached this scale, depth, or level of direct community engagement.
2. Performance Against KPIs
Key Results Achieved:
| KPI | Target | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| Course Published | Yes | Completed |
| Educational Videos | 50+ | 64 Videos |
| Registered Participants | 200 | 137 registered |
| Students completing the course | 40 | 59 (90%+ Completion) |
| Universities Visited | 3 | 3 Universities |
| Bootcamps Delivered | 3 | 4 bootcamps |
Summary
The project met or exceeded all core KPIs, particularly in student completion rate, in-person engagement, and content volume. Please note that we will continue to offer conferences and bootcamps to other Universities in the coming months.
3. Qualitative Impact & Community Feedback
Most Significant Non-Quantitative Outcomes
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Strong interest from university students in Layer 2 development and Arbitrum tooling.
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Direct exposure of students to real Arbitrum deployments, not just theory.
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Creation of a repeatable university bootcamp model for future Arbitrum onboarding.
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Increased awareness of RWA tokenization on Arbitrum.
University & Community Engagement
Universities Visited:
Activities:
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Open conferences: “Desarrolla Aplicaciones Web3 y Tokeniza Activos en Arbitrum”
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Four hands-on bootcamps (2 hours each) focused on:
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Writing, testing, and deploying smart contracts on Arbitrum
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Using Foundry in real development workflows
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Social & Media Presence
Dappdojo Blog articles:
- Programador Blockchain: Guía para Iniciar la aventura
- Arbitrum y la escalabilidad de Ethereum
- Rollups y Soluciones de Capa 2
- Desarrollo de Smart Contracts con Foundry
- Desarrollo de Aplicaciones Web3 y Tokenización de Activos en Arbitrum
- Arbitrum: Desarrolla aplicaciones Web3 escalables
LinkedIn Promotion (Examples)
- UTM Four-day Bootcamps
- Visit to Software Technology Institute
- Arbitrum Course Promotion
- Visit to UADY, Mathematics School
- UTM Conference
YouTube Live Streams for Educational Content
- Arbitrum y la adopción de la tecnología Web3, invitada: Camila Barrera
- Creación de contenido digital: Blockchain, IA y VibeCoding, Invitado: Oscar Uh
- El impacto de la IA en la educación y el emprendimiento, invitado: Jaziel Carballo
Additional Content
- More information about YouTube Shorts, Facebook posts, and other educational content can be found on this link: Additional promotional content
4. Financial Summary
Grant Fund Utilization (High-Level)
- Content creation (video production, material creation, curriculum design): ~50%
- Course post-production (video editing): ~20%
- Development & maintenance of code and examples: ~15%
- Promotion & community engagement (social media, livestreams, articles): ~15%
Budget Variance
There were no meaningful deviations from the original budget plan. Funds were allocated as intended, with a strong emphasis on educational quality and community reach.
5. Future Plans & Continued Ecosystem Alignment
Next Steps
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Continue promoting the course as a long-term onboarding resource for Arbitrum
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Expand university bootcamps to additional institutions in Latin America
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Maintain and expand open-source repositories
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Development of the platform Code.DappDojo for hands-on Solidity exercises.
Continued Engagement with Arbitrum
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Ongoing educational content centered on Arbitrum
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Regular workshops and bootcamps
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Continued developer onboarding through DappDojo Academy
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Long-term commitment to positioning Arbitrum as the default Layer 2 for Spanish-speaking developers
6. Additional Remarks
This grant demonstrated that Spanish-language, hands-on education is a powerful lever for Arbitrum adoption. By combining online content with in-person university engagement, the project successfully reached developers early in their careers and introduced them directly to building on Arbitrum.
We are grateful to the Arbitrum DAO for enabling this initiative and look forward to continuing our collaboration with the ecosystem.