🚀 Starknet Basecamp — Waterloo Builder Sprint (1-Day Intensive)

​🚀 Starknet Basecamp — Waterloo Builder Sprint (1-Day Intensive)

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🎯 Who it’s for: OPEN TO ALL (Students & builders; beginner-friendly, high-commitment)

​This is not a workshop.
This is not a lecture.
This is not a “come and go” event.

​This is a 10-hour, high-intensity builder sprint.

​We’re taking you from:

​“I’ve seen blockchain before” → “I just built and deployed something real.”

​🔥 What You’re Walking Into

​We start with clarity, not chaos.

​Before you write a single line of code, you’ll understand:

• ​what you’re building

• ​why it matters

• ​how the architecture actually works

​And then?

​We build. Ship. Deploy.

​By the end of the day, you will:

• ​Build a working Starknet-based application

• ​Deploy it on a local devnet

• ​Mint your own outputs (yes, real on-chain interaction)

• ​Understand what you built — not just copy-paste it

​⚙️ What You’ll Learn (without the fluff)

• ​How to think beyond “vibe coding”

• ​How to approach building with intent and structure

• ​How Starknet works (without drowning in theory)

• ​How to go from idea → architecture → execution

• ​How to actually ship something in a constrained time window

​🧠 The Format

​This is structured like a mini hackathon in a day:

• ​Learn just enough to build

• ​Build just enough to understand

• ​Ship something real

​No passive listening.
No “we’ll do it later.”
No unfinished projects.

​📅 Agenda

​10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
🔹 Foundations & Mental Models

• ​Blockchain basics (done right, not rushed)

• ​Starknet + ZK explained simply

• ​What are we actually building today?

​11:30 AM – 1:30 PM
🔹 Setup & First Build

• ​Environment setup

• ​Intro to Cairo

• ​Writing your first smart contract

​1:30 PM – 2:00 PM
🍽️ Break

​2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
🔹 Builder Sprint (Core Build Phase)

• ​Smart contract development

• ​App logic + interactions

• ​Debugging, iteration, and support

​5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
🔹 Deploy & Mint

• ​Deploying to local devnet

• ​Interacting with your app

• ​Minting outputs (your first real on-chain action)

​6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
🚀 Demos, Dinner & Wrap-Up

• ​Show what you built

• ​What’s next (hackathons, ecosystem, funding)

• ​Networking

​⚠️ Important

• ​This is a high-commitment, full-day sprint

• ​Laptops are mandatory

• ​Please join only if you can attend the entire 10 AM – 8 PM session

• ​Limited spots to keep this hands-on and focused

​👩‍💻 Led by

​Athika Fatima
Blockchain Engineer & Community Educator
(Delivered developer basecamps, hackathon prep programs, and builder intensives across Canada & globally)

​If you’re tired of tutorials, passive learning, and unfinished ideas…

​👉 This is your day to actually build something real.

​See you!🚀