ETH101 Series โ Topic 07: Forking & Customizing Protocols
โ๐น ETH101 Series โ Topic 07: Forking & Customizing Protocols
โ๐ What: A friendly session that explains what it means to fork a protocol, why teams do it, and how organizations can responsibly adapt proven ideas โ no coding required.
โ๐ Date: 24/10/2025
โ๐ Where: meet.google.com/yip-sahw-pir
โ๐ Who should come: Product managers, founders, community leads, token-economists, legal/ops, and non-technical decision-makers evaluating product strategy.
โโจ โReuse, Adapt, Launch โ Safelyโ Understand how teams reuse battle-tested code to go to market faster, what governance & reputation risks to watch, and how to evaluate when a fork makes sense for your product.
โ๐ What youโll get out of this workshop
โSimple definition: What โforking a protocolโ really means โ plain language and business analogies.
โMulti-chain overview: Pros/cons of launching on networks like Base, Polygon, Arbitrum, BSC.
โReal cases: SushiSwap & PancakeSwap โ what worked, what didnโt, and lessons for non-dev teams.
โNext steps playbook: How to brief engineers, choose auditors/partners, and plan a compliant rollout.
โ๐ Short resource pack:
โQuickNode โ fork w/ Ganache: https://www.quicknode.com/guides/ethereum-development/smart-contracts/how-to-fork-ethereum-blockchain-with-ganache
โQuickNode โ fork w/ Foundry: https://www.quicknode.com/guides/ethereum-development/smart-contracts/how-to-fork-ethereum-blockchain-with-foundry
โFoundry tooling: https://getfoundry.sh
โUniswap dev & local environment: https://docs.uniswap.org/contracts/v3/guides/local-environment
โForking options & DEX launch tactics: https://4irelabs.com/articles/forking-options-to-launch-a-dex/
โOpenZeppelin โ forked network guide: https://docs.openzeppelin.com/defender/guide/forked-network
โUniswap V2 fork example (GitHub): https://github.com/fullstack-development/Uniswap-v2-Fork-SC
โ๐ฏ Takeaway Leave with a clear, non-technical playbook to decide if a fork fits your strategy, how to reduce risks, and how to mobilize engineering, audits, and legal for a safe launch.
โ๐ RSVP (limited seats): https://luma.com/s1t1fd7t?tk=1X1lEL