Build Smart Contracts on Alephium – A Dev Workshop with Core Devs

​Curious about how smart contracts can work on a Proof-of-Work blockchain?
Want to explore something beyond the EVM world?
Join us for a relaxed, hands-on workshop with core developers from Alephium!

​We’ll dive into:

• ​The evolution of the UTXO model and how Alephium extends it for scalability and programmability

• ​The design and features of Ralph, Alephium’s purpose-built smart contract language

• ​A live session deploying a smart contract on Alephium’s testnet

​What is Alephium?

​Alephium is a Layer 1 blockchain founded in Switzerland, built on Proof-of-Work. It combines innovative sharding, expressive smart UTXO (sUTXO), and an energy-efficient consensus called Proof-of-Less-Work. Alephium enables scalable and secure dApps designed for real-world use cases — and it’s been running smoothly for over five years.

​This workshop is for you if you're:

• ​A developer who’s used to EVM and curious about other virtual machines

• ​Interested in UTXO, PoW, or just want to try something new

• ​Keen to see how smart contracts can live on a scalable Proof-of-Work chain

​ What to prepare:

• ​Bring your laptop

• ​Install Docker beforehand – we’ll run everything on a local devnet

• ​Download the Alephium Wallet in advance:
  📥 https://alephium.org/wallets/
  This will allow you to claim a Proof-of-Attendance NFT during the event — and yes, these NFTs may be used in the future for ecosystem token airdrops!

​Resources:

• ​Website: https://alephium.org

• ​Ralph Little Book: https://ralph.alephium.org

• ​Alephium Docs: https://docs.alephium.org

• ​Berlin Dev Chat Group: https://t.me/+0zH6AEkWr401Njdi