Northern Ireland’s blockchain moment is here. NI-Blockchain brings academia, industry and builders together to shape what’s next for Web3 and decentralised tech. We’re kicking off 2026 with our first community event on 12th February ↓

CastleDAO v1.0 🏰 Two weeks of building, workshops, late nights, Demo Day, Irish music, questionable sleep schedules and a lot of new friendships. Thanks to everyone who made @cstldao what it was. The gates will open again. Join the waitlist for the next edition 👇 Partners & Sponsors: @solana @jito @JET_EUROPA_ @EasyA_Kickstart @ConfirmoPay @solanamobile @QUBelfast @NestiFi_ @post_polar_ @skyrisecreative @DrNickA @altitude @NorioVentures @BonkAdvisory @ormeau_labs @NI_Blockchain @collym @IRACEDIGITAL Triple Crown Digital

Week 1 at @cstldao. 🏰 Old walls. New ideas. Runs, cold plunges, BBQs, whiskey, poker, networking and plenty of building. Big shoutout to all our partners and sponsors: @solana @FCATalyst @jito @JET_EUROPA_ @EasyA_Kickstart @ConfirmoPay @solanamobile @QUBelfast @NestiFi_ @post_polar_ @skyrisecreative @DrNickA @altitude @NorioVentures @BonkAdvisory @ormeau_labs @NI_Blockchain @collym IRACE Digital Triple Crown Digital

This was the exact moment I literally blew my own trumpet 🎺 announcing StudyPerks is live on Mainnet 😂 on @SolanaEvents 📺 Shout out to @superteamIE for EVERYTHING they did for us at @cstldao over the past two weeks. Give these lads and lassies a raise 😍 And to all our sponsors @EasyA_Kickstart @SolanaFndn @NorioVentures @jito @FCATalyst @NestiFi_ @solanamobile @IRACEDIGITAL @altitude @skyrisecreative @BonkAdvisory @ConfirmoPay @QUBMomentum10 @ormeau_labs @NI_Blockchain @superteam @solana Thank you, thank you 💛☘️

A closer look at our co-working spaces at @cstldao 🏰 Each workstation features a 32” curved display and a height-adjustable Huzaro desk, with high-speed connectivity powered by 5G and Starlink. High-performance tech meets historic grandeur. Only at CastleDAO 🏰 A special thank you to our sponsors & supporters: @solana @FCATalyst @jito @JET_EUROPA_ @EasyA_Kickstart @ConfirmoPay @solanamobile @QUBelfast @NestiFi_ @post_polar_ @skyrisecreative @DrNickA @altitude @NorioVentures @BonkAdvisory @ormeau_labs @NI_Blockchain IRACE Digital Triple Crown Digital

N.I. Blockchain has spent the past year helping bring Belfast & Northern Ireland’s students, founders and researchers into wider tech and founder networks. Now, they’re bringing N.I. to CastleDAO 🏰 Welcome aboard as Official Community Partner @NI_Blockchain ⚔️

NI-Blockchain joins @cstldao as an Official Community Partner Meetups, Buildstations, Talent Hubs, Summits. A year of shared rooms with @superteamIE across the island, educating, connecting & empowering builders Two weeks shipping from Slane Castle. See you there

In 10 years in crypto and blockchain in Ireland, this is the boldest thing I've seen anyone take on. @SuperteamIE is running a 2-week Solana builder residency at the historic Slane Castle in Ireland. Go big or go home! 👇👇👇

Tokenization of investment funds is one of the most active corners of onchain finance right now Monday in Dublin, you'll hear it firsthand @Crypt0Mondays at Kennedy's, 6pm. link below

Ireland’s first Quantum x Blockchain hackathon. 50+ hackers. Supported by @FCATalyst, @solana and Quantum Ireland.

Exciting to see @CtrlAltCo expanding again in Northern Ireland Check out the link in the below post for their latest openings ⬇️

Excited to support the team behind COLONII as they rethink how identity and AI can work together. Not just AI. Your identity layer. Beta access is now open for early users. Sign up here: lnkd.in/e9ewdd5V @coloniiworld

AI at the intersection of blockchain isn't theoretical. It's about security, responsibility and delivering real value. Shane from Pytilia made that point at our NI-Blockchain Summit, and came back for year 2 to do it. These are the conversations NI needs to be having.

Yesterday we kicked off the Smart Sustainability Hub Our first roundtable bringing together industry, academia & ecosystem partners to work on real deployment challenges across ESG, traceability, supply chains & compliance. Not concepts. Not pilots. Deployable solutions.

Dublin Buildstation Agenda is now out 🫵 Week 1 (27 April - 1 May) Monday 27 April Opening session - 10am Founder Mindset by Tamara Leigh - 2pm Tuesday 28 April Morning Yoga - 8:30am Finding Product Market Fit by @PeteTownsendNV - 2pm Wednesday 29 April Agentic Project Management by @runpentagon - 2pm Thursday 30 April Solana Ecosystem Call by @SolBrothersPod - 3pm Friday 1 May Run/walk club - 9am Web3 Marketing Playbook by @inks founder @thesolsisclub - 2pm Accelerate your Growth by @jito - 4pm Pub Quiz with @Fundraisely - 7pm

a year ago, @superteamIE didn't exist. idea-stage. 12 months later: builders supported across Dublin & Belfast. hackathon wins. university partnerships. real capital raised by members. real jobs created. @NI_Blockchain: same pattern. first initiative, to a 100+ person summit. academic-industry bridge that didn't exist before. the common thread: consistent rooms. not content calendars. ecosystems aren't built on the timeline. they're built in person, then amplified online

Ireland's blockchain ecosystem is a case study in what happens when you build rooms before you build reach @NI_Blockchain from first event to 100+ person summit within a year. no ad spend. @superteamIE dozens of founders supported, real capital raised, hackathons won. 12 months. the room was the infrastructure. the ecosystem grew on top

the @NI_Blockchain summit came 1 year after its first event. out of a small room & academics in belfast. a summit came together. 100+ attendees. 20+ speakers. no ad spend. no influencer partnerships. nobody built a growth strategy. they built a room. the room built the ecosystem. most founders are still optimising for impressions when the real flywheel is showing up

Net Zero isn't a compliance exercise. It's a competitive advantage. Ben from carbonfit made that case at our NI-Blockchain Summit. Blockchain and sustainability need to be in the same conversation more often.

Quantum computing isn't a future problem. It's a design problem for blockchain right now. Teik Guan & the #pQCee team brought that message to our NI-Blockchain Summit. The conversations are still going

Stuart from @campfireinvest nailed it at the NI-Blockchain Summit: the industry needs more events like this. 100+ people in the room. Sharp conversations at the intersection of blockchain, AI and sustainability. Real momentum building - and it's just the beginning.