About ETHReS 2026

Ethereum Research Symposium 2026 (ETHReS 2026) is an academic and research-oriented conference created to connect the fast-moving blockchain ecosystem with rigorous scholarly research. Held in the Czech Republic and affiliated with ETH Prague 2026, ETHReS aims to build a bridge between researchers, students, protocol designers, developers, and industry practitioners working on blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and decentralized applications.

ETH Prague has grown into a major international event that attracts thousands of participants from across the Web3 ecosystem. ETHReS was created to complement that energy with a dedicated space for research exchange, critical discussion, and presentation of high-quality academic work. Our goal is to bring academic thinking closer to one of the most active blockchain communities in Europe and to make current research more visible, accessible, and relevant to practitioners.

This initiative began in a smaller form as a poster session at ETH Prague 2025. The strong interest in that format showed that there is real demand for a more substantial research track within the broader ETH Prague environment. Following that initial success, the organizers, together with representatives of the Ethereum Foundation, encouraged the creation of a larger and more structured forum for academic and research contributions. ETHReS 2026 is the result of that effort.

The symposium welcomes submissions related to blockchain systems, cryptocurrencies, smart contracts, decentralized finance, governance, security, privacy, economics, and decentralized applications, with a preference for Ethereum-oriented work but without restricting the scope only to Ethereum. We want ETHReS to be a venue where foundational research, empirical studies, system design, usability work, legal and economic analyses, and interdisciplinary perspectives can meet.

Beyond publication and presentation, ETHReS is meant to foster real interaction between academia and the broader community. By colocating the symposium with ETH Prague, accepted authors will have the opportunity to present their work in an environment where ideas can immediately reach developers, founders, infrastructure teams, researchers, and protocol communities. At the same time, participants from ETH Prague will gain direct access to current academic work and emerging research directions.

ETHReS 2026 is built on the belief that the future of decentralized technologies will benefit from stronger ties between open innovation and careful research. We hope the symposium will become a long-term platform for exactly that exchange.