#CryptoDeMayo: The Manifesto

🌎 I. May is LATAM Month

Latin America has the talent, the energy, the communities, the builders. What it needed was a moment to converge, a fixed point on the global crypto calendar that belongs to us.

#CryptoDeMayo is that moment. Every May, builders across LATAM come together: not under a single banner, not through a single organization, but in the same spirit, each from their city, each doing what they do best, amplifying each other.

⚡ II. The Power of Coordination

When many communities organize independently but align on the same month, something extraordinary happens: the whole becomes far greater than the sum of its parts.

Global sponsors notice a region. International attendees plan a trip, not just a single event. Speakers carve out the entire month. Builders make connections that cross borders. May becomes the reason to be in Latin America.

🤝 III. IRL is Irreplaceable

The whiteboard conversation. The hallway handshake after a talk. The dinner where the collaboration begins. Digital connects us every day. May is when we meet in person.

Every #CryptoDeMayo event is a real, in-person gathering, because those moments cannot be reproduced online. No virtual events. Show up.

🔓 IV. Open and Transparent

Anyone can submit an IRL crypto event happening in May. Conferences, hackathons, workshops, meetups, side events, any format, any city in LATAM.

Events are reviewed by a distributed group of community curators on a first-come, first-served basis. 2 curator approvals list the event. Listing is never guaranteed, and submitting implies accepting these principles. Events that violate the principles can be removed by 3 curators with a public reason stated.

📜 V. Our Principles

• IRL and in-person only, dates must fall in May.
• Open and inclusive: no event is too small, too local, or too new.
• Crypto-positive values: no misleading, extractive, or predatory projects.
• Transparent: all curator decisions include a public stated reason.
• Non-competitive: this is coordination, not ranking. We amplify each other.

🛡️ VI. The Curators

CryptoDeMayo is stewarded by community curators who have actively built in the LATAM ecosystem across prior editions of ETH Cinco de Mayo and beyond.

The curator network includes: ETH Cinco de Mayo, Medellin Blockchain Community, Frutero Club, FlashTalkCotorreo, Bandaweb3, CriptoUNAM, Mobil3, Arbitrum Ambassadors, and others. The network grows over time, adding voices from across the region.

Curators are self-responsible. Each event needs 2 approvals. 3 curators can remove an approved event with a clear public explanation.