WebX Asia 2026 — Post-Event Report to Proposal #51

[Ryanchen911]

On behalf of 6Block, I would like to thank the Gonka community for approving and funding Gonka's participation at WebX Asia 2026.

Under the original Proposal #51, 6Block directly funded the 75,000 USDT Platinum sponsorship, while the community allocated another 75,000 USDT to cover the execution of Gonka's presence at the event. After consolidating the expenses, the execution budget was used as follows, rounded to the nearest USDT:

75,000 USDT — Platinum sponsorship status, including media coverage, space for booth, and a speaking slot for the Liberman brothers;
36,526 USDT — travel and accommodation for 10 Gonka contributors, including three co-creators of the protocol;
21,237 USDT — booth construction;
10,227 USDT — local transportation, on-site expenses, and operational logistics;
4,303 USDT — content production, including the promotional video and on-site videography;
1,945 USDT — merchandise and printed materials;
1,185 USDT — side-event co-hosting (AI Economy Forum);
112 USDT — network, payment, and other minor operational costs.

The total execution cost was approximately 75,535 USDT. This exceeded the community allocation by around 535 USDT, which was covered outside the Community Pool funds. The total cost of the initiative was approximately 150,535 USDT.

What the budget enabled
These funds supported Gonka's full presence throughout WebX: a distinctive booth that introduced the protocol to 20,000 of attendees and distributed onboarding invitations for two brokers (GonkaRouter and Dahl); a main-stage appearance by David and Daniil Liberman focused on decentralized AI infrastructure; access to the VIP networking area and closed-door events for direct conversations with businesses, infrastructure providers, investors, and media; and participation in the AI Economy Forum and over 10 side events, both as speakers and as attendees building new relationships across the ecosystem.

A few posts related to Gonka's presence at WebX:
https://www.instagram.com/libermans/p/DbZCyhnEiub/
https://www.instagram.com/libermans/reel/Day7IOuN2RA/
https://www.instagram.com/libermans/p/DaxZrLTEezx/

The broker onboarding campaign also demonstrated that conferences can become a practical user-acquisition channel for Gonka. We welcome other brokers to work with the community on similar activations at future events.

WebX produced several immediate results.

1. Almost 4,000 new users registered through 6Block's broker onboarding and Dahl during this period. Their activity helped inference usage exceed the previous monthly record by the middle of July while also breaking the record for inference in a 24-hour frame.
2. The team has established over 100 strategic contacts spanning wallets, exchanges, AI ventures, telecommunications, GPU and infrastructure providers, investors, and media outlets. While these relationships require consistent nurturing, here is a preview of the primary opportunities we are currently pursuing:

• Prospective coverage in the Financial Times, Bloomberg, and prominent Web3 publications. Following direct discussions with their journalists, we have secured genuine editorial interest. Related event coverage has already appeared in Techub News, CoinEdition, MPost, AICoin, and CoinPost.
• Engagement with several major AI-inference consumers seeking long-term, commercial network utilization.
• Connections with investors and GPU providers; notably, one large-scale enterprise with private data-center infrastructure has already initiated hosting operations.
• Discussions with leading exchanges, wallets, and ecosystem partners regarding the wide-scale adoption of GNK. We are actively evaluating these partnerships to determine the next steps.
• Collaboration with fellow decentralized AI initiatives, including 0G, Aethir, and Boundless Network.

The team is presently managing the follow-up for these initiatives. Given that formalizing agreements can span several weeks or months, we remain committed to providing the community with progress updates as these WebX-originated leads reach fruition.

Beyond the immediate numbers, WebX gave Gonka its first major physical presence in Asia and helped us better understand how to develop the network in the region. Future participation can build on this foundation through pre-arranged business meetings, local-language representation, community activations, targeted media work, and dedicated or jointly organized side events.

Thank you again to everyone in the Gonka community who supported the proposal. Your contribution made it possible for Gonka to establish new relationships across the Asian ecosystem and create a foundation for further growth.

We'll be open to answering any questions regarding WebX and any future plans or suggestions for other events.

[Ryanchen911]

Here is a post by David and Daniil Liberman for you to learn more about Gonka's presence at WebX: https://medium.com/product-science-ai/gonka-at-webx-asia-2026-how-the-community-brought-the-protocol-to-the-global-stage-c6ce0b1a8a75