The record · newest first
Every room leaves a record.
The rooms we have held so far, across a dozen cities in India and China, and the public traces they left, on one thread. We have travelled with several ecosystems; the trail each room ran with is noted on its stop.
Forthcoming
Season · Southern coast, India
Season 01: the southern coast
A rented house, people who would never normally share a room, and the place itself at the table. The first of four seasons.
ArQ4 Nov 2026
Evening · Mumbai
Diyas: NEAR @ Devcon
A Diwali evening in Devcon week. Squad up with strangers, fire a real intent on-chain together, and walk out with the proof.
NEAR- You are here
2026
Oct 2026
Campus · Terna College, Nerul
NEAR AgentX Ideathon
Undergraduates pitching AI agents against real problems, with a path into the ArQ-run NEAR AI builder program.
NEARSep 2026
Builder's Café · Mumbai
Builder's Café: Roast My Repo
Twenty people building with AI opened their laptops and roasted each other's repos. Blockers on the board at the door; by dinner they had met the people who could help.
Sep 2026
Milestone · India
India joins the NEAR City Node map
ArQ's Legion India work becomes an official City Node. The idea stays the same: turn gatherings into systems that outlive the room.
NEARJul–Sep 2026
Campus · IIT Bombay · ITM Mumbai · Terna · ATLAS
NEAR Legion India campus rooms
AI agent fundamentals and hands-on building, one college at a time. Trustworthy agents and IronClaw with the Mumbai community.
Mar 2026
Paper Club · Bengaluru
Paper Club: Attention Is All You Need
Seventy people read the 2017 paper out loud, together, no slides and no lectures. Co-written by NEAR's co-founder, which is how the room got its excuse.
NEARMar 2026
Café · Bengaluru
Meta Pool Friday night
No conference hall. A Friday night, good people, something worth building together.
Meta Pool2025
Nov 2025
The House · Bengaluru
Road to Sub0 Hacker House
Forty-odd builders, three days, one villa. Chess at midnight, code reviews, mentors, a $40,000 finale.
PolkadotNov 2025
Hackathon · Goa
AssetHub Hackathon
Production, print and coverage for a multi-chain hackathon of 190+ builders.
Polkadot2025
Residency · Wuhan, China
Roots Wuhan
Bilingual storytelling, local merchandise and a community presence in China.
Polkadot2025
Campus · IIT Roorkee · IIT Bombay · MIT Manipal · NITK
Campus workshops
Technical workshops and campus builder communities with bounties, talks and hands-on support.
Polkadot2025
Print · India
Polka Post
A newspaper-style ecosystem recap and papercraft drops that gave protocol culture a physical form.
Polkadot
The trail starts here.