MISSION:BUIDL
Workshops, hackathons, founder roundtables, builder grants, mentorship, conference access, travel support, and project development.
Explore MISSION:BUIDL ↗WVBF initiatives
Different programs. One connected ecosystem.
WVBF initiatives move people from first exposure to deeper skills, stronger networks, and real participation in emerging technology.
Program architecture
Each initiative has a specific job.
Clear identities help students, campuses, sponsors, and partners choose the right point of entry.
BBSN
The Black Blockchain Student Network expands access through Black student organizations, peer learning, and campus-based leadership.
Explore BBSN ↗Blockchain Attack Lab
An interactive incident simulation focused on distributed systems, smart-contract risk, governance failures, and team response.
Explore the Lab ↗01 / THE DISTINCTION
MISSION:BUIDL is not BBSN.
The initiatives can collaborate, but they are not interchangeable.
InitiativePrimary purposePrimary audience
MISSION:BUIDL
Build a broad student-to-builder pipeline through hands-on experience, industry access, and founder development.
Students and early founders across disciplines, institutions, and backgrounds.
BBSN
Expand access and leadership through Black student organizations and student-led campus networks.
Black students, Black student organizations, allies, and campus leaders focused on access.
Attack Lab
Teach security, risk, incident response, and systems thinking through an applied simulation.
Cybersecurity, computer science, finance, risk, policy, and professional teams.
One organization, separate lanes.
WVBF supports all three. MISSION:BUIDL is the flagship builder initiative. BBSN is an access and student-leadership network. Blockchain Attack Lab is a deliverable education program that can operate inside campus, workforce, or professional engagements.
Platform work
Programs sit inside a larger mission.
WVBF also provides education, training, policy education, and ecosystem-building services that connect these initiatives to institutions and communities.
Workshops + curriculum
Beginner through advanced instruction tailored to academic, professional, and public audiences.
Skills + pathways
Programs connecting emerging-technology concepts to jobs, projects, entrepreneurship, and industry exposure.
Public education
Nonpartisan briefings that make technology, infrastructure, and policy tradeoffs understandable.
Convening + connection
Roundtables and collaborations that bring students, educators, founders, companies, and leaders together.
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