$12,500 in Bitcoin, Winner Trophy, "Winner of B25 Hackathon" title

$5,000 in Bitcoin + Glory & Bragging Rights

$2,500 in Bitcoin + Glory & Bragging rights

$10,000 in bitcoin + an additional $10,000 in bitcoin to continue work after the hackathon. This prize will be awarded to the project that best utilizes the exSat platform.

exSat Extends Bitcoin's metadata consensus with a Hybrid Mechanism (PoW + PoS), aiming to bring Bitcoin's powerful and well-established trust to the entire blockchain ecosystem.

We welcome any projects that are beneficial to the development of BTC ecosystem, including but not limited to: infrastructure projects, PayFi and Bitcoin DeFi, asset issuance platforms, RWA projects, and one-stop passkey solutions.

Sponsored by exSat - https://exsat.network/

1st Place - $4000 in bitcoin
2nd Place - $2500 in bitcoin
3rd Place - $1000 in bitcoin

Build innovative DeFi applications on the Stacks blockchain that leverage sBTC—a 1:1 Bitcoin-backed asset that enables programmability without compromising Bitcoin's security. This hackathon offers builders a unique opportunity to be at the forefront of Bitcoin DeFi innovation.

Read the full challenge description & submission requirements here: https://stacksfoundation.notion.site/Stacks-Track-Bitcoin-Vegas-Hackathon-1ced6d1686088003a94afaaaae03ed69

Sponsored by Stacks - https://www.stacks.co/

1.5 Million Sats - For the project with the smoothest UX, cleanest UI, best accessibility, and innovations that make us wish all apps were built this way.

Sponsored by the Bitcoin Design Foundation - https://bitcoin.design

Tickets to a future Bitcoin++ event - You didn't win a top prize, but you made the judges smile :D

Tickets to a future Bitcoin++ event - For the project most likely to inspire MY MOM or kid brother to use bitcoin. (promote bitcoin adoption through education)

Tickets to a future Bitcoin++ event - Only eligible to teams where EVERY member is a high school OR undergrad college student.

$4,250 in bitcoin - For the project that best utilizes Rebar Shield within the Alkanes ecosystem.

Rebar Shield is a specialized RPC service that enables Bitcoin transactions to be submitted directly to mining pools, bypassing the public mempool for faster and more private settlement. This prize will be awarded to the best application of Rebar Shield within the Alkanes ecosystem, a smart contract platform built on Bitcoin. Projects should highlight creative, secure, and effective uses of Rebar Shield technology in the context of Alkanes.

Read the full challenge description & submission requirements here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1L0AEkmfAsw8pRh2uC43QqnAI4kQyzoVDmrvI72WVjgk/edit?usp=sharing

Sponsored by Rebar Labs - https://rebarlabs.io

$4250 in bitcoin - For the project that demonstrates the most impactful, creative, or technically impressive use of Rebar Data in their solution.

Rebar Data is Rebar Labs' enterprise-grade data platform, offering rich, comprehensive information on Bitcoin and its emerging metaprotocols. This challenge invites participants to build innovative applications that leverage the depth and breadth of Rebar Data. This prize will be awarded to the project that demonstrates the most impactful, creative, or technically impressive use of Rebar Data in their solution.

Read the full challenge description & submission requirements here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1L0AEkmfAsw8pRh2uC43QqnAI4kQyzoVDmrvI72WVjgk/edit?usp=sharing

Sponsored by Rebar Labs - https://rebarlabs.io

1st Place - $7250 in bitcoin
2nd Place - $4000 in bitcoin

Background: LayerTwo Labs creates P2P sidechains of Bitcoin — these are the real deal: merged-mined, no custodians, no alt-token, no federation, no multi-sig. We have already created "thunder" (which can scale to 8 billion users), "zSide" (which has zCash-like privacy), and BitNames (which is Namecoin-like). In the past we created "EthSide" a clone of geth.

Challenge: Check out our software at LayerTwoLabs.com/download, and make something new! For example — make a better version of the launcher, or improve the performance of Thunder, or make a multi-chain block explorer, or make SPV / mobile wallets, or a new useful L2 chain — or anything else. Let inspiration strike!

Sponsored by https://LayerTwoLabs.com