Welcome to the Official Bitcoin++ Hackathon!
This is the hackathon site for the bitcoin++ beach edition conference in Florianopolis, Brasil.
The main hackathon competition will be open ended (overall 1st, 2nd, 3rd). Anything involving bitcoin is fair game.
There are optional challenges that hackers may create projects around. Submitting for a challenge is optional, and ALL projects will be considered for the main competition.
Logistics
Start: Thursday (2/20/25) @ 4:00 PM (Brazil Time - GMT-3)
Submission Deadline: Saturday (2/22/25) @ 10:00 AM - On Devpost
Presentations: Saturday @ 11:30 AM - MAX 3 minutes per team (practice & time yourself)
Awards & Closing: Saturday @ 2:30 PM
Requirements
Project Submission
All teams must submit their projects on Devpost (this site). Do this early so you don't forget.
Judges will primarily use the presentations to select winners. They may reference your Devpost sumbissions as well.
- Submission Deadline: Saturday (2/22/25) @ 10:00 AM - On Devpost
- Presentations: Saturday @ 2:30 PM
- 3 minutes per team (practice & time yourself)
Judging Criteria
To judge hackathon projects, we follow the global standard for performance-based judging: the Olympics Women’s Gymnastics Rubric. Judges will be evaluating each hackathon team’s performance based on the following criteria:
- Routine Difficulty: Project idea, Potential impact of project, ambition
- Routine Execution: Project achievement, What you actually built, Does it work
- General Effect: Swag Factor, Presentation, Applicability to theme
Prizes
1st Overall
5 Million Satoshis
2nd Overall
3 Million Satoshis
3rd Overall
1 Million Satoshis
Quirkiest Hack
500K Satoshis - You didn't win a top prize, but you made the judges smile :D
Best Design
100k Satoshis - For the project with the most intuitive, polished, and visually appealing user experience.
Best Beginner Hack
500K Satoshis (Only eligible to teams where EVERY member is a first-time contributor to open-source bitcoin)
Best integration of NWC connections into an existing Bitcoin wallet
333K Satoshis - Add NWC support into an existing bitcoin wallet. (Blink Wallet,
LaCrypta, etc.)
Best integration of NWC to enable Bitcoin payments in a non-wallet application
333K Satoshis - Add NWC support into your favorite messaging app, video game, fiat payment service, etc.
Best new application using NWC in an app, website, or client
333K Satoshis - Build a brand new application that utilizes NWC! Could be an AI agent for optimizing rewards from Bitrefill, An Alby Hub bot to buy lightning channels, an auto verification service for Bitcoin merchants on BTCMap, or anything else!
Honorable Mentions
4M Satoshis - divided equally amongst up to 5 "honorable mentions".
Thanks, BTC Inc :D
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Lucas Ferreira
Vinteum
Elle Mouton
Lightning Labs
jaonoctus
ZBD
saunter
Alby
Judging Criteria
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Routine Difficulty
Quality of your Project Idea. Potential impact of your idea. Ambition/scope of the project (given the 24 hour deadline). -
Routine Execution
Project achievement. What you actually built. Does it work? Were you able to solve the problem you set out to solve? -
General Effect
Swag Factor, Presentation, Applicability to theme (bitcoin)
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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