Welcome to the Official Bitcoin++ 2025 Mempool Hackathon!
This is the hackathon site for the bitcoin++ 2025 Hackathon in Austin, TX.
The main hackathon competition will be open ended (overall 1st, 2nd, 3rd). Anything involving bitcoin is fair game. Bonus points for mempool or mining related projects.
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
Hackathon Kickoff: Thursday (5/8/25) @ 4:30 PM (CT)
Submission Deadline: Friday @ 2:00 PM - On Devpost
Report to Expo Hall: 2:30 PM
Judging Expo: 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM - MAX 3 minutes (practice & time yourself)
Finalists Announced: 5:00 PM
Finalist Presentations: 5:15 PM - 5 minutes per team (main stage)
Awards & Closing: 7:00 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.
This event will judged using a science fair expo format. Judges will walk around and adjudicate projects in parallel.
Finalists will present on stage.
- Submission Deadline: Friday @ 2:00 PM (CT) - On Devpost
- Report for Judging Expo: 2:30 PM
- 3 minutes per team (practice & time yourself)
- Finalist Presentations: 5:15 PM - 5 minutes per team
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 (mempool & mining)
Prizes
1st Overall
5 Million Satoshis + Gamma Bitaxe per team member + Tickets to future Bitcoin++ event + Trophy
2nd Overal
3 Million Satoshis + Supra Bitaxe per team member + Tickets to future Bitcoin++ event + Trophy
3rd Overall
2 Million Satoshis + Ultra Bitaxe per team member + Tickets to future Bitcoin++ event + Trophy
Best Design (UI)
Gamma Bitaxe Miner + Tickets to future Bitcoin++ event - For the project with the most intuitive, polished, and visually appealing user experience.
Powered by the Bitcoin Design Foundation.
Best Design (Accessibility)
Gamma Bitaxe Miner + Tickets to future Bitcoin++ event - Awarded to the project that best enhances accessibility, ensuring more people can use and benefit from it regardless of ability.
Powered by the Bitcoin Design Foundation.
Quirkiest Hack
Tickets to future Bitcoin++ event - You didn't win a top prize, but you made the judges smile :D
Most Ambitious / Most Impressive
Tickets to future Bitcoin++ event - Most progress made, Highest technical achievement
Best Beginner Hack
Tickets to future Bitcoin++ event - Only eligible to teams where EVERY member is a high-school/undergraduate student OR a first-time contributor to open-source bitcoin.
Most Educational
Tickets to future Bitcoin++ event - Most likely to inspire MY MOM or kid brother to use bitcoin
Honorable Mentions
Tickets to future Bitcoin++ event - Awarded to up to 6 "honorable mentions".
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
niftynei
Base58
Luke Dashjr
OCEAN
Peter Todd
OpenTimestamps
Matt Corallo
Spiral
Super Testnet
Independent
Jeremy Rubin
Char
stutxo
Char
Bryan Bishop
Supreme Leader of Bitcoin Core
Shinobi
Bitcoin Magazine
Dustin Dettmer
Core Lightning
Buck Pearly
Unchained
Judging Criteria
-
Routine Difficulty
Quality of your Project Idea. Potential impact of your idea. Ambition/scope of the project (given the 2 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 (mempool)
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
Tell your friends
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.