Welcome to the Bitcoin++ Turbo AI Hackathon!
This is the hackathon site for the bitcoin++ Turbo AI Hackathon in Austin, TX.
The main hackathon competition will be open ended (overall 1st, 2nd, 3rd). Anything involving bitcoin or AI 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
Date: Tuesday (3/11/25 12:00 PM - 5:30 PM)
Arrive: 12:00 PM (Central Time - GMT-6)
Kickoff Presentation: 1:00 PM
Hacking Begins: 2:00 PM
Submission Deadline: 4:00 PM - On Devpost
Judging Expo: 4:15 PM - MAX 3 minutes per team (practice & time yourself)
Awards & Closing: 5:00 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.
- Submission Deadline: 4:00 PM - On Devpost
- Presentations: 4:15 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
Trophy + Tickets to Bitcoin++ Mempool Edition in Austin, TX
2nd Overall
Trophy + Tickets to Bitcoin++ Mempool Edition in Austin, TX
3rd Overall
Trophy + Tickets to Bitcoin++ Mempool Edition in Austin, TX
Most Ambitious / Most Impressive
Trophy - Most Progress, Most Tech Built in 2 Hours
Quirkiest Hack
Trophy - You didn't win a top prize, but you made the judges smile :D
Best Design
Trophy - For the project with the most intuitive, polished, and visually appealing user experience
Most Educational
Trophy - Most likely to inspire MY MOM or kid brother to use bitcoin
Best use of AI
Trophy - Best incorporation of AI into a project
Best Beginner Hack
Trophy - Only eligible to teams where EVERY member is a first-time hacker/contributor to open-source bitcoin
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Austin Kelsay
Founder of PlebDevs / Implementation Engineer at Voltage
Bryan Bishop
Supreme Leader of Bitcoin Core
@niftynei
Founder - Bitcoin++ & Base58
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 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 (bitcoin & AI)
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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