Hackathon


Consensus Magazine

Consensus Web3athon 2023 Reveals Its Winners

Six projects building on five blockchain protocols will take home over $200,000 in grants to help fund development.

Atmosphere (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Tech

ETHDenver Teases Spin-off Plans as Conference Winds Down

After a successful week of hacking, networking and partying, conference co-founder John Paller revealed he is in talks to organize satellite events in other countries.

ETHDenver co-founder John Paller delivers his closing remarks. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Consensus Magazine

Inside the mtnDAO: Solana Devs Gather for a Month-Long Utah Retreat

Solana developers are looking to rebuild following a tough few months in the wake of FTX's downfall.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Tech

It’s Not Too Late to Join CoinDesk and CRADL’s Web3athon

Teams are still looking for members. Join a team and submit your project idea by Aug. 7.

Team members from CRADL and Food Fighters Universe (Top L-R): Lauren Serota (CRADL), Nick Scurfield (Food Fighters Universe), Philip Hyunh (Food Fighters Universe), Kevin Seo( Food Fighters Universe), Tricia Wang( CRADL) (Bottom L-R): Renée Barton (CRADL) and Lisa Kaselak (CRADL) at Web3athon Launch at Consensus 2022 in Austin, TX. (CRADL/Sai S. Karri)

Tech

Register by July 7 to Join CoinDesk's Hackathon With CRADL and HackerEarth

Calling on coders, designers, community organizers, policymakers, economists, urban planners and artists worldwide to help realize the potential of crypto and blockchain technology.

CRADL Co-Founder Tricia Wang and the Black Bitcoin Billionaire team (L-R):  Zuberi Daley,  Darrel “Bubba Crypto” Bryan, Courtney “Crypto Cody” Francis, Renaldo “ Naldo “ Watt, Dele "Bam Bam" Owoseni at Web3athon Launch at Consensus 2022 in Austin, TX. (CRADL/Sai S. Karri)

Layer 2

Cell Protocol Wants to 'Democratize' Liquidity in DeFi

The team, finalists during Web 3 Pitch Fest, wants to expand the network "horizontally and vertically" across exchanges and blockchains.

To preserve the anonymity of some of its founding members, Cell Protocol is using non-fungible tokens. (Cell Protocol, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

FTX, Liberty City Lead $20M Raise for Dev Platform DoraHacks

The hackathon startup will use the funds to launch an NFT-focused venture fund, among other things.

Scenes from Solana's Miami Hacker House in April 2022 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Layer 2

Beyond the Bitcoin Conference Hype: Pleb.Fi Builds Inclusivity

The intensive inclusivity-meets-tech hackathon is one Bitcoin developer’s “love letter to the community.”

Pleb.Fi Signage (George Kaloudis/CoinDesk)

Finance

Women-Led DAO Tackles (Lack of) Gender Diversity in Crypto

H.E.R. DAO organized a "Hacker House" at the Avalanche Summit in Barcelona last week, funding 25 women developers to attend.

Hackathon entrance at the Avalanche Summit in Barecelona (Lyllah Ledesma/CoinDesk)

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