The Solana Foundation is excited to host the Solana Hyperdrive Hackathon, an online, global event with up to $1 million in prizes and seed funding. The eighth Solana hackathon will run September 6 through October 15. It’s open to everyone, and anyone with a project idea is encouraged to register.

The Hyperdrive Hackathon has a grand prize in addition to 7 tracks including Mobile Consumer Apps, DAOs & Network States, Crypto Infrastucture, Gaming & Entertainment, Artificial Intelligence, Finance & Payments, and Physical Infrastructure Networks. The previous hackathon, Grizzlython, saw over 10,000 participants submit 800 projects.

Projects will be eligible for:

GRAND CHAMPION: $50,000 USDC prize &3 passes to Solana Breakpoint conference
PUBLIC GOODS AWARD :$20,000 USDC
UNIVERSITY AWARD: $20,000 USDC
CLIMATE AWARD: $5,000 USDC

Track prizes in DePIN, AI, DeFi & Payments, Games & Entertainment, Mobile Consumer dApps, Crypto Infrastructure, DAOs & Network States ranging from $30,000 USDC to $5,000 USDC

IRL events

During Hyperdrive, there are 2 IRL Hacker Houses in India. To RSVP, do so at solana.com/events

Requirements

No purchase necessary to enter or win.
Void where prohibited.
Participants must be the age of majority in their state/country of residence or older.

Tracks

PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORKS

DESIGN CRYPTO INCENTIVIZES TO BUILD PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORKS TO DISRUPT TRADITIONAL INCUMBENTS.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

COMBINE AI WITH CRYPTO TO ACCELERATE YOUR CRYPTO PRODUCT.

FINANCE & PAYMENTS

LEAVE TRADITIONAL FINANCE BEHIND. DESIGN NEW DECENTRALIZED APPLICATIONS FOR A MORE OPEN FINANCIAL SYSTEM.

GAMING & ENTERTAINMENT

CREATE THE FUTURE OF GAMING. SHAPE BLOCKCHAIN-BASED GAMES, NFTS, AND MORE TO ALLOW PLAYERS TO DIRECTLY INTERACT WITH P2P MARKETS.

MOBILE CONSUMER APPS

BUILD THE NEXT GENERATION OF MOBILE WEB PRODUCTS ON CRYPTO TO ONBOARD A BILLION USERS.

CRYPTO INFRASTRUCTURE

BUILD THE ROBUST TOOLS AND INFRASTRUCTURE TO POWER DAPPS ACROSS THE SOLANA ECOSYSTEM.

DAOS & NETWORK STATES

CREATE TOOLS AND FORM PURPOSE-DRIVEN COMMUNITIES.

Prizes

Grand Prize: $50K in USDC + the opportunity to present at Solana Breakpoint in 2024
University Award: $20K in USDC
Public Goods Award: $20K in USDC
Climate Award: $5K in USDC
5 winners each of the 7 use case tracks: 1. $30k 2. $20k 3. $15k 4. $10k 5. $5k all in USDC
Dora extra prize pool: Exclusive $30k in prizes additional to the best teams in the APAC region.

Developer resources

https://solana.com/hyperdrive/resources

Disclaimer

The Solana Hyperdrive Hackathon is a competition where projects will be evaluated by judges on their technological merits without consideration of legal viability. Participants in the Hackathon will create software solely for purposes of evaluation by judges as part of a competition and not for commercial deployment or release as part of the Hackathon. All participants must comply with applicable laws and regulations when releasing any software that they develop as part of the Hackathon.

The developer resources that Solana Foundation (“SF”) provides are for educational and inspirational purposes only. SF does not encourage, induce or sanction the deployment of any such applications in violation of applicable laws or regulations. SF does not encourage, induce or sanction the deployment, integration or use of any such applications (including the code comprising the Solana blockchain protocol) in violation of applicable laws or regulations and hereby prohibits any such deployment, integration or use. This includes use of any such applications by the reader (a) in violation of export control or sanctions laws of the United States or any other applicable jurisdiction, (b) if the reader is located in or ordinarily resides in a country or territory subject to comprehensive sanctions administered by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), (c) if the reader is or is working on behalf of a Specially Designated National (SDN) or is a person subject to similar blocking or denied party prohibitions, or (d) in violation of the Commodities and Exchange Act.