Global PYUSD Portal Hackathon

Yes, please fill out the registration form HERE as a prerequisite for participating in the hackathon. If you are part of a team, each individual team member’s details must be included in the form before submission.

The project submission portal will go live one week before the hackathon start date. In order to be eligible for any prizes, teams must complete the project submission before the deadline. Only one submission allowed per team.

This hackathon is for new projects that haven’t raised outside capital. It is not intended for established projects who have been building the same product for years and have already raised venture funding. Projects cannot have started development more than 3 months before the commencement of the hackathon. Projects will only be judged on the code and work produced between the start and end dates of the hackathon. This rule does not mean that if you previously built an unrelated product and raised funding that you’re ineligible. If you’re an entrepreneur or developer building a new product that you haven’t raised funding for yet, then you may compete and be eligible to win. Builders may use any pre-existing code in project submissions only after they have notified the organizing team about the nature of their previous work and have received approval. Project teams are also required to disclose all relevant information in the submission form. If, upon inspection, a project team is found to have completed substantial work before 3 months prior to the hackathon (without approval), the organizers retain the sole right to disqualify the project from the competition, and/or revoke prizes if applicable. 

Note: “Pre-existing code” does not refer to open-source code developed previously by others. In fact, we encourage project founders to compose with existing Solana protocols.

Check out the Developer Resources page. This resource hub has all the documentation, tools, tutorials, and content needed to launch a product using PYUSD on Solana today.

On the bottom of this page, navigate to the Technical Questions forum. Please note, this forum will become available only during hackathons.

You may submit a project as a solo founder.

Yes! Solana ecosystem teams around the world are hosting coworking spaces running concurrently with the hackathon. Stay tuned on this space to find out more!

Project Submissions will be judged by a panel of judges determined in accordance with the following criteria:

• Functionality: How well does this Project Submission work? What is the quality of the code?
• Payments Applicability: How effectively does the solution address real-world payment challenges?
• Novelty: How unique is this Project Submission’s concept?
• UX: How well does this Project Submission utilize PYUSD’s performance and unique proposition to create great UX for downstream users?
• Open-source: Is this Project Submission open-source? How well does the Project Submission compose with other primitives in the Solana ecosystem?
• Business Plan: Is there a viable business that can be built in the future around this Submission?

The different prizes for the hackathon/buildathon are described as below:

• Grand Champion: 15,000 PYUSD
• Near Perfection (Runner Up): 10,000 PYUSD
• Innovation Champion: 5,000 PYUSD
• People's Choice: 3,500 PYUSD
• Consumer Knows Best/Customer Back (Consumer Applications): 3,500 PYUSD
• Cha-ching! (DeFi, Trading): 3,500 PYUSD

No. s builder may only submit one project.

We welcome builders globally to participate in our hackathon. We intend to create an environment that values engineering, collaboration, creativity, competition, and impact. Accordingly, hackathon administrators, judges, and participants are expected to adhere to the Code of Conduct outlined below for the duration of the hackathon. The organizers will enforce this code and have the sole right to disqualify any individual or team that breaks the code.
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• Be Respectful: Be kind and respect all participants in the event. Do not insult or put down other participants.
• Be Professional: Remember that harassment, racism, sexism, or exclusionary jokes are not appropriate during the hackathon or when using the platform. Harassment includes offensive verbal comments related to gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, race, and/or religion. Sexual images in public forums, deliberate intimidation, online stalking, sustained disruption of virtual presentations, or any other inappropriate action is strictly prohibited.
• Be Thoughtful: In the spirit of open-source and inclusiveness, there may be minors participating in the hackathon. Keep this in mind when communicating or speaking in public forums.
• Be Open: We welcome participants from all backgrounds. This event is about increasing awareness for Solana and the greater crypto space. Please be welcoming to all who register for the event and help us foster a positive and productive environment for all.
• Believe in Yourself: Crypto opens the door for anyone to permissionlessly build applications that will change how we all interact with finance, gaming, and everything in-between. Dream big and use this powerful technology to create products that will change the world for the better.

Unfortunately, due to the volume of hackathon submissions we receive, we will not be able to provide direct feedback to all participants. However, we can guarantee that all project submissions will be reviewed by our team and/or the judging panel.