About the challenge

The hackathon will be a public non-profit event gathering more than 100 participants to develop business and technical innovative solutions using Bitcoin FOSS and close source tools, during 1 month.

For this event, organizers are volunteers and results are open-source.

With this hackathon, we will try to tackle some issues that our population faces on a day-to-day basis and that we think Bitcoin can solve.

The hackathon will be 100% online.

Goals for organizers

• Contribute to the FOSS bitcoin ecosystem
• Solve problems in a field by using Bitcoin and its ecosystem
• Boost visibility and credibility
• Source an incubation program
• Create new startups

Goals for attendees

• Improve collaboration between local and international devs
• Have fun
• Create real stuff
• Learn tools, methods, best practices
• Kick-off innovative projects

Get started

The only thing you need to do is to participate, to build in public and to communicate about your journey.

• Usefulness & Local Impact
  Solve a real, well-scoped local problem. Identify your primary user, show how it changes their daily workflow, and estimate reach (e.g., merchants served per week).
• Security by Design
  Build with a minimal attack surface: threat model, least-privilege access, safe secret handling, validated inputs, no PII in logs. Prefer proven Bitcoin/Lightning libraries and secure defaults.
• UX/UI Quality
  Fast, frictionless flows on low bandwidth and mid-range phones. Clear labels, helpful errors, accessible contrast/size, and simple copy free of jargon.
• Working MVP
  End-to-end demo that actually runs. One-command setup (Docker or script), seed data, and a testable happy path. Avoid mockups when a minimal integration is possible.
• Clear Pitch & Docs
  3-minute demo: problem → solution → impact → next steps. README with setup, architecture diagram, constraints, metrics to track, and what you’ll ship in the next iteration.