bitcoin++
Hackathon control board Floripa 2025, hack+play edition

Bitcoin++ - Beach Edition

Build something real. Find collaborators, choose a challenge, ship your project, and put it in front of the bitcoin++ community.

Submissions closed How to participate ↓
§ Start here

Three steps from idea to demo.

Everything you need to enter, build, and submit without hunting through the conference site.

  1. 01

    Join a team

    Bring collaborators or add teammates from their bitcoin++ profiles. One person belongs to one project team.

  2. 02

    Choose your build

    Enter the open competition, then opt into any sponsor challenges your project qualifies for.

  3. 03

    Submit your Project

    Add your pitch, team, repository, demo, and supporting links before submissions close.

Team sizeUnlimited
What countsAnything Bitcoin
Challenge entryOptional + stackable
Submissions closed
§ The brief

Welcome to the Official Bitcoin++ Hackathon!

This is the hackathon site for the bitcoin++ beach edition conference in Florianopolis, Brasil.

The main hackathon competition will be open ended (overall 1st, 2nd, 3rd). Anything involving bitcoin 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

Start: Thursday (2/20/25) @ 4:00 PM (Brazil Time - GMT-3)
Submission Deadline: Saturday (2/22/25) @ 10:00 AM - On Devpost
Presentations: Saturday @ 11:30 AM - MAX 3 minutes per team (practice & time yourself)
Awards & Closing: Saturday @ 2:30 PM

§ Prizes

Prize pool.

Ranked rewards for the top projects. Challenges can stack on top.
+ Additional awards
[ Award ]

Honorable Mentions

4M Satoshis - divided equally amongst up to 5 “honorable mentions”.

Prizes
Honorable Mentions prize 4M satoshis

4M Satoshis - divided equally amongst up to 5 “honorable mentions”.

[ Award ]

Best Beginner Hack

500K Satoshis (Only eligible to teams where EVERY member is a first-time contributor to open-source bitcoin)

Prizes
Best Beginner Hack prize 500k satoshis

500K Satoshis (Only eligible to teams where EVERY member is a first-time contributor to open-source bitcoin)

[ Award ]

Quirkiest Hack

500K Satoshis - You didn‘t win a top prize, but you made the judges smile :D

Prizes
Quirkiest Hack prize 500k satoshis

500K Satoshis - You didn‘t win a top prize, but you made the judges smile :D

[ Award ]

Best integration of NWC connections into an existing Bitcoin wallet

333K Satoshis - Add NWC support into an existing bitcoin wallet. (Blink Wallet, LaCrypta, etc.)

Prizes
Best integration of NWC connections into an existing Bitcoin wallet prize 333k satoshis

333K Satoshis - Add NWC support into an existing bitcoin wallet. (Blink Wallet, LaCrypta, etc.)

[ Award ]

Best integration of NWC to enable Bitcoin payments in a non-wallet application

333K Satoshis - Add NWC support into your favorite messaging app, video game, fiat payment service, etc.

Prizes
Best integration of NWC to enable Bitcoin payments in a non-wallet application prize 333k satoshis

333K Satoshis - Add NWC support into your favorite messaging app, video game, fiat payment service, etc.

[ Award ]

Best new application using NWC in an app, website, or client

333K Satoshis - Build a brand new application that utilizes NWC! Could be an AI agent for optimizing rewards from Bitrefill, An Alby Hub bot to buy lightning channels, an auto verification service for Bitcoin merchants on BTCMap, or anything else!

Prizes
Best new application using NWC in an app, website, or client prize 333k satoshis

333K Satoshis - Build a brand new application that utilizes NWC! Could be an AI agent for optimizing rewards from Bitrefill, An Alby Hub bot to buy lightning channels, an auto verification service for Bitcoin merchants on BTCMap, or anything else!

[ Award ]

Best Design

100k Satoshis - For the project with the most intuitive, polished, and visually appealing user experience.

Prizes
Best Design prize 100k satoshis

100k Satoshis - For the project with the most intuitive, polished, and visually appealing user experience.

§ The judges

4 judges.

Scoring is handled by the assigned hackathon judges.