The grand prize will be given to the most compelling submissions made during the hackathon. It can qualify under any of the categories below, so be sure to read them to get some ideas! Think of the grand prize as an extension of the category prizes.

This category is for building infrastructure that either enhances Hyperlane or makes use of Hyperlane's capabilities. Maybe you’ll build a customized Deploy tool to bundle Hyperlane with any OP Chain deployment? Or perhaps you’d build a way to more easily connect chains with Hyperlane? Maybe you’ll build a tool to allow any chain to get access to oracle feeds from any chain? You decide!

Hooks are the next evolution in Hyperlane’s Modular Security stack, allowing any interoperability protocol to be access from a single Hyperlane interface! To do this, Hooks need to be created for existing bridging solutions, whether they are canonical rollup bridges, or external AMB protocols such as Axelar, or LayerZero. Use this hackathon to build your first Hook and integrate it!

An interchain application is an application that communicates between different blockchains. It can either transfer assets or make interchain function calls. The winner of this prize will be the most impressive application that makes use of Hyperlane and benefits from its presence on multiple blockchains. Depending on the quality of submissions relative to other categories, Hyperlane may award several Interchain applications (up to $3k USD for first, $2k for 2nd, $1k for 3rd)