Hackathons teach new skills, strengthen developer communities, and push the limits of new technologies. At ETHGlobal, we're leveraging our years of experience to foster a world-class ecosystem of Ethereum developers and entrepreneurs.
Prizes
π€ Best Trifecta AI Agents Project βΈΊ $12,500
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1st place
$6,250
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2nd place
$3,750
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3rd place
$2,500
Build the future of AI agents on the blockchain. Create autonomous agents that can interact with smart contracts, manage assets, and execute complex tasks such as automated trading or data analysis.
π‘οΈ Best Trifecta TEEs Project βΈΊ $12,500
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1st place
$6,250
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2nd place
$3,750
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3rd place
$2,500
Explore Trusted Execution Environments for secure, private computation. Build applications that protect sensitive data while enabling trustless collaboration for sensitive financial data or identity verification.
π Best Trifecta ZK Project βΈΊ $12,500
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1st place
$6,250
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2nd place
$3,750
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3rd place
$2,500
Dive into Zero-Knowledge proofs and build privacy-preserving applications. Create solutions that verify information without revealing sensitive data, perfect for confidential transactions, anonymous voting systems, or secure identity verification.
Elite AI agents require trustless, verifiable intelligence to make high-stakes decisions in Web3 environments. Recall provides a decentralized intelligence layer enabling AI agents to store, retrieve, and verify knowledge onchainβensuring auditable reasoning, collaborative learning, and trustless decision-making at the intersection of AI and blockchain.
Recall enables elite AI agents to:
β Persist intelligence in a decentralized, cryptographically verifiable manner
β Query and verify knowledge provenance to enhance trust in AI-driven blockchain interactions
β Monetize AI-generated intelligence for trustless agent economy development
Prizes
π Best use of Recall Network βΈΊ $5,000
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Grand Prize | Elite Recall Integration
$2,500
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Second Place | Innovation Excellence
$1,500
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Third Place | Technical Achievement
$1,000
For the most sophisticated implementation of Recall within an AI agent ecosystem demonstrating exceptional technical depth and practical Web3 application
Qualification Requirements
β Integrate Recall into AI agents for decentralized intelligence storage, retrieval, and verified knowledge exchange
β Demonstrate a high-impact Web3 use case where agents exchange verifiable intelligence, such as:
- Storing auditable reasoning (CoT) logs that other agents can access under smart contract terms
- Enabling trustless AI intelligence marketplaces for vectorized knowledge or structured data
- Implementing self-monetizing agents that autonomously buy/sell verified intelligence
- Building cross-chain data provenance systems ensuring AI models only train on authentic, permissioned datasets
- Creating multi-agent collaborative intelligence networks with cryptographic verification
β Open-source the project with documentation detailing Recall integration with blockchain-based data storage and AI agent architectures
Nethermind is a blockchain research and software engineering company empowering enterprises and developers worldwide to work with and build on decentralized systems. Our work touches every part of the blockchain ecosystem, from fundamental cryptography research, agentic AI, decentralized AI infrastructure, through security to application-layer protocol development. Nethermind is a core contributor to the development of Ethereum, and we are active builders of the Starknet ecosystem.
Prizes
π Envisioning the future of Agentic AI + Physical AI βΈΊ $5,000
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1st place
$2,500
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2nd place
$1,500
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3rd place
$1,000
We believe on-chain activity will be driven by autonomous agentsβsome purely digital, others bridging into the physical world. This track challenges you to showcase AI-driven Agentic or Physical systems interacting with Ethereum in tangible, next-gen ways.
Possible Directions:
- Tooling: Build a novel toolkit or tech stack that accelerates AI-driven agents.
- Mechanism & Incentives: Design commerce, resource distribution, and credit systems for autonomous physical AI networks.
- Future Cities: Reimagine governance, infrastructure, and production using AI-powered, trustless value exchange.
- MCP Utilization: Leverage Model Context Protocol for scalable data in AI systems.
- Robotics & On-Chain Interaction: Use ROS, Gazebo, Unity, or similar to connect AI agents with Ethereum-based actions.
- Metaverse/Virtual Simulations: Integrate 3D/2D environments with smart contract logic for AI-driven governance.
- Supply Chain Automation: Orchestrate robotics via DAOs, token incentives, or L2 microtransactions.
- AI Governance: Develop multi-agent systems where AI votes on proposals or triggers real-world actions.
Qualification Requirements
1. Technical Depth β Effective integration of AI frameworks with blockchain and (optionally) robotics or simulation tools.
2. Novelty β Is your approach distinctly innovative? Does it showcase a new angle on AI + blockchain?
3. Practical Potential β Could this idea evolve into a real-world application or open doors to new AI-based dApps?
4. User Experience β Clear documentation, a coherent demo, and well-structured code.
5. Completeness β While we donβt expect a polished product, we value a working proof-of-concept with tangible (simulated) robotics-AIβblockchain interaction.
6. Project must demonstrate on-chain integration with Ethereum (or an L2) plus AI-driven logic controlling a (simulated) robot.
For Trifecta, Aztec is focusing exclusively on getting teams to build with our zkDSL Noir.
Noir is the universal language for zero-knowledge proofs that enables developers to build privacy-preserving applications for any blockchain. With its Rust-like syntax, developers can create ZK applications without deep cryptography expertise. Noir is backend agnostic and works with various proving systems, allowing applications to deploy on any chain with a verifier.
Noir's powerful libraries like noir-jwt and zkEmail.nr enable rapid development of real-world apps. Build private platforms like a company-verified Glassdoor using JWT verification or a trusted restaurant review system using zkEmail to verify reservations, and deploy them anywhere, on any chain.
After this event and winning your prize, continue building your project at our upcoming NoirHack program featuring a demo day and over $100K in prizes from Aztec and ecosystem sponsors like Starknet!
Prizes
π₯· Best Use of Noir βΈΊ $2,500
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1st place
$1,500
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2nd place
$1,000
This prize will be awarded to the projects that demonstrate the most impressive implementation using Noir. We're looking for innovative applications that showcase Noir's capabilities as a universal language for zero-knowledge proofs. Projects will be judged on technical implementation, creativity, and practical use case. Bonus points for utilizing Noir libraries like noir-jwt or zkEmail.nr, or demonstrating cross-chain functionality. Winners are encouraged to continue developing their projects at our upcoming NoirHack program featuring over $100K in prizes.
Brevis is an efficient, verifiable off-chain computation engine powered by zero-knowledge proofs. It enables Web3 applications to offload data-intensive and costly computations from on-chain environments to a significantly lower-cost off-chain engine. With Brevis, applications can scale seamlessly while maintaining the security of L1 trust assumptions.
Prizes
π Best use of Brevis SDKs (Pico or Zk Coprocessor) βΈΊ $2,500
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1st place
$1,500
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2nd place
$500 Γ2
We're giving prizes worth $2500 for the best use of Brevis SDKs.
Please note that Brevis has two products available for you to build with: Pico ZKVM and ZK Data Coprocessor.
Pico ZKVM is a general-purpose ZKVM with RISCV instruction set support.
Brevis ZK Data Coprocessor allows you to access and compute on historical on-chain data such as transactions, events and states.
We encourage you to use either one or both of them to build ZK dApps!
Some of the past hackathon winning examples:
https://x.com/brevis_zk/status/1849427773968015713
https://x.com/brevis_zk/status/1839384437987119217
Qualification Requirements
- Use Brevis ZK Coprocessor SDK or Pico ZKVM
- Demo video or code walkthrough video to show how you used Brevis products
- Cannot replicate submissions from historical hackathons
Judging rules:
- Completeness of your implementation (whether it actually works or not)
- Novelty of your use cases and solutions
- Presentation quality
Aleo is a Layer 1 blockchain that enables fully private applications using zero-knowledge cryptography. Built for developers, Aleo allows users to execute smart contracts off-chain and verify them on-chain, ensuring privacy and scalability without compromising decentralization. By leveraging zero-knowledge proofs, Aleo empowers builders to create secure and private decentralized applications (zkDApps) for various use cases, including identity, finance, and gaming.
β Deploy your zkDApp on the Aleo Testnet
β Implement an original use case where privacy preservation adds clear value
β Include in your hackathon submission a brief explanation of why using Aleoβs zero-knowledge technology is essential for your dApp
Succinct's mission is to prove the world's software via SP1, the fastest production-ready ZK virtual machine for developers and a decentralized prover network.
Prizes
π₯οΈ Best use of SP1 βΈΊ $2,500
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1st place
$1,250
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2nd place
$625 Γ2
We're giving prizes worth $5000 for the best use of SP1 at ETHGlobal! To learn more about what builders have created with SP1, read our tales from the hacker house: https://blog.succinct.xyz/tales-from-the-hacker-house-building-an-attested-image-editor/.
Qualification Requirements
β Integrate SP1, Succinct's zero knowledge virtual machine in your application
β Implement a use case where ZK and verifiability creates a unique user experience
β Include in your ETHGlobal writeup how ZK was used in your application
π§ββοΈ Judging Criteria
- Technical Execution
- Innovative Use of ZK
- Usability and Presentation
Nillion SecretLLM is a set of OpenAI-compatible APIs that run AI models within a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE). You can use SecretLLM to build new private AI applications or migrate existing ones to run in a secure SecretLLM environment where your data remains private.
β Integrate Nillion SecretLLM into your project via at least one chat completion endpoint API call
β Implement a use case where privacy preservation adds clear value
β Include in your ETHGlobal Showcase write-up why using Nillion SecretLLM to preserve privacy is essential for your mini app or AI agent
Autonome is a platform designed for the building, deployment, and distribution of autonomous AI agents. This enables developers to utilize production-ready frameworks such as Eliza and Agentkit, or to upload their own custom frameworks for building agents tailored to their specific needs. Once an agent is built, it can be deployed and hosted on Autonome, utilizing the TEE plug-in to ensure verifiability and security throughout its lifecycle.
Prizes
π€ Best Agent βΈΊ $2,500
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1st place
$1,250
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2nd place
$750
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3rd place
$500
π―Task
- Create a hosted AI agent via the Autonome platform;
- Build an user-facing interface for users to interact with the AI agent (e.g. front-end or Telegram/X bot).
- [Optional] Upload your AI agent framework on Autonome
Qualification Requirements
π§Ύ Submission Criteria
1. AI Agent is launched via the AltLayerβs Autonome
2. Open source the User-facing Interface that hooks up with the AI Agent on GitHub
3. Demo video (max. 5mins long) showcasing your AI Agent and UI workflow
π§ββοΈ Judging Criteria
- Technical Execution: The project functions as pitched and the implementation is robust
- Usability: The projectβs UX is intuitive and easy to use
- Impact: The solution offered by the project has a large impact on its intended users
- Innovative: The project offers a fresh perspective on how to solve its problems statement
- Presentation: The project demo video is concise and presented well within the time limit
Coinbase Developer Platform (CDP) is building tools to bring the world onchain. Our goal is to make it as easy to build onchain as it is to build online.
Prizes
β AgentKit Grand Prize βΈΊ $2,500
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1st place
$1,750
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2nd place
$750
This prize is awarded to the best, most innovative app created using AgentKit.
We get it, everyone's tired of agents. We want you to change this and push the boundaries of what was previously thought possible and catalyze the next wave of interest.
Truth Terminal was created using 12-month old technology that was combined in a novel way -- what can you do today by giving your agent a crypto wallet? Some topics for consideration include full autonomy, agentic commerce, using the wallet as a payment rail to perform other tasks, and production-ready infrastructure
Qualification Requirements
Include a brief video showcasing your project and sharing how agentkit was integrated
Integrate agentkit in a meaningful way - don't just have an agent and say "oh it also has a wallet so it can trade" -- do something that takes advantage of agentkit.
Provide us feedback at the following link: https://app.deform.cc/form/edf00fc5-2027-470c-bfc6-3cd01de36523
0G is the largest AI Layer 1 ecosystem, powered by the fastest DeAIOS, and is bringing AI fully on-chain. It offers a scalable, secure, and developer-friendly platform for building and deploying decentralized AI applications. 0Gβs modular and layered architecture, incorporating sharding mechanisms, ensures infinite horizontal scalability, making it ideal for handling the demands of AI workloads.
Prizes
ποΈ Integrating 0G Storage βΈΊ $1,200
Up to 3 teams will receive $400
Leverage 0Gβs high-performance decentralized storage network to build innovative applications that require efficient, secure, and scalable data management. 0G Storage offers both blob storage and key-value capabilities, making it ideal for a wide range of use casesβfrom simple file storage to complex data-intensive applications. Utilize the starter-kits provided to quickly access and utilize our Storage.
Qualification Requirements
π¨π»βπ» Requirements:
1. Your project must integrate 0G Storage as a core component of your dApp
2. Submissions must include a demonstration video showing real data being stored and retrieved from the 0G Storage network.
π Bonus Points For:
1. Creative utilization of both blob storage and key-value storage features
2. Projects that demonstrate significant advantages over centralized storage alternatives
π€ Building with 0G Compute βΈΊ $1,300
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1st place
$800
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2nd place
$500
Develop innovative applications that harness the power of decentralized AI through the 0G Compute Network. This track challenges builders to create solutions that integrate large language models (LLMs) and other AI inferences with TEEML verification.
Qualification Requirements
π¨π»βπ» Requirements:
1. Your project must integrate at least one LLM service available on the 0G Compute Network
2. Submissions must include a working demonstration video showing AI inference through the 0G Compute Network
π Bonus Points For:
1. Solutions that demonstrate verifiable and transparent AI results
2. Applications that provide real-world utility through the integration of AI and blockchain
Privy is the easiest way for crypto developers to onboard all users, regardless of whether they already have wallets. We offer embedded wallets so you can seamlessly provision self-custodial wallets for users who sign in with email or social login, as well as powerful connectors for web3 natives who prefer to sign in with their existing wallets. It's one library to onboard all users, regardless of where they are on their web3 journey.
Prizes
π₯ AI-managed wallet βΈΊ $1,500
This prize is awarded to the project with the best implementation of AI agents managing Privy wallets.
Qualification Requirements
Autonomy & Intelligence β How effectively does the AI agent make smart, independent decisions?
Usefulness & Real-World Application β Does this solve a real problem for users?
Security & Risk Management β How well does the agent handle security and prevent unintended actions?
Seamless UX & Integration β Is the wallet experience intuitive and frictionless?
Creativity & Uniqueness β Is this a novel approach to AI-managed wallets?
π Agentic consumer βΈΊ $1,000
This prize is awarded to the consumer app with the highest potential for viral success, showcasing the most compelling implementation of agentic functionality.
Qualification Requirements
Agentic Functionality β How well does the AI agent act on behalf of the user?
User Impact β Does this significantly improve consumer experience?
Interactivity & Personalization β Does the agent adapt and respond intelligently to user needs?
Seamless Crypto Integration β Does it integrate smoothly with wallets, dApps, or smart contracts?
Fun & Creativity β Is the approach novel and has virality potentials?
ππ· is the first interop rollup designed to fix fragmentation and composability challenges in scaling Ethereum. By leveraging AVS-secured Trusted Execution Environments (TEE), ππ· introduces real-time proofs (RTP) that prove the integrity of ππ· execution to Ethereum in less than 12 seconds. RTP enables instant settlement on Ethereum and therefore composability across different rollups. ππ·βs mission is to unify Ethereum and the rollup ecosystem to provide a superior UX.
Prizes
ποΈ Best use of ππ· βΈΊ $2,500
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1st place
$1,500
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2nd place
$1,000
Build an application on ππ· that leverages real-time proving to update Ethereum state. Your submission should demonstrate how ππ·'s low cost and fast execution and ability to instantly settle on the L1, enhances user experience.
Qualification Requirements
β Deploy your application on ππ· devnet.
β Showcase how real-time proving improves the user experience, such as reducing delays, improving capital efficiency, or enabling novel transaction mechanisms.
β Include in your hackathon submission a brief explanation of why ππ· technology is essential for your dApp and how it improves upon existing approaches.
ZK Email lets you prove you took actions in the real world (and verify those emails receipts directly on chain), and lets you trigger transactions via email.
Prizes
π¨ Best App Built with Registry Proof βΈΊ $1,000
Up to 2 teams will receive $500
Define a new proof with the registry (registry.zk.email) and integrate it in a creative way in your app. Projects that reuse existing registry patterns are also eligible. Use the SDK: https://docs.zk.email/zk-email-sdk/ afterwards to integrate it into your own app -- we recommend starting from one of the example repo templates.
Struggling with ideas? Check github.com/zkemail for some project ideas!
Qualification Requirements
- Must use a proof from the registry
- Must integrate into an app via SDK or registry redirection
Use our account recovery module in a wallet in your app, or extend the module in some way. Note it comes with 7579 module and 7702 eoa account abstraction support for easy wallet integration!
Qualification Requirements
- Must use or extend the email account recovery code
- Bonus points for 7579 or ModuleSDK integration
Use any solidity library or registry proof to build your app. Can use our Safe 2FA module, account recovery module, email-tx-builder, email oauth, or jwt module to prove Gmail logins.
Qualification Requirements
- Use any ZK Email infrastructure
- App should be a well scoped use case, not a Frankenstein of bounties
Marlin is a distributed compute network which uses Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) to ensure the correctness of computed results. The hardware-based isolation guarantees provided by TEEs allow both short bursts of serverless jobs as well as persistent backend services to be executed with server-grade efficiency, while maintaining the confidentiality of user data. As a privacy-preserving coprocessor for L1s and L2s alike, Marlin drives innovation in DeFi, AI and DeSci.
Prizes
π Best use of Marlin TEEs βΈΊ $2,500
Up to 2 teams will receive $1,250
Build an application or AI agent that leverages Marlin's TEE network.
Note: π Reach out on the Discord channel #partner-marlin for any technical support. πΈ To deploy infra on Marlin, hackers need mainnet funds. Fill in the credits form (link below) to avail the funds. π€ Message on the channel if you haven't received funds for deployment within 3 hours of filling the form.
Qualification Requirements
- Deployment should be on Marlin TEEs.
- Provide a demo video (max 5 min) describing how it uses Marlin.