Hack the World

Hack the World is a gamified social platform for hackers and builders who travel to tech events worldwide. Users connect a wallet to generate an on-chain profile, explore a world map of hacker cities, discover events, find teammates, and form teams to collaborate.

The project integrates the EVVM Name Service, enabling human-readable usernames and interoperable decentralized identity inside the platform. Usernames include expiration logic, commit-reveal registration, and dynamic pricing based on network activity, allowing hackers to own and trade unique on-chain identities.

Through matching filters (skills, location, POAPs/NFTs) and squad formation tools, Hack the World helps teams assemble faster for hackathons while keeping identity and reputation verifiable on-chain.

Hack the World was built using a Web3 architecture, combined with integrated APIs and EVVM smart contracts. Wallet login populates the user’s profile using external identity sources such as POAP and Talent Protocol. The frontend includes views for profile creation, world map navigation, hacker discovery, matches, and squad formation.

We implemented the EVVM Name Service to register and manage usernames on-chain. This includes commit-reveal protection against front-running, expiration tracking, and dynamic pricing tied to EVVM reward economics. Our backend logic interacts with EVVM to read and write username states, check availability, and resolve metadata.

While the UI is pixel-styled and gamified, the core logic focuses on decentralized identity and hacker discovery. The integration with EVVM allowed us to give each hacker a verifiable on-chain identity that persists beyond this hackathon. The system was assembled quickly using a combination of Webflow custom code, EVVM schemas, and lightweight on-chain interactions.