Welcome to the Bitcoin++ Sovereignty Edition Hackathon!
This is the hackathon site for the bitcoin++ sovereignty edition hackathon in Taipei, Taiwan.
The main hackathon competition will be open ended (overall 1st, 2nd, 3rd). Anything involving bitcoin is fair game. Bonus points for soverignty related projects.
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
Tuesday (12/16/25)
Kickoff Presentation: 11:00 AM (GMT+08:00)
Hacking Begins: 11:30 AM
Submission Deadline: 3:00 PM - On Devpost
Report to Expo: 3:30 PM
Judging Expo: 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM - MAX 3 minutes (practice & time yourself)
Wednesday (12/17/25)
Finalist Presentations: 11:30 - 12:15 AM - 5 minutes per team (main stage)
Awards & Closing: 4:45 PM
Requirements
Project Submission
All teams must submit their projects on Devpost (this site). Do this early so you don't forget.
Judges will primarily use the presentations to select winners. They may reference your Devpost sumbissions as well.
This event will judged using a science fair expo format. Judges will walk around and adjudicate projects in parallel.
Finalists will present on stage.
Judging Criteria
To judge hackathon projects, we follow the global standard for performance-based judging: the Olympics Women’s Gymnastics Rubric. Judges will be evaluating each hackathon team’s performance based on the following criteria:
- Routine Difficulty: Project idea, Potential impact of project, ambition
- Routine Execution: Project achievement, What you actually built, Does it work
- General Effect: Swag Factor, Presentation, Applicability to theme
Prizes
1st Overall
3 Million Satoshis + Tickets to future Bitcoin++ event
2nd Overall
2 Million Satoshis + Tickets to future Bitcoin++ event
3rd Overall
1 Million Satoshis + Tickets to future Bitcoin++ event
Best Beginner Hack
Tickets to future Bitcoin++ event - Only eligible to teams where EVERY member is a high-school/undergraduate student OR a first-time contributor to open-source bitcoin.
Honorable Mentions
Tickets to future Bitcoin++ event - Awarded to up to 6 "honorable mentions"
Best Design
50,000 Satoshis - For the project with the most intuitive, polished, and visually appealing user experience. Powered by the Bitcoin Design Foundation.
Best use of Bitcoin Dev Kit
1 Million Satoshis - Bitcoin Development Kit (BDK) is a library that allows you to seamlessly build cross-platform Bitcoin wallets without worrying about bitcoin internals. This prize will be awarded to the team with the best usage of BDK.
Powered by Bitcoin Developer Kit Foundation Learn more at https://bitcoindevkit.org/
Best use of Payjoin Dev Kit
400,000 Satoshis - Payjoin is a protocol to scale Bitcoin, save fees, and preserve privacy all at once. Payjoin Dev Kit (PDK) is a library that supports dependable, lightweight, and flexible Payjoins for any Bitcoin wallet or service. This prize will be awarded to the team with the best usage of PDK.
Powered by the Payjoin Foundation. Learn more at https://payjoindevkit.org/
Most Unnecessary Use Of OpenTimestamps In An Otherwise Serious Entry
42,000 Satoshis - For the project with the most unnecessary use of OpenTimestamps in an otherwise serious entry. Powered by OpenTimestamps. Learn more at https://opentimestamps.org/
Best use of Cryptography
3x Frostsnap Devices (450,000 Satoshi value), Merch for runner-up - For the project with the best use of Rust and/or cryptography tools & libraries. Suggested libraries include secp256kfun, schnor_fun libraries (frost, musig, blind signatures, adaptor signatures), or novel cryptography, etc.
Powered by Frostsnap. Learn more at https://frostsnap.com/
Best Project Built with Shakespeare
1M Satoshis - Shakespeare is platform to build websites and applications with AI in your browser. No downloads, any AI provider, complete freedom and control.
This prize will be awarded to the team with the best project built with Shakespeare. Get $10 of free credits here: https://faucet.shakespeare.diy/3ggaacqk
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
niftynei
Base58
Evan Lin
BDK
Alex Gleason
Soapbox
Alex Li
HRF
Nick Farrow
Frostsnap
Erik Cativo
Bitcoin Design Foundation
Judging Criteria
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Routine Difficulty
Quality of your Project Idea. Potential impact of your idea. Ambition/scope of the project (given the short deadline). -
Routine Execution
Project achievement. What you actually built. Does it work? Were you able to solve the problem you set out to solve? -
General Effect
Swag Factor, Presentation, Applicability to theme (sovereignty/wallets)
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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