TelegraphHackathonSeason II
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Season II · 1 Nov to 1 Dec 2026 · 30 days

Build the market the machines will buy from.

Prize pool$10,000 USD

Fifteen commercial missions define the demand. Build the intelligence they need, improve how it is measured, or build the apps and agents that consume it through Telegraph.

30 days. 3 tracks. 15 commercial missions. One shared intelligence layer.
The same Intents, Providers and Evaluators can power applications across multiple missions.

See the 3 tracks
Tracks
3
Missions
15
Network
Testnet

Why the missions exist

Start with the application. Work backwards.

Season II starts with 15 commercial missions and asks what intelligence must exist for those applications to actually work.

If an app needs fraud detection, market intelligence, weather, search, risk analysis or another capability, the relevant Intents need useful Providers and effective Evaluators underneath them.

Working demand is the test

  • Not enoughA Miner exists
  • Not enoughAn Evaluator exists
  • Not enoughA ranking exists

If the intelligence cannot power a working application, it needs to improve.

The flywheel

  1. 1Real use casescreate demand
  2. 2Demandreveals what intelligence is needed
  3. 3Providerscompete on measured performance
  4. 4Evaluatorscompete to improve how performance is measured
  5. 5Validatorsverify execution and finalize ranking state
  6. 6Rankingsguide paid demand according to measured performance
  7. 7Economic opportunityattracts stronger supply and evaluation
  8. 8The cyclerepeats

How Season II works

3 tracks. 15 commercial missions.

  1. Track 01MinersBuild or integrate the intelligence Season II applications need. Serve one or more shared Intents and compete globally on measured performance. You compete by Intent, not by industry.Pick Intents to serve
  2. Track 02EvaluatorsBuild or improve how that intelligence is measured. Evaluators compete per Intent so stronger measurement can replace weaker measurement and improve the measurement underlying the rankings Apps and Agents depend on.Pick Intents to evaluate
  3. Track 03Apps & AgentsBuild a working app or agent for one or more of the 15 commercial missions using intelligence bought through Telegraph. Your application proves if ranked intelligence can solve a real demand-side problem.Pick a commercial mission

Overview

Telegraph is the network that turns intelligence into a graded commodity.

Season II starts with 15 commercial missions and works backwards into the Providers, Evaluators, Intents and rankings required to power them. Providers compete on measured performance, Evaluators compete over how that performance is measured, and paid applications create the demand that gives useful intelligence economic value.

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On testnet today

1,500
miners supplying intelligence
45
use cases live
2,000
developers registered for Season I
130,000+
transactions on testnet
$13B
institution running a node, 8 others secured, 56 of 64 remaining
1,000+
models being implemented for machines to query by mainnet

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