tl;dr

HackMoney is ETHGlobal’s first online DeFi hackathon, starting April 24

Applications close on April 19th , apply here to secure your place!

, apply here to secure your place! HackMoney is a white glove developer experience to help you build high quality projects that you can keep working on after the hackathon

We’ve spent the last few months talking to our users: hackers, sponsors, experts, and others across the Ethereum community.

After a few iterations, we think we have a recipe for an incredible online experience that captures some of the magic of ETHGlobal’s in-person hackathons, while taking advantage of the unique benefits of a remote multi-week event.

Photo from ETHLondonUK (Feb 28 — Mar 1)

While we’ve been working on this for months, the COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the importance of being able to offer online hackathons. We hope HackMoney can help Ethereum developers keep on building while staying safe and healthy.

What makes it different

HackMoney has two defining principles that guide everything we do:

1. White-glove developer experience

We’re creating the developer-experience equivalent of a luxury product. HackMoney attendees will get unparalleled support from our team, our mentors, our sponsors, and our incredible network across the Ethereum ecosystem.

HackMoney will feel like hacking with the whole Ethereum community at your back. We’re there to help troubleshoot problems, provide 1:1 mentorship, connect you to the right people, introduce you to hackers with similar interests, help you practice & refine your pitches, and anything else you need. For these 30 days, we are your colleagues, your concierge, and your biggest fans.

We know that one of the biggest strengths of our in-person events is the amount of support we can offer hackers. With HackMoney, we don’t want to just match that, we want to surpass it.

2. Focus on producing high-quality projects with longevity

With a 30 day online hackathon, hackers have the opportunity to push their hack towards a fully fleshed out MVP. More time means if your team hits initial dead-ends, you can reset and still produce something novel. We’re here to provide the support to make that happen.

We want to take teams from ideation through to a full MVP, and make sure that by the end of the event, they have what they need to take their project forwards. One of the most rewarding things for us to see is a team that continues working together after an event. It makes the entire Ethereum community stronger.

How will this work in practice?

So how does a 30 day ETHGlobal hackathon work?

Before the hackathon

Hackers apply and receive acceptances

Approved hackers join exclusive channels in our discord server

We help matchmake hackers with similar interests to form teams

You figure out an idea for your hack! Like all our hackathons, your hack needs to be something new and not rely on code you wrote before it starts.

our discord!

During the hackathon (30 days)

You work on your hack!

All hackers stake ETH to commit to finishing their hack. If a project is submitted for judging, staked ETH is returned.

to commit to finishing their hack. If a project is submitted for judging, staked ETH is returned. You have regular check-ins with our team & mentors

We set up calls with mentors, sponsors, and other teams relevant to your hack

You work directly with sponsors to use their tooling, services, and integrate with their APIs

New interactive content every week: AMAs with notable projects, technical workshops, showcases from previous ETHGlobal hackathon projects, and much more.

At the end of 30 days, we begin the judging process.

You finalize and submit your hack!

Every team gets the chance to demo their project to a panel of expert judges, which are recorded and made available online.

Win awesome bounties & prizes from our sponsors!

See you in a few weeks!

We can’t wait to get started and see what the Ethereum community builds at HackMoney.

Want to get started? Apply here.

Interested in partnering with us for HackMoney? Reach us at sponsor@ethglobal.co