When top quants, DeepMind researchers, and Harvard students show up at a #hackathonโ€ฆ big things happen! ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ‘‡ This past weekend in London, 250+ attendees came together to build 68 projects in just 36 hours. The energy was electric. Youโ€™ve seen the videos, lines wrapped around the corner before doors even opened. ๐Ÿคฏ By the end of the weekend we had 6 winners, and the bar was so high we added 2 extra honourable mentions to spotlight teams that truly pushed the boundaries of whatโ€™s possible on #Algorand ๐Ÿ™Œ Itโ€™s always incredible to see the calibre of minds that @easya_app brings into the space and the creativity that happens when education meets execution ๐Ÿ‘ Big shoutout to @kwok_phil and @dom_kwok for building a community that makes moments like this possible. ๐Ÿ’ช I had the chance to host a workshop, give a presentation, and serve as a judge, but the real highlight was seeing what these teams built in just two days. Letโ€™s break it down ๐Ÿ‘‡ ๐Ÿ† Coding Track Winners: ๐Ÿฅ‡ CrypticGate โ€“ Asset Protection-as-a-Service for secure, automated inheritance and asset transfer through time-bound rekeying and future transactions. ๐Ÿฅˆ Blocplace โ€“ On-chain AI-agent marketplace enabling trustless, autonomous collaboration in the machine economy. ๐Ÿฅ‰ Diiisco โ€“ Decentralized compute network connecting idle hardware to AI workloads in a peer-to-peer marketplace. Deeper details here: ๐Ÿงฉ No-Code Track Winners: ๐Ÿฅ‡ BrainChain โ€“ Brainwave data marketplace where EEG users can sell brainwave data directly to AI companies. ๐Ÿฅˆ AlgoBounty โ€“ Decentralized bounty platform turning GitHub issues into on-chain rewards. ๐Ÿฅ‰ CareRails โ€“ Milestone-based healthcare payment rails enabling trustless, instant payments between patients, families, and providers. Deeper details here: Every team brought something unique to the table, from financial infrastructure to neurodata innovation. The ideas, execution, and spirit of collaboration were next level ๐Ÿ”ฅ Many of these teams are now continuing through the Algorand Startup Challenges, with another chance to secure funding from the $125K USDC prize pool ๐Ÿ‘ (More updates on ASC coming soon ๐Ÿ’š)
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