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About this hackathon
A free 28-hour hackathon in Lisbon (Warehouse ONE16, Oct 25–26) run by the Stellar Development Foundation ahead of its annual Meridian conference, with Encode Club among the promoters. Build AI and payments products on Stellar: the Genesis path takes a new idea to an MVP, while Scale pushes an existing product toward production. Solo applicants welcome and AI-assisted coding is allowed; finalists pitch live at Meridian on Oct 28.
- Status
- Deadline
- 2026-10-25
- Starts
- 2026-10-25
- Who
- Open to all (Free; no Stellar experience needed; apply solo and form a team on site, or bring an existing project to the Scale path)
- Level
- Intermediate
- Prize
- $30k · $30,000 across 6 winners (USD-denominated, paid in equivalent XLM)
- Size
- —
- Format
- In person · Lisbon · International
- Location
- Lisbon
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Original listing (Chinese)
The full original listing below is in Chinese, as published in the Hack123 newsletter.
一句话简介：Stellar 开发基金会在年度大会 Meridian 前办的 28 小时线下黑客松，在里斯本 Warehouse ONE16，用 Stellar 做 AI + 支付产品。
看点：两条路线——Genesis（新点子做成 MVP，下设 Stellar Unlocked / Stellar Composed 两个赛道）和 Scale（已有产品推向生产）；免费，含餐，可通宵；不需要 Stellar 经验，允许用 AI 编程，可单人申请现场组队；评审看演示视频、路演 PPT、GitHub 仓库，决赛队 10月28日 在 Meridian 现场路演；部分差旅资助者提供青旅床位
奖金：3 万美元，分给 6 支获奖队伍（美元计价，以等值 XLM 发放）
截止日期：10月25日（活动开始，需提前报名）（线下，里斯本）
活动日期：10月25日 9:00—10月26日 12:00（里斯本时间）黑客松，10月28日 决赛路演（线下，里斯本）
Summarized from the organizer’s page and public posts. Please confirm details on the official site before registering.