NEAR HACKATHON 2026

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NEAR HACKATHON 2026
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About this hackathon

A two-week online build sprint on NEAR's stack (NEAR Intents, NEAR AI Cloud, chain signatures). 13 tracks, many agent-focused: Autonomous Business, AI Swarms, AI Security & Defense, Agent Economy, Privacy & Private AI, plus DeFi, real-world money, games, NFTs and open innovation. No sign-up: build Nov 1–14, publish a public repo, post your demo on X and submit both links by Nov 14, 23:59 UTC. Judges include Illia Polosukhin and a16z crypto's Eddy Lazzarin, with Claude Code and Codex as AI judges.

Status
Deadline
2026-11-14
Starts
2026-11-01
Who
Open to all (Developers, designers and idea people; no sign-up, solo or teams, one submission per team; public repo and a demo post on X required)
Level
Intermediate
Prize
$250k · $250,000 pool paid in NEAR: $55K grand prize; in each of 13 tracks, 1st $10K, 2nd $3K, 3rd $2K
Size
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Format
Online · International
Location
Zug (online; placed at organizer’s city)
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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:NEAR 基金会办的两周线上黑客松,⁠‌‌‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‍‌‌‍‌‍‌‍‍‍⁠在 NEAR Intents、NEAR AI Cloud、链签名等技术栈上做能用的产品,主题是「会自己花钱的 AI」和可编程货币。

看点:13 条赛道,一半和 AI 智能体相关(自主企业、AI 群体协作、AI 安全防护、智能体经济、隐私与私有 AI),另有 DeFi、真实世界支付、游戏经济、NFT、Meme 币机制、社群资金和开放创新;不用报名,单人或组队都行,一个项目可勾多条赛道;提交公开代码仓库 + 在 X 上发的演示帖链接;评委有 NEAR 联合创始人 Illia Polosukhin、a16z crypto 的 Eddy Lazzarin、Helius 的 Mert Mumtaz、Dragonfly 的 Haseeb Qureshi 等,Claude Code 和 Codex 担任 AI 评委;官网提供可直接交给编程智能体的 HACKATHON.md

奖金:总奖池 25 万美元,以 NEAR 代币发放(总冠军 5.5 万;13 条赛道各 1 万 / 3,000 / 2,000)

截止日期:11月14日 23:59(UTC)(线上,全球)

活动日期:11月1日 00:00 UTC 开赛,11月1—14日开发,11月16—18日评审并公布结果(线上,全球)

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