This document provides information about an online hackathon focused on building decentralized applications (dApps) on the Internet Computer blockchain. It will run for 4 weeks with early registration due by May 22nd and projects due by June 18th. Participants can build dApps related to Bitcoin, such as wallets or payment solutions, or unrelated "blue sky" projects. Workshops will be held on topics like Motoko programming and Bitcoin integration. Over $25,000 in prizes will be awarded to the top 3 teams in each track. Support is available on Discord and from mentors.

2. Hi, I’m Neven!
Internet Computer BUIDL
Bitcoin Hackathon
Programme Manager
@7theNeven

3. About
Encode Club
● Web3 education community.
● We help developers learn, build and forge a
career in web3.

4. What we do
with our community of over 20,000
trained web2 and web3 developers
Educate Accelerator
Bootcamp
Hackathon
Recruitment

5. Eomji Park
Head of Research &
Programmes, Encode Club
@eomjipark

6. Internet Computer BUIDL
Bitcoin Hackathon Powered by
Encode Club
A 4-week online hackathon
focused on building dApps on
Internet Computer!

7. Education Partners
AstroX Bioniq Demergent
Labs
Orally

8. Dominic Wörner
Senior Solutions
Architect, DFINITY
@domiwoe

9. Bounties & Prizes
Two tracks!

10. Main Track
Join us to revolutionize the world of DeFi and
commerce and unlock the untamed power of
Bitcoin!
● New kinds of non-custodial Bitcoin wallets with simplified
multi-sig processes, advanced policies, or social recovery
functionality
● Payment solutions for physical and virtual commerce
● Non-custodial Ordinal marketplaces
● Bitcoin-backed Stablecoins, lending protocols, or other DeFi
integrations

11. Blue Skies Track
Leverage the unique superpowers of the
Internet Computer to build an awesome
project that’s not related to Bitcoin or create
infrastructure or tooling to make developing
on the Internet Computer simpler or more
powerful!

12. Prizes
(for both tracks)
🥇 1st place winner: US$5,000 in ICP + $25,000
DFINITY Developer Grant*
🥇 2nd place winner: US$3,000 in ICP + $5,000
DFINITY Developer Grant*
🥇 3rd place winner: US$2,000
*Grants are wholly separate from this hackathon, and are subject to
DFINITY DEVELOPER GRANT PROGRAM TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

13. Additional Prizes
🎖 Best use of Chain-key signatures (US$1,000 in ICP)
🎖 Best use of HTTPS outcalls (US$1,000 in ICP)
🎖 Best use of Omnic (US$1,000 in ICP)

14. What’s next?
Form a team ▶ Attend workshops ▶ Build your project ▶ 1-1 mentorship ▶ Submit

15. Support
Discord
Workshops
Technical
Support
1-1 Support
DFINITY Office
Hours
@ICP Dev Discord / Wed,
EU and US morning

16. ● Early registration until Monday - 22nd May
● Submission deadline on Sunday - 18th June
● Finale and Prizegiving - 5th July
Key Dates

17. This week:
● Intro to the IC and Azle - NOW!
● Basic Fullstack: Motoko + Frontend - Tue, 23rd May at
5pm CEST
● Building Rust Canisters - Wed, 24th May at 5pm CEST
● Connecting to EVM from ICP Canisters - Thu, 25th May
at 5pm CEST
● Orally: Harnessing Fully Decentralized and Efficient
Oracles for Cross-Chain Usage on ICP Blockchain - Thu,
25th May at 5.45pm CEST
Workshops

18. Next week:
● Bitcoin Integration & ckBTC - Tue, 30th May at 5pm
CEST
● Building a Multi-sig Bitcoin Wallet - Wed, 31st May at
5pm CEST
● Jumpstart your Journey into Ordinals with Bioniq -
TBA
Workshops

19. ▶ Join the Discord server
▶ Find teammates (Discord)
▶ Participate in the workshops
▶ Build your project
Next Steps

20. FAQs
Who can take part?
Anyone!
Will there be technical
support? Yes! Where can I get up-
to-date info?
Discord
Can I enter an existing project?
Yes! (as long as you show that you
have introduced significant feature
improvements)
Where can I find info &
resources for this hackathon?
Check out the Hacker Pack
Do I need a team?
No, we can help match you to
one, or you can build solo!