This document describes the Encode StarkNet Autumn Hackathon. The hackathon challenges participants to build a blockchain project on StarkNet over 4 weeks. Participants can work individually or form teams, and will receive support from Encode Club mentors and StarkWare. The top 10 projects will pitch at the finale on November 17th for a chance to win prizes up to $7,000. Resources on StarkNet and Cairo will be provided, along with technical workshops, to help participants complete their projects.

1. ENCODE x
STARKNET
AUTUMN HACKATHON

2. About
Encode
● Web3 Education Community.
● Training web3 developers at scale.
● Industry-leading education with the best protocols.
● Free and global.
● We also help developers raise funding and get jobs.

3. with our community of over 20,000
trained web2 and web3 developers
What we do
Educate Accelerators
Hackathons
Recruitment Bootcamps Investment

4. How does a hackathon work?

5. What is the StarkNet Hackathon?
A 4-week hackathon to build a blockchain project
● Your chance to build a StarkNet project
● Unlimited support
● Several challenges
● Rewarded by prizes

6. Title Sponsor

7. Gold Sponsor

8. Gold Sponsor

9. Gold Sponsor

10. Dates
Launch Event 03 October @ 17:30 GMT +1
Submissions due 30 October @ 23:59 (Your timezone)
Judging Period 1 November - 16 November
Finale & Prizegiving 17 November @ 17:30 GMT +1

11. Main Challenge
Build anything on StarkNet!
10 best projects will be asked to pitch their projects at the live finale

12. 🥇$7 000
🥇$5 000
StarkWare Prizes
🥇$3 000

13. StarkNet Resources
● StarkNet Documentation
● StarkNet Ecosystem General Information
● StarkNet Developers’ Hub
● STARK 101: A hands-on tutorial on how to write a STARK prover from scratch (in Python)
● Cairo: Documentation and resources for Cairo, a language for creating STARK-provable
programs for general computation; Cairo is the native smart contract language for StarkNet

14. Workshops
Technical Workshop Schedule TBA!
Stay tuned on Discord and Twitter for the full schedule.
@encodeclub

15. Encode Club Resources
● 1:1 Mentorship
● Discord
● Weekly emails
● Always reachable
Join the Discord:

16. FAQ
Who can take part? Anyone
Do I need a team? No, we can help you build one or build solo!
Is there technical support? Yes, StarkWare and Encode Club
Where does the organisation happen? Discord
Can I enter an existing project? Yes! (as long as it hasn’t raised significant funding)
Do I own what I build? Yes!
Can I do more than one challenge? Yes! We actively encourage this.

17. Opportunities afterwards
● Learn new skills
● Become an ambassador
● Get hired in blockchain
● Get funding

18. What’s next?
Join the discord
Find a teammate (Discord)
Join the workshop
Build your project