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Solana Cypherpunk Hackathon 2025
Past
25 Sep - 30 Oct 2025
The Solana Cypherpunk Hackathon was a global, online startup and product-building competition hosted by Colosseum in partnership with the Solana Foundation. Emphasizing a strong cypherpunk ethos, the event challenged developers to build high-impact decentralized applications across six core tracks, including DeFi, Consumer Apps, Infrastructure, RWAs, and Stablecoins. The competition concluded in late 2025, distributing massive cash prizes and selecting elite projects for pre-seed venture funding.
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Solana - Solana Cypherpunk Hackathon 2025 Overview
start date:
25 Sep 2025
end date:
30 Oct 2025
Reward Distribution:
13 Dec
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Min Reward:
$5,000
Max Reward:
$250,000
Reward Pool:
3250000 USD
Winners:
11
How to join Solana - Solana Cypherpunk Hackathon 2025?
The Solana Cypherpunk Hackathon represented a massive ecosystem push by the Solana Foundation and Colosseum, concluding with staggering metrics: 1,576 project submissions from over 9,000 global participants. Developers competed entirely on-chain to build optimized Solana dApps, utilizing SPL tokens and ecosystem infrastructure. The competition featured six primary tracks - Consumer Apps, DeFi, Infrastructure, RWAs, Stablecoins, and Undefined - with developers aiming for substantial cash prizes and venture backing.
The total reward pool equated to $3,250,000, broken down into $500,000 in total USDC-SPL cash prizes and $2,750,000 in pre-seed investments. The Grand Champion prize awarded $30,000, while individual track winners received descending tiers from $25,000 down to $5,000. Additionally, special awards like the Public Goods Award and University Award granted $10,000 each. Ultimately, 11 standout startups - including Unruggable, Archer, Capitola, Credible, Kormos, MCPay, Rekt, Superfan, Synthesis, Yumi Finance, and Cloak - were selected for the 4th accelerator cohort, representing an elite 0.67% acceptance rate. Each inducted startup secured $250,000 in pre-seed funding.
Step-by-step Guide
Register an individual builder profile on the Colosseum platform before the official deadline.
Form a team or compete individually, ensuring all participants meet the minimum 18+ age requirement.
Build and deploy a functional product exclusively on the Solana network targeting one of the six official tracks.
Attend optional developer livestreams and workshops hosted in the Colosseum Arena.
Submit your final open-source code, pitch materials, and business plan via the official portal.
Review the winners announcement to audit the final distributed cash prizes and accelerator cohort selections.
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