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Hyperliquid Community Hackathon

A current builder guide to the Hyperliquid Community Hackathon: dates, prizes, HyperEVM and perps tracks, and how to actually win. 12 apps can enter, yours in days.

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Enter with one of these apps

12 apps can enter, yours in days. The rule on existing code is not stated yet. Read the official page before entering.

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Builder Code Kit, first screen of the live demoBuilder Code KitShip your own Hyperliquid front end with builder codes so your trades and fees are yours.$100Yours in 1 to 2 daysYours in about 48 hours.No fixed deadline, so any start date works.Eligibility unknown.See Builder Code KitDiscipline Ledger, first screen of the live demoDiscipline LedgerYour perp bot follows your rules, and every rule you kept becomes a public, provable track record.$100Yours in 1 to 2 daysYours in about 48 hours.No fixed deadline, so any start date works.Perps tooling fits; eligibility unknown, check fresh code rulesSee Discipline LedgerEarned Leverage, first screen of the live demoEarned LeverageYour own perp DEX front end on Hyperliquid where traders start at 2x and earn more leverage by keeping their stops.$100Yours in 2 to 3 daysYours in about 72 hours.No fixed deadline, so any start date works.Builder code front ends that bring safer flow to Hyperliquid may fit ecosystem support; check current terms.See Earned LeverageFunding Bills, first screen of the live demoFunding BillsRoute funding and vault income from Hyperliquid straight to recurring bills.$100Yours in 3 to 4 daysYours in about 4 days.No fixed deadline, so any start date works.Ecosystem program for shipped apps; check current terms.See Funding BillsFunding Radar, first screen of the live demoFunding RadarWatches funding rates across perp DEXes, pings you when a spread is worth a look after fees, and opens a hedged pair only inside your caps.$100Yours in 2 to 3 daysYours in about 72 hours.No fixed deadline, so any start date works.Community hackathons and builder programs around HyperCore tooling; dates and eligibility vary, check current terms.See Funding RadarMargin Buddy, first screen of the live demoMargin BuddyA friend backed guard that tops up your margin by rule when liquidation gets close, for a fee you agreed.$100Yours in 4 to 5 daysYours in about 5 days.No fixed deadline, so any start date works.Ecosystem program for shipped apps; check current terms.See Margin BuddyNight Watch, first screen of the live demoNight WatchWatches your own positions while you sleep, like a loan's health factor or a stablecoin peg, and runs the response you chose ahead of time, inside a capped permission, or waits for your tap.$100Yours in 3 to 5 daysYours in about 5 days.No fixed deadline, so any start date works.Position safety tools for Hyperliquid traders may fit; check current terms.See Night WatchPaper First, first screen of the live demoPaper FirstA perp strategy bot that must beat your bar on paper for 14 days before it touches real money, then starts small and demotes itself back to paper on a breach.$100Yours in 3 to 5 daysYours in about 5 days.No fixed deadline, so any start date works.Community hackathons and builder programs around HyperCore tooling; dates and eligibility vary, check current terms.See Paper FirstPost Mortem, first screen of the live demoPost MortemAfter every closed trade, a two minute review that compounds into your personal trading playbook.$100Yours in a dayYours in about 24 hours.No fixed deadline, so any start date works.Eligibility unknownSee Post MortemProof of PnL, first screen of the live demoProof of PnLA trader card minted from HyperCore data, so your record is proven, not screenshotted.$100Yours in 2 to 3 daysYours in about 72 hours.No fixed deadline, so any start date works.Ecosystem program for shipped apps; check current terms.See Proof of PnLShadow Caps, first screen of the live demoShadow CapsCopy a trader's onchain moves with your own caps: max size, max loss, and an automatic unfollow when their drawdown breaks your line.$100Yours in 2 to 3 daysYours in about 72 hours.No fixed deadline, so any start date works.Community hackathons and builder programs around HyperCore tooling; eligibility and dates vary, check current terms.See Shadow CapsTemperament, first screen of the live demoTemperamentProve your trading discipline, not your profits: stops honored, sizing kept, tilt avoided.$100Yours in 2 to 4 daysYours in about 4 days.No fixed deadline, so any start date works.Eligibility unknown; verify rules.See Temperament

Keels laid for this race

Keel draftedHyperliquid
Liquidation Coach
A plain words coach that warns a trader before Hyperliquid liquidates them, and why.
The gap. Board vessels for Hyperliquid are bots and dashboards; nothing teaches a newer trader in the moment.
The hull. Reads positions via the public API, explains margin in sentences, nudges with a safer size, Telegram alerts. Read only, no keys held.
Built for a buyer

How to enter in 3 steps

Prizes and funding are never guaranteed. You are entering as a builder with a working app.

  1. 1Own the app

    Pick one of the apps above. Ready apps are yours within 48 hours; the others show when they are yours against the deadline.

  2. 2Make it yours

    Put your name, wallet and story on it. Your owner kit walks you through the pitch.

  3. 3Submit on the official page

    Watch the official page for dates, and disclose that the app started from a DEPLOYR build.

What the judges look for

From the organizer's published terms, as we read them. Confirm on the official page.

The rule on existing code

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The rule on existing code is not stated yet. Read the official page before entering.

Themes

perpsHyperEVM DeFi

Sponsor tech

HyperEVMHyperCore

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The full write-up

The Hyperliquid Community Hackathon is a builder competition for shipping apps on Hyperliquid, HyperEVM, and the perps stack that powers one of the fastest-growing DeFi ecosystems on chain. It is run by community organizers under the @hl_hackathon banner, hosted on the TAIKAI platform, and backed by dozens of Hyperliquid-aligned sponsors, with in-person editions organized separately by Hype Global and Encode Club. If you want to build something with real revenue mechanics and plant an early footprint on Hyperliquid, this is the arena to do it in.

What It Is and Who Runs It

The Hyperliquid Community Hackathon is a global, mostly online event where developers ship projects that use what Hyperliquid uniquely makes possible: a high-performance perps DEX (HyperCore), a general-purpose EVM layer (HyperEVM), and the CoreWriter and precompile system that lets smart contracts talk directly to the exchange.

It is important to be precise here, because "Hyperliquid hackathon" now covers several distinct events:

  • The Hyperliquid Community Hackathon on TAIKAI, run by community organizers (@hl_hackathon on X, discord.gg/hyperliquid). This is the large online edition that drew roughly 480 participants and 35-plus sponsors.
  • In-person editions organized by Hype Global, including Seoul during Korea Blockchain Week (September 21, 2025, around $40,000 in prizes, billed as the first Hyperliquid hackathon ever) and HYPE Singapore during TOKEN2049 week (October 6-7, 2026, $50,000-plus in prizes).
  • A London edition run with Encode Club.

Hyperliquid itself is a decentralized perps and spot exchange with its own L1, known for deep liquidity, low fees, and a builder-code revenue model that pays developers a cut of the trading flow they route.

Dates and Format

Dates depend on which edition you are targeting, so verify before you plan.

  • Online Community Hackathon (TAIKAI): a roughly four-week, fully remote build window. Public reporting put registration opening on July 28. Confirm the current cycle's exact dates on the TAIKAI overview page and the @hl_hackathon feed, because the online edition runs in cycles rather than on a single fixed annual date.
  • HYPE Singapore 2026: October 6-7, 2026, in person, two days of building plus a conference main stage.
  • Seoul 2025: completed September 21, 2025.

If a date looks stale or ambiguous when you read this, treat the TAIKAI page and the official X account as the source of truth, not secondhand recaps.

Tracks and Prizes

Prize figures for the online Community Hackathon shifted upward as sponsors joined. It was announced with over $160,000, grew past $210,000, and has been cited as high as $250,000 in total prizes. Because that number moved during the event and sponsor pools get added late, treat the exact total as approximate and check the live sponsors and categories tabs before you commit to a bounty.

The build surface, which is the part that actually matters for your project, centers on three layers:

  • HyperCore: the perps and spot exchange itself. Think trading tools, execution and order-routing bots, liquidation engines, funding-rate strategies, and analytics.
  • HyperEVM: general smart-contract apps that can compose with the exchange, including lending, structured products, delta-neutral vaults, and automation.
  • CoreWriter and precompiles: the bridge that lets HyperEVM contracts read and act on HyperCore, which is where the genuinely novel primitives live.

Real submissions from past cycles show the shape of a strong entry: delta-neutral LP strategies built on CoreWriter and HyperCore, trustless lending protocols using precompiles, automation platforms for conditional cross-layer strategies, and developer libraries that make HyperEVM easier to build on. Expect general prize pools plus sponsor bounties targeting specific tools and use cases. The bounties are often where the best expected value sits, since fewer teams chase them.

How to Actually Win

Winning a Hyperliquid hackathon is less about a flashy demo and more about shipping something that could plausibly run in production and earn.

  • Build on the parts only Hyperliquid has. A generic AMM clone loses. A project that uses CoreWriter, precompiles, or perp-native mechanics shows you understand the stack. Judges reward things that are impossible or clumsy anywhere else.
  • Attach revenue mechanics. Hyperliquid's builder-code model pays developers a share of routed trading volume. If your app routes trades, wire in a builder code and show the revenue path. That single move separates a toy from a business.
  • Scope brutally. Four weeks online, or two days in person, is not enough for everything. Ship one tight, working flow end to end rather than five half-built features.
  • Read the docs deep. Study HyperBFT, HyperCore mechanics (liquidations, funding), and the HyperEVM APIs before you write code. The teams that win know the precompiles cold.
  • Chase the right bounty. Map your idea to a named sponsor prize early so you build toward specific judging criteria instead of hoping to fit later.
  • Show live numbers. A testnet transaction, a real fill, a working liquidation. Demonstrated onchain behavior beats slides every time.
  • Write a clean README and a two-minute demo. Judges review many projects fast. Make yours legible in the first thirty seconds.

Why This Positions You for What Airdrops Look At

Ecosystems reward builders who showed up early with real work, and Hyperliquid is still early enough for a public footprint to matter. A merged, working project on HyperEVM, a verified contract using CoreWriter, a builder-code integration that actually routed volume, and a hackathon placement are all durable, verifiable signals of exactly the developer profile that fast-growing DeFi ecosystems notice.

This is not a promise. It is positioning. When a protocol runs a retroactive program, it looks for genuine contributors and integrations, and a shipped hackathon project with onchain proof is far stronger than a wallet that only clicked buttons. You become a name in the Discord, a repo people fork, a developer with a track record on the chain.

That is the whole idea behind DEPLOYR: turn your builds into a storefront-as-portfolio that proves you are a real onchain developer, not a farmer. Ship your Hyperliquid project, document the revenue mechanics and the CoreWriter integration, and put it where ecosystems and future collaborators can find it. Start at DEPLOYR, plan your build at /build, and track live events at /hackathons.

Airdrops are never guaranteed. Build because the work is real and the footprint compounds, not because a payout is owed.

CAN'T FIND IT? ASK US

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Send a short brief: the idea, the chain, your budget and deadline. A real person replies usually within a day with questions or a fixed quote. Custom builds typically start at $1,200, and you pay nothing until you approve the quote.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the Hyperliquid Community Hackathon?

A global, mostly online builder competition for shipping apps on Hyperliquid, HyperEVM, and the perps stack. It is run by community organizers under @hl_hackathon, hosted on TAIKAI, and backed by dozens of Hyperliquid-aligned sponsors.

When does the Hyperliquid hackathon take place?

The online Community Hackathon runs in roughly four-week cycles rather than one fixed date; public reporting put registration opening July 28. In-person editions include Seoul on September 21, 2025 and HYPE Singapore on October 6-7, 2026. Confirm current dates on TAIKAI and @hl_hackathon.

How much are the prizes?

The online Community Hackathon prize pool grew during the event, announced at over $160,000, rising past $210,000, and cited as high as $250,000 total. Treat the exact figure as approximate. Seoul offered about $40,000 and HYPE Singapore $50,000-plus.

What can I build for it?

Projects across three layers: HyperCore (trading tools, bots, liquidation and funding strategies), HyperEVM (lending, vaults, structured products, automation), and CoreWriter plus precompiles that let contracts act directly on the exchange.

How do I actually win a Hyperliquid hackathon?

Build on what only Hyperliquid has using CoreWriter and precompiles, attach real revenue via a builder code, scope to one working end-to-end flow, target a named sponsor bounty, and show live onchain numbers rather than slides.

Will building for it get me an airdrop?

No airdrop is ever guaranteed. But a shipped, verifiable Hyperliquid project with onchain proof and a builder-code integration is exactly the developer footprint fast-growing ecosystems notice, which is far stronger positioning than button-clicking.

Prizes, grants and airdrops are never guaranteed. You are positioning as a builder, not buying a payout.