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Denver Hackathon: Build the Future of Modular DeFi

On 24th–25th February 2025, join us in Denver for a hackathon designed to empower top builders in our community. Over two days, you’ll have the chance to collaborate with like-minded developers, turn innovative ideas into impactful projects, and be at the forefront of decentralised finance innovation.

Schedule

Monday 24th February

10:00am – Doors Open

11:00am – Team Formation

11:45am – Kick Off

12:00pm - Polkadot and DeFi - Radha Dasari (Technical Education Lead, Web3 Foundation)

12:30pm –  Zero To Glittr: Build Low-Code dApps on Bitcoin L1 Periwinkle Doerfler (CTO, Glittr)

1:00pm - 2:00pm – Nibbles

1:00pm Rootstock 101 Sebastian Guaqueta (Senior Software Engineer, Rootstock)

1:30pm Building Bitcoin DeFi: What does $2T want? Derrek Coleman (DevRel, BOB)

2:00pm Build Multichain Apps with Wormhole Native Token Transfer Pauline Barnades (Senior Developer Relation Advocate, Wormhole Foundation)

2:30pm Reown: How to get started with AppKit on Bitcoin Rohit Ramesh (DevRel Lead, Reown)

2:45pm Data, data, data. Let's build a Uniswap V4 dashboard in 15 minutes from scratch!JonJon Clark (Co-Founder, Envio)

3:00pm - Bitcoin on Steroids: Unlocking Bitcoin's Potential with Stacks and sBTC - Kenny Rogers (Developer Advocate, Stacks)

3:30pm - What If Binance Ran On-Chain? Building a CLOB with Data Availability - Douwe Faasen (CEO and Co-Founder, Hyve DA)

4:00pm - Building the Next Wave of DeFi - Solange Guieros (Blockchain Developer Advocate, Chainlink), Cami Ramos (DevRel, Berachain), Jenks Guo (Head of Dev Rel, Babylon), moderated by Rebecca Manoharan (Operations Manager, Encode Club)

7:30pm - 8:00pm – Nibbles

8:00pm onwards – Hacking!!

Tuesday 25th February

9:00am – Nibbles

1:00pm - 2:00pm – Lunch

2.30pm – Submission Deadline

5.00pm – Finalists Announced

6:00pm – Finale and Prizegiving

7:00pm - 7:30pm – Door Close

📍 Venue: 2109 Larimer St, Denver, CO 80205 (Just a 7-minute drive from ETHDenver!)
👥 Participants: Top developers in the space
Duration: 2 days (overnight access for hacking!)

What to Expect:

  • Launch event and workshops to inspire and guide your project.

  • 48 hours of uninterrupted hacking in a collaborative and high-energy space.

  • A grand finale with judging, prizes, and recognition for outstanding projects.

Themes:

Partners

Workshop Speakers

Judges

Bounties

🥞 Stacks -> $15,000
🧱 BOB -> $3,500
🦅 Wormhole -> $10,000
🪩 Glittr -> Up to $12,000
☀️ Reown -> $4,000
🐞 Polkadot -> Up to $10,000
🫚 Rootstock -> $7,000
🔶 ENVIO -> $5,000

Ready to build the future of DeFi? Secure your spot and get hacking!

Interested in joining as a speaker, sponsor, or mentor? Apply here!

Curious to see other Encode Events?

The Pit Hacker House, 2023
📍 Location: 2109 Larimer Street, Denver
❇️ Website: Here
🌿 Summary: Here


​​Encode London Hackathon and Research Conference, 2024
📍 Location: Shoreditch Exchange
❇️ Website: Here
🤖 Summary: Here

​​​​For upcoming Encode programmes, check out our website!

Location
2109 Larimer St
Denver, CO 80205, USA
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