Fork That NYC NEAR Hackathon

​Build your own future on NEAR.
Humanity's at a hard fork, and it's up to us to change the world. So we're gathering top builders for a focused IRL event to accelerate your transformative ideas into real-world products. Ship something meaningful with NEAR's full-stack tools: AI, Chain Abstraction, Intents, and beyond.

​This event is all about local energy – made for developers who live, work, and build in NYC. Whether you're hacking an AI agent based solution, abstracting chain complexity from users, or building developer tooling that onboards the next generation of web3 builders, this is your moment to push your  stack forward.

​🔍 What You’ll Build

​Autonomous Agents on Near
Build practical, user-owned AI agents using Near’s Shade Agent framework.

​Chain Abstraction & Account Aggregation
Use NEAR as a your apps logic layer – connect wallets, accounts, and actions across legacy and EVM chains.

​Intents & Composability
Get hands on with NEAR Intents to enbale cross chain swaps in your app within only a few API calls.

​DX & Dev Tooling Track
Create workshops and tools to make building on NEAR smoother for everyone. Markdown welcome.

​👩‍💻 Who It’s For

• ​NYC-based Web3, AI, and Web2 full-stack developers 

• ​Builders exploring decentralized UX or identity

• ​Contributors to open source infra or agent tooling

• ​Technical writers & DevRel tinkerers
  All skill levels welcome.

​🛠️ Event Details

• ​Location: Station3 NYC

• ​Duration: 24 hours IRL (overnight access, meals provided)

• ​Capacity: ~100 builders

• ​Submissions: Via DoraHacks

• ​Prize Pool: $10,000 for IRL participants

• ​Judging Panel: NEAR ecosystem leaders + local tech mentors

​🕘 Agenda Highlights

​Saturday, Aug 9
09:00 – Check-in & coffee
10:00 – Lightning Talks & Tech Workshops
12:00 – Team formation + hacking begins
18:00 – Advanced workshops + mentor check-in
20:00 – Pizza break
00:00 – Midnight snacks

​Sunday, Aug 10
08:00 – Breakfast + final sprint
12:00 – Submissions due
14:00 – Demos & Awards
15:30 – Wrap-up & goodbyes

​💬 Questions?

​Join the builder group: t.me/forkthatbuilders