​Upgrade the Internet: A Three-Day Building Experience with Succinct, Celestia, and Conduit

​Apply to be a builder: https://forms.gle/FTJTtxBKu8FafUtV8

​The Internet is rapidly changing. Blockchains and ZK are becoming performant and developer friendly, and it's time to create user-verifiable applications.

We're bringing together builders who want to use frontier ZK and the emerging modular and rollup stacks to upgrade the Internet, from crypto to beyond. This isn't just another hackathon—it's three days of focused building, learning, and collaborating with some of the most innovative teams in crypto.

Come build applications such as attested media, verifiable hardware, proof of reserves, and more. We'll have a party on the last day.

The Experience

You can join as a builder (in one of two tracks: the open track or the Mammothon track) or attend talks and evening discussions. Bring your own project ideas or find inspiration in conversations with builders.

For Builders

You'll have direct access to engineers and researchers from Succinct, Celestia, and Conduit. We've created room for both structured guidance and independent exploration. Fill out the builder form here: https://forms.gle/FTJTtxBKu8FafUtV8. You can participate in one of two tracks:

Open track: In the open track, you can work on your own ideas or any of our request for projects (https://succinctlabs.notion.site/rfps). To participate in the open track, the only requirement is that you make use of one of Succinct's, Celestia's or Conduit's stacks.

Mammothon track: Celestia is hosting a monthlong Mammothon for builders with up to $250,000 in prizes (https://mammothon.celestia.org/). Apply to this track if you're already working on a Mammothon project.

​Prizes and Judging

​There'll be $10K in additional prizes available for the best projects at Upgrade the Internet.

​First place: $5000

​Second place: $2500

​Third place: $2500

​The Succinct, Celestia, and Conduit teams will judge projects and disburse prizes at their discretion.

For Attendees

We'll have talks, demos, and evening discussions on the future of verifiability in crypto and in the world. You'll learn about emerging challenges and see how teams are approaching their projects. We'll also have a party on the last day.

Schedule

February 26
10am: Talks from the Succinct, Celestia, and Conduit teams
11am: Hacking begins
6pm: Dinner and ZK in Crypto Session (https://lu.ma/ele4qkfz)

February 27
9am: Hacking continues
1pm: Mid-day demos
3pm: zkTLS Special Session (https://lu.ma/xvumlnkq)
6pm: Dinner and ZK in the Real World Session (https://lu.ma/fruojr6y)

February 28
9am: Hacking continues
4pm: Demos and prizes
6pm: House Party (https://lu.ma/3vxc2fzn)

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About Succinct
Succinct's mission is to prove the world's software via SP1, the fastest production-ready ZK virtual machine for developers and a decentralized prover network.

About Celestia
Celestia is a modular blockchain that powers unstoppable applications with full-stack customizability. With over 80 chains in production, Celestia enables expressive applications at a global scale, ranging from instant private payments to fully on-chain mobile gameplay.

About Conduit
Conduit is the end-to-end rollup platform. As the market leader by TVL, TPS, Mgas/s, and number of mainnets deployed, we power everything from games to DEXs to DeFi ecosystems. The best onchain teams customize, deploy, and scale their rollups on Conduit.