The Blockspace: 24hr Hackerspace

​The Blockspace returns for its fourth iteration, and this one is the biggest yet.

​We’ve transformed a decommissioned five-story factory into a hacker’s haven, complete with a private chef, 24-hour access, and all the bounties you could hack.

​For three full days, we’ll offer co-working, activations, and groundbreaking talks — and the best part? We're open 24 hours!

​Here’s what you can expect:

• ​Workshops for all levels led by the most talented in the industry.

• ​Space to work and quiet rooms for focused hacking.

• ​Up to $10,000 in prizes from our curated challenge board.

• ​Round-the-clock drinks and food for hungry hackers.

​Dive into a space where you can learn what's been cooking in the Substrate and Polkadot ecosystem! Welcome to a hacker's haven—a playground for learning, collaborating, and exchanging ideas. Immerse yourself in blockchain development and discover how to build web3 apps powered by Substrate. Learn to use Rust's smart contract language, ink!, to deploy applications on Polkadot, go beyond with the Substrate framework, easily launch rollups, and explore other Substrate-powered web3 platforms!

​The space also features:

• ​An interactive gallery display of the work of Helikon, featuring their work on Spawn, ChainSyth and ChainViz. Be sure to catch the live performance!

• ​Gamer station featuring Mario Kart and Doom running on PolkaVM for anyone to play

• ​Displays highlighting developer tools for building on Polkadot

• ​Mentoring from expert builders in the Substrate and Polkadot ecosystems

• ​Quests led by the Polkadot Blockchain Academy to win special merch

• ​Challenges for hackers for a chance to win small cash prizes, a GameBoy and a Flipper Zero

​Rewards and challenges

• ​Complete any single challenge and receive an exclusive merch pack. Hackers with the most challenges completed at the end of the day will be awarded a GameBoy Color or a Flipper Zero:

  • ​ink! workshop challenges

  • ​EVM to Substrate challenges

  • ​Subquery workshop challenge

  • ​Hyperbridge workshop challenge

  • ​Robonomics workshop challenge

  • ​Code and Concept open challenge (and the best 10 ideas with chance to pitch to partner grant programs)

• ​$2K USDT in prizes for participating in OpenGuild’s educational quizzes

• ​Complete the PBA quests to receive an exclusive PBA merch pack and a chance to win a Ninetendo 64

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