GLOBAL ONLINE HACKATHON

MODE IS BRINGING TOGETHER HUNDREDS OF THE TOP DEFI CHADS TO COMPETE ONLINE TO BUILD THE FUTURE OF DEFI. DEGENS, APES, MILADYS, HUMBLE FARMERS ARE ALL WELCOME.

30 NOV 2023 - 22 DEC 2023

THE MOST DEGEN HACK

Come join the most Degen hackathon and push the boundaries of experimental DeFi. Take a new idea from product to mainnet deployment with support from the Mode team. Winners will receive prizes, NFTs, grants and support to scale their project on Mode and across Optimism’s Superchain.

EASILY BUILD AND EARN ON MODE

Mode is an EVM compatible L2 powered by Optimism. If you have ever deployed to Ethereum mainnet or EVM chains you can deploy to Mode quickly and easily. You can find more details on how to deploy to Mode’s Developer Mainnet here.

Developers building applications that grow the Mode ecosystem can earn more via Sequencer Fee Sharing and other initiatives.

SFS

Mode shares sequencer fee revenue with developers enabling you to earn as you scale your application.

GRANTS

Open-source applications built on Mode are eligible to apply to Retro PGF, Optimism’s $2 billion grants program.

Rewards

Developers building on Mode are eligible for a 50% share of rewards.

Prizes

Every winning team will get support from Mode to build and launch their project on mainnet with a range of growth, audit and other grants.

Grand Prize

$5,000
^{+1 MILADY MALENCIAGA}

+ co-marketing campaign with Mode

Other Prizes

2nd prize

$2,500
^{+ 1 CryptoDickbutt}

3rd prize

$1,500
^{+ 1 lobsterNFT}

Most degen

$2,000
^{+ 1 CryptoDickbutt}

Best Fork

$2,000

Best exchange

$1,000 in FTT

Best Stablecoin

$1,000 in UST

Wildcard

$???

Judges

Caleb Shack

cryptography & economics at BigBrain VC

Laurence

“a scholar”, “ginger cutie”, creator @wildcatfi, spad @eulerfinance

Smit

Head of DeFi at OP Labs, Optimism

Jack Niewold

DeFi Researcher

Lito.eth

Founder cryptotesters, Growth at Socket

James Ross

Founder at Mode

Michael Vander Meiden

Optimism Grants Council

Camilla Russo

Chiefess at Defiant News

TheCryptoDog

legendary trader and investor

Garlam WoN

Founder of Momentum6

Angelo

DegenScore

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