Zypherpunk

NEAR Protocol

Project Tachyon

Starknet ✨🐺

Starknet

Network School

Mina Protocol

Axelar Network

Arcium

Aztec

Electric Coin Company

Osmosis

Miden

Fhenix

Pump Fun

Helius

Gemini

Zcash Community Grants

nillion

Unstoppable Wallet

Bitlux

Raybot

Plena Crypto Super App

Noah by Plena Finance

Mintlify

Star Fun

echo

founder echo

cobie

Solana

Solana Co-Founder

toly

founder network state and former CTO Coinbase

balaji

StarkWare

Co-Founder Starkware and Zcash

Eli Ben-Sasson

Zcash

Zcash Co-Founder

zooko

Zcash Cryptographer & Project Tachyon Lead

sean bowe

Alliance DAO

imran khan

Helius CEO

mert

NEAR Protocol Founder

illia

a16z crypto

CTO a16z crypto

eddy lazzarin

Founder Axelar

sergey gorbunov

HackTU 7.0

Hack-Nocturne 2.O

Hackxios 2K25

Build Onchain with FBI

Build bridges, interoperability protocols, or cross-chain applications that integrate Zcash's privacy features with other blockchain ecosystems.

Cross-Chain Privacy Solutions

Develop applications that combine privacy technology with artificial intelligence, private storage, or secure computation. Explore use cases in private data processing, confidential AI models, and secure multi-party computation.

Privacy-Preserving AI & Computation

Build payment solutions, transaction systems, or financial applications that prioritize privacy and security. This includes private payment processors, confidential transaction layers, point-of-sale systems, remittance solutions, and innovative ways to send and receive value privately.

Private Payments & Transactions

All projects submitted to the hackathon can select this bounty, and are eligible for prizes distributed from the prize pool committed here.

General Bounty

Surprise us with something we didn't see coming

ZumpFun (Privacy-Enabled Pump.fun - Building on Top of Ztarknet) ($5,000)

Micropayments on Zashi Wallet

Privacy Infrastructure & Developer Tools

Building on Top of Ztarknet

Cross-chain Messaging

Build next-generation wallets, self-custody solutions, or user interfaces that enhance privacy and user experience. Focus on mobile SDKs, wallet hiding solutions, and innovative ways to manage private assets.

Self-Custody & Wallet Innovation

Zec ↔ Starknet Wallet or Atomic Swap (Zec ↔ Starknet)

We're looking for innovative privacy-preserving solutions in the following areas:

**zk-Passport**

Privacy-preserving cryptoidentity solutions

**zk-Census**

Measuring population for startup societies and digital groups without doxxing members

**NOTE:** This is a generic bounty, every project qualifies for this, so all projects can select this track while making their submission.

Prize: $30,000 in Network School Memberships — An all-inclusive package covering accommodation, food, coworking, gym, and events on a solarpunk island near Singapore.

Network School Memberships

Build a PoC of a Privacy-Preserving Bridge Between Zcash and Mina

Best Cross-Chain Privacy Solution Using Mina

Create tools, protocols, or infrastructure that make it easier for developers to build privacy-preserving applications. This includes anonymous contribution systems, open-source collaboration tools, and privacy-focused development frameworks.

Build a Privacy-First Application Framework

Best Privacy Developer Tool or Infrastructure Using Mina

Create content that educates, entertains, or inspires around privacy technology. This could include video explainers, research papers, short stories exploring privacy themes, shielded-memo memes, documentary projects, podcasts, or any media format that communicates the importance and possibilities of privacy in the digital age.

Privacy-Focused Content & Media

Curves That Power Privacy

Verifiable Privacy

Create decentralized finance applications, trading platforms, or financial tools that leverage Zcash's privacy technology. This includes private swaps, capital markets, launchpads, and analytics solutions.

Private DeFi & Trading

Create content that educates, entertains, or inspires around privacy technology. This could include video explainers, research papers, short stories exploring privacy themes, shielded-memo memes, documentary projects, podcasts, or any media format that communicates the importance and possibilities of privacy in the digital age.

**NOTE:** This is a generic sponsorship for media content, all privacy focused content and media submissions can choose the prize in this track from Aztec.

Private Focused Content & Media

Sending to Shielded for Transparent Users

Build next-generation wallets, self-custody solutions, or user interfaces that enhance privacy and user experience. Focus on mobile SDKs, wallet hiding solutions, and innovative ways to manage private assets.

**NOTE:** Osmosis is sponsoring a generic bounty for this track, which means all self-custody and wallet innovation submission can choose their prize while submitting.

Build payment solutions, transaction systems, or financial applications that prioritize privacy and security. This includes private payment processors, confidential transaction layers, point-of-sale systems, remittance solutions, and innovative ways to send and receive value privately.

**NOTE:** Osmosis is sponsoring a generic bounty for this track, which means all private payment and transactions related submission can choose their prize while submitting.

Develop applications that enable analysis of zcash related data creating meaningful insights for the audience interested in the project. This includes creating dashboards, alert systems, sdks and more with the goal of making it easy for people to understand various trends and events around zcash.

Zcash Data & Analytics

Explore unconventional use cases for privacy technology including art projects, social applications, meme creation using shielded memos, or any creative implementation that showcases the potential of privacy-preserving technology.

Creative Privacy Applications

Build next-generation wallets, self-custody solutions, or user interfaces that enhance privacy and user experience. Focus on mobile SDKs, wallet hiding solutions, and innovative ways to manage private assets.



Create decentralized finance applications, trading platforms, or financial tools that leverage Zcash's privacy technology. This includes private swaps, capital markets, launchpads, and analytics solutions.



Cross-Chain Privacy Solution

Develop applications that enable analysis of zcash related data creating meaningful insights for the audience interested in the project. This includes creating dashboards, alert systems, sdks and more with the goal of making it easy for people to understand various trends and events around zcash.



Zypherpunk

Zypherpunk

$309,000

Available in Prizes

$309,000

Available in Prizes

Speakers & Judges

Speakers & Judges

Sponsors

Sponsors

Sponsors

Sponsors

FAQs

FAQs

Zypherpunk

Zypherpunk

$309,000

Available in Prizes

$309,000

Available in Prizes

Speakers & Judges

Speakers & Judges

Sponsors

Sponsors

Sponsors

Sponsors

FAQs

Can my project be part of multiple tracks and bounties?

How many team members can I have?

What is the default communication channel for the hackathon?

Does my project need to be open source?

Are there minimum entry requirements for prizes to be awarded?

FAQs

Can my project be part of multiple tracks and bounties?

How many team members can I have?

What is the default communication channel for the hackathon?

Does my project need to be open source?

Are there minimum entry requirements for prizes to be awarded?