Bitcoin Alliance

1•Register your
team on devpost
Go to bitcoin-bankathon.devpost.com and click on “My Projects” in the navigation menu and then click “Create Project”
After naming your project, scroll down and enter your teammates emails to invite them to your team.
On the Project dashboard, you can describe what you're building, which challenge your solution is addressing, and what technology you’ll be using.
2•Join us
on discord
Join the discord channel, react to the thumbs up emoji in the welcome channel and meet the community!
Join us on discord
Join us on discord
3•Harness your Toolkit and take
advantage of workshops
Check out all of our workshops below.
First Technical Workshop
In this session, we cover Open Bank Project APIs, Qredo’s Custody Solution, API3’s Airnode, and the Tropykus DeFi lending protocol.
RSK TUTOTIRAL VIDEOS
These are some RSK tutorials to help you get started with the RSK smart contract platform.
- OPEN BANK PROJECT
  RSK Website
  RSK/EVM dev tools
  APIs you can call from RSK smart contracts
MENTOR SESSIONS
During this session, participants split into break out rooms to receive feedback from hackathon mentors from different backgrounds.
QREDO SPECIAL WORKSHOP
What Custodial Solutions Are All About
In this workshop led by Sanath de Mel from Qredo, you’ll gain an understanding of how Custodial Solutions are applied within the Financial Industry and how the Fund and Wallet architecture works.
SOLIDITY SPECIAL WORKSHOP
How to Build a Smart Contract
This workshop by Mesi Rendón – the CTO of Tropykus – teaches you how to build a simple contract-based application using Solidity.
This is an intermediate level workshop and participants should have knowledge of at least one modern, high-level programming language as well as basic knowledge of what blockchain is.
4•Register on the Banco
Hipotecario Sandbox
Got to https://obp-apisandbox.bancohipotecario.com.sv/ and register an account to:
- Access 470+ banking and management APIs
- Experiment with localized test data
- Call Qredo APIs
- Refer to API Collections creates for the hackathon
- Save APIs as favourites
5•Get active
on Social Media!
Share your hackathon journey with the world by using the #BitcoinBankathon hashtag on social media. Remember: the most active social media supporter who belongs to a team will snag the Social Media Hero prize!
6•Join us in El Salvador
(if you can)!
From December 6 - 8, we’re welcoming you to the #BitcoinBankathon venue - Hacienda de Los Miranda - in El Salvador.
To join us, you'll need to
grab your ticket on Eventbrite
grab your ticket on Eventbrite
7•Practice
your 3-minute pitch
- Each team gets 3 minutes to present their prototype to the jury - use them wisely!
- Judges will then have 2 minutes to ask you questions about your application.
8•Get to know
the judging criteria
- Completion:How much progress is being made.
- Viability and potential:Is the idea viable as a long-term business?
- Challenges:To what extent are the challenges met?
- Usage of APIs:To what extent are the available tools leveraged?
- Technical Excellence:How well does the app use (cutting edge) technology?
9•Submit
your code
Provide a link to your code on devpost as well as a video explaining what your application does.
10•Demo
your app
Demo your app in front of the jury. If you’re not joining us in El Salvador for the live pitches, you will be able to do this online.

And most importantly...
Enjoy the ride

Opening Ceremony

In this video: The Bitcoin Bankathon starts with a blast at the opening ceremony on November 19th. Here we introduce the hackathon program, the challenges, prizes and more!