Nostrasia Hackathon
Welcome FOSS hackers and creatives who care deeply about freedom technology!
Join us & the team behind Jack Dorsey's Nostrasia freedom conference, for a month-long hackathon bridging Bitcoin and NOSTR (Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays), culminating with a special three day sprint and live event in Tokyo at the Nostrasia Conference.
Be a Part of the Early Days of Nostr
Help build the future of Nostr! Like the early days of Bitcoin or of the Internet, Nostr is nascent open technology shaping new types of social experiences to connect people across the globe. It carries a foundation of principles similar to Bitcoin, like decentralization, simplicity, and censorship-resistance.
Orange-Pill people through the Purple-Nostr-Pill
Bitcoin and Nostr communities are in synergy. What started as a social protocol is quickly transforming into a space for exploration on ways to support content creators through bitcoin lightning micro payments, often referred to as zaps. Bitcoin integration to the nostr protocol strengthens Bitcoin's use case as a currency of exchange. It carves new paths to a culture of value4value.
Help People HODL their Keys (Social+Monetary)
Nostr exists outside of the rule of platforms and those who seek to control them. HODLing your nostr keys is hodling your identity and social graph, outside of KYC. By helping develop and educate on NOSTR, you are helping people escape walled gardens & gain control and choice over their identities & their money. The Internet, over time, has become centralized, help Nostr stay decentralized by supporting the growth of an ecosystem of apps, websites, microapps, relay services...
Permissionless Building
Opportunities abound in an environment ripe for innovation:
- Develop & design new nostr white label clients, middleware, microapps...
- Help improve existing Nostr FOSS projects
- Contribute directly to protocol development through NIPs (Nostr Implementation Possibilities)
- Encourage nostr and bitcoin adoption through art, education, and any way you like
Hack in a Supportive Environment
We have a growing list of knowledgeable people with skin-in-the-game to mentor and support your journey. Once your project matures, you may also have 1-on-1 guidance to help you reach your vision and discover ways of growing and funding it.
Nostr has a blossoming community open to innovation. It is also a great testing ground, as people in the community are open to giving and receiving feedback. It is an environment encouraging conversation on feature ideas as well as possible solutions to social media issues and product bugs.
Prizes
Grand Prize
The pinnacle of excellence! The best-in-class project that shines across all tracks will seize the prestigious title of Overall Winner!
Builder’s Track - Reimagine Nostr
If you can think of it, it can be engineered! Nostr encourages permissionless building while staying mindful of interoperability and network support. Help BUIDL, design, and improve an area you are passionate about. Reimagine and BUIDL features, tools, clients… Help solve issues and create new experiences in social media.
Marketplaces & Value4Value
Make freedom of exchange fun again! Nostr extends beyond social. It is integrating ways for content creators to be supported through lightning micropayments, called zaps, for their creations. The possibilities of building niche value4value economies through the exchange of products, services, and ideas, is growing through various avenues: Marketplaces, fundraising, blogs, music, streaming… devise new robust ways of integrating NOSTR and Bitcoin of monetary and skill exchange. Seek to explore distributed, digital reciprocity and free trade. Encourage a culture of value4value.
Empower Communities
Give choice and control back to the individual! Create paths forward to help onboard millions of new users and restore free and uncensored speech to the world.