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TL;DR
🤖 Onchain Agents Hackathon | Starts today, May 22nd! Submit your project by June 15th.
🏆 $5K in Prizes | Distributed in $CELO across 3 tracks. Up to $3K for the best agent.
📅 May’s Proof of Ship | Submissions close on Monday, May 25th at 23h59 GMT. Winners announced May 29th.
🤖 The Onchain Agents Hackathon is Live!
Today marks the start of Celo’s Onchain Agents Hackathon, a 25-day build sprint running through June 15th. This is your chance to ship agents that do more than demo: generate real transactions, reach real users, and prove genuine utility onchain.
Celo is Ethereum’s leading programmable Layer 2 for global payments, built for fast, low-cost transactions and real-world applications. With 15M+ MiniPay users and stablecoin-native infrastructure, 25+ stablecoins, and robust payments infrastructure, agents deployed on Celo have immediate access to genuine economic activity and global distribution.
How to register: Quote-tweet our announcement (or use the hackathon image), tagging @CeloDevs + @Celo. Tell us what you're building and drop your ERC-8004 registry link.
Example:
I am building for the @CeloDevs Agent Hackathon 🟡
Working on: [agent name + one-line description] Registered onchain → [ ERC-8004 link]
Let's go 🛠
Submissions are through Celopedia!
Prizes: $5K Across 3 Tracks
The $5K prize pool is distributed in $CELO across three bounties:
🏆 Track 1: Best Agent on Celo
1st Prize: $2,500
2nd Prize: $1,000
3rd Prize: $500
🏆 Track 2: Most Activity (Onchain Transactions)
1st Prize: $500
🏆 Track 3: Highest Rank in 8004scan for Celo (can be combined with other tracks)
1st Prize: $500
Resources to Get You Started
Everything you need to build is already in the ecosystem. Here are the key resources:
Celopedia: All-in-one library for building on Celo
ERC-8004: Agent wallet standard
x402 (Thirdweb): Payment protocol for agent transactions
Self Agent ID: Privacy-first, verified credentials for your agent
8004scan: Onchain scanner for agent activity
Celo Docs: Full documentation to get building
Timeline
May 22nd — 5pm GMT: Hackathon kick-off
June 15th — 9am GMT: Submissions close
June 17th — 3pm GMT: Winners announced
💡 Join the weekly Office Hours every Thursday at 12pm GMT to get feedback on your project. Sign up now.
⌛ May’s Proof of Ship submissions will close on Monday!
May 25th at 23h59 GMT is the deadline to submit your project on Talent App.
If you are also applying to the AI Track to compete for the extra 1K USD₮ prize pool, make your submission through this form.
The final leaderboard will be announced on May 29th. Good luck!
We are excited to discover what you are building!
Susanne & the Celo DevRel team