🗓️Event: 1000x Hackathon

1000x runs in parallel to the Solana Breakout Hackathon. You can submit your project to Breakout and 1000x.

Sign-ups are now open!

1. Use ZK Compression in your hackathon project

2. Sign up here to signal your participation
3. You're now eligible to win prizes in 1000x

Schedule

	Start	End
Global Online Hackathon	14 Apr 2025	16 May 2025
Best POP interface Deadline	-	09 May 2025
Best cToken x Solana Pay Deadline	.	09 May 2025
Main Track Submissions	09 May 2025	16 May 2025
Judging	16 May 2025

Resources

• ZK Compression documentation
• Example token-escrow program
• Discord chat for the hackathon
• Project ideas

Judging

Participants must submit their project to the hackathon before May 16, 2025, to be eligible for prizes. Once all submissions are collected, we will distribute a list to the side-track judges for evaluation. Additionally, the Breakout Hackathon's submission rules apply.

Teams and individuals are evaluated on the following criteria:

• Functionality

• Potential impact

• Novelty

• Design

• Extensibility

The Solana Foundation cPop and cPay prizes are subject to dedicated requirements listed below*.

After the judges complete individual evaluations, they will discuss and choose the winners based on the project's weighted scores.

Prizes

Place	Prize
First Place	$10k + Swag
Second Place	$5k + Swag
Third Place	2 teams á $2k + Swag
Best cPOP interface*	Total $15k + 2 tickets for Solana Accelerate
Best cToken integration for Solana Pay*	$2k + 2 tickets for Solana Accelerate
All participants who submit a project that fulfills the eligibility criteria	$100

*The Solana Foundation is sponsoring a dedicated prize pool for the best cToken Proof-of-Participation (POP) interface:

The interface should:

• Let creators mint experience tokens (cTokens for airdrops)

• Let attendees claim them by scanning a QR code

FAQ

How do I submit?

1. Submit your project here by May 16.

What are the rules?

The Solana Foundation Rules apply.

Additionally, to be eligible to score in the "1000x Hackathon", your project must:

• Use compressed tokens or compressed accounts in some capacity.

• Submit by May 16.

• Each participant can have a maximum of 1 project submission count towards scoring in the "1000x hackathon".

• The Solana Foundation cPoap and cPay prizes are subject to dedicated requirements*.

• Please note that we award the prizes and the $100 participation bounty at our sole discretion. We reserve the right not to award the participation bounty if a submission is deemed insufficient in effort or quality.

Where can i access developer resources?

• ZK Compression documentation
• Light Protocol Monorepo
• Example programs
• Example clients (web, node)

• Integration guides

• Introductory Blog posts

Where can I find ideas?

We encourage you to build things that you're excited about building.

For inspiration, we have compiled a list of interesting ideas here.

Where can I ask technical questions?

1. Check out the Light and Helius Developer Discord servers!
2. We also host office hours for teams or individuals participating in the hackathon.