Lance

Decentralized freelance marketplace 🌍
Escrow payments 💸
On-chain dispute resolution ⚖️
Transparency & trust first ⛓️

[Artu Grande e/acc 🏴‍☠️ @ArtuGrande]

@AppLanceMarket pitch presentation 🏆🇧🇷

LATAM, Argentina, and especially Salta, is a land with many needs. But what we have in abundance is passion:

For defending our colors and our ideas 🇦🇷.

Last week, together with my team, we presented Lance, a decentralized freelance marketplace with escrow payments and on-chain dispute resolution and a proposal for millions of freelancers and companies worldwide.

Presenting in English at the Copacabana Palace in front of 300 people at #HackMeridian 2025, the international hackathon organized by the Stellar Foundation (@BuildOnStellar @StellarOrg), was the greatest professional challenge of my life 🗣️🎙️.

Among more than 500 participants from around the world, we took 1st place in the Composability track and brought home $15,000 in prizes.

Huge thanks to the entire Lance team for giving me the opportunity to pitch and to everyone in the crowd cheering us on. We truly felt your support and energy, and it gave us the confidence to bring the first prize home.

Our team 👇
- Daniel Villanueva – (@villadaniel750)
- Dario Sanchez – (@0xDarioSanchez)
- Mario Chacon – (@the_masch)
- Fede Estigarribia – (@FedeEsti)

🙏 Huge thanks to Blockchain Acceleration Foundation (@TheBAFNetwork), @martingutter1, Daniela Henao, @laemD8, Alejandra Vargas, and @imcallednataly for making this opportunity possible.

Grateful as well to @PaltaLabs, @esteblock_dev, @SoroswapFinance, @defindex_, and @blend_capital for their feedback and mentorship, which were fundamental to winning this competition.

And a special thanks to @MattosdeCaio from @nearxschool and team for the organization of this incredible hackathon 👏

Finally thanks to my friend @matut_eth for the amazing video! A memory for a lifetime! 🙏

[Fede Estigarribia 🌈⃤ @FedeEsti]

🏆 Campeones de Hack Meridian 2025 🏆

Con este increíble equipo ganamos el track de Composability con @AppLanceMarket, un marketplace freelance descentralizado con pagos en escrow y resolución de disputas on-chain 🌍🚀

#HackMeridian #Meridian2025 #Stellar #Blockchain #Web3

[Fede Estigarribia 🌈⃤ @FedeEsti]

@0xDarioSanchez @villadaniel750 @the_masch @ArtuGrande @TheBAFNetwork @BuildOnStellar @StellarOrg @nearxschool Great teammate and an even better person! You freed us with your innovative idea, Go Lance! 🚀

[Dario Sanchez @0xDarioSanchez]

I'm grateful to have won #HackMeridian 2025, whit Lance, a decentralized Freelance Marketplace that we are next to build whit my team @villadaniel750, @the_masch, @FedeEsti, @ArtuGrande.

Thanks @TheBAFNetwork, @BuildOnStellar, @StellarOrg and @nearxschool for this opportunity.

[Matute @matut_eth]

@TheBAFNetwork Let’s go @ArtuGrande and Lance team! 🇦🇷

[BAF @TheBAFNetwork]

NOW IN 🔴

Stellar Shark Tank is live.

Builders are pitching to judges to define the HackMeridian winners.

Our scholars are there, good luck 🍀

[Sofia | 📍 Stablecoins Conference 🇲🇽 @PiggySofi]

Argentina presente y ganando 👑🔥 Felicitaciones amiguito @ArtuGrande y equipo por salir primeros 🇦🇷 Mucho orgullo

[Artu Grande e/acc 🏴‍☠️ @ArtuGrande]

Boa tarde! 🇧🇷🏆🇦🇷

Lance just won 1st Place in the Composability Track at #HackMeridian 2025 among 500 builders from around the world! 🌎

@StellarOrg @StarMaker_LATAM @BuildOnStellar @TheBAFNetwork

Thanks everyone for the support! 🙌

[Soroswap.Finance @SoroswapFinance]

Cheering on the finalists at #HackMeridian2025! 🚀 Incredible projects, inspiring talent, and so much potential.

Congrats to all who took part! 🎉
@BuildOnStellar

[Fede Estigarribia 🌈⃤ @FedeEsti]

Orgulloso de este equipo, que se conoce hace menos de un mes y nos dimos el lujo de ganar Hack #Meridian2025 @StellarOrg @StarMaker_LATAM

[Artu Grande e/acc 🏴‍☠️ @ArtuGrande]

En #HackMeridian tuve el lujo de ser entrevistado por @CamiRusso, fundadora de @DefiantNews, autora de "The Infinite Machine: How an Army of Crypto-Hackers Is Building the Next Internet with Ethereum" y ex periodista de @Bloomberg en Nueva York.

Desde hace años soy un gran admirador de su trabajo, y tener esta oportunidad fue un verdadero privilegio.

At HackMeridian I had the honor of being interviewed by @CamiRusso, founder of @DefiantNews, author of "The Infinite Machine: How an Army of Crypto-Hackers Is Building the Next Internet with Ethereum", and former Bloomberg News reporter in NYC.

I’ve admired her work for years, and having this opportunity was truly a privilege.

[Denelle Dixon @DenelleDixon]

After a whirlwind week in Rio, I still can't get over our i3 and hackathon winners from Meridian 2025. Both are incredible snapshots of our ecosystem and what our builders are capable of creating. Great work, everyone.

[Artu Grande e/acc 🏴‍☠️ @ArtuGrande]

Do what you love 🫰 Lance 🇦🇷🏆🇧🇷

@BuildOnStellar @StellarOrg @StarMaker_LATAM @TheBAFNetwork #HackMeridian2025

[Artu Grande e/acc 🏴‍☠️ @ArtuGrande]

🏆 CAMPEÓN DE LA HACKATHON MERIDIAN 2025 🇧🇷

La semana pasada, junto a mi equipo presentamos Lance, un freelance marketplace descentralizado con pagos en escrow y resolución de disputas on-chain.

Una propuesta para que millones de freelancers y empresas del mundo puedan trabajar con más confianza, sin intermediarios y con transparencia total.

Competimos en #HackMeridian 2025, la hackathon internacional organizada por la Fundación Stellar (@BuildOnStellar @StellarOrg) en Río de Janeiro. Entre más de 500 participantes de todo el mundo, nos llevamos el 1er lugar en el track Composability y 15.000 USD en premios.

💡 Participar en este tipo de competencias no solo abre puertas, también inspira a más salteños a exportar talento, servicios y productos al mundo 🌎🚀.

Nada de esto hubiera sido posible sin el talento de este equipo increíble:

Daniel Villanueva – (@villadaniel750)
Dario Sanchez – (@0xDarioSanchez)
Mario Chacon – (@the_masch )
Fede Estigarribia – (@FedeEsti)

🙏 Un agradecimiento enorme a Blockchain Acceleration Foundation (@TheBAFNetwork ), @martingutter1 , Daniela Henao, @laemD8, Alejandra Vargas y @imcallednataly por hacer posible esta oportunidad.

Agradecido también con el equipo de @PaltaLabs, @esteblock_dev, @SoroswapFinance, @defindex_ y @blendcap (@blend_capital) por su feedback y mentoreo, fundamental para ganar esta competición.

Y un gracias especial a @MattosdeCaio de @nearxschool por la organización de esta increíble hackathon.

Seguimos vibecodeando ⚒️ y construyendo el futuro de las finanzas.