Frontier Hackathon winners were expected around June 23
Today is June 23
Over the past few weeks I explored the hackathon by category, covering projects across AI, DeFi, infra, payments, gaming, RWA, wallets, data, consumer apps and more
I tried to highlight different parts of the Solana builder ecosystem, from polished products to early ideas with strong potential
The scale was massive:
• 2,857 submissions
• 19,040+ builders
• 108 countries
• the largest crypto hackathon ever
Now comes the prize stage:
• $30,000 Grand Champion
• $10,000 Public Goods Award
• $10,000 University Award
• $10,000 for 20 standout teams
• $250,000 pre-seed funding for accepted accelerator teams
Around the winners announcement, I’m preparing one final recap with the 10 projects that personally stood out to me the most
Not an official ranking obviously, just my shortlist from exploring Frontier
We are almost there
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