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    Hyperlane

    Also appeared as Abacus

    Prizes on Devfolio and ETHGlobal

    Hyperlane is the permissionless interoperability framework connecting the modular ecosystem. With Hyperlane, anyone can connect any blockchain, rollup, appchain, on any VM. Additionally, Hyperlane’s modular security stack gives developers the power to customize their interchain security to their needs.

    hyperlane.xyz ↗@hyperlane ↗
    Prize money awarded
    $155,000
    Prizes
    98
    Winning projects
    90
    Hackathons
    21
    Largest prize
    $4,000
    Active
    2022–2025

    What they reward

    Tech their winners favour

    Share of Hyperlane's winners using it, against all entries at the same hackathons.

    • arbitrum17% of winners · 5% of entries
    • optimism23% of winners · 7% of entries
    • chainlink14% of winners · 7% of entries
    • wagmi12% of winners · 8% of entries
    • ethereum33% of winners · 23% of entries
    • the-graph12% of winners · 9% of entries
    • polygon27% of winners · 21% of entries

    Recurring prizes

    Tracks offered at more than one hackathon.

    • Best Use of Hyperlane8 hackathons · about $3,313 · last 2025
    • Hyperlane8 hackathons · about $10,000 · last 2023
    • Best Infrastructure6 hackathons · about $3,167 · last 2025
    • Best Interchain Application3 hackathons · about $2,667 · last 2025
    • Most Creative use of Hyperlane3 hackathons · about $1,833 · last 2024
    • Best Application2 hackathons · about $2,000 · last 2024

    Hackathons

    1. Buenos Aires Nov 21–23, 2025$10KGold4$10K
    2. New York 2025 Aug 15–17, 2025$10KGold4$10K
    3. Taipei Apr 4–6, 2025$10KGold5$10K
    4. Bangkok Nov 15–17, 2024$10KGold5$10K
    5. Singapore Sep 20–22, 2024$10KGold4$10K
    6. Brussels Jul 12–14, 2024$10KGold5$8.5K
    7. London Mar 15–17, 2024$10KGold7$7.5K
    8. Istanbul Nov 17–19, 2023$10KPillar6$9K
    9. ETHOnline 2023 Oct 6–27, 2023$10KPillar5$10K
    10. New York Sep 22–24, 2023$10KPillar4$10K
    11. Superhack Aug 4–18, 2023$10K–4$10K
    12. Paris Jul 21–23, 2023$10KPillar4$10K
    13. Waterloo Jun 23–25, 2023$10K–4$10K
    14. Tokyo Apr 14–16, 2023$10K–5$10K
    15. Scaling Ethereum 2023 Mar 10–31, 2023$10K–4$10K
    16. ETHIndia 2022 Dec 2–4, 2022$10K–4$10K
    17. ETHIndia 2022 Dec 2–4, 2022––4–
    18. ETHSanFrancisco 2022 Nov 4–6, 2022––5–
    19. ETHBogotá Oct 7–9, 2022––2–
    20. ETHOnline 2022 Sep 2–28, 2022––4–
    21. ETHMexico Aug 19–21, 2022––1–

    Winners

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    MEVictim Rebate

    +3

    Designing better market incentives by identifying MEV victims using historical on chain data and airdropping victims a token to access a token gated Uniswap v4 pool on Scroll

    $10,669 · Axiom · 🏆 Axiom — Best Use · +6 more

    Domain Expansion

    Leveraged DeFi access based on on-chain credits, enabling more flexibility to experienced users.

    $8,000 · Gearbox · Best use of Credit Accounts + GearBot intents · +3 more

    Net Zero

    +1

    Engaging Communities to Combat Climate Change with Transparency and Ease.

    $7,711 · Celo · Best dApps Built for MiniPay · +4 more

    Accio.NFT

    A one-click magic for buying NFTs with cross-chain liquidity.

    $7,500 · Hyperlane · 🏆 Hyperlane — Best Overall · +2 more

    HyperBob

    HyperBob’s ERC4337-compliant wallet implements the one-click private transfer feature that allows the account to send any stablecoin anonymously. It integrates zkBOB, an anonymous stablecoin transfer solution and Hyperlane, an interchain bridging and messaging protocol.

    $7,037 · zkBob · 🥇 zkBob — Best Use · +2 more

    nocadena

    +2

    A “decentralised Coinbase”, offering the same great UX as CeFi does like instant transactions, secure custody of keys and no exposure to technical details, but still enabling users to take advantage of the composability of DeFi.

    $7,000 · Web3Auth · 📲 Web3Auth — Best Overall App · +5 more

    Yotsuha- Gasless & cross-chain interface

    +1

    User and developer friendly NFT bridge.Users can bridge NFT without paying for gas across multiple chains. We enable developers to use multiple messaging protocols with a common interface.

    $6,594 · Moonbeam Network · Moonbeam · +4 more

    Luban the Paymaster

    A customized paymaster that allows user to hold asset on one EVM chain and use it to sponsor transactions on all other EVM chains

    $6,500 · XDC Foundation · 🥇 XDC Foundation — Best Use · +2 more

    Fill Me Up

    Never worry about gas fees again! Approve funds on one chain and all chains are automatically refilled.

    $6,167 · NounsDAO · Expand Public Goods · +3 more

    PerCapita

    PerCapita is a Decentralized Initial NFT Distribution Platform that utilizes many blockchain protocols to ensure transparency, scalability and verifiability such as Worldcoin, Chainlink, Zora and Hyperlane.

    $6,000 · Hyperlane · 🥇 Hyperlane — Best Use · +2 more

    SendBet

    Turn Online sports arguments into real crypto bets with smart contract escrow & automatic payouts 🏆

    $5,000 · Chiliz · Best Defi App or Usecase on Chiliz Chain · +1 more

    BridgeBuddy

    +1

    Chain abstracted wallet, utilizing Hyperlane Warp Routes and Safe Core to automate bridging of assets when needed.

    $5,000 · CELO · Best dApps on Celo Blockchain · +4 more