Empowering the Future of Perpetual Markets with Unmatched Trust, Transparent Solvency Proofs, and Decentralized Governance. Harnessing the Power of Cross-Chain Technology to Redefine Trading, Ensure Privacy, and Restore Confidence in a Truly Open and Secure Financial Ecosystem.

Mina Protocol
Mina is the world’s lightest blockchain, powered by participants. Rather than apply brute computing force, Mina uses advanced cryptography and recursive zk-SNARKs to design an entire blockchain that is about 22kb, the size of a couple of tweets. It is the first layer-1 to enable efficient implementation and easy programmability of zero knowledge smart contracts (zkApps). With its unique privacy features and ability to connect to any website, Mina is building a private gateway between the real world and crypto—and the secure, democratic future we all deserve. Mina is stewarded by the Mina Foundation, a public benefit corporation headquartered in the United States.
- Prize money awarded
- $119,995
- Prizes
- 76
- Winning projects
- 76
- Hackathons
- 12
- Largest prize
- $8,000
- Active
- 2022–2024
What they reward
Tech their winners favour
Share of Mina Protocol's winners using it, against all entries at the same hackathons.
- zk45% of winners · 8% of entries
- typescript18% of winners · 8% of entries
Recurring prizes
Tracks offered at more than one hackathon.
- Best Mina application or library built using Protokit3 hackathons · about $14,000 · last 2024
- zkGaming on Mina3 hackathons · about $6,000 · last 2024
- Mina Protocol2 hackathons · about $20,000 · last 2023
Hackathons
- Bangkok Nov 15–17, 2024$20KPresenter7$20K
- Singapore Sep 20–22, 2024$20KPresenter6$20K
- ETHOnline 2024 Aug 23 – Sep 13, 2024$20KPresenter7$20K
- Istanbul Nov 17–19, 2023$20KPresenter7$20K
- Paris Jul 21–23, 2023$20KPresenter8$20K
- Tokyo Apr 14–16, 2023$20K–11$20K
- ETHIndia 2022 Dec 2–4, 2022––3–
- ETHSanFrancisco 2022 Nov 4–6, 2022––11–
- ETHBogotá Oct 7–9, 2022––7–
- ETHMexico Aug 19–21, 2022––4–
- ETHNewYork 2022 Jun 24–26, 2022––1–
- ETHAmsterdam Apr 22–24, 2022––4–
Winners
All 76 winning projects →A Library that provides developers with Trustless Verifiable Randomness proven by Recursive ZK Technology
A Mina-based ZK-rollup ensuring private transactions by mixing them 🌪️
By the power of recursive proofs and parallelizations, Turnip is a ZK-Rollup for Mina that uses Filecoin as the data layer towards the goal of a faster & improved system.
A Lightning Network (state channels) built using recursive ZK-Snark Proofs
Protokit is a block explorer for developers building on Protokit app chain and MINA.
LimitLeSwap is a DEX-appchain where users can leverage Mina to make the most efficient use of AMM and Order book exchanges at the same time.
🚀 ZKnoid revolutionizes onchain gaming: slash costs and fortify privacy. Share only a ZKproof of game completion, reducing gas fees, protecting from cheaters and bots. Keep your strategies private, safeguarding your unique gameplay(especialy usefull for speedrunners).
Vesting protocol enabling secure, decentralized and smooth experience over Mina blockchain. Vesting contracts are secured using schnorr multi-signatures and prepared for completely autonomous deployments through the smooth UI.
Our project enables fast post-disaster financial assistance via cryptocurrency, ensuring end-to-end privacy with zero knowledge proof. By focusing on scalability, digital and financial inclusion, we are leveraging web3 technologies to support those who have lost everything.
A privacy-focused shielded pool implementation using Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKPs). It enables private transactions with verifiable commitments and nullifiers in a blockchain ecosystem.
ZkCredit is a way to borrow crypto assets using traditional models of credit scoring (assets and income). Leveraging Mina's protokit SDK and zkSNARK's our project enables lenders to lend to borrowers who meet certain credit criteria without learning anything about them!



