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Battle of the
Mine-hackers

June 7 - July 6, 2025

A global hackathon focused on all things bitcoin mining. Mining should be decentralized. Join the fight.

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Sponsors

Terahash

Gigahash

Community

Prize Tracks

Software

1,500,000 sats

1 x ATL BitLab Social Pass / 1 Year

1 x CryoByte S19j Pro Cooling Kit

Write code that helps to decentralize mining. This means Stratum V2, Datum, Braidpool, ecash miner shares, miner operating systems, and more.

Software

Hardware

1,500,000 sats

1 x ATL BitLab Social Pass / 1 Year

1 x CryoByte S19j Pro Cooling Kit

Build hardware that helps to decentralize mining. This means open source ASICs, immersion cooling systems, and more.

Hardware

Energy

1,500,000 sats

1 x ATL BitLab Social Pass / 1 Year

1 x CryoByte S19j Pro Cooling Kit

Create solutions that help miners access cheaper or more sustainable energy sources. Find ways to creatively re-use the heat produced by bitcoin mining ASICs.

Energy

HashLeague

300,000 sats

Sponsor challenge for the best new addition to HashLeague.com. We encourage you to find a way for Stratum V2 pools to publish their stats on HashLeague!

Judges

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Econoalchemist

Co-founder

256 Foundation

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Skot

Electrical Engineer

Bitaxe

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Tyler Stevens

CEO & Chief Engineer

Exergy

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Rob Warren

Research & Education

Bitcoin Park

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Mentors

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Skot

Electrical Engineer

Bitaxe

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Gabriele Vernetti

Maintainer

Stratum V2

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rev.hodl

Bitcoin Miner

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vnprc

Engineer

HashPool

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Alex Lewin

Hackathon Master

Fedi

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Stephen DeLorme

BOSS Designer / Hacker

HashLeague

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Marumover

Community Organizer

HashLeague

Schedule

UTC: June 7 7:00PM

Kick-off Ceremony

The ATL BitLab Crew

We're kicking off the event! Join us for intro to the hackathon and where you can get help and resources for your project.

Kick-off Ceremony

UTC: June 7 7:30 PM

How to Win (and Enjoy) a Hackathon

Alex Lewin

Learn from hackathon master Alex Lewin how to ship a winning project for any hackathon, and how to maximize your enjoyment of the event.

How to Win (and Enjoy) a Hackathon

UTC: June 9 7:00PM

Intro to HashPool

vnprc

Learn all about HashPool from vnprc! Hashpool is an accountless mining pool that uses ecash to represent mining shares. Unlike existing mining pools, Hashpool cryptographically blinds the user's identity and creates a free market for trading mining shares.

Intro to HashPool

UTC: June 10 7:00PM

Principles of Home Mining

rev.hodl

Rev.hodl is a prolific home miner who creatively uses the heat from his miners to make water heaters, maple sap heaters, dehydrators, and much more. Learn his ways!

Principles of Home Mining

UTC: June 12 7:00PM

Build Your Own Damn Bitaxe

Skot

Skot, the inventor of the Bitaxe project, take us through the easiest way to build a Bitaxe from scratch.

Build Your Own Damn Bitaxe

UTC: June 13 7:00PM

Launch Your Own Mining Pool & Join HashLeague!

Stephen DeLorme & Marumover

HashLeague is a leaderboard that ranks bitcoin communities on their hashrate. It's a game-ified way to encourage mining in your local community. In this workshop, we will show you how to setup your own instance of public-pool so that you can form a community mining pool, and offer project ideas if you would like to work on HashLeague during the hackathon.

Launch Your Own Mining Pool & Join HashLeague!

UTC: June 14 7:00PM

Builder Jam Session & Bitmain S9 Tinkering

The Builders (That's You)

Join us for a builder jam session. Here you can share what you are working on, ask for help, and socialize with other builders. In this session, we'll also be working with Bitmain S9 ASICs live at ATL BitLab. Anyone who shows up in real life who ha entered the hackathon is free to use an S9 as part of their project.

Builder Jam Session & Bitmain S9 Tinkering

UTC: June 17 2:00PM

Launch a Mining Pool with Stratum V2 SRI

Gabriele Vernetti

Stratum V2 is the next generation protocol for pooled mining. It increases security, makes data transfers more efficient, and reduces mining infrastructure requirements. In this session, SV2 Maintainer Gabriele Vernetti will teach you the basics on how to get started using Stratum V2 in your project.

Launch a Mining Pool with Stratum V2 SRI

UTC: June 21 7:00PM

Builder Jam Session

The Builders (That's You)

Join us for a builder jam session. Here you can share what you are working on, ask for help, and socialize with other builders.

Builder Jam Session

UTC: June 28 7:00PM

Builder Jam Session

The Builders (That's You)

Join us for a builder jam session. Here you can share what you are working on, ask for help, and socialize with other builders.

Builder Jam Session

UTC: July 1 9:00PM

Project Submissions Due

All project submissions are due on DevPost! Submit your video and any other materials you would like for the judges to see.

Project Submissions Due

UTC: July 3 9:00PM

Finalists Announced

The ATL BitLab Crew

We're going to anounce the finalists who will proceed into the final round and present live to the judges.

Finalists Announced

UTC: July 6 6:00PM

Finalists Presentations

The Finalists

The hackathon finalists present to the judges. Watch their presentations live!

Finalists Presentations

UTC: July 6 9:00PM

Awards Ceremony

The Winners

We announce the winners! The winners get to join us on the livestream.

Awards Ceremony

Rules

Criteria for Judging

💡Project Idea

How innovative and impactful is your project idea? Does it solve a real problem in the bitcoin mining space? Could it contribute to miner decentralization?

💪Project Execution

How well was the project implemented? Is it technically sound and ready for real-world use?

🔥Cool Factor

Does your project make us see things differently? Did it make us say "wow"? Does it have an extra level of polish and zazz?

🌐Working in Public

How well did you document and share your work? Did you engage with the community as you were building it?

FAQ

Is this remote? Can I participate from anywhere in the world?
What are the prizes?
Do I need to be a developer to participate?