Four Pillars Research Challenge 2026 Awards Ceremony
About the event
After a month of research, collaboration, and competition, the Four Pillars Research Challenge 2026 is coming to a close.
To celebrate, we're bringing together participating university blockchain clubs from across Korea for an evening of awards, presentations, and networking.
(Research Challenge will have concluded prior to this event. This gathering is dedicated to recognizing the winning teams and giving them the stage to present their work, followed by a casual networking session with fellow students, researchers, and industry participants.)
[Event Details]
Date: October 1, 2026
Venue: Hashed Lounge, Gangnam
Host: Four Pillars
Sponsors: Cantor8, MetaMask, Solana, SurfAI
Research Partner: The Block
Media Partner: Nexblock
Participating Clubs:
- BAY (Yonsei Univ.)
- BlockBlock (Yonsei Univ.)
- Blockchain Valley (Korea Univ.)
- BlueNode (Inha Univ.)
- CURG (Inter-univ. Club)
- De-Butler (Kwangwoon Univ.)
- Decipher (Seoul National Univ.)
- Ewha Chain (Ewha Womans Univ.)
- HYBLOCK (Hanyang Univ.)
- Layer-a (Ajou Univ.)
- Skkrypto (Sungkyunkwan Univ.)
- Orakle (KAIST)
- PDAO (POSTECH)
[Agenda]
18:00-19:00 Doors Open, Greetings & Pizza
19:00-19:25 SurfAI Track (Intro, Awards & Winning Team Presentation)
19:25-19:50 Cantor8 Track (Intro, Awards & Winning Team Presentation)
19:50-20:15 MetaMask Track (Intro, Awards & Winning Team Presentation)
20:15-20:40 Solana Track (Intro, Awards & Winning Team Presentation)
20:40-21:30 Networking
The winning team presentations will be delivered in Korean.
Come celebrate the teams behind this year's Research Challenge, hear directly from the winning researchers, and connect with Korea's university blockchain community.