Metropolis Hackathon Builder Day: London | $250,000 in prizes
About the event
Monad Metropolis is Monad's flagship global hackathon - six weeks, online-first, $250,000 in prizes. This is the London hacker house: one day at Encode Hub to meet other builders working on Metropolis, get your questions answered, and put real hours into your submission.
Metropolis runs 1 September to 13 October. Wherever you are in that window - still shaping an idea, looking for teammates, or deep in the build - this day is for you.
What to expect
Morning: around two hours of talks and workshops. A technical session run by Monad's engineering team, plus speakers on the things that decide whether a hackathon project becomes a company - go-to-market, fundraising, business model, community and hiring.
Rest of the day: coworking. Desks, fast wifi, coffee, and mentors on the floor.
Come with a team or find one here.
The Tracks
Onchain Finance & Trading - asset primitives and market infrastructure that only work with fast settlement.
Consumer Products & Payments - crypto that doesn't feel like crypto. Social payments, salary streaming, programmable gifts.
Social, Attention & Culture - open social graphs, attention markets, generative art, competitive feeds.
Trust, Identity & AI Infrastructure - primitives for an AI-native internet. Proof of personhood, content passports, data lockers.
Prizes
$250,000 total. $30,000 overall winner, $30,000 per track, plus 20+ sponsor bounties from Dynamic, Privy, Perpl, Nansen, Chainlink, Agora, Kuru, MetaMask and others.
Who should come
Developers, designers and founders building on Monad - or curious about it. Solo builders welcome; teams form on the day. You don't need prior Monad experience, but bring a laptop.
Registration is free and capacity is limited.
Register for Metropolis itself at hackathon.monad.xyz - this event is a London meetup during the build window, not a substitute for entering.