Midnight hackathons

Join a Midnight hackathon

Taking part in a Midnight hackathon gives you a unique opportunity to collaborate with others in the community, take on challenges that support Midnight’s growth, and compete to win prizes for solving problems.

Live Hackathon

New Moon to Full: Monthly Moonshots on Midnight

New Moon to Full: Monthly Moonshots on Midnight is a structured builder program designed to help developers learn Midnight by building real privacy-first decentralized applications. Inspired by the lunar cycle, the program follows a six-phase journey where every challenge represents a new moon phase. You’ll start with your first Compact contract, gradually build a production-ready application, and ultimately launch your product on Midnight Mainnet.

Virtual Hackathon

Ends:

September 30 2026 @ 08:12 UTC

Hosted by:
Rise In

HACKATHON SCHEDULE

Get involved in-person or online

Sign up to a hackathon for the chance to trial new ideas and work with other innovators to bring data protection projects to life.

    • Virtual Hackathon

    New Moon to Full: Monthly Moonshots on Midnight

    01 September 2026

    • Privacy
    Hosted by:
    Rise In
    Prize:

    $8,000

Hilo Hackathon Demo Day

Watch the Hilo Hack Demo Day, where top teams showcased what they’ve built on Midnight. This round features projects across AI, identity, healthcare, and finance, ranging from early prototypes to more complete applications.

Hilo Hack Demo Day

Midnight Developer News

Explore Midnight developer news and updates.

June 03 2026
MidnightMidnight

Hilo hackathon winners keep privacy on track across four categories

Builders solved real-world problems using the Midnight network during the Hilo Hackathon. Teams developed privacy-preserving applications for healthcare, finance, AI, and identity over a two-week period. These winning projects show how zero-knowledge technology secures sensitive data across a range of verticals.
July 08 2025
Lauren LeeLauren Lee

Builders rise to the Ecosystem Tooling Challenge

Meet the winners from the Ecosystem Tooling Challenge. Builders created new CLIs, dashboards, and integrations to make building on the ZK ecosystem faster, more powerful, and more accessible for everyone.