Dates

  • Early Registration & Team Building: August 25 – September 9, 2026.
  • Submission Window (Phase 1): September 9 – September 18, 2026, closing at 23:59 WIB (GMT+7).
  • Top 30 Announcement: September 26, 2026.
  • Confirmation Window: September 26 – 27, 2026 (Waiting List Active: September 28 – 29, 2026).
  • Open Vote Public Favourite: October 1 – 10, 2026.
  • Hacking Period Start On-Site (Phase 2): October 10, 2026, starting at 10:00 WIB.
  • Code Freeze: October 11, 2026, exactly at 10:00 WIB.
  • Live Pitching Session Start: October 11, 2026, at 10:30 WIB.
  • Winner Announcement and Awarding Night: October 11, 2026, at 18:30 WIB.

Eligibility

  • Participants must be active high school/vocational students or equivalent, or Undergraduate students (Associate or Bachelor's degree) from any university.
  • Participants must be between 15 and 25 years old by the time the registration period closes.
  • Every team must register with exactly 3 (three) members.
  • Each individual is strictly allowed to be registered in only 1 (one) team.
  • Hacksphere organizing committee members are strictly prohibited from participating.
  • Participants are fully permitted to form teams with members from different educational institutions or combine high school students with university undergraduates in one team.
  • Solo participants may register initially, but must find teammates and form a complete 3-member team before the Phase 1 submission closes.

Project and Submission Requirements

  • The Theme: The project must align with "Web3 Innovation" by integrating key Web3 elements such as decentralized authentication, advanced cryptography, immutable databases, or smart contracts.
  • Infrastructure Focus: Projects are NOT REQUIRED to create crypto tokens or Decentralized Finance (DeFi) instruments; participants should utilize blockchain architecture purely to solve real-world problems (e.g., healthcare records, supply chain logistics, public services).
  • Phase 1 Submission (Online): Teams must submit a 100% conceptual Idea Proposal in PDF format (maximum size 10 MB) via Devpost.
  • Proposal Anatomy: The Idea Proposal must strictly follow the mandatory format, which includes an Executive Summary, a Data-Driven Problem Statement, Proposed Solution & Value Proposition, Minimum Viable Product (MVP) & Key Features, Target Market & Impact Viability, and Tech Stack & System Architecture.
  • Development Rules: All Idea Proposals and MVP prototypes must be original creations developed specifically during this competition period; using pre-existing projects is strictly prohibited.
  • Conceptual Consistency: Teams advancing to Phase 2 must execute the exact system architecture they proposed during the online round; sudden concept pivoting is not allowed.
  • Functional MVP Rule: During the 24-hour Phase 2 marathon, if a team includes Web3 interactions or AI capabilities, these features must be fully functional during the Live Pitching demonstration. Presenting a prototype that relies on hardcoded data or purely UI mockups without a genuinely running backend is considered a severe violation.

Prizes

  • Grand Prize (1st Place): IDR 8,000,000, Certificate, Exclusive Goodie Bag, Featherless Credits worth $300, and 1-year subscriptions for NordVPN, etc.
  • 1st Runner Up (2nd Place): IDR 5,000,000, Certificate, and Exclusive Goodie Bag.
  • 2nd Runner Up (3rd Place): IDR 3,000,000, Certificate, and Exclusive Goodie Bag.
  • Public's Favorite: IDR 1,000,000, Certificate, and Exclusive Goodie Bag (Awarded to the team with the highest number of public votes accumulated on the Devpost Platform).
  • Best Pitching: IDR 1,000,000, Certificate, and Exclusive Goodie Bag (Awarded to the team with the highest score in the "Pitching & Q&A Defense" assessment component).
  • Best Innovative Web3: IDR 1,000,000, Certificate, and Exclusive Goodie Bag (Awarded to the team demonstrating the most outstanding and creative Web3 technological innovation).
  • Best High School: IDR 1,000,000, Certificate, and Exclusive Goodie Bag (Awarded to the highest-scoring team consisting entirely of high school/vocational students).

Judging Criteria and Winner Selection

  • Phase 1 Judging Criteria:
    • Technical Architecture & Feasibility (30%).
    • Innovation & Value Proposition (25%).
    • Problem Relevance & Solution Fit (20%).
    • Market & Impact Viability (15%).
    • Document Clarity & Structure (10%).
  • Phase 2 Judging Criteria:
    • Functional MVP & Live Demo (35%): Evaluates the stability and functionality of the product. Teams that successfully achieve a Live Deployment (e.g., Cloud, Testnet, Web3 Public network) receive higher consideration points than teams demonstrating via Localhost.
    • Problem-Solution Fit & Public Impact (30%): Evaluates whether the proposed solution is effective, relevant to real-world problems, and possesses significant potential for public impact and large-scale adoption.
    • Creative Tech-Implementation (20%): Tests the team's agility and technical creativity in seamlessly integrating cutting-edge technologies within the strict 24-hour timeframe.
    • Pitching & Q&A Defense (15%): Evaluates the fluency of idea delivery, team coordination during the presentation, and the sharpness of logical arguments provided during the Q&A session with the judges.