Thank you for participating

We (the Bitcoin Design Community) had a designathon! Imagine a traditional hackathon, but this time focused only on design. Our goal was to motivate designers and builders to get together and collaboratively explore ideas and concepts in and around the bitcoin ecosystem. We coordinated with the Bolt.fun Legends of Lightning tournament and TABConf Builder Day, and chatted in Slack in the #designathon channel, and on Twitter.

It was a blast. Thank you to all participants for your creative energy and hard work. Thank you to all who helped make this event happen, especially our amazing sponsors. Check out the participating projects below.

Projects

These were the projects being worked on at Designathon, you can see the final presentations in this call recording. Some of them chose to continue in Legends of Lightning.

Deconstructing Bitcoin + Tech: An Antidote to Fear

Bitcoin has been built on a strong principled foundation with positive incentives, yet many of...

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5th Prize

Bitcoin for Kids

Exploring bitcoin apps for kids, how to onboard the next generation. Considerations include...

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[compactor]

Problem: After using bitcoin for a while, or after mixing larger amounts of bitcoin using...

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Privacy
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Educational bitcoin mobile app

An Introduction to bitcoin. Through interactive lessons and quizzes, learn about bitcoin,...

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Artists Collective

Let's get together and try out all the cutting-edge AI image generation tools and create some...

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Bitcoin AI art
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4th Prize

Taro(t) Leaf Readers

Let's do a design sprint on Taro, starting with learning a bit about the tech, discussing use...

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Taro!
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Bcharge

Problem: Vehicle charging points availability away from home. Solution: Peer to peer app for...

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Bcharge
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Visualize cryptography

As self custody becomes more mainstream, the seed phrase will be normalized. However, I think we...

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StableMint

StableMint is a community banking solution built for communities in Central America. It allows...

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Prizes

Major thanks to our awesome sponsors for making these prizes possible. To learn more about how they were awarded, see the FAQ below.

0.25 bitcoin

0.25 bitcoin!!! Stack'em!!!

Jumper by Six & Lemon 0.025 bitcoin Shirt by Six & Lemon

0.025 bitcoin, and a jumper and a shirt by Six & Lemon.

Lightning Store gift card Lightning Store gift card BitBox02 Jumper by Six & Lemon

One highly-secure, bitcoin-only, Swiss made BitBox02 hardware wallet. Two $100 gift cards for the Lightning Store. And a jumper by Six & Lemon.

Lightning Store gift card Lightning Store gift card Shirt by Six & Lemon Shirt by Six & Lemon

Two shirts by Six & Lemon. Two $100 gift cards for the Lightning Store.

Ideas

It all started with ideas. In the time leading up to the designathon, we invited you to submit your ideas. Some of them turned into projects for you and/or others to collaborate on during the event.

Bitcoin 3D assets

Let's create open-source 3D assets to be used on bitcoin-related websites - basically make it...

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Deconstructing Bitcoin + Tech

Bitcoin education can be life changing. To spread knowledge on how to bitcoin & BUIDL should be...

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Privacy

What solutions could we design to make it easier to use bitcoin more privately. Some suggestions...

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[compactor]
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Academic research site

A website for professionals / academics that curates all of the research done / being done on...

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Debunking concerns

A website that lists all of the concerns about bitcoin and addresses them / debunks them with...

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Decentralized identifiers

Being in control of our identity and data online is a bitcoin-adjacent topic that has seen a lot...

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Learn bitcoin coding via a game

Conceptualize and design a first point of contact game for bitcoin curious devs. Learners...

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Saving Satoshi
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Blank slate

Forget about how you use bitcoin today and think of your ideal experience now and in the future....

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Inheritance

How to hand bitcoin down to your family as seamlessly as possible? What happens if the bitcoiner...

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Passing the buck
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Schedule

The designathon generally had a loose schedule, with projects deciding their own pace. Important, but still optional, were the kick-off, mid-event check-in, and wrap-up calls.

Monday, Oct 10 / Day -2

1

Pre-kick off call @ 17:00 UTC

Wednesday, Oct 12 / Day 1

2

Thursday, Oct 13 / Day 2

0

Friday, Oct 14 / Day 3

3

Saturday, Oct 15 / Day 4

0

Sunday, Oct 16 / Day 5

0

Monday, Oct 17 / Day 6

2

Tuesday, Oct 18 / Day 7

0

Wednesday, Oct 19 / Day 8

1

Thursday, Oct 20 / Day 9

0

Friday, Oct 21 / Day 10

2

Saturday, Oct 22 / Day 11

0

Sunday, Oct 23 / Day 12

1

Wednesday, Oct 26

1

Co-mingle

The designathon started at the same time as several other events. Those were great opportunities to meet others, find interesting projects, help out, etc.

Bolt.fun Legends of Lightning tournament

Enter your project into this 2-month online global tournament and compete for prizes of up to ~$60,000 in bitcoin. Or if you are already part of the tournament, use the designathon to get design support. October 12 to Dec 7.

TABConf

Stephen hosted a Bitcoin Design table at the TABConf Builder Day, which started the same day as the designathon. You could stop by and hack on your designathon project. October 12 to 15.

Bitcoin Amsterdam

Several members of the Bitcoin Design Community attended this conference, which also started the same day as the designathon. You were invited to say hi and kick off the events together. October 12 to 14.

Questions?

Who could take part?

When and where did it take place?

What did you do?

This was my first time joining a hackathon, was there help?

Looking for a project to hack on?

How were prizes awarded?

Was my idea appropriate for the designathon?