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Arbitrum Open House India: Online Buildathon

$33k and three spots for the IRL Hacker House in Bengaluru are up for grabs

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Host by

Arbitrum Foundation

Hackathon Mode

ONLINE

Ecosystem

A

Conduct

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Tech Stack

Solidity
Rust

Participants

TSS
178+

Links

Community

33,000 USD

Available in Prizes

Overall prize22,500 USDC
Honorable mentions10,500 USDC

Description

Open House India - 3 week online Buildathon

India has the world's largest developer community. 
Arbitrum has infrastructure trusted by institutions and used by millions. 

It’s time to connect the two.

The Open House India Buildathon brings three weeks of intensive building using the same tech stack that BlackRock and Robinhood bet their reputations on.

Three weeks to build something that matters.

DeFi. Gaming. Social Applications. Developer Tools. Something entirely new?
That’s up to you.

Build with Stylus in familiar languages, or with Solidity. Deploy on Arbitrum One or a custom Orbit chain.

Bring an existing project or start from scratch.

No compromises. No limits. Just build.

And there’s plenty to play for.

The top teams will walk away with their share of a $33,000 prize pool.

But that’s not all.

The top three teams will each win a place at the IRL Hacker House in Bengaluru in September. Four days of intense working with Arbitrum’s technical team and successful ecosystem founders.

Real mentorship, real connections, real paths from idea to funding.

We've built the infrastructure. You bring the vision.

Let's see what happens next.

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Overall prize

22,500 USDC

Overall prize

First Place15,000 USDC
Second Place5,000 USDC
Third Place2,500 USDC

Overall prize

Judging Criteria

Your project must be deployed on an Arbitrum chain to qualify. For example: Arbitrum Sepolia, Arbitrum One, Orbit chains.

Projects are assessed on the following criteria:

  • Smart contract quality - code following best practices, structured logically and efficiently, with minimal security vulnerabilities

  • Product-Market Fit - projects with clear potential to attract and retain users

  • Innovation and Creativity - original approaches that push boundaries

  • Real Problem Solving - applications that address genuine market needs

Honorable mentions

10,500 USDC

Honorable mentions

Honorable mentions

One standout project per category will receive $1,500:

  • DeFi excellence

  • Stablecoin innovation

  • Gaming breakthrough

  • AI integration

  • DePIN application

  • Mobile solution

  • Surprise category

Honorable mentions

Judging Criteria

Your project must be deployed on an Arbitrum chain to qualify. For example: Arbitrum Sepolia, Arbitrum One, Orbit chains.

Judging Criteria

Outstanding projects that strengthen specific ecosystem areas are recognised through:

  • Technical execution quality

  • Creative problem-solving approach

  • Market viability potential

Disclaimer:
HackQuest, as a hackathon platform provider, is not involved in the final judging and reward distribution for any hackathon unless specifically stated otherwise. If no or few submissions meet the host's quality standards, the prize may be subject to change.

Schedule

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Registration
Aug 20,2025 06:29 - Sep 7,2025 18:29
Opening ceremony
Aug 22,2025 07:30 - Aug 22,2025 08:30
Panel discussion: Building globally from India
Aug 22,2025 09:30 - Aug 22,2025 10:30
Builder speed dating on Discord
Aug 22,2025 12:30 - Aug 22,2025 13:30
Workshop: ProxyPatterns in Solidity with Chris Cordle
Aug 23,2025 11:30 - Aug 23,2025 12:30
Workshop: Get started with Developer Tooling and Solidity with Lorenzo Sicilia
Aug 24,2025 07:30 - Aug 24,2025 08:30
Friendly pitch session #1 on Discord
Aug 25,2025 11:30 - Aug 25,2025 12:30
AMA session #1 on Discord
Aug 26,2025 11:30 - Aug 26,2025 12:30
Workshop: Common smart contract security pitfalls with Mahsa Moosavi
Aug 27,2025 11:30 - Aug 27,2025 12:30
Workshop: Stylus in Action: High-Performance Uniswap Hooks and Seamless Upgrades
Aug 28,2025 11:30 - Aug 28,2025 12:30
Friendly pitch session #2 on Discord
Aug 29,2025 07:30 - Aug 29,2025 08:30
Workshop: Onchain Chess in Rust with Arbitrum Stylus
Aug 29,2025 11:30 - Aug 29,2025 12:30
Workshop: Principles and best practices of token design with Matthew Dawsy
Sep 2,2025 11:30 - Sep 2,2025 12:30
AMA session #2 on Discord
Sep 3,2025 07:30 - Sep 3,2025 08:30
Friendly pitch session #3
Sep 5,2025 07:30 - Sep 5,2025 08:30
Proof of Build - Winner celebration & live demos
Sep 10,2025 11:30 - Sep 10,2025 12:30
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Submission
Aug 22,2025 07:30 - Sep 7,2025 18:29
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Reward Announcement
Sep 10,2025 10:30

Resource

Developer Documentation

Hey Open House India builders! We have compiled a list of useful information for you below. Please take a thorough look as most of the information you will be looking for will be covered here.

  1. Developer Docs - Get started with Arbitrum

  2. A gentle introduction to Arbitrum

  3. Quickstart: Build a decentralized app (Solidity)

  4. Quickstart: write a smart contract in Rust using Stylus

  5. A gentle introduction: Stylus

  6. How to run a local Nitro dev node

  7. Quickstart: Arbitrum bridge

  8. Third party docs: RPCs, Indexers, Oracles, etc.

  9. Arbitrum FAQ

Faucets

Ethereum Sepolia - claim testnet ETH, then bridge it to Arbitrum Sepolia using the bridge.
https://sepoliafaucet.com/
https://arbitrum.faucet.dev/
https://www.infura.io/faucet/sepolia
https://sepolia-faucet.pk910.de/

Arbitrum Sepolia - just claim testnet ETH and you're ready to go:
https://arbitrum.faucet.dev/
https://faucet.quicknode.com/arbitrum/sepolia
https://www.l2faucet.com/arbitrum

Arbitrum Sepolia USDC Faucet:
https://faucet.circle.com/

RPC Endpoints

  • https://arb1.arbitrum.io/rpc

  • https://rpc.ankr.com/arbitrum

  • https://arbitrum.llamarpc.com

Useful Tools for Builders

  • Arbitrum Docs: https://docs.arbitrum.io/

  • Arbitrum SDK: https://github.com/OffchainLabs/arbitrum-sdk

  • Stylus Docs: https://docs.arbitrum.io/stylus

  • Stylus By Example: https://stylus-by-example.org

  • Stylus CLI: https://github.com/OffchainLabs/cargo-stylus

  • Stylus Rust SDK: https://github.com/OffchainLabs/stylus-sdk-rs

  • OpenZeppelin Rust Contracts: https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/rust-contracts-stylus

  • OpenZeppelin Solidity Contracts: https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-contracts

Sponsors & Partners

O

OpenZeppelin

E

Ethereum Foundation: Founder Success

C

Couchbase

A

Appwrite

Speakers

M

Matthew Dawsy

Ethereum Foundation: Founder Success program

S

Shivay Lamba

Couchbase

A

Aditya Oberai

Appwrite

B

Ben Greenberg

Developer Relations, Arbitrum Foundation

C

Chris Cordle

Engineering, Offchain Labs

D

Daniel Bigos

Lead Open Source Developer, OpenZeppelin