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Forte Hacks

Forte Hacks is a 2025 flagship hackathon on Flow, the home of consumer Web3.

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Forte Hacks
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Host by

Flow

Hackathon Mode

ONLINE

Ecosystem

All

Tech Stack

Solidity

Participants

JYH
13+

Links

250,000 USD

Available in Prizes

Best Killer App on Flow [All Projects]16,000 USDC
Best Use of Flow Forte Actions and Workflows [All Projects]12,000 USDC
Best Existing Code Integration [Existing Project]12,000 USDC
Best Vibe Coded Project5,000 USDC
Flow Community Bounties5,000 USDC
Dune Analytics Integration [Existing Projects Only]10,000 USDC
Dapper Labs25,000 USDC
Perks165,000 USDC

Description

Description

Flow is one of the fastest growing developer networks in 2025, and the number 1 choice for builders at hackathons all over the world. Forte Hacks provides an opportunity for those developers and builders to experiment with the latest upgrade to the network and build the next killer app. 


From October 1-31st, this global hackathon invites hackers, creators, and Web3 developers to push the boundaries of smart contract automation, DeFi primitives, and user-centric killer applications to win a share of $250,000 in bounties and prizes. 

Supported by a range of partners, like Dune, Quicknode, Moonpay, Dapper Labs, Thirdweb, Privy, Crossmint and more, the Forte Hacks hackathon has 5 core tracks - including exclusive bounties for building with partner applications. 

About Flow

Flow is the best place to build killer apps, purpose-built to help builders ship faster and scale without compromise. The biggest brands and the best builders keep choosing Flow, like Disney, NFL, Ticketmaster and NBA. Flow has a unique multi-role architecture that ensures high transaction speed, near-instant finality, and MEV-resistance, enabling responsive, consumer-scale crypto applications.



What is Forte

Forte is the Flow network upgrade that brings composability and automation natively to Flow. Two new primitives, Actions and Workflows, let developers compose reusable, protocol-agnostic workflows with onchain time-based triggers. Forte lets builders get an edge with new features, like standardized DeFi actions, scheduled transactions, and onchain workflows.

Learn more!

Submission Criteria

  • The submission must be deployed on testnet and/or mainnet (include a link to the contract deployed on explorer if applicable).

  • Must have a README.md and state the project is built on Flow, specify testnet or mainnet, and list the deployed or used contract address(es). 

  • Both new and existing code can be submitted. 

  • A video demo and GitHub repository must be submitted.

  • A social media post showcasing or introducing the project must be submitted (i.e. X post tagging the official Flow account @flow_blockchain).

  • Your submission should be public on github and free for others to check

  • Submissions can use Solidity (EVM), Cadence or both.

Judging Criteria

Please list the criteria and corresponding weights used to evaluate projects. The total weight should add up to 100%.

Criterias

Percent

Description

Technology

25%

Technical quality/depth and feasibility; the degree of integration with blockchain technology (and if it makes sense or feels forced).

Completion

20%

Does the product work fully end-to-end.

Originality

10%

Breakthroughs and originality in project technology or narrative.

User Experience

10%

The logical flow of the project's interface and operations, along with good user experience design.

Adoption/Practicality

10%

The project's adaptability to real-world applications and adoption potential; whether it addresses existing industry issues, has social impact, etc. Can the team pull it off irl.

Protocol Usage

10%

The project's integration with the Flow ecosystem, its contribution to ecosystem complementation, and scalability within the ecosystem.

Submission Types

In your submission when selecting bounties you are applying for, please identify your project as:

  1. Existing Code - a project extended and integrated with Flow during the duration of the hackathon OR

  2. Fresh Code - brand new and created from scratch

In addition to the bounties above, we will be giving daily prizes for best Building in Public posts that include ‘#ForteHacks’ and ‘@flow_blockchain’ throughout the entire month as an encouragement to share with the world what you’re cooking on!

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