Qubic "Hack the Future" Hackathon Wrapped

The dust has settled. The code has been pushed. The submissions are in.

The Qubic "Hack the Future" Hackathon officially wrapped this week, and the energy from 1,654 participants across 265 teams left us all genuinely impressed. When the deadline hit, there were 102 projects submitted, each one representing countless hours of building, debugging, and iteration.

This wasn't just another blockchain hackathon. Builders arrived with different skill levels, different toolkits, and different ambitions. Some teams dove deep into smart contract development using Qubic's C++ infrastructure. Others discovered they could build powerful applications without writing a single line of code through EasyConnect integrations. The variety showed exactly what we hoped to see: that Qubic's ecosystem can support both technical depth and accessibility.

The Projects That Emerged

Walking through the submissions reveals the breadth of what builders accomplished in just 2 days.

The Nostromo track attracted teams solving real infrastructure gaps. MicroStream tackled the micropayment problem by enabling pay-per-second streaming payments through Qubic's zero-fee architecture. QubicPerp unified fragmented DeFi into a single super app with swaps, perpetuals, prediction markets, and AI-powered oracles. COMQUTE created a peer-to-peer GPU marketplace connecting AI developers with idle gaming hardware, making inference affordable and private. QuantumDEX treated every trade as an optimization problem, running ML models to find the best route across thousands of potential paths.

The EasyConnect track proved blockchain doesn't require coding expertise. QXBoost automated long-term holder rewards, turning passive investing into an active experience by detecting whale buyers and rewarding them with Diamond Hand NFTs if they hold for 30 days. Qubic Sentinel by Noderist built an AI-powered market terminal that filters noise to focus on significant whale moves (50M+ QUBIC), using Gemini to provide psychological analysis of market intent. Qubic Live Analytics created a clean dark-theme dashboard tracking live token prices and whale transfers using Google Sheets as a lightweight data layer. QX Console delivered a fully automated event intelligence system that listens to contract activity, stores data in Supabase, and triggers alerts across Telegram, Discord, and X. QubicLink solved identity verification without smart contracts, letting users prove wallet ownership through unique QX bid orders that connect their on-chain activity to Discord roles and community rewards.

AI integration appeared across multiple projects. Qubic Quest eliminated technical barriers by letting users ask blockchain questions in plain English. Qubic Autopilot converted natural language instructions into safe DeFi execution. One team even built a Fake News Detection System that verifies content credibility and stamps verdicts on-chain.

Social impact found its place too. Play2Help transformed gameplay into charity, letting players earn tokens through 3D mini-games and donate directly to registered orphanages with transparent on-chain transactions.

What stood out wasn't just technical execution. Teams identified real problems and built solutions people would actually use. These weren't demos for demo's sake.

Note: The projects highlighted above represent the diversity of submissions across both tracks. Winners will be announced Thursday during the Winners stream hosted by the lablab community.

Behind the Build

Key contributors who kept the hackathon running:

• Jorge - EasyConnect team lead - Pushed through technical roadblocks and delivered with precision

• Javier - CEO of NostromoPad - Consistently present, building and supporting the ecosystem

• JoeTom & Lattio (Qubic Core Team) - Provided guidance, answered technical questions, maintained high standards

• RaZiaH (Ambassador Program PM) - Moderated flawlessly, directed every question to the right channel

• Mr.Rose (Ecosystem Team) – Coordinated and contributed to the seamlessness of the event

• Defimomma (Qubic Marketing Team) – Ensured the event was marketed well and covered across all social platforms

The Stakes

Let's revisit what teams were building toward. 

Nostromo Track 

1st place – Total value up to $21,100

• Launch on Nostromo for free (fee waiver worth up to $16,000)

• Mentorship & support (value $600)

• Visibility & funding opportunities (value $2,000) 

• $2,500 USDT

2nd place – Total value up to $12,100

• Launch on Nostromo at 50% fee (value up to $8,000)

• Mentorship & support (value $600)

• Visibility & funding opportunities (value $2,000)

• $1,500 USDT

3rd place

• $1,000 USDT

EasyConnect Track

1st place – Total value $5,400

• EasyConnect Premium subscription for life (value $300/year)

• Mentorship from the EasyConnect team (value $600)

• Visibility & funding opportunities (value $2,000) 

• $2,500 USDT

 2nd place – Total value $3,800

• 1-year EasyConnect Premium subscription (value $300)

• Visibility & funding opportunities (value $2,000)

• $1,500 USDT

3rd place – Total value $1,150

• 6-month EasyConnect Premium subscription (value $150)

• $1,000 USDT

Judging Criteria

Judges will evaluate each submission across four dimensions:

Application of Technology – How effectively teams integrated Qubic, Nostromo, or EasyConnect into their builds

Business Value – The commercial potential and real-world viability of the solution

Originality – Innovation and creative problem-solving that pushed beyond standard approaches

Presentation – Clarity and engagement in the pitch video (capped at 5 minutes)

What Comes Next

The winner announcement happens this Thursday during the winners stream by the lablab community, which will be live on Qubic’s official X account as well. We'll share which projects are moving forward, what impressed the judges, and how the winning teams plan to take their builds to the next level.

The projects submitted this week will influence how Qubic develops. Some may become part of the core infrastructure. Others will inspire teams that come after. And a few might just change how we think about what's possible when you combine blockchain's capabilities with builder creativity.

Join us this Thursday for our LIVE "All Hands" AMA at 10AM EST | 3PM UTC 

You can register in advance here: https://luma.com/pd9bmfb5 

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