Imagine. Build. The future is Cardano. Inviting developers from across the globe to join the Cardano Hackathon 2025 in Bangalore, held in collaboration with India Blockchain Week @IBWofficial. A celebration of innovation, collaboration, and creativity - powered by Cardano’s most forward-looking ecosystem partners. 🗓️ Nov 15-30, 2025 | Bangalore, India | Demo Day & Grand Finale 🛠️ $65,000 USD in total prizes 🎟️ 1st place teams also win tickets to #IBW2025! Three tracks. Infinite possibilities. 1/6

1️⃣ General Cardano Track: Open Innovation Build dApps that push the boundaries of scalability, interoperability, and real-world utility on Cardano. From DeFi to identity to governance, use the full range of Cardano tools, infrastructure, and APIs to bring any vision to life. SDKs, dashboards, CLI tools, integrations, NFTs: push the limits of what you can build on Cardano. 2/6

2️⃣ @MasumiNetwork AI Track: AI Agents on Cardano AI is reshaping how humans and machines collaborate, and Cardano’s at the forefront. In this track, build and deploy AI agents on Cardano. Masumi enables you to monetize your agent and allows it to even collaborate with other agents securely onchain. 💡 Ideas you could explore: - AI agents for workflow or marketing automation - Data insight or compliance agents - Smart customer support or personalization agents - Trusted, transaction-enabled service agents, such as automated DeFi. 3/6

3️⃣ @MidnightNtwrk Track: Privacy & Data Protection Build privacy-preserving dApps using Midnight, Cardano’s privacy-focused partner chain. Perfect for teams exploring secure data sharing, privacy logic, or confidential use cases with ZK technology. 4/6

Builder Bonuses. Maximum creativity & impact Outstanding projects in any track will be recognized for innovation and execution. ⚡ Best Hydra Implementation: Most innovative use of Hydra for scaling or throughput 🔐 Privacy in Action: Best use of ZK/privacy logic 🏆 Best Meme Integration: Bring Cardano culture to life 🎨 Best UI/UX: Most intuitive and user-friendly design 5/6