hackathon alert: decentralize AI hackathon $51,750+ in prizes and credits for developers building open, transparent and decentralized AI infrastructure. @hackernoon , @nosana_ai , @ArweaveEco and @MEXC are hosting a global competition focused on making AI more open, verifiable and user-owned. - round 1 deadline: oct 31, 2026 - round 2: nov 2026 - feb 2027 - location: online, worldwide - entry: free - prize pool: $51,750+ in rewards and credits - individual developers and early-stage startups welcome what can you build? - decentralized GPU compute and orchestration - AI agents and open inference systems - verifiable and reproducible AI - decentralized model and dataset storage - privacy and data sovereignty tools - federated training and local AI - open-source AI developer infrastructure unlike traditional hackathons, submissions are made through technical blog posts published on HackerNoon. how to participate: - build a new project or extend an existing one - publish a HackerNoon article explaining your idea, architecture, experiments or results - include at least one eligible hackathon tag - share working code, demos and technical evidence - publish progress updates as you build concept-stage ideas with a clear technical direction are accepted, but working implementations and verifiable results strengthen your chances. prize breakdown: - $35,000 in Nosana compute credits for 500 eligible participants - $6,750 in additional Nosana rewards for 15 winners - $2,500 in Arweave storage credits - $2,500 in AR prizes - $5,000 in MEXC token rewards - grand prize: ownership of the decentralizeai.tech domain and its open-source platform codebase important: - multiple entries and progress updates are allowed - existing projects can be extended - sponsor rewards may require specific tags and follow-up posts - some token rewards are restricted by jurisdiction - judging considers technical depth, originality, impact, reproducibility and quality of documentation if you're building AI agents, decentralized infrastructure, DePIN, open-source models or verifiable AI systems, this is worth exploring. submissions are open. decentralizeai.tech/