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📦 Hackbox 2024: End-of-Year Report This year, Hackbox delivered 10 global events across 9 countries, engaging 2,200+ registrants and awarding $200K+ in bounties. With 381+ projects submitted, Hackbox solidified its position as a key driver of innovation in the NEAR ecosystem. ✨ Highlight of the Year: Hackbox was the backbone of [REDACTED], NEAR’s first multichain & AI x Web3-focused hackathon, attracting 1,673 participants and generating 205 submissions for a prize pool of nearly $1M. City Nodes in North America, India, and Nigeria boosted regional participation, cementing NEAR’s global influence. 📊 Key Metrics: • NEAR Wallets Created: 380+ • Teams Formed: 160+ • IRL + Virtual Participants: 1,200+ Hackbox is fostering global connections, empowering developers, and strengthening the NEAR ecosystem through every event.

Not many gets invited to speak at @NVIDIAGTC 3 years in a row. So so proud of @ilblackdragon!🥳 Also looking forward to @near_ai happy hour today “near” the GTC venue! 👀

@BitteProtocol @NEARProtocol @auroraisnear @proximityfi @w3_hub That's a wrap from us. Enjoy the rest of Berlin Blockchain Week, and don't forget to follow @hackboxhq for more hackathon updates. See you at the next one 🛠️.

@BitteProtocol @NEARProtocol @auroraisnear Huge thanks to all our judges, the @nearprotocol, @proximityfi,  @auroraisnear and @bitteprotocol mentors for their great support and workshops, the team, and @w3_hub for hosting us in Berlin. You made this happen 🙌

What a week start. Thanks to everyone who came out, contributed, built, shared ideas, and made the Agents Without Masters Hackathon what it was. We had a swell time with the Berlin crew. Now, let’s talk winners 🧵

@BitteProtocol @NEARProtocol @auroraisnear The @auroraisnear – 2nd prize and NEAR prize of 1K: MintroAI is an AI-powered no-code smart contract deployment platform that integrates NEAR’s Chain Signatures to enable seamless, secure, and cross-chain contract creation from a single NEAR wallet. 👇 dorahacks.io/buidl/26919

@BitteProtocol @NEARProtocol The @auroraisnear Bounty – 1st prize and NEAR main track prize of 1K each: NearPredict, an AI-powered autonomous prediction market where AI creates, resolves, and manages on-chain markets with fully automated payouts 👇 dorahacks.io/buidl/26924 Congratulations!

💫🇩🇪 The Agents Without Masters Hackathon — powered by @NEARProtocol, @NEARHorizon, and @hackboxhq — has officially kicked off at @w3_hub in Berlin! Let’s see what a world without masters can do.

On the road to Berlin 🛠️ @ThePiVortex breaks down shade agents this Wednesday at 5PM UTC on a special DevHub Live. If you're building for Agents Without Masters, this session is 🔑. Stream it here → @NEARDevHub" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@NEARDevHub Apply to hack IRL → lu.ma/3fjkv8r4