BuidlHack 2026
Mar 11th – Apr 18th, 2026 | Seoul, Korea
The flagship hackathon of Korea Buidl Week. Where builders come to ship.
Track Record
Korea Buidl Week has been at the forefront of builder culture in APAC.
Korea’s longest-running builder-first technical conference
One of APAC’s most active decentralized builder ecosystems
Week-long participants
Leading foundations, researchers, infra teams, and investors
Prize Pool
$26,000
Available in prizes
BNB Chain
$5,000
Status Network
$5,000
Near AI
$5,000
YGG & Verse8
$5,000
General Track
$6,000
The Schedule
Five days of building, learning, and competing.
Kickoff AMA
Tracks, rules, and Q&A
BNB Workshop
Online technical session on BNB
YGG & Verse8 Workshop
Online technical session on YGG & Verse8
Near AI Workshop
Online technical session on Near AI
Status Network Workshop
Online technical session on Status Network
Builder Day
Offline networking @ DSRV Office
Hacking Period
Build, attend workshops, get mentorship
Submission Deadline
Final project submission closes at midnight
Final Pitch Day
Present to judges, winners announced
Our Sponsors
The sponsors fueling BuidlHack 2026.
Judges, Speakers & Mentors
Industry leaders guiding BuidlHack 2026.
General Track Judges
Hyung-Kyu Choi
DSRV
Co-founder / VP of Research
Dmitry Serdyuk
SigIntZero
Chief Digital Officer
Logan Kang
Base Korea
Devrel Ambassador
Advait Jayant
OpenGradient
Chief Strategy Officer
Mashal Waqar
Octant
CMO
Seri Choi
EigenCloud
Senior Software Engineer
Lena Kang
Core Contributor
Virtuals Protocol
YGG & Verse 8 Judges
Gabby Dizon
YGG
Co-founder
JC Kim
Verse 8
Founder/CEO of Planetarium Labs, Founding builder of various web3 L1 tech. (LINE Blockchain, Nine Chronicles)
Hakyong Tae
Verse 8
VP of Business Development
Kevin Lee
Verse 8
CEO, Verse Eight
Status Network Judge
Kelly
Status Network
DevRel
NEAR AI Judges
Elliot Braem
NEAR Foundation
DevRel
Cameron Dennis
NEAR Foundation
Director of AI
BNB Judges
Hyung-Kyu Choi
BNB
BD
Gwen
BNB
DevRel · Online Judge Only
AMA Speakers
Elliot Braem
Near AI
Builder Ops
Kelly
Status Network
DevRel
Yena
BNB Chain
Marketing Manager
Gabby Dizon
YGG
Co-founder
Wise
Verse8
Builder Ops
Community Partners
The communities supporting BuidlHack 2026.
Meet the Organizers
The organizations powering BuidlHack 2026.
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