Are you the next Top Builder?
Are you the next Top Builder?
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Top Builder Perks
Top Builder Perks
Build with a community of experienced developers. Take advantage of all the resources needed to build your killer app.
Build with a community of experienced developers. Take advantage of all the resources needed to build your killer app.
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Top Builder takes home
$15K in Bitcoin
Top Builder takes home
$15K in Bitcoin
All builders win by gaining exposure, mentorship, and collaboration opportunities in the Bitcoin ecosystem. Only one can be Top Builder.
All builders win by gaining exposure, mentorship, and collaboration opportunities in the Bitcoin ecosystem. Only one can be Top Builder.
Meet The Top Builder Teams
Meet The Top Builder Teams
MEET THE TEAM
Yopaki
Introducing Loteria Bitcoin: a gamified app that's not just fun, but a new way to earn Bitcoin.
MEET THE TEAM
Jippi
Jippi is an interactive education app for bitcoiners to earn and learn about Bitcoin with others. With Jippi, users can complete bitesize learning modules called "Paths" and earn sats as a reward. Users can join an onine community of Bitcoiners called a "Tribe", where a Tribe head will facilitate regular audio conversations.
MEET THE TEAM
CASCDR
CASCDR in its current form resembles Zapier but on open protocols. The application allows users to discover, combine, and consume applications in innovative ways through workflow builders.
MEET THE TEAM
Alpaca RMS
A business management system and full featured point of sale that accepts bitcoin/lightning and credit cards.
MEET THE TEAM
Cypher
Simple and fast PWA bitcoin application building.
MEET THE TEAM
Shopstr
Shopstr is a global, decentralized Nostr marketplace to buy and sell anything, anywhere, anytime, with Bitcoin anonymously.
MEET THE TEAM
BitPension
BitPension is a personalized Bitcoin pension account for employees. Employees choose a retirement plan, connect their income source, and buy Bitcoin regularly or whenever.
MEET THE TEAM
BtcTestnetCoins
A service that easily lets you obtain Bitcoin testnet coins when you need them. It has a stash of testnet coins that will be sent to your wallet to use for testing and learning purposes.
MEET THE TEAM
Resolvr
Resolvr offers Bitcoin-native open source dispute resolution, enabling individuals to voluntarily resolve their disputes without resorting to slow, expensive, unpredictable, corrupt, or nonexistent state-run courts. Voluntary and enforceable dispute resolution will be a critical and necessary component to build out a hyperbitcoinized world.
MEET THE TEAM
Coracle
Coracle is a general-purpose newbie friendly nostr client
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CCNS
CCNS stands for Community Curated Nostr Stuff. CCNS is a Nostr-focused community platform centered around link aggregation. Anyone with Nostr keys is able to post links and discussions and curate them with zaps containing a user defined number of sats.
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BRANTA
Scammers want your #bitcoin. You need elite protection for your stack. Verify your wallets. Guard your clipboard. Stay ahead of exploits.
MEET THE TEAM
Plebwork
Plebwork is where bitcoiners work together. It's a marketplace for freelancers in the bitcoin industry with built in self-custodial payments and invoicing, powered by BTCPay. No fiat, no shitcoinery. Anyone can join from anywhere, even psuedonymous plebs.
MEET THE TEAM
BitScript
We train & empower Bitcoin developers by providing them with educational content & powerful development tools. Our focus is on specifically Bitcoin companies with multiple developers that are in constant need of access to Bitcoin development tools.
MEET THE TEAM
Clams
Browser UI for Core Lightning nodes. Clams is a free and open source browser interface for securely and remotely controlling your Core Lightning node.
MEET THE TEAM
Bitcoin Mastermind
A game-changer for user engagement on WordPress. Seamlessly integrate Bitcoin rewards into quizzes and surveys for an engaging and rewarding user experience.
MEET THE TEAM
Yopaki
Introducing Loteria Bitcoin: a gamified app that's not just fun, but a new way to earn Bitcoin.
MEET THE TEAM
Jippi
Jippi is an interactive education app for bitcoiners to earn and learn about Bitcoin with others. With Jippi, users can complete bitesize learning modules called "Paths" and earn sats as a reward. Users can join an onine community of Bitcoiners called a "Tribe", where a Tribe head will facilitate regular audio conversations.
MEET THE TEAM
CASCDR
CASCDR in its current form resembles Zapier but on open protocols. The application allows users to discover, combine, and consume applications in innovative ways through workflow builders.
MEET THE TEAM
Alpaca RMS
A business management system and full featured point of sale that accepts bitcoin/lightning and credit cards.
MEET THE TEAM
Cypher
Simple and fast PWA bitcoin application building.
MEET THE TEAM
Shopstr
Shopstr is a global, decentralized Nostr marketplace to buy and sell anything, anywhere, anytime, with Bitcoin anonymously.
MEET THE TEAM
BitPension
BitPension is a personalized Bitcoin pension account for employees. Employees choose a retirement plan, connect their income source, and buy Bitcoin regularly or whenever.
MEET THE TEAM
BtcTestnetCoins
A service that easily lets you obtain Bitcoin testnet coins when you need them. It has a stash of testnet coins that will be sent to your wallet to use for testing and learning purposes.
MEET THE TEAM
Resolvr
Resolvr offers Bitcoin-native open source dispute resolution, enabling individuals to voluntarily resolve their disputes without resorting to slow, expensive, unpredictable, corrupt, or nonexistent state-run courts. Voluntary and enforceable dispute resolution will be a critical and necessary component to build out a hyperbitcoinized world.
MEET THE TEAM
Coracle
Coracle is a general-purpose newbie friendly nostr client
MEET THE TEAM
CCNS
CCNS stands for Community Curated Nostr Stuff. CCNS is a Nostr-focused community platform centered around link aggregation. Anyone with Nostr keys is able to post links and discussions and curate them with zaps containing a user defined number of sats.
MEET THE TEAM
BRANTA
Scammers want your #bitcoin. You need elite protection for your stack. Verify your wallets. Guard your clipboard. Stay ahead of exploits.
MEET THE TEAM
Plebwork
Plebwork is where bitcoiners work together. It's a marketplace for freelancers in the bitcoin industry with built in self-custodial payments and invoicing, powered by BTCPay. No fiat, no shitcoinery. Anyone can join from anywhere, even psuedonymous plebs.
MEET THE TEAM
BitScript
We train & empower Bitcoin developers by providing them with educational content & powerful development tools. Our focus is on specifically Bitcoin companies with multiple developers that are in constant need of access to Bitcoin development tools.
MEET THE TEAM
Clams
Browser UI for Core Lightning nodes. Clams is a free and open source browser interface for securely and remotely controlling your Core Lightning node.
MEET THE TEAM
Bitcoin Mastermind
A game-changer for user engagement on WordPress. Seamlessly integrate Bitcoin rewards into quizzes and surveys for an engaging and rewarding user experience.
MEET THE TEAM
DOSH
An app allowing Bitcoin users to quickly verify SATSCARDs so they can be easily used like gold coins or cash in hand.
MEET THE TEAM
LNPlay
New to lightning? Need a good understanding of channel balancing, send and receiving before going live? Use LNPlay to learn lightning basics in a private test environment. You won't lose real money, you can use a real lightning wallet?
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Bitcoineando
A web application with the smallest financial footprint to educational access to Bitcoin metrics and statistics in Spanish and English.
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Access Tribe
A community platform for anyone wanting to build a community on Nostr.
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NEO
A cutting-edge social finance application serving as a dynamic space for discussion, debate, and engagement in various financial markets, including stocks and cryptocurrency, as well as investment ventures, targeting young professional entrepreneurs, with a focus on the minority demographic.
MEET THE TEAM
Zapmoji
Zapmoji is a place for meme lords to share their dope memes, get feedback and praise, and of course: stack sats. Zapmoji will be an incubator for the best memes, as well as a platform to create, curate, and distribute them far and wide.
MEET THE TEAM
AgList
AgList exists for consumers to discover local producers, to facilitate meat and produce purchases (deposits and balances), and to build strong food networks in local communities.
MEET THE TEAM
Blitz Wallet
Blitz Wallet is a non-custodial Bitcoin lightning wallet that uses the Breez_SDK as the main lightning infrastructure. The wallet is connected to the Breez LSP which gives native BTC -> LN and LN -> BTC swaps, and more.
MEET THE TEAM
BTC COLLATERAL
BTC-COLLATERAL is a service that provides a marketplace for lenders and individuals who need loans without having to sell their Bitcoin for FIAT. The individual provides bitcoin as collateral and funds are held in a 2 of 3 multisig involving the lender, the individual, and the service.
MEET THE TEAM
Bitspend
A service that easily lets you obtain Bitcoin testnet coins when you need them. It has a stash of testnet coins that will be sent to your wallet to use for testing and learning purposes.
MEET THE TEAM
LunchMoney
LunchMoney is a browser extension and set of libraries that allows users to sell their demographic information directly to websites they visit. It allows websites to implement libraries that can pay and use demographic information from website visitors to customize their website to first time visitors.
Top Builder Workshops
Top Builder Workshops
Judges
Judges
Kelly Brewster
CEO of Wolf
Lisa Neigut
Advisor at Ego Death Capital, Base58
Lisa Neigut
Advisor at Ego Death Capital, Base58
Marty Bent
Managing Partner at Ten31, TFTC
Marty Bent
Managing Partner at Ten31, TFTC
Mike Jarmuz
Managing Partner at Lightning Ventures
Matt Odell
Managing Partner at Ten31, OpenSats Board Member
Kelly Brewster
CEO of Wolf
Mike Jarmuz
Managing Partner at Lightning Ventures
Matt Odell
Managing Partner at Ten31, OpenSats Board Member
Builder Mentors
Builder Mentors
Topher
CTO of BitEscrow
Car
Co-Founder and CEO of PlebLab
Keyan
Founder and CEO of Stacker News
Super Testnet
Chairman of FOSS at PlebLab
Teresa Martin
COO of PlebLab
Nick Theile
Engineer at Zaprite
Marc Mckirahan
Kraken Digital Asset Exchange
Mortiz Kaminski
Co-Founder of Alby
Darina Oumanski
Co-Founder and CEO of Slice
Topher
CTO of BitEscrow
Car
Co-Founder & CEO of PlebLab
Keyan
Founder and CEO of Stacker News
Keyan
Founder and CEO of Stacker News
Keyan
Founder & CEO of Stacker News
Super Testnet
Chairman of FOSS at PlebLab
Teresa Martin
COO PlebLab
Nick Theile
Bitcoin App Developer
Marc Mckirahan
Kraken Digital Asset Exchange
Mortiz Kaminski
Co-Founder of Alby
Darina Oumanski
Co-Founder and CEO of Slice
Austin Kelsay
Founder of PlebDevs
Austin Kelsay
Founder of PlebDevs
FAQs
Still not convinced?
We’ve got the answers
Still not convinced?
We’ve got the answers
Who is eligible to apply for Top Builder?
What kind of projects is Top Builder looking for?
What are the stages of the application process?
What if I don't have a demo, video, pitch deck, or GitHub?
Are international teams allowed to participate?
Can we apply if we have already received investments?
What happens after submitting the application?
Is there a deadline for project submission/update on GitHub?
What kind of support and mentorship will be provided during the Top Builder program?
Are there any fees associated with participating in Top Builder?
Can you describe the format of the final presentation for Top Builder and who will be evaluating the projects?
What sets the Top Builder competition at Startup Day apart in the Bitcoin startup ecosystem?
Is this competition designed for teams, individuals, or both?
Is this competition designed to get us funded by Wolf, or can I compete for the prize money?
What are the criteria for selecting Top Builder teams?
Who is eligible to apply for Top Builder?
What kind of projects is Top Builder looking for?
What are the stages of the application process?
What if I don't have a demo, video, pitch deck, or GitHub?
Are international teams allowed to participate?
Can we apply if we have already received investments?
What happens after submitting the application?
Is there a deadline for project submission/update on GitHub?
What kind of support and mentorship will be provided during the Top Builder program?
Are there any fees associated with participating in Top Builder?
Can you describe the format of the final presentation for Top Builder and who will be evaluating the projects?
What sets the Top Builder competition at Startup Day apart in the Bitcoin startup ecosystem?
Is this competition designed for teams, individuals, or both?
Is this competition designed to get us funded by Wolf, or can I compete for the prize money?
What are the criteria for selecting Top Builder teams?
Think you have what it takes to be Top Builder?
Think you have what it takes to be Top Builder?
