Bet your projectwon’t die.
Teams stake MON on their own project. After the hackathon, an AI judge checks the code. Teams still building split the money of the ones who quit.
Most hackathon projects quietly die.
21.2%of hackathon projects commit even once after the eventNolte, Chounta & Herbsleb, CSCW 2020
<10%are still active two months laterUiga, master’s thesis, Univ. of Tartu, 2019
Example · Monad Blitz Jogja0 teams × 50 MON = 0 MON lockedstaking
200 from quitters − 20 fee + 300 bonus = 480 ÷ 4 → +120 each, 170 home
Zombie: commits that change nothing (whitespace, version bumps). Counts as dead.
Last words from the AI judge.
Zombietotally-active-app8 commits, none changes behavior: whitespace, version bumps, README punctuation.−50 MON
Zombiestreak-farmCommits titled ‘daily update’ and ‘streak’. Every diff is formatting, a version bump or lockfile churn.−50 MON
Deadold-hack-2025Last commit: the hackathon submission.−50 MON
Deadnft-gachaArchived after the hackathon.−50 MON
Money on the line works.
+35%Smokers who bet their own savings were 35% more likely to quit.Giné, Karlan & Zinman, AEJ: Applied, 2010
29% vs 80%Goals met without a stake vs. with a stake and a referee.stickK user data
Put your money where your demo is.
No wallet needed · Monad Testnet · stakes at 1/1000 scale