Ethereum Jakarta Hackathon 2026

BUILD THE REAL WORLD ONCHAIN

Ethereum Jakarta Hackathon 2026 is a multi-day Web3 hackathon experience in Jakarta focused entirely on Real-World Assets (RWA) and the opportunities to bring real-world value, assets, and economic activity onchain.

The program brings together developers, builders, designers, founders, students, and innovators to explore how Ethereum can transform the way real-world assets are represented, accessed, managed, and exchanged.

The hackathon program begins with a series of pre-hackathon workshops from October 5–7, followed by the main hackathon, which includes an intensive 12-hour offline build sprint, continued project development and online submission, and an in-person Demo Day where selected teams showcase their projects.

🧑‍🏫 OCTOBER 5–7 — PRE-HACKATHON WORKSHOPS

📅 October 5–7, 2026

Before the main hackathon begins, participants can join a series of pre-hackathon workshops designed to help builders prepare for the RWA challenge.

The workshops will provide practical knowledge around Ethereum, smart contracts, RWA infrastructure, product development, and other technical or ecosystem topics relevant to the hackathon.

These sessions are intended to help participants:

• Understand the fundamentals of RWA and onchain asset infrastructure

• Learn relevant Ethereum development concepts

• Explore potential RWA use cases

• Prepare their technical stack and project ideas

• Meet potential teammates and fellow builders

• Get ready for the main hackathon build sprint

Participants can use the workshops as preparation before entering the main build phase.

🏗️ DAY 1 — OFFLINE BUILD SPRINT

📍 ETHJKT @ Hub — Jakarta Creative Hub

Day 1 is the main offline building day.

Teams will gather at ETHJKT @ Hub, Jakarta Creative Hub for a focused 12-hour build sprint, providing an intensive environment to start building, collaborate, and turn ideas into functional prototypes.

However, the hackathon is not limited to the 12-hour sprint.

The 12-hour sprint serves as the main collaborative offline build period. Teams can continue developing, testing, refining, and preparing their projects after the sprint until the official submission deadline on Day 2.

Throughout the build period, participants will have opportunities to collaborate with mentors, ecosystem contributors, and fellow builders.

RWA Use Cases

Projects can explore different applications of Real-World Assets, including:

• Tokenization of real-world assets

• Real estate & property

• Commodities

• Securities & financial assets

• Credit & lending

• Supply chain & trade finance

• Payments & stablecoins

• Ownership & asset management

• Identity, compliance & verification

• Onchain infrastructure for traditional assets

• Other applications connecting real-world value with Ethereum

The goal is to move beyond theoretical concepts and demonstrate a working onchain implementation.

📤 DAY 2 — ONLINE SUBMISSION

🌐 Fully Online

After the offline build sprint, teams will have additional time to finalize, test, and polish their projects before submitting them online.

Submission Deadline: 12:00 PM (WIB)

Each team will submit:

• Project description

• Problem & solution

• GitHub repository

• Demo / deployed application

• Tech stack

• RWA use case

• Demo video or presentation materials

• Team information

The submission process is fully online, allowing teams to finalize their projects remotely after the offline build session.

Submissions will then be reviewed by the judging panel, with selected projects advancing to the final Demo Day.

🎤 DAY 3 — DEMO DAY

📍 Ganara Art — Jakarta

The final day is the Ethereum Jakarta Hackathon Demo Day.

Selected teams will come together at Ganara Art to present their projects in front of judges, ecosystem partners, mentors, and fellow builders.

Teams will demonstrate their products, explain the real-world problem they are addressing, and show how Ethereum enables their RWA solution.

The Demo Day will serve as the final showcase and judging stage of the hackathon.

🏆 PRIZE POOL

Ethereum Jakarta Hackathon 2026 features approximately IDR 30,000,000 worth of prizes and rewards.

Main Prize Pool — $1,500

🥇 1st Place — $600
🥈 2nd Place — $400
🥉 3rd Place — $300

⭐ Honorable Mentions — $500 Worth of Prizes

Additional Honorable Mention awards will recognize selected projects with a combined prize value of $500, which may include ecosystem rewards, partner prizes, credits, grants, tools, or other builder benefits.

⚖️ JUDGING CRITERIA

Projects will be evaluated based on:

1. Real-World Utility — 25%

How effectively does the project address a genuine real-world problem or use case?

2. Onchain Implementation — 25%

How meaningfully does the project use Ethereum, smart contracts, tokenization, or other onchain infrastructure?

3. Innovation & Differentiation — 20%

How novel is the solution compared to existing approaches to RWA?

4. Feasibility & Scalability — 20%

Can the solution realistically be deployed, adopted, and scaled beyond the hackathon?

5. Demo & User Experience — 10%

How clearly does the team demonstrate the product, its functionality, and its value?

👥 WHO SHOULD JOIN?

The hackathon is open to:

• Developers

• Smart contract engineers

• Web3 builders

• Product designers

• Founders

• Students

• Researchers

• Creators

• Innovators

You don't need to be an experienced RWA or Ethereum developer to participate.

Teams are encouraged to combine different skill sets across technology, product, design, business, finance, and research.

📜 HACKATHON RULES

1. Build From Scratch

Projects submitted to the hackathon must be built from scratch during the official hackathon period.

Existing projects, previously launched products, or substantially pre-built solutions are not eligible.

Participants may prepare their development environment, conduct research, attend the pre-hackathon workshops, form teams, and discuss ideas before the build phase. However, the submitted product itself must be developed during the hackathon.

2. New Features & Existing Projects

Existing open-source tools, libraries, protocols, APIs, SDKs, and third-party infrastructure may be used as part of your project.

However, the core hackathon submission must represent new work created during the hackathon.

If you are building on top of an existing project, clearly identify what was newly developed for this hackathon.

3. Ethereum Integration

Projects should demonstrate a meaningful use of Ethereum or Ethereum-compatible onchain infrastructure.

Simply mentioning blockchain or using blockchain only as a database is not sufficient. Judges will evaluate how meaningfully onchain technology contributes to the solution.

4. RWA Focus

All submissions must relate to the Real-World Assets (RWA) theme.

Projects should demonstrate a meaningful connection between real-world assets, economic activity, ownership, financial instruments, or real-world processes and onchain infrastructure.

5. Team Formation

Participants may build individually or as part of a team.

Teams are encouraged to combine different skills, including development, design, product, business, finance, and research.

6. One Submission Per Team

Each team may submit one project to the hackathon.

Participants should be listed accurately in the team submission.

7. Submission Deadline

All required project materials must be submitted through the official submission platform by:

12:00 PM WIB on Day 2

Late submissions may not be considered for judging.

8. Open Source & Transparency

Teams should provide a GitHub repository or equivalent source-code reference for their project.

Judges may review the submitted code, documentation, demo, and other project materials when evaluating the submission.

9. Demo Day

Selected teams must be prepared to present and demonstrate their project at the Demo Day at Ganara Art, Jakarta.

Teams may be required to provide a live demo, presentation, or other demonstration of their submitted project.

10. Originality & Attribution

Participants must submit work that they have the right to use and distribute.

Any third-party code, APIs, datasets, models, assets, or infrastructure used in the project should be properly attributed where required.

Plagiarism, fraudulent submissions, or misrepresentation of previously existing work may result in disqualification.

11. Code of Conduct

All participants are expected to maintain a respectful, inclusive, and professional environment throughout the workshops, hackathon, online submission period, and Demo Day.

Harassment, discrimination, cheating, malicious activity, or behavior that disrupts the event may result in removal from the hackathon.

12. Disqualification

The organizers reserve the right to disqualify submissions that violate the hackathon rules, submission requirements, code of conduct, or eligibility requirements.

The organizers' decision regarding rule violations and eligibility is final.

OCT 5–7 — LEARN

DAY 1 — BUILD

DAY 2 — SUBMIT

DAY 3 — DEMO

BUILD THE REAL WORLD ONCHAIN.