EasyA Sets Sights on an Even Larger Hackathon Following Unprecedented Success at Consensus 2025

The EasyA Consensus Hackathon, which took place from May 14-16 in Toronto, made history as the largest blockchain-related hackathon in North America. Organizers, brothers Phil and Dom Kwok, are already planning an even bigger event for next year in Miami. In a recent interview with CoinDesk, the duo expressed their satisfaction with the outcomes, highlighting the quality of the projects presented. More than 1,000 developers participated in the event, each carefully selected based on their coding experience, which was vetted through their GitHub and LinkedIn profiles. This rigorous selection process aimed to attract developers with a proven track record, resulting in exceptionally high-quality projects. The potential rewards for participants were substantial, with millions of dollars in funding courtesy of five major blockchain networks: Aptos, Stellar, Polkadot, Bahamut, and Forte. A notable moment during the conference was when Universal Studios representatives extended an invitation to ApTap, the first-place winner in the Aptos track, to present their project to Universal's executive team in Orlando. EasyA CEO Phil Kwok described this as 'crazy'. With a community of over 1 million developers, EasyA stands as one of the world's largest and most popular Web3 learning apps, having organized over 30 hackathons since its inception in 2019. The winners of the Toronto hackathon were determined by the teams behind each blockchain, with each network having its unique mission statement. For instance, Stellar's mission was 'Web3 UX doesn’t have to suck. Prove it.' The overarching goal is to provide continuous funding to the winning projects over time, meaning the bulk of the reward is distributed in the long term. According to Dom Kwok, 'Developers don’t just attend these hackathons to win prizes and then move on. The goal of our hackathons is to ensure that participants continue building and adding long-term value to crypto.' Among the winners, ApTap, a project enabling easy access to Aptos wallets on phones, secured first place in the Aptos track. Stellar's winner, CycleBuddy, is an app that helps women track their menstrual cycles while earning tokens. On Polkadot, Sutanpu, an app that allows travelers to mint NFTs of the places they visit, took the top spot. Bahamut awarded the top prize to NameVault, a decentralized naming service similar to Ethereum's ENS Domains. Lastly, GASS, a protocol aimed at making airdrop allocation smoother, came in first on Forte.