Should Bitte Launch an Agent Hackathon?

🚀 Proposal: Should Bitte Launch an Agent Hackathon?

❓Summary

This proposal seeks community input on whether Bitte should organize and fund an AI Agent Hackathon—a community-driven event designed to explore, build, and showcase autonomous agents using the Bitte ecosystem.

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🧠 Motivation

Agent-based applications are rapidly gaining traction in web3, AI, and decentralized coordination. By hosting a hackathon, Bitte can: • Grow its developer ecosystem • Explore use cases for autonomous agents in DAOs, DeFi, governance, and social coordination • Attract talent and build community mindshare • Collect prototypes and insights to guide future product development

A hackathon also provides an opportunity to align contributors around Bitte’s vision of programmable, composable agents.

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💡 Scope & Proposal Goals

If passed, this proposal would: • Allocate funds for prizes, sponsorships, and promotion (suggested: $25,000–$50,000 in stablecoins or tokens) • Set a 2–4 week hackathon window (virtual or hybrid) • Partner with infra projects (e.g., wallet providers, compute layers, AI APIs) • Encourage submissions such as: • Governance agents • Trading bots • DAO assistants • On-chain automation tools • Cross-protocol agent networks

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✅ Options for Voting 1. ✅ Yes — Launch the Agent Hackathon Approve the hackathon and commit resources toward planning, marketing, and execution. 2. 🧪 Yes — But Launch a Smaller Pilot First Run a limited-scope agent builder challenge before scaling up to a full hackathon. 3. 🕒 Not Yet — Revisit Later Support the idea, but wait until key protocol features or ecosystem partnerships are more mature. 4. ❌ No — Do Not Launch a Hackathon Focus resources elsewhere; the time is not right for this initiative.