🦞 OpenClaw Hack Toronto Students & Alumni - Win Mac Mini & Internships (In Person Only)
The Vision
We’re bringing the OpenClaw and GOAT Network stack to Toronto for a one-day vibe coding sprint with the support of the MindFuel grant program, GOAT Network, ClawUP, TMU BYTE club and Metis Foundation.
Your mission: Build an AI agent that doesn’t just talk but owns its identity, manages its own wallet and transact with other agents. Leverage Bitcoin’s 99.9% uptime and BitVM2’s mathematical security (viat GOAT mainnet) to build agents that handle high-value transactions with zero human oversight.
🏆 The Stakes
We aren't giving out stickers and socks. We are giving away Mac Mini to the top-performing team or individual to power your future AI development. We also are looking for the bright minds to join our team and our partner projects as an interns to continue developing what they started at the hackathon. We also will be mentoring and helping those who would like to develop their hackathon projects further as their own startups.
If you are a company and would like to partner with the event by hiring the students as an interns or by providing a prize or mentorship please send your inquiries to [email protected].
🚀 The Challenge
Deploy a "vibe-coded" autonomous agent using:
OpenClaw: The brain and framework.
ERC-8004: On-chain identity (Give your agent a soul).
x402: Agent-native payments (Let your agent get paid).
GOAT Network: The infrastructure for the agent economy.
📅 Event Details
When: May 26 2026 during the Toronto Tech Week
Where: Toronto Metropolitan University (Sheldon & Tracy Levy Student Learning Centre).
Who: University students
Perks: Fuel provided (Pizza, snacks, and drinks) + On-site technical mentorship.
🏙️Toronto Tech Week
This event is part of Toronto Tech Week! Tech Week is a citywide celebration of the people building what’s next. From May 26–29, 2026, founders, investors, and builders come together for hundreds of community-led events across Toronto, connecting tens of thousands of people around Canadian tech. Torontotechweek.com.
🏆Prizes
Mac Mini + internship opportunities + entrepreneurship opportunities
🍕 Food & drinks are on us — snacks and drinks will be served throughout the event.
10:00 AM — 🚀 Doors open. Get your wristband!
11:00 AM — 🚀 Doors close. Hacking begins!
🔧 Workshop Track
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM | Hackathon Official Kickoff
Opening remarks and introduction to the Toronto OpenClaw Hack.
11:15 AM – 11:30 AM | Hackathon Logistics & Onboarding
Review of hackathon expectations, submission rules, and judging criteria.
Prizes, certificates, internships
Distribution of the Onboarding Guide and setup resources.
On-chain gas token and stablecoin distribution for mainnet deployment.
11:30 AM – 12:40 PM | Technical Workshop: Deploy Your Agent on GOAT Mainnet
Introduction to Agent Infrastructure: Why blockchain provides the shared coordination layer (identity, trust, automated payments, and final settlement) that autonomous agents require.
The GOAT Network Stack: Overview of the underlying Bitcoin-secured infrastructure, decentralized sequencing, and ZK execution layers.
ERC-8004 (Agent Identity & Trust): Registering agents on-chain to establish portable, machine-readable metadata and verifiable reputation histories.
x402 Protocol (Autonomous Payments): Implementing HTTP-native payment models (per-request/per-second) so agents can automatically conduct business with other APIs and agents without human checkouts.
ClawUp & AgentKit Integration: Utilizing the ClawUp hosted interface for rapid, prompt-first agent setup paired with TypeScript SDK skills to execute on-chain actions.
12:40 PM – 1:00 PM | Interactive Demos: End-to-End Deployment
Live Demonstration: A step-by-step walkthrough showcasing a prompt-built ClawUp agent integrating x402 and ERC-8004 capabilities, concluding with a successful live deployment onto the GOAT Network Mainnet
Live Demo: Agent Calls AgentKit by Kevin Liu, GOAT Network Contributor
🛟 Support
You're never stuck. Here's who to reach out to:
GOAT support team is available in person and across both Telegram channels throughout the event
🔨 13:20 – 5:30 PM | Build Time
Heads down. Ship something real.
🏁 5:45 PM | Submissions Close, Judging Starts
2 min live demos of ALL projects to the assigned Judge.
🎤 6:45 PM | Demo Time
Top projects selected in pre-judging will get a slot, 2-min demos, no slides, just keep it sharp!
🏆 7:15 PM | AWARDS
Grand prize, certificates, internships
🎉 7:30 - 8:30 PM | Socials
We'll wrap up with open hang time — meet the builders, the GOAT team, CryptoChicks team, TMU BYTE club team and the community. Stick around!
Toronto Tech Week is a citywide celebration of the people building what’s next. From May 25–29, 2026, founders, investors, and builders come together for hundreds of community-led events across Toronto, connecting tens of thousands of people around Canadian tech. Torontotechweek.com