Four Pillars Research Challenge 2026 Awards Ceremony

​After a month of research, collaboration, and competition, the Four Pillars Research Challenge 2026 is coming to a close. ✏️

​To celebrate, we're bringing together participating university blockchain clubs from across Korea for an evening of awards, presentations, and networking. 🎉

​(Research Challenge will have concluded prior to this event. This gathering is dedicated to recognizing the winning teams and giving them the stage to present their work, followed by a casual networking session with fellow students, researchers, and industry participants.)

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​[Event Details]

​Date: October 1, 2026
Venue: Hashed Lounge, Gangnam
Host: Four Pillars
Sponsors: Cantor8, MetaMask, Solana, SurfAI
Research Partner: The Block
Media Partner: Nexblock

Participating Clubs:

• ​BAY (Yonsei Univ.)

• ​BlockBlock (Yonsei Univ.)

• ​Blockchain Valley (Korea Univ.)

• ​BlueNode (Inha Univ.)

• ​CURG (Inter-univ. Club)

• ​De-Butler (Kwangwoon Univ.)

• ​Decipher (Seoul National Univ.)

• ​Ewha Chain (Ewha Womans Univ.)

• ​HYBLOCK (Hanyang Univ.)

• ​Layer-a (Ajou Univ.)

• ​Skkrypto (Sungkyunkwan Univ.)

• ​Orakle (KAIST)

• ​PDAO (POSTECH)

​[Agenda]

​18:00–19:00 Doors Open, Greetings & Pizza 🍕
19:00–19:25 SurfAI Track (Intro, Awards & Winning Team Presentation)
19:25–19:50 Cantor8 Track (Intro, Awards & Winning Team Presentation)
19:50–20:15 MetaMask Track (Intro, Awards & Winning Team Presentation)
20:15–20:40 Solana Track (Intro, Awards & Winning Team Presentation)
20:40–21:30 Networking

​The winning team presentations will be delivered in Korean.

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​Come celebrate the teams behind this year's Research Challenge, hear directly from the winning researchers, and connect with Korea's university blockchain community.