Hyperliquid London Community Hackathon

​📅 Jan 16 – Jan 18 | London
📍 Encode Hub, Shoreditch

​3 days. London’s best builders. One goal: build the future of on-chain trading with Hyperliquid.

​This is a community-organised hackathon bringing together DeFi engineers, trading infra teams, and Hyperliquid ecosystem projects for a weekend of deep technical building.

​Whether you’re a DeFi veteran or just curious about high-performance on-chain markets, this is your chance to learn, build, and ship alongside serious operators.

​🛠️ Hackathon Overview

• ​3 days of non-stop hacking

• ​Build on Hyperliquid & HyperEVM - check out bounties here

• ​Hands-on workshops from ecosystem partners

• ​Bounties and prizes for top projects

• ​Food, drinks, and late-night hacking at Encode Hub

​⚡ What to Expect

• ​Partner-led workshops with practical technical guidance

• ​24/7 hacking in person at Encode Hub

• ​Bounties + prizes for standout builds

• ​Direct access to builders, funds, and protocol teams

• ​A strong focus on shipping real DeFi and trading infrastructure

​🧠 Who Should Attend

• ​DeFi and smart contract developers

• ​Trading infra, analytics, and tooling builders

• ​Engineers exploring on-chain orderbooks, derivatives, and markets

• ​Anyone interested in building on Hyperliquid

​No prior Hyperliquid experience required, just come ready to learn and build.

​🗓 Event Structure & Timings

​ 🛠️ Friday (Jan 16) – Workshops & Hackathon Kickoff

​Doors open at 3:00 PM. Workshops begin at 5:00 PM.

​Friday evening is all about getting builders up to speed, meeting partners, and forming teams before hacking begins.

​Schedule

​5:00 PM – Launch Event
Intro to the weekend, format, and how to make the most of the hackathon.

​5:15 PM – Pear Protocol 101
Overview of the Pear Execution API and how to build advanced pair and basket trading workflows on Hyperliquid.

​5:45 PM – Valantis 101
Introduction to the Valantis ecosystem, what you can build, and what judges are looking for.

​6:15 PM – Rysk Finance 101
Learn how Rysk’s on-chain options protocol works and how to integrate risk management and yield strategies into your project.

​6:45 PM – Insilico 101
A practical walkthrough of Insilico’s tooling, best practices for standing out, and how to approach hackathon judging criteria.

​7:00 PM – Dinner
Food, drinks, and informal networking with builders, partners, and mentors.

​8:00 PM – Checkpoint 1: Team Creation & Deadline
Finalize teams, lock in project ideas, and officially kick off hacking.

​This is the best time to explore ideas, find teammates, and align with partners before a full weekend of building.

​🚀 Saturday (Jan 17) – Full Hack Day

​A full day and night dedicated to building.

• ​Encode Hub open 24/7

• ​Non-stop hacking on Hyperliquid & HyperEVM

• ​Mentors and partners available throughout the day

• ​Catered event: Dinner x2, Lunch x2, Breakfast x2

​Build, iterate, and push towards a polished submission.

​🏆 Sunday (Jan 18) – Submissions & Finale

​The final stretch.

• ​Midday – Final submissions due

• ​Early afternoon – Judging begins

• ​16:00 – Hackathon finale

  • ​Project presentations

  • ​Winners announced

  • ​Closing remarks

​ 🏆 Challenges & Bounties

​For information on the challenges & prizes check out the Encode Club Platform

​🤝 Partners

​Rysk Finance
A DeFi protocol for earning yield through on-chain options.
Ideal for builders exploring volatility products and options primitives.

​Valantis
A modular DEX built for the HyperEVM ecosystem.
Great for liquidity design, routing, and staking primitives.

​Pear Protocol
Decentralised pair trading, go long one token and short another in one click.
Perfect for trading UX, on-chain markets, and quant strategies.

​Salt
Robo-custody infrastructure for the human <> machine economy. Salt splits the ownership from the execution, unleashing a marketplace for fintechs, bots & AI quants to do clever things without the regulatory burden of taking asset custody.

​Silhouette
A research and engineering studio building decentralised financial infrastructure.
Focused on quantitative research and algorithmic trading systems.

​Insilico
A high-performance on-chain trading and analytics terminal.
Built for real-time data, advanced charting, and power-user DeFi tooling.

​LI.FI
Cross-chain liquidity and bridging infrastructure for DeFi apps.
Ideal for teams building seamless multi-chain trading and UX.

​Halo Capital
A crypto-native venture firm backing DeFi and on-chain market teams.
A strong partner for founders pushing new financial primitives.

​📍 Venue

​Encode Hub
41 Pitfield Street, Shoreditch, London

​​​Take a look at our fabulous venue, Encode Hub at 41 Pitfield Street, in the heart of Shoreditch!

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