where bitcoin builders check before they start
The canonical archive of what bitcoin builders have tried.
Plus the forward-looking view of what's still worth building.
So you can stop searching and start creating.
// IDEAS.TXT
gaps worth building in
The ideas exist. They're just scattered everywhere. We collected them so you can stop searching and start building.
- 03 Make bitcoin work when the internet isn't. build a new thing
- 17 Give newcomers an end-to-end bitcoin learning flow from first click to confident self-custody. help them understand
- 28 Build a way to experiment with bitcoin/L2 code or networks without touching mainnet. wire it up
// PRODUCTS.TXT
what's been tried
Seventy-six read end to end, 492 more indexed across 118 hackathons. Names, years, status, specs, who built it, where it lives now.
| name | year | product type | job | source | status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polar | 2019 | developer-tool | regtest GUI for LN | Strike Hackathon | alive |
| LightningATM | 2020 | app | coin-accepting kiosk | Fulmo HackSprint | dormant |
| AnchorSupply | 2018 | service | supply-chain anchoring | Consensus Building Blocks | dead |
// DASHBOARD
the shape at a glance
For when you need altitude. The whole field on one screen. Seventy-six products and 118 events cut by type, category, spec, year, and status.
alive
14%
wound down
6%
dormant
40%
dead
29%
// SOURCES
where builders gather
One hundred eighteen bitcoin builder hackathons since 2012, indexed with product counts, year, organizer, and coverage depth.
hackathons 118 events · 47 deeply analyzed
mit bitcoin · bitcoin++ · bolt.fun · satshack · fulmo · strike · lightning hack day · bitcoin bankathon · bitcoin olympics · tabconf
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