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Lawrence Jengar
Jan 22, 2026 16:03

BNB Chain’s Good Vibes Only Hackathon runs Jan 22-29, featuring AI-assisted coding, public building on X, and community voting for $1,000 prizes per winner.

BNB Chain kicked off an 8-day online hackathon on January 22 that’s betting heavily on a growing trend: vibe coding. The Good Vibes Only Hackathon encourages participants to use AI tools for development while building entirely in public through X and GitHub. Winners take home $1,000 per project, with the prize pool expected to grow as sponsors join. What’s Actually Different Here The hackathon explicitly welcomes non-developers. Vibe coding—where generative AI handles the technical heavy lifting—means participants can focus on ideas rather than syntax. It’s a format gaining traction; Argonne National Laboratory recently began testing similar AI-assisted coding approaches for scientific applications. Everything happens in the open. Participants must create new X accounts for their projects and share progress publicly using #VibingOnBNB. GitHub repositories go public during the build phase. By the time teams ship, they’ve theoretically built an audience rather than launching into the void. Timeline and Structure Days 1-4 (January 22-25) focus on ideation. Teams reply to BNB Chain’s official announcement with their project concept, then engage with the community. Qualifying projects get added to a curated public X list. Days 5-8 (January 26-29) shift to building. Daily progress updates are mandatory. Demo videos must be submitted by January 29. A curveball drops on January 28: the Ctrl + Shift Challenge introduces a surprise feature requirement 24 hours before deadline. It’s optional, but successful implementation earns a 20% scoring bonus. Tracks and Requirements Six open tracks range from practical to playful: “Bears Be Gone” targets crypto winter survival tools, “Make CT Useable Again” aims to fix Crypto Twitter’s signal-to-noise problem,…

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