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# 2025

## Ethereum Ecosystem: Hackathons

| Metric | Value |
| ------------------ | ---------- |
| Total Hackathons | 31 |
| Total Participants | 10,357 |
| Total Projects | 4,290 |
| Total Prize Money | $3,601,683 |

## Ethereum Ecosystem: Hackathon Organizers

## Ethereum Ecosystem: Hackathon Overview (Jan.-Oct.)
### Most Active Hackathon Organizers

| **Organizer** | **Number of Hackathons** |
| ------------------------- | ------------------------ |
| ETHGlobal | 10 |
| ETHKyiv | 2 |
| ETHWarsaw Foundation | 4 |
| ETHKyiv | 2 |
| Others | 19 |

## Ethereum Ecosystem: Hackathon Organizer Submissions

| **Organizer** | **Total Submissions** | **Number of Hackathons** | **Average Submissions per Hackathon** |
| -------------------- | --------------------- | ------------------------ | ------------------------------------- |
| ETHGlobal | 3,312 | 10 | 331.2 |
| ETHKyiv | 49 | 2 | 24.5 |
| ETH Oxford | 142 | 1 | 142 |
| BAM | 38 | 1 | 38 |
| ETHDenver LLC. | 227 | 1 | 227 |
| ETH Hangzhou | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ETHWarsaw Foundation | 50 | 2 | 25 |
| Dots N' Bits | 35 | 1 | 35 |
| ETH Cinco de Mayo | 62 | 1 | 62 |
| CryptoCanal | 33 | 1 | 33 |
| ETHBratislava | 11 | 1 | 11 |
| ETHIreland | 31 | 1 | 31 |
| ETHBelgrade | 20 | 1 | 20 |
| NapulETH | 11 | 1 | 11 |
| ETH Bolivia | 26 | 1 | 26 |
| Ethereum TGU | 12 | 1 | 12 |
| ETH Accra | 39 | 1 | 39 |
| ETH Istanbul | 42 | 1 | 42 |
| ETH Uruguay | 8 | 1 | 8 |
| ETHTokyo | 41 | 1 | 41 |
| Urbe.eth | 65 | 1 | 65 |
| ETH Bishkek | 38 | 1 | 38 |

## Ethereum Ecosystem: Hackathon Prize Distribution
### Hackathon Submissions

| Organizer | Total Submissions | # Hackathons |
| -------------------- | ----------------- | ------------ |
| ETHGlobal | 3,457 | 8 |
| ETHDenver LLC. | 227 | 1 |
| ETH Oxford | 142 | 1 |
| Urbe.eth | 65 | 1 |
| ETH Cinco de Mayo | 62 | 1 |
| ETHWarsaw Foundation | 50 | 2 |
| ETHKyiv | 49 | 2 |
| ETH Istanbul | 42 | 1 |
| ETHTokyo | 41 | 1 |
| ETH Accra | 39 | 1 |
| ETH Bishkek | 38 | 1 |
| BAM | 38 | 1 |
| Dots N' Bits | 35 | 1 |
| ETH Ireland | 31 | 1 |
| CryptoCanal | 33 | 1 |
| ETHBelgrade | 20 | 1 |
| ETH Oxford | 142 | 1 |
| NapulETH | 11 | 1 |
| ETHBratislava | 11 | 1 |
| Ethereum TGU | 12 | 1 |
| ETH Bolivia | 26 | 1 |
| ETH Uruguay | 8 | 1 |

### Hackathon Prize Distribution

| Metric | Value |
| --------------------------- | ---------- |
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| Max Prize | $1,029,833 |
| Min Prize | $2,000 |

## Ethereum Privacy Ecosystem: Project Categories

| Category | Count | % of Total Projects |
| ---------- | ----- | ------------------- |
| Finance | X | Y% |
| Social | X | Y% |
| Gaming | X | Y% |
| DAO | X | Y% |
| Infra | X | Y% |
| Interop | X | Y% |
| Security | X | Y% |
| Healthcare | X | Y% |
| Auth | X | Y% |
| Moderation | X | Y% |
| Governance | X | Y% |
| Storage | X | Y% |
| AI | X | Y% |
| Wallet | X | Y% |
| Browser | X | Y% |
| Identity | X | Y% |

## Ethereum Privacy Ecosystem: Hackathon Organizer Privacy Submissions

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> **NOTE:** *Prize distribution is skewed: mean prize ≈ $120k but median ≈ $40k. A few large prize pools (ETHDenver, and ETHGlobal flagship events) drive the mean upwards.*

### Hackathon Locations Chart

| Region / Continent | Hackathons |
| ------------------ | ---------- |
| Europe | 16 |
| Asia | 5 |
| North America | 3 |
| South America | 3 |
| Africa | 2 |
| Virtual | 2 |

### Hackathon Locations Map

<img width="6460" height="3403" alt="MapChart_Map" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/1d318fa7-a06c-441f-bc7e-25d91d781e9b" />

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## Ethereum Privacy Ecosystem: Hackathons
### Quick Headline Numbers & Averages (Jan.-Oct.)

| Metric | Value |
| ----------------------------------------- | ---------- |
| Total Hackathons | 31 |
| Total Hackers | 10,357 |
| Average Hackers per Hackahton | 357 |
| Total Projects | 4,290 |
| Average Submission per Hackathon | 138 |
| Total Privacy Projects | 310 |
| Privacy Submission Ratio | 7.23% |
| Average Privacy Submissions per Hackathon | 10 |
| Average Price Pool | $120,056 |
| Median Prize Pool | $40,425 |
| Total Prize Money | $3,601,683 |

### Correlation Chart Between Submissions and Prize Pool

<img width="3336" height="990" alt="top10privacy submissions vs prize pools" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6feebb13-86f2-4ecf-bd04-240e79eece5c" />

> **NOTE:** *Events with $200K–$275K prize pools (ETHGlobal New Delhi, ETHGlobal Cannes, ETHGlobal New York) have 14–42 submissions with moderate correlation in mid-range. Very small prize pools ($2K–$10K) almost always have 0–1 submissions. Extremely large prize pools do not guarantee high privacy participation. Prize size alone is not a strong driver for privacy submissions.

### IRL vs. Virtual Hackathon Comparison

| Type | Hackathons | Total Prize ($) | Total Submissions | Privacy Submissions | % Privacy Submissions | Avg. Prize Pool | Avg. Hackers (non-missing) |
| ------- | ---------- | --------------- | ----------------- | ------------------- | --------------------- | ----------------- | -------------------------- |
| IRL | 28 | $2,776,683 | 2,695 | 234 | **8.68%** | $102,840.11 | 258.41 |
| Virtual | 3 | $825,000 | 1,595 | 76 | **4.76%** | $275,000.00 | 1,690.00 |

> **NOTE:** *IRL hackathons have a higher proportion of privacy submissions (8.68%) than Virtual events (4.76%) in this dataset.*

<img width="328" height="323" alt="hackathons" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/97b51d50-e5b9-4c2b-891c-84234ea4c42b" />
<img width="328" height="323" alt="IRL hackathons" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/57cee8b0-7794-46b3-bbc5-a424d1d04bc1" />
<img width="328" height="323" alt="virtual hackathons" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/97a526f2-4dfb-41f5-bef6-ae0a79ddb5e0" />

### TOP 10 Hackathons Ranked by Privacy Intensity

| Rank | Event | Privacy Subms. | Total Subms. | Privacy intensity (%) |
| ---- | -------------------- | -------------- | ------------ | --------------------- |
| 1 | **ETHBelgrade** | 10 | 20 | **50.00%** |
| 2 | **ETHTokyo** | 19 | 41 | **46.34%** |
| 3 | **ETHDam** | 13 | 33 | **39.39%** |
| 4 | **ETHRome** | 23 | 65 | **35.38%** |
| 5 | **ETHWarsaw** | 8 | 42 | **19.05%** |
| 6 | **ETHGlobal Prague** | 29 | 223 | **13.00%** |
| 7 | **ETHAccra** | 5 | 39 | **12.82%** |
| 8 | **ETHGlobal Cannes** | 35 | 343 | **10.20%** |
| 9 | **ETHDublin** | 3 | 31 | **9.68%** |
| 10 | **ETHIstanbul** | 4 | 42 | **9.52%** |

> **NOTE:** *A few events (notably ETHBelgrade and ETHTokyo) show extremely high privacy intensity — in Belgrade 50% of submissions were privacy-related (though total submissions there was only 20). Larger hackathons (e.g.: ETHGlobal Prague, ETHGlobal Cannes, ETHGlobal New Delhi, and ETHGlobal ETHOnline) produce many privacy projects in absolute numbers but are lower on intensity % because they have many non-privacy projects.*

### Absolute Contributions Chart

<img width="3336" height="1540" alt="TotalSubmissionsVSPrivacySubmissions" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/02c87f48-22aa-4a3d-b2e6-49b336078c05" />

### Hackathon Organizer Privacy Submissions

| **Event** | **Total Submissions** | **Privacy Submissions** |
| ----------------------------- | --------------------- | ----------------------- |
| ETHGlobal ETHOnline | 653 | 51 |
| ETHGlobal New Delhi | 633 | 42 |
| ETHGlobal Cannes | 343 | 35 |
| ETHGlobal Prague | 223 | 29 |
| ETHRome | 65 | 23 |
| ETHTokyo | 41 | 19 |
| ETHGlobal Agentic Ethereum | 530 | 16 |
| ETHGlobal Taipei | 233 | 15 |
| ETHGlobal New York | 283 | 14 |
| ETHDam | 33 | 13 |
| ETHBelgrade | 20 | 10 |
| ETHGlobal Unite Defi | 412 | 9 |
| ETHWarsaw | 42 | 8 |
| ETHDenver | 227 | 6 |
| ETHAccra | 39 | 5 |
| ETHIstanbul | 42 | 4 |
| ETHBishkek | 38 | 3 |
| ETHDublin | 31 | 3 |
| ETHBucharest | 35 | 1 |
| ETHKyiv | 23 | 1 |
| ETH Cinco de Mayo | 62 | 1 |
| NapulETH | 11 | 1 |
| ETHJaguar | 12 | 1 |

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## WIP
### Privacy Project Categories {TBC}

| Category | Count | % of Total Projects |
| ---------- | ------- | ------------------- |
| Finance | 101 | Y% |
| Social | 76 | Y% |
| AI | 37 | Y% |
| Auth | 19 | Y% |
| Gaming | 11 | Y% |
| Healthcare | 10 | Y% |
| Identity | 9 | Y% |
| DAO | 8 | Y% |
| Wallet | 7 | Y% |
| Storage | 6 | Y% |
| Infra | 4 | Y% |
| Security | 4 | Y% |
| Interop | 2 | Y% |
| Governance | 2 | Y% |
| Moderation | 1 | Y% |
| Browser | 1 | Y% |
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