
noun: rainbow;
a wide range of related and
typically colourful things.
Registration is open until Sept 28th.
Reclaiming the web is all about augmenting our ability to think and do for ourselves, reclaiming our time, and extending our ability to co-operate. And it is this cooperation that’s needed to bring web3 into reality.
We live in a vastly interconnected world and the web3 ecosystem is no different. The concept of a new, accessible open web is aimed at making everything interoperable and building a permanent, ownerless, and borderless foundation for the connected global community of which we are all a part.
Hack the Rainbow is a creative, collaborative, cross chain hackathon focused on building the bridges needed to make web3 an accessible reality for everyone. Our aim is to work with Ethereum partners and bring together the best tools for that build.
As our very first hackathon, we see Hack the Rainbow as a chance to explore that “wide range of related and colourful things” connecting the Ethereum and Near ecosystems together. We see it as a chance to deliver value, community education and broader opportunity for everyone wanting to explore the power of interoperability and interconnectedness.
With Hack the Rainbow, we are combining experts, mentors, educators, and community members from both Near and Ethereum with the goal of accelerating web3 adoption and doing so as a creative and collaborative commons.

The Rainbow Bridge
The Rainbow Bridge allows developers to utilize Ethereum assets and smart contracts on NEAR—a fast, scalable, and low-cost environment. The Bridge has the power to accelerate community development as it allows ETH users immediate access to apps built on NEAR.
This is the first trustless bridge of its kind. It supports ERC20, ERC721, and remains fully decentralized and adaptable to any future protocol changes on either side.
Hackathon Values
Live Free, Dev Hard!
Overcome current limitations and build your app in a fast, scalable, and low-cost environment.
Unlock Innovation!
Build community-owned apps that are decentralized, sustainable and that unlock the internet of value.
Open the Web!
With the bridge and the NEAR account model, you can build the revolution of the Open Web.
Challenges & Prizes
Expect over $50k worth of prizes for the best of the best.
Schedule
All event times are listed in EST (Eastern Standard Time)
Tue, 15 Sep
Opening Panel: Grilling the Rainbow
Rainbow Bridge Deep Dive & Demo
Hacker Team Building
Wed, 16 Sep
Mintbase NFTs: Path to NEAR
Balancer Finance on NEAR
NEAR 101
NEAR 102
Thur, 17 Sep
NEAR Accounts and Key Registration
Skynet on NEAR
The State of DAOs
Sat, 19 Sep
Market Driven Product & Ecosystem Development Panel
Sun, 20 Sep
DeFi In The Wild: Fair Distribution & Accessibility
Mon, 21 Sep
NEAR 101
NEAR 102
Wed, 23 Sep
Chainlink on NEAR
3Box on NEAR
Fri, 25 Sep
DeFi: Food, Farming and Philanthropy
NEAR and EVM
Judges & Mentors
Simona Pop
Status
Yalor Tackson
RaidGuild
Cami Russo
The Defiant
NiMA Asghari
NEAR Protocol
Illia Polosukhin
NEAR Protocol
Aliaksandr Hudzilin
NEAR Protocol

Niran Babalola
Panvala

Nate Geier
Mintbase

Joyce Yang
Global Coin Research

aViChAl GaRg
Electric Capital

Haseeb Qureshi
Dragonfly Capital

Lauren Stephanian
Pantera Aapital

Kartik Talwar
A Capital

Min Teo
Consensys

Mariano Conti
ETH/MKR/YFI

Linda Xie
Scalar Captial

Ash Egan
Accomplice Ventures

Adrian le Bas
Maker Foundation

Marc Zeller
Aave
Maria Shen
Electric Capital
Richard Muirhead
Fabric ventures