Are you the next Top Builder?

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Bitcoin Prize of
$15,000

All builders win by gaining exposure, mentorship, and collaboration opportunities in the Bitcoin ecosystem. Only one can be Top Builder.

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Mentorship

Project Mentors

brainstorm

engagement

Team Spotlight

builder updates

builder chat

PlebLab Chat

140+ builders

workshops

Weekend Workshops

HIGH SIGNAL

startup day

Community Exposure

VC Network

Top Builder Perks

Build with a community of experienced builders. Take advantage of all the resources needed to build your killer app.

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Winner of Top Builder 2024: Yopaki

The final round saw standout teams like Clams, Coracle, BitScript, Shopstr, and CASCDR each bringing unique ideas and contributing to the innovation within the Bitcoin ecosystem.


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Judges

Lisa Neigut

Advisor at Ego Death Capital, Base58

Marty Bent

Managing Partner at Ten31, TFTC

Danny Knowles

Venture Partner, Epoch VC

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Dr. Arman Meguerian

Founder and CEO of Timestamp

Top Builder Mentors

Car

Co-Founder & CEO of PlebLab

Keyan

Founder & CEO of Stacker News

Stephen DeLorme

UX/UI of Voltage, Co-Founder of ATL BitLab

Teresa Martin

COO PlebLab

Nick Theile

Engineer at Zaprite, FOSS Engineer at PlebLab

Topher Scott

CTO of BitEscrow, FOSS Engineer at PlebLab

Phil

Founder & CEO of 21M Communications

Austin Kelsay

Developer Relations Engineer at Voltage / Founder & Instructor of PlebDevs

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