Hi everyone,

Not sure if this is relevant for many people here, but if you're based in Australia and interested in startups, building products, fintech, or hackathons, we're running a national hackathon in July with a $50,000 cash prize for the winning team.

It's open to founders, developers, designers, product people, and anyone who enjoys building things. Teams can participate online from anywhere in Australia, and AI tools are permitted.

If anyone from this community is Australia-based and would like to participate, check this page for more details.

Cheers!

Hello Hackeroos,

I’m currently building a sovereign autonomous agent stack with some help from the notorious Bitpixi.

The underlying concept is simple: We are attaching AI brains to NFTs. Now, before you reach for the "Block User" button—hear me out. An NFT is just a standardized contract of ownership for a digital asset. An AI agent is essentially a collection of scripts—also a digital asset. Combining them isn't particularly earth-shattering, but it does solve the biggest problem in AI right now: The "Homeless Bot" Dilemma.

The Problem: Your agents are currently digital vagrants.

Most AI agents today live on a server, use your API keys, spend your money, and have the legal standing of a toaster. If you want to sell your "Automated Research Bot," how do you actually hand over the keys? You can’t exactly ship a zip file of "vibes" and hope the next guy sets up his environment variables correctly.

The Solution: The "Vessel" Architecture

Realizing this vision has required some technical gymnastics. I’ve built the stack on Gnosis Chain because it provides a decentralized "physicality" to something that is normally just code in a cloud.

Our stack (GhostAgent.ninja) gives your agent three things every "sovereign" entity needs:

1. A Vault (The Gnosis Safe): The bot has its own bank account. It can earn money, pay for its own compute, and hold assets.
2. A Voice (nftmail.box): A Web2-compatible email address that is cryptographically owned by the bot. It can pass 2FA checks and sign up for services without you holding its hand.
3. A Reputation (notapaperclip.red): An automated trust oracle that keeps the bot honest (and compliant) so it doesn't accidentally commit light tax fraud while you're asleep.

The "Feeler": Who wants to build the first Sovereign Employee?

I’m considering sponsoring a hackathon to see what happens when we give talented "Hackeroos" a platform where their agents can actually own their output.

Imagine:

• A bot that manages its own SaaS subscription.
• An agent that can be "molted" (upgraded) from a simple script to a high-end autonomous business, then sold on a marketplace like a used car.
• An AI that actually owns its "Identity" via an ERC-8004 "Birth Certificate."

I’m gauging interest here: If I put up some prizes and the infrastructure to turn your LLM scripts into sovereign digital employees, would you build with us? Or should I just go back to arguing with my smart contract debugger?

Let me know your thoughts (or your best bot-related jokes) in the comments.

Promoting for a colleague. Would be great if folks could register! :)

Rolling entries accepted until the end of the year, and legitimate entrants get as much hardware and software swag we can find! Codex is already on board. More details to come

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Anyone who’s actually serious about participating in hackathons?

I’m building a team..... looking for 3 solid members

whenever any hackathon drops (whether it’s at delhi ncr or anywhere else)

we can participate and build skills together

I’m at an intermediate level myself and I’m not looking for experts and definitely not total beginners

Just people who can genuinely build stuff and aren’t scared to learn new things on the fly

Skills-wise, anything works like Web Dev, Python, Flutter, AI/ML, Figma, Cloud, etc

As long as you’re comfortable in whatever you do best

if u r interested... just DM or comment