BribeHacks

Problem Statement

Next-Gen Platform for Hackathons:Injecting real market dynamics into the builder economy — inspired by NYC, the financial capital of the world.❌ What Sucks Right NowIt's Friday night. Hundreds of thousands of dollars will be dropped in prizes. Tons of sponsors, tons of hackers — but it’s chaos.How do hackers choose what to hack on? How do sponsors attract talent? How do either side know what’s actually going on?They don’t.You might grind for 36 hours only to find out your bounty had 1000 submissions, while another sponsor got zero. It's inefficient and asymmetric — pure black box.✅ How We're Making It AwesomeHackers “commit” early — they lock in up to 3 bounties they're interested in. At 11pm Friday, the bell rings:the Bribehack Stock Exchange is live.A real-time leaderboard drops:What bounties are hot?Where’s the attention flowing?Who’s attracting talent?Hackers can pivot. Sponsors canreact.Sponsors can nowincrease bounty poolsor get sneaky andbribe individual hackers—"Yo, mad-dog69.bribehack.eth, we’ll give you $X to switch to our stack."Direct. Onchain. No middlemen. No black box.😎 Pseudonyms, Not AwkwardnessMarkets are savage. But they’re alsofun.Every hacker gets a pseudonymous ENS subdomain:wild-otter.bribehack.eth,crazy-cow.bribehack.eth,quantum-lobster.bribehack.eth...It’s easy to track who's rising, who’s getting bribed, and who’s jumping ship — all without doxxing anyone.🛠️ Trust the DataEverything is onchain:Commits are recorded via smart contractIndexed in The Graph subgraphReal-time leaderboard + statsBribes are vault-controlled — no ghosting allowedNo forms, no screenshots, no backroom deals. Just code, bribes, and vibes.🎯 Kinda ConclusionBribehack drops the BS and the bureaucracy. We dropped the platform constraints. Maybe we’re breaking some rules. Maybe even some laws.But we’re having fun. And hackers are getting paid.This is a live marketplace for talent and attention — powered by ENS, The Graph, onchain contracts, and pure NYC energy.Let the markets decide. Let the hackers play. Let the bribes flow.

Solution

🧪 How It's MadeWe built Bribehack as a full-stack onchain experience — minimal backend, maximum composability.Key tech stack:Frontend: Next.js + Tailwind + ShadCN UI, powered by VercelSmart Contracts: Solidity contracts on Sepolia for commitment and bribe trackingENS: Every hacker gets a pseudonymous ENS subdomain (e.g., wild-badger.bribehack.eth) minted via a custom script + UI hookThe Graph: Subgraph tracks all commits, bribes, and sponsorships in real-time. Used to power the leaderboard and statsDynamic: Wallet onboarding via email + smart wallet creation. Enables non-crypto-native hackers to joingrc20-ts: We used The Graph's GRC-20 library to publish all ETHGlobal prize metadata to the Knowledge Graph — a decentralized, queryable registry of hackathon prizesNORA: 'vibe' hacking the smart contract🔁 How It FlowsHacker commits to a bounty — this is an onchain transaction stored in the subgraphSubgraph indexes those commitments for real-time visibilitySponsors can inspect where attention is going and......either increase bounty pools or send individual bribes to hackersHacker profiles with ENS names and stats are generated on the flyAll prizes from the hackathon are now onchain (via GRC20) for reuse across ecosystems🧠 Hacky Bits Worth MentioningWe built a pseudonym generator that creates ENS-safe, emoji-enhanced hacker identitiesUsed a single useENSSubdomain() React hook to handle availability checks, resolver setup, and minting — all from the browserThe GRC20 metadata publisher parses JSON prize data, categorizes sponsors, calculates total pools, and pushes it all to The Graph Knowledge Graph — no backend neededOur leaderboard fetches live data from The Graph with zero-indexer setup frictionOnchain & OpenSmart Contract: 0x22A81E4C78eC3bC0469f23E34Ce130242BBf7ca0 (Sepolia)Subgraph: bribehack-sepolia @ The Graph StudioGraphQL Endpoint: https://api.studio.thegraph.com/query/118881/bribehack-sepolia/v1.0.0All commits, bribes, and stats are sourced directly from this subgraph — no offchain handwaving.