Opportunity brief
BlockHunt '26 is a beginner friendly, escalating blockchain puzzle hunt where teams sort a broken chain, mine blocks against a live difficulty target, catch a tampered chain, crack a smart contract puzzle, and close with a laptop based consensus finale.
- Format: 5 stages across approximately 3 hours, testing hashing, mining, tamper evidence, smart contracts, and consensus concepts hands on.
- Eligibility: Open to all college students. No prior blockchain knowledge required; the event is designed to be accessible for beginners while still challenging for experienced participants.
- Team size: 2 to 3 members per team. No restriction on inter-college or inter-specialization teams.
- Rounds: 5 main stages (1 optional bonus stage), each stage must be cleared to advance, except the optional Stage 4.
- Duration: Approximately 3 hours total, including registration and prize distribution.
Rules:
- AI assistants are permitted for general reference, but every stage requires live, human interaction with the event platform.
- Sharing data or answers between teams is prohibited and will lead to disqualification.
- Judges' and volunteers' decisions are final.