Blockchain Hackathon 2025

(co-located with BCK-2025: Fifth International Workshop on Blockchain)

Registration is open (you can register as a team of 4 members max; each member must register individually)

Hackathon Theme: Programmable Money

Technology to be used: XRPL

2nd XRPL Primer Workshop: October 29, 12:30 am — 1:30 am IST
Register for this online workshop here: https://luma.com/0a7vxbtm

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Blockchain technology has proved its utility in providing enhanced trust among independent entities. Businesses are using blockchain to provide transparency in multi-party supply-chain transaction execution, digital asset provenance, trade finance, etc. The Centre of Excellence for Blockchain Technology at IIT Bombay invites blockchain enthusiasts to participate in a hackathon to demonstrate their skills by implementing PoCs in the following theme applications using blockchain technology.

Hackathon Theme: Programmable Money

Automatic Settlement of Insurance Claims: As Blockchain creates a single source of truth it provides a real-time view of healthcare processes to the healthcare providers and the insurance companies underwriting the health claims on behalf of the insurance premium payer. The Indian Government provides one of the largest insurance covers to its citizens. Central and State governments run different schemes. In the case of the state of Maharashtra, MJP-JAY provides insurance cover of Rs. 5 lakhs per family per year. The hospitals that are empanelled on MJP-JAY and PM-JAY (the central govt insurance cover) have to treat patients for designated medical conditions to citizens based on their eligibility. Provide an automated claim settlement process using blockchain that considers scenarios that not only deal with single scheme but both the schemes simultaneously (for example, MJP-JAY precedes over PM-JAY for common disease cover, ii) PM-JAY provides unlimited insurance for super senior citizens, iii) NHA covers road accident victims cover for trauma up to Rs. 1.5 lakhs for 7 days across national highways.)

Participation Criteria

  1. This hackathon is open for all, irrespective of geographical boundaries. Registration is mandatory. You are allowed to participate remotely.
  2. Registrations will open soon (max 4/team; teams can be a mix of industry & academia).
  3. To develop the above PoCs, the eligible teams must make use of XRPL protocol.
  4. It is recommended to use virtual machines to develop the PoCs. Efforts made to minimise the deployment efforts during evaluation will earn special consideration.
  5. You will also share the github repo link to your codebase.
  6. The jury will judge the PoCs for their feature-coverage with a minimum reliance on off-chain logic.

Registration & Timeline

  • Registration is open. Fill up this form
  • You can participate either individually or as a team (registration form will be available soon)
  • Teams will upload their implementation approach (preliminary approach)
  • Registration closes on November 23, 2025
  • Eligible teams will be notified before November 24, 2025
  • Top 10 teams will get opportunity to showcase their demo at BCK-2025 (Dec 03-06, 2025)

Know About the XRPL Protocol

Prizes & Motivation

  • First prize: INR 80,000/-
  • Second prize: INR 50,000/-
  • Third prize: INR 20,000/-
  • Each successful team who reaches the presentation phase will receive a certificate of participation.
  • Teams that are recommended by the Jury will be reached out to develop their idea further and pitch it to the XRPL Accelerator program leading to an application to obtain the prestigious XRPL Grants.

Venue for Finals

PC Saxena Auditorium, IIT Bombay, Mumbai 400076, MH, India.

Hosted by:
The Center of Excellence for Blockchain Research
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

You may contact ivishwas@gmail.com for any queries.