Build with GoldRush Track (Powered by Covalent)

About Covalent

Covalent is the data infrastructure layer that transforms raw blockchain state into verified, structured data across 100+ networks, including Solana, powering apps, institutions and AI agents.

We build GoldRush, the most comprehensive blockchain data API suite that lets you skip indexing and go straight to building, using a single API key. It indexes full on-chain data, from genesis to latest block, across multiple data types: balances, transactions, logs, pricing, and smart contract events, giving you complete coverage without running your own nodes.

Unlike raw RPC providers, GoldRush delivers refined, structured data - decoded events, token metadata, USD pricing, and classified transactions like DEX swaps, stablecoin transfers, and bridge events - ready to use out of the box.

GoldRush Documentation - https://goldrush.dev/docs

To get started with GoldRush, sign up here for trial plan.

Your Mission

Use GoldRush's APIs to power a product that solves a real problem, whether that's giving users better visibility into their assets, helping traders make faster decisions, enabling AI agents to reason about on-chain activity, or surfacing insights that raw blockchain data alone can't provide.

Hackathon Track Scope

We're open to any project that puts GoldRush data to work. Some directions to spark ideas:

• AI Agents

  • Deploy persistent monitors that watch for drainer approvals, sudden LP pulls, or phishing airdrops and alert your agent in real time.

  • Build an x402-powered data marketplace where agents pay micro-USDC on Solana per query, no API keys, no accounts, just HTTP and chain state.

• DeFi & Trading tools

  • Wire trading bots to live DEX activity on PumpFun, Raydium, Meteora or Orca

  • Build whale tracking feeds that monitor wallets and fire signals to copy-trading agents the moment positions shift

• Wallet & Portfolio apps

  • Score wallet risk from SPL token balances, approval hygiene, and full transaction history

• Analytics & Dashboards

  • Generate counterparty trust scores from on-chain history before any OTC deal closes.

• Compliance & Risk tools built on classified transaction types and wallet history

These are starting points, not constraints - the best submissions will find creative applications we haven't thought of.

Submission Requirements

• Project must uses one or more of GoldRush’s API endpoints

• A link to public GitHub repository containing your project's code

• Submission must include a short demo video of how your project is using GoldRush, posted on X tagging @goldrushdev

• Project can be submitted to multiple tracks including the main Frontier hackathon

Reward Structure

• 1st Place: $1500 USDC + $3500 worth GoldRush credits

• 2nd Place: $1000 USDC + $2000 worth GoldRush credits

• 3rd Place: $500 USDC + $1500 worth GoldRush credits

Mentorship support to winning teams from Covalent team to keep building after the hackathon as well.

During the Hackathon

• If you have any questions or need support with your integration, feel free to reach out to the Covalent team on Discord in the Colosseum Hackathon channel - we’re here to help!

• You can sign up for GoldRush trial plan from here. To extend your access for the full duration of the hackathon, just drop a message in Discord with the email you used to sign up - we’ll take care of the rest.