Superteam MY CYPHERthon | AppWorks & Jelawang Capital

Description

Build a production-ready Solana MVP.

Brought to you by AppWorks and Jelawang Capital. 

Official cloud provider: AWS Startups.

Community partners: MagicBlock, Solana Name Service (SNS), Cradle.

What this is

CYPHERthon MY is a four-week sprint to ship real products on Solana. Teams get business and technical mentorship, investor feedback, and a path to submit locally and to the global Colosseum Cypherpunk Hackathon.

Focus areas (recommended,)

• Localised DeFi / RWA for SEA

• PayFi & stablecoin infrastructure

• AI-powered consumer dApps

• Open Solana track (GameFi, DePin, or your innovative build)

What you’ll get

• Investor exposure via AppWorks, Jelawang Capital, and Cradle

• Mentorship, office hours, and access to the Solana Hub coworking space in KL

• Prize pool: USDC 5,000 on SuperEarn platform + USD 5,000 in AWS credits (each winning team gets USD 1,000 credits) + .sol domains from SNS (see Rewards)

• Optional MagicBlock side track (Dubai Hacker House sponsorship; details below)

Deliverables (include links in your submission)

• Public GitHub repo with README, setup, and brief architecture notes

• Deployed demo (devnet or mainnet) and a ≤3-minute product demo video

• Pitch deck (max 15 slides) or a one-pager covering problem, solution, market, business model, team, and roadmap

Judging criteria

• Problem clarity & market insight

• Execution quality, security, and UX

• Storytelling & pitch quality

• Early traction / GTM plan

• Long-term viability (path to revenue and sustainability)

Eligibility

• You must register for the hackathon on the Colosseum platform and select “Malaysia.”

• You must submit your project to the Cypherpunk hackathon and select “Malaysia.”

• Your project must meet the official rules of the global hackathon.

• You must submit the Project on both the Colosseum portal and Superteam Earn.

MagicBlock side track (extra prize, optional)

Sponsorship for up to two team members to attend the MagicBlock Pre-Breakpoint Hacker House (Dubai, 28 Nov–7 Dec). Accommodation and F&B provided; flights/transport not included.

Minimum requirements: ship an MVP on Solana and integrate at least one of:

• Ephemeral Rollups (ER) for real-time/zero-gas UX

• Trusted Execution Environments (TEE) for privacy

• Verifiable Randomness (VRF) for provable fairness

Note “MagicBlock Side Track” in your submission and engage with MagicBlock mentors during office hours. Final selection by MagicBlock.

Key dates (Malaysia time)

• Pitching dry run: Oct 19

• Local submission deadline: Oct 24, 11:59 pm MYT

• Local Pitch Day: Oct 26 (hybrid, KL)

• Global Cypherpunk submission closes: Oct 30

How to submit

Click Submit Work on Superteam Earn and attach all deliverable links. Ensure your Colosseum submission is complete with “Malaysia” selected.

Prize fulfilment & support

USDC payouts are handled via the Superteam Earn platform.

After winners are announced, the team lead must message Marianne at t.me/m_onchain or Han at t.me/hanstmy on Telegram within 7 days with:

• Team name and Earn submission link

• Contact email

• For SNS domains: the wallet address and preferred .sol domain for each winning team member (subject to availability)

• For AWS credits: the email to receive USD 1,000 credits (eligibility applies; non-transferable)

Unclaimed prizes after 14 days may be reallocated.

Hackathon chat: t.me/CypherthonMY.

Hackathon updates: https://troubled-pruner-f0c.notion.site/Superteam-MY-Solana-CYPHERthon-265bea107ccf800c8696c063ae43d4d1?pvs=74

Malaysia BUILDers boleh 🚀