Welcome to LATIN HACK! These rules are designed to ensure a fair, competitive, and exciting event for everyone. Please read them carefully.

1. General Eligibility & Teams

• Eligibility: The hackathon is open to everyone, from all countries, including minors. Specific prizes like travel grants may have regional restrictions (see Section 5).
• Team Size: Teams can consist of 1 to 5 members.
• Team Composition: We strongly encourage multidisciplinary teams (e.g., developers, designers, product managers). While not mandatory, team diversity may be considered as a positive factor in judging.

2. Competition Tracks

Projects must be submitted to one of the following main tracks.

2.1. Ideas Track: Validate Your Vision

For teams who want to define a problem, design a solution, and prove it’s needed—no code required.

• Core Task: Produce a compelling project proposal with strong evidence of market validation.
• Key Deliverables:
  • 3-Minute Video Pitch: Explaining the problem, solution, and potential impact.
  • Project Document: A single document (Notion, Google Docs) containing:
    • Problem & Target User Definition.
    • Solution Proposal (mockups, storyboards).
    • Team roles and contributions.
    • A clear plan to evolve into a Prototype or Product.
    • Proof of Validation (must complete at least one):
      • Online Survey: Minimum 12 responses, with at least 30% confirming they face the problem. Deliverables: survey link, results summary, and 3 key learnings.
      • Landing Page: A page explaining the solution with a waitlist that achieves at least 12 signups. Deliverables: URL, promotion screenshots, and metrics.

2.2. Prototype Track: Prove It Works on the Blockchain

For teams ready to build the functional heart of a project and prove its technical viability.

• Core Task: Build a proof of concept that executes one essential action, end-to-end, on a live testnet. Secondary features should be simulated or omitted.
• Key Deliverables:
  • Live Prototype: A working application demonstrating the core "happy path."
  • 3-Minute Video Pitch: A demo of the prototype in action.
  • Code Repository: Public repo with a README (network, contract address, how to test).
  • Mandatory /test Page: A simple interface for judges to directly interact with your smart contract, including a "write" button and a "read" display to show the on-chain result.

2.3. Product Track: Ship a Real-World Solution

For teams focused on execution, user experience, and delivering a polished application that’s ready for its first users.

• Core Task: Build and deploy a complete, intuitive, and usable application that solves a real problem from start to finish.