Executive Summary

The Polkadot Builder Party is a campaign to onboard new Web2 and Web3 developers into Polkadot. It combines a 6-week online hackathon, physical meetups around the globe, and a social media campaign. It starts on 6th October, leads to Sub0 and concludes shortly after. The thematic focus is on building “radically open, radically useful” apps that leverage Polkadot 2.0, parachains, and related technologies. It is supported by the Web3 Foundation, Parity, and many teams in the ecosystem.

Why? Bring Polkadot top of mind to show it's growth in UX, DevX, capabilities, and adoption
How? create a powerful unifying community moment that highlights the best of the Polkadot ecosystem. An open, permissionless campaign that any team can join and co-host to show off their products
What? 3 key activities:
- global online hackathon w/ 40k USD prize pool
- local meetups
- accompanying social media/marketing campaign
When?

Hackathon timeline:
- Hackathon Start: 6th October, 2025
- Final Submissions: 17th November 2025
- Community Voting & Judging Period: 18th November - 1st December
- Winner Announcements: 8th December
Who?
- Who is hosting it? It is permissionless. Every team in Polkadot can co-host activities around the hackathon, meetups, and marketing campaign.
- Who are we inviting? Web2 and Web3 builders, Web3 community
Party planning committee/Team
- Coordination: Tommi (OpenGov.Watch)
- Hackathon: Radha (W3F)
- Meetups: Tycho (Roots)
- Social: Evan (Social Media Editorial Board)
- Marketing: Eric (Distractive)
Relevant links
- Polkadot Builder Party Website
- Hackathon portal
- Hackathon Guide
- Forum Threads
- Videos
  - Everything you need to know about the Polkadot Builder Party
- Meetups
- Socials
- Other
  - Official Polkadot
#PolkadotParty

Executive Summary

Strategy

Pillars

Marketing & Social

Hackathon & Developer Activation

Physical Meetups