Made to Move

Departure

HackMeridian 2026 · 25–26 October · Lisbon

165 projects across the Genesis and Scale paths, and $30,000 in prizes.

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Boarding
On the line
Arrivals
The Vessel
Next stops
Projects

02

Boarding

Who came to Lisbon. The headline counts are the weekend figures. Country bars are on-site check-ins.

350+builders

60+mentors

50+judges

165projects

37countries

$30,000in prizes

The prize pool is $30,000 in prizes.

1,036 registrations across 65 countries

336 checked in on site across 37 countries

Top 10 countries on site

270 of 332 builders who named a country are in these 10. 62 more are spread across 27 other countries. 4 did not name one. 336 builders checked in on site, across 37 countries.
Country	Checked in
Spain	76
France	47
Portugal	41
United Kingdom	22
Brazil	20
Germany	16
Argentina	14
Costa Rica	14
Chile	11
Turkey	9

03

On the line

Hacking ran from Sunday 25 October 09:00 to Monday 26 October 12:00. That is 27 hours. The charts below count the 165 submitted projects.

27

hours of hacking

LIS · Sun 25 Oct · 09:00 · start
LIS · Mon 26 Oct · 12:00 · submissions

Genesis path · 122
Scale path · 43

07

Arrivals

Genesis and Scale are paths. The prize pool is $30,000 in prizes.

Scale path

1st

Alloy (opens in a new tab)

Alloy on Stellar

Multi-asset fund tokens on Stellar: create, price, rebalance and redeem portfolios of real-world assets onchain.

2nd

TroqPay (opens in a new tab)

TroqPay Private Yield

Private B2B payments on Stellar that keep earning yield, inside the TroqPay Global Account.

Genesis path

1st

Nest (opens in a new tab)

Nest: Agentic Harness

Unified research and execution across all Stellar DeFi venues, built on Raven MCP.

2nd

Booker Bob (opens in a new tab)

Google for agentic commerce. Agents rank and buy on zero-knowledge proofs, verified and paid on Stellar.

3rd

4ward (opens in a new tab)

Lock today's exchange rate for an invoice you pay in 90 days. No bank, no credit line: just a wallet on Stellar.

4th

ZKross (opens in a new tab)

PearTeam

Zero-knowledge USDC bridge between Stellar and Ethereum: private to the public, open to auditors.

Smol prizes

Best GTM

Agama (opens in a new tab)

The yield layer for RWAs on Stellar. Earn on what you hold, without selling it.

Best UX

Shake (opens in a new tab)

GOATS S.A.

Pay a stranger safely: the money is locked on Stellar and only moves when you meet.

Best UX

DrainMyWallet (opens in a new tab)

Drain a wallet before you ship one. A hands-on security wargame for Soroban smart contracts: nine real bugs, on Stellar.

04

The Vessel

The tram line runs on, onto a next-gen vessel. Next departure: the future of Stellar. Twelve photographs, mixed from the weekend.

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05

Next stops

Ways to keep going after Lisbon.

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SCF

Stellar Community Fund

For Stellar projects

Grant funding for Stellar projects through its Open, Integration and RFP tracks.

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Drips Stellar Wave

For open-source contributors and maintainers

A funding cohort that rewards open-source contributors and maintainers building on Stellar. Apply by 7 Nov.

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GrantFox

For open-source projects

Helps open-source projects find and win grants and connect with contributors.

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