Wotathon

Web of Trust Hackathon

November 2025 – April 2026

TOTAL REWARD POOL:

50 MILLION SATOSHIS

GOAL: Develop the Web of Trust ecosystem for Nostr, build open source libraries, relays and applications, and integrate portable and personalized trust metrics into Nostr clients.

Join our weekly WoTathon community calls Thursdays at 4pm UTC live on Zap.Stream/nosfabrica

Fill out the Formstr to be added to the weekly invite.

Check project progress on Kanbanstr

Who Should Participate?

  • Developers & Designers
  • Product & Business Builders
  • Contributors to Nostr Clients
  • Open-source Advocates and Investors

Evaluation Criteria

  • Functional Readiness
  • Depth & Innovation
  • Interoperability
  • Decentralizing Ecosystem Impact
  • Documentation & Openness
  • Business Model Sustainability
 

Watch the replays:

Week 1: November 20, 2025 – Introductions, Web of Trust hackathon overview, goals and structure.
Week 2: November 26, 2025 – Web of trust on Nostr use cases, Vertex demo, Relatr demo
Week 3: December 4, 2025 – Brainstorm demo, NIP 85 Trusted Assertions deep dive, and more…
Week 4: December 11, 2025 – Web of trust client demos, including Nostria, Cattalax, and banyan relay
Week 5: December 18, 2025 – Deep dive into control plane and cold root identity
Week 6: December 26, 2025 – Decentralized lists, Nuar, and more.

Week 7: January 2, 2026 – Relatr and Web of Trust Foundation

Week 8: January 8th, 2026 – Attestr, BigBrotr, and SatShoot

Week 9: January 15th 2026

Week 10: January 22nd 2026
Week 11: January 29, 2026

Week 12: February 5th, 2026

Week 13: February 12th, 2026

Next call: February 19th, 2026

WoTathon Final Demos: April 16th and 23rd, 4pm UTC

Final awards ceremony: April 30th, 4pm UTC

Resources

PlebChain Radio 133 – WoT’s The Deal with David Strayhorn – https://fountain.fm/episode/zztOIngx6H7odhl3dFrT

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