ETHRome 2026 · 4th edition

Hacker Manual

Forty selected builders, forty hours, one weekend at Urbe Hub. Everything you need is on this page: the rules, what you can win, how you are judged, how you submit, and how to survive Rome while you do it.

Start with the rules Telegram group
AddressLargo Dino Frisullo snc, Testaccio
Closest metroPiramide, Metro B
Doors openFriday 16:00
SubmissionSunday 10:00
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Two links are still being finalised and are marked TBD wherever they appear: the ETHRome submission form, and the Team1 form that sits on top of it. All three sponsor briefs are live in full on the Prizes page. The links land here as they are confirmed, and the Telegram group gets a ping each time. Everything else is final.

The manual

Nine pages, no surprises.

Read the rules and the submission page before you start building. Everything else you can come back to when you need it.

⚖️ Hackathon Rules Team size, the on-site rule, open source, the forty hour window, and the three conditions for bringing an existing project. Read → 🏅 Prizes and Bounties What the winning team takes home, and what each sponsor bounty asks you to build. Open a sponsor to read its brief. Read → 📅 Schedule Three days, hour by hour. The four moments you cannot miss are highlighted. Read → 🧑‍⚖️ Judging Minimum requirements, how your judging slot runs, and the scoring criteria with their exact weights. Read → 📤 Submissions One Google Form, filled in once. Deadline Sunday at 10:00 sharp. Read → 🎥 Demo video Three minutes, landscape, your face on camera. How to record one that does your work justice. Read → 📄 Code of Conduct What we expect from everyone in the room, what counts as a violation, and how to report one. Read → ❓ FAQ The questions builders actually ask, answered in one place. Read → 🏛️ Rome Where to stay, how to reach the venue from either airport, where to eat, and what to see between commits. Read →
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Building with an AI agent? The manual is also on GitHub in plain Markdown: urbeETH/ethrome-2026-hacker-manual, one file per page plus the whole thing in a single file. Clone it next to your project, or point your tool at the raw file, so your agent knows the rules, the deadlines and the bounties.

What is at stake

One winning team.

Build what you want. One ranking, one winning team.

The ETHRome prize

One year at Urbe Hub, for the whole team.

An annual membership for every member of the winning team, up to three people, at Rome's first web3 coworking space. The same room you will have been building in all weekend.

On top of that sit $4,500 in sponsor bounties confirmed so far, and they work under completely different rules: they are chosen and paid by the sponsors alone. ETHRome has no say in who wins them and does not handle delivery.

See the prize and the sponsors →

The weekend

Four moments that matter.

Everything else is hacking, eating and sleeping on a beanbag. All times are Europe/Rome.

WhenWhatWhy it matters
Fri 16:00Doors open, check-inThe venue stays open 24/7 from here to closing
Fri 18:00Hacking startsOnly commits after this moment count
Sun 10:00Submission deadlineThe form closes. No extensions
Sun 15:00Closing ceremony and awardsStay until the end, judging slots run right up to it

See the full schedule →

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Something not answered here? Ask in the Telegram group, or write to hello@urbe.build.