Breez, in partnership with Lightspark, Tether, and different Bitcoin trade leaders, has launched Time2Build, a worldwide developer problem and worldwide hackathon to embed Bitcoin funds into open-source software program. The initiative provides a $25,000 prize pool in Bitcoin and residencies at Draper College and PlebLab, and is backed by Plan B Community, and Fulgur Ventures, Geyser Fund, in keeping with a press launch shared with Bitcoin Journal.
This bold hackathon appears to create sustainable adoption of peer-to-peer cash in purposes utilized by hundreds of thousands. Lead by Breez, Time2Build requires builders to combine the Breez SDK — a free, open-source toolkit for self-custodial Lightning Community funds — into current open-source initiatives. Not like regular hackathons, submissions have to be merged into manufacturing by undertaking maintainers, guaranteeing lasting impression. Eligible initiatives should use free and open-source software program (FOSS) licenses, have energetic communities, and serve real-world customers.
The problem runs from October 7 to November 15, 2025, with a merge interval till December 16, 2025, and winners introduced on January 8, 2026. A panel together with Jeff Sales space, creator of The Value of Tomorrow, and representatives from Lightspark, Tether, and Breez will decide entries. Prizes embrace $7,000 for prime initiatives, $3,500 for mid-tier, and $1,000 for choose entries, all in Bitcoin, plus residencies.
Over 40 developer communities throughout Africa, Asia, Latin America, Europe, and North America — from Lagos to London — are collaborating, internet hosting meetups to advertise the problem. Companions embrace the Plan B Community, Fulgur Ventures, Geyser Fund, Draper College, and PlebLab.
Roy Sheinfeld, Breez CEO, said: “There’s by no means been a greater time to construct on Bitcoin. Builders now have the instruments to deliver peer-to-peer cash to anybody, anyplace, anytime. This lastly unlocks the switch of worth, simply because the web unlocked the switch of knowledge. We’ve launched Time2Build to spark the subsequent technology of open-source apps, and we will’t wait to see what they create.”.
The Breez SDK simplifies Lightning integrations, supporting protocols like Bolt11 and LNURL-Pay with out third-party dependencies. This addresses previous complexities in Bitcoin improvement, enabling worth transfers akin to web information flows, as famous by Breez.
Kevin Hurley, Lightspark co-founder and CTO, added: “Lightspark is constructing open funds for the Web – trendy, always-on fee options powered by Bitcoin: the one open, impartial community for transferring worth. Bitcoin’s potential as a programmable, world cash is lastly inside attain, and it’s builders who will take it the remainder of the best way. Time2Build is the right stage for builders to place that to the check. We’re proud to assist this problem and might’t wait to see new use circumstances unlocked the world over.”.
Builders can register at time2build.dev or contact Danny Stagg at danny@breez.know-how.
