2.0
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The build day is back.
Developers, designers, founders, students, and Bitcoiners — one focused day around Bitcoin, Lightning, payments, education, and local adoption in Guadalajara.
Date
Thursday, August 20, 2026
Time
9:00 AM Guadalajara time
Venue
Stacker Space — Guadalajara
Builder applications open in-page and save to the Hackalajara application sheet once the Apps Script URL is connected. For questions, contact Laura Meza at Laura@pleblab.com.
Not a conference day
This is a build day.
After the first Hackalajara brought Bitcoin builders together in Guadalajara in 2024, we are running it back for a bigger second chapter.
Come with an idea, a skill, a problem, or just enough curiosity to start. Join solo, bring a team, or meet people there.
What to build
Make Bitcoin more useful, real, and local.
Best Lightning payments experience
Best Bitcoin education tool
Best design / UX
Best developer tool or infrastructure
Best local Guadalajara use case
Sponsor challenge prize
Who should apply
Bring a skill. Build with the room.
Developers
Designers
Founders
Students
Product people
Bitcoiners
Lightning builders
People who want to learn by building
You do not need to have everything figured out before you show up. You just need to be willing to build.
Workshops
APIs, wallets, Lightning tools, product design, and startup demos.
Hackalajara 2.0 will include sponsor-led and community-led workshops to help builders get started fast.
Workshop presenters will be announced soon.
Community partner
GDL BitDevs
Built for the local Bitcoin community and the next wave of Guadalajara builders.
Sponsors
Support the next wave of Bitcoin builders in Guadalajara.
We are looking for prize sponsors, workshop sponsors, community partners, and media partners.
Fund a prize
Support a category and help reward projects that ship something real.
Lead a workshop
Put APIs, wallets, Lightning tools, or builder resources directly in builders' hands.
Judge projects
Meet the teams, evaluate the work, and help identify strong follow-on opportunities.
Amplify winners
Help winning teams get visibility after the event through community and media channels.
Apply to build