Best viral product.
Launch it on dontfade.ai, build in public, and make something people want to pass on. The most shareable launch that a stranger can verify wins.
Win $1,000.
We are looking for a launch that spreads on its own and holds up when someone checks it — a real product, a reason to pass it on, and terms a stranger can read off the chain instead of taking on trust.
$1,000
Cash to take the project further, paid to the winning founder.
Front page for a month
The winning launch is featured at the top of Explore for the month after the round closes.
A creator fee that outlives the round
You set your creator fee at launch — up to 5% of trading volume on the curve — and it keeps paying after the hackathon ends. Once the token graduates, the pool-phase share keeps accruing too.
Proof that stays put
A permanent liquidity lock removes the withdrawal path from the bytecode. Nobody can end it, including us, so the claim still holds long after the judging does.
Build something people want to pass on.
Anything that travels: a game, a tool, a market, a piece of internet culture with a product under it. What we want to see is the thing people send to a friend without being asked — and a launch page that survives the friend actually looking. The most repostable moment in a token’s life is that it graduated and the liquidity is locked forever, so build something worth reaching that moment.
The most shareable launch that a stranger can verify wins.
How to enter
Do all of these before judging. Every item here is something a judge would otherwise have to take on your word, which is the one thing this round does not reward.
Get skin in the game
Take an opening buy at launch and lock it. Judges look at whether the founder holds what they asked everyone else to hold.
Build the thing
Ship a product people can actually use. Onchain, web, mobile — however you want to build it.
Prove it, do not claim it
Every badge on your page is one verifiable fact. Adjectives score nothing; a locked position with a link scores.
Post on X every day
Daily updates while you build. No silent days.
Name and description
A sharp line saying what you built, who it is for, and why it matters. It is the first thing a stranger reads.
Public links
Project site, X handle, a demo or explainer. Anything a judge cannot open does not count.
Livestream on X
Stream yourself building for bonus points. Working in the open is the whole spirit of the round.
None yet — Best Viral Product is the first. Past rounds will be archived here as they close.