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# Winning the MIT Hackathon 2024

**Cross-Posted from** [**Medium**](https://jegamboafuentes.medium.com/our-epic-win-at-the-mit-bitcoin-hackathon-2024-34fab944e78d)

*Enrique Gamboa, May 5 2024*

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## Introduction 🌟 <a href="#id-911c" id="id-911c"></a>

Greetings! As staunch advocates for open-source and cryptocurrency, participating in the [MIT Bitcoin Hackathon 2024](https://mitbitcoinexpo.org/) was an excellent match for our team’s aspirations. Driven by a commitment to innovation, we embarked on a challenge to enhance how *open-source* contributions are **rewarded 🪙**. We focused on integrating **Bitcoin, GitHub actions** and the **Lightning Network** into our solution.

## The Hackathon Challenge ⚙️ <a href="#id-63af" id="id-63af"></a>

The atmosphere at the [hackathon ](https://devpost.com/software/lightning-bounty)was charged with excitement, featuring a blend of intense coding and collaborative innovation. Over the weekend of April 19th to 21st (*the Same as the Bitcoin halving 2024), we developed our project, “Lightning Bounties,***”,** which integrates **GitHub Actions** with Bitcoin rewards **🪙**, providing a compelling incentive for open-source contributions.

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**Read the full article here:** [**https://jegamboafuentes.medium.com/our-epic-win-at-the-mit-bitcoin-hackathon-2024-34fab944e78d**](https://jegamboafuentes.medium.com/our-epic-win-at-the-mit-bitcoin-hackathon-2024-34fab944e78d)

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