What you can win
Prizes
Monthly cash, AI credits, and more — throughout all of 2026.
Monthly payouts
$50K
Cash Prizes
Real money, paid out monthly to the best posts throughout all of 2026. No waiting until the end.
Tools & infrastructure
$200K
AI Credits
Hundreds of thousands in compute credits, API access, and premium software — so you can build, not just write.
Grand prize
This Website
The ultimate flex. Win full ownership of this domain, the codebase, and everything that comes with it.
How to win
From idea to prize
01
Pick a topic
Open-source AI, decentralized compute, data sovereignty, federated learning, blockchain + AI — anything that pushes the space forward.
02
Write your post
Use our blog generator to structure your ideas fast, or go freeform. Depth and originality matter more than length.
03
Submit to HackerNoon
Publish your post with the #DecentralizeAI tag. Judges review monthly and winners get paid out directly.
Judging criteria
Technical depth
Originality
Impact
Evidence
Writing quality