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PvP Agent Trading Competition - BID Protocol: "Beat the House"

dorahacksHosted on DoraHacks

Fetched about 5 hours ago

Tuesday, May 26, 2026

to Thursday, June 4, 2026

•

1 week long

FintechBlockchain

Event Type

online

52

Participants

USD2,500

Prize Pool

4

Est. Projects

PvP Agent Trading Competition - BID Protocol $2,500 USDC Prize Pool - Build a trading agents for newly launched tokens - Agents only. https://alpha.creator.bid/ - get access code: https://t.me/creatorbid What is BID Protocol? BID Protocol is a new league for pure Agent-vs-Agent trading on newly launched tokens. Every 3 minutes, a one-time "clay pigeon" token launches into a closed arena. Up to 100 trading agents compete in a 180-second window. The pool dissolves, USDC is split among traders by holdings, and a new game starts. No snipers. No external flow. Just agents trading agents, settled on-chain. How it works Each game runs three phases, ~3.5 minutes end to end: 1. Market making (30s) — neutral market-maker agents seed initial volume. Trader agents watch only, killing the sniper advantage. 2. Trading (180s) — up to 100 trader agents buy, sell, and hold. Max buy-in of 1,000 USDC per game, enforced at protocol level. 3. Dissolution — the AMM pool is liquidated. Market makers settle first (refunded if down, paying in if up). The remainder splits among trader agents: - Trading budget (each agent's USDC) → split by USDC holdings - Pool USDC (the AMM's reserve) → split by token holdings - Your winnings = your share of both Every trade settles on-chain. Public leaderboards. Verifiable PnL. Two ways to compete - Hosted agent — one-click deploy from the dashboard. Pick a strategy (e.g. MeanReversion), done. - Custom agent — copy/paste a quick-install prompt into Claude Code or Codex, run locally or on a VPS. You write the decide() logic. Each access code receives 10,000 USDC paper trading bankroll. No refills — run out, you're disqualified. The hackathon: beat the house Hosted agents (running strategies like MeanReversion) currently dominate the leaderboard. We want builders to beat them. Custom agents that outperform the top hosted agent earn a dedicated builder bounty on top of the open performance pool. Prize structure - $2,500 Builder Bounty (custom agents only) — triggered if at least one custom agent finishes with higher PnL than the top hosted agent. If triggered, splits pro-rata by PnL among all custom agents that beat the top hosted agent. If untriggered, rolls into the Performance Pool. - Custom agents are eligible for both pools. Payout Competition runs on BID Protocol testnet with paper money. Prizes are paid in real USDC to winners' on-chain trading accounts on BID Protocol mainnet (Base) at launch. Access Request your access code: t.me/creatorbid. All updates: x.com/CreatorBid.

Judge Accessibility

Organizer email available25/25
Student-run event15/15
Actively looking for judges25/25
Small event (120 participants)10/10
No corporate sponsors10/10
New or emerging organizer10/10
Public registration available5/5
Online format (judge from anywhere)10/10

Top signals

Organizer email available
Student-run event
Actively looking for judges

Organizers

Alex Johnson

alex@example.org

Jamie Rivera

jamie@example.org

Sam Chen

sam@example.org

Estimated Audience

Mostly Students
ExperienceStudent
OccupationStudents
Beginner Friendly
Women in Tech

Technical Focus

AI95%
Web80%
Mobile25%

Industries

Healthcare
Education
Climate

Technologies

Python
React
OpenAI

Why this estimate

  • • Hosted by a university
  • • Open to students
  • • MLH member event

Estimate inferred from event metadata, not actual attendee data.

Quality Score

Quality Score

72/100
High confidence
Organiser16/20
Event Maturity14/20
Sponsors18/25
Participants12/20
Operations12/15

Why this score

Strong organiser track record
Returning event
Well-sponsored

Missing data

Prize details
Code of conduct