Pi Network’s first Open Network hackathon awarded Blind_Lounge and other utility-focused Mainnet apps, highlighting growth but with clear risk disclaimers for users.
Summary
- Pi Network’s core team chose Blind_Lounge as the best Mainnet app, while Starmax and RUN FOR PI took second and third place in a hackathon with 215 entries.
- Honorable mentions like Kindrek, Workflet For Pi, PallyPay, SimpleJoy, and Agora Pulse show momentum toward payments, work tools, and social use cases.
- The core team emphasized that these are independent projects and warns users to expect bugs and use any third-party Pi apps at their own risk.
Pi Network’s core team announced the winners of the first hackathon event held during the Open Network era, concluding a competition that ended in mid-October but whose results were postponed until this week.
The hackathon, which launched on August 21, received more than 215 Mainnet app submissions that met ecosystem requirements through October, the core team’s announcement said Thursday.
Pi Network puts privacy first
Blind_Lounge, described as a privacy-focused social and dating platform that allows anonymous connections with optional identity reveals, claimed first place and 75,000 PI tokens. The platform allows users to connect anonymously and reveal identities only through mutual choice.
Second place and 45,000 PI (PI) tokens went to Starmax, a loyalty program application that allows users to spend Pi at participating companies and earn rewards for engagement. Third-place winner RUN FOR PI, a runner game where Pi is part of the in-game economy, received 15,000 tokens.
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Five honorable mentions – Kindrek, Workflet For Pi, PallyPay, SimpleJoy and Agora Pulse – received 5,000 PI tokens each, according to the announcement.
The hackathon included an optional midpoint check-in in mid-September and ended on October 15. The core team stated that the entries demonstrate developers’ motivation to build utility-oriented, production-ready applications on the Pi Mainnet.
The core team has issued a disclaimer noting that some application features may remain in development and may contain bugs or limitations as community-built projects continue to evolve after the hackathon. The team clarified that it does not officially develop the applications or maintain any ties with them.
“All decisions, features and limitations of these apps are determined solely by their respective app teams,” the announcement said. “The use of these apps is at your own discretion and risk, and by using such apps you acknowledge and agree that Pi Network is not responsible for any issues you encounter.”
The core team directed users who encountered issues or wanted to provide feedback to use application reporting channels or relevant community spaces.
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