Move Industries, the core contributor of the Movement Network, announced the winners of its M1 Hackathon, the first major hackathon on Movement’s newly launched Layer 1 blockchain. Participants built DeFi applications, games, consumer products, and developer tools that make it easier for builders to build on the Move programming language, with winning submissions demonstrating production-ready quality that would typically require months of specialized development. The four-week hackathon attracted 100+ teams building across multiple categories. What distinguished these winners was not just what they built, but how: every participant used AI coding assistants to accelerate development.
We actively encouraged developers to build infrastructure tools that benefit the entire ecosystem, and the dev tooling submissions were so strong we added a second winner. Trace and Movehat bring about the Hardhat and Tenderly-level developer experience that developers have been asking for in the Move Ecosystem. AI tools enabled teams to deliver polished front-ends while going deep on protocol-level work. Movement’s partnership with Replit provided developers with one-month access to cloud-based development environments, removing hardware barriers.
The hackathon awarded $30,000 across six categories, with winners selected based on utility, technical execution, and potential impact on the Move ecosystem. Winners included Best Gaming App: The Fallen Court; Best New Devex Tool: Trace; Best New Devex Tool: Movehat; Best Consumer App: SportsMove. Best x402nullApp: AlgoArena and Best DeFi App: Predictly were also recognized.
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