For those who followed the bch blaze hackathon, this is the place to go for high-quality signal and to get ready for 2027. There will be tons of people to collaborate with, learn from and it's an amazing opportunity to celebrate with the home team! 🔥

Coming in hot, @bchblaze runner-up @4moonsettler is debuting at @bchbliss with a presentation on how to use the CashVM to make lightning network merchant adoption acessible to BitcoinCash wallets and users.

A newcome at the stage in 2026 is the @bchblaze winner, @Lightswarm of @optnlabs who will join us to give a presentation on his wallet and smart contract work.

Ticket sale open! Layla NFTs are now available via the Wallet Connect vending machine (make sure sufficient funds are available on your WC address) at bliss.cash Strictly limited to 100 Laylas. Grab yours now and see you in Ljubljana!

The TRAILBLAZER tokens issued are not intended for speculation, just like the EMBER tokens were not. It is a memento and will have a special use for BLISS2026. Nevertheless, CashTokens are tradeable and we have been requested to provide some starting liquidity for a trading pair. We make no promises as to the longevity of this initial liquidity pool, but to assist some TRAILBLAZER holders that have requested this market we are providing it for a short period of time. As always, caveat emptor. No other guarantees or representations are made regarding TRAILBLAZER. app.cauldron.quest/swap/cc08…

That's a wrap! BLAZE has concluded with the Showcase stream, and all bounties & prizes paid out to deserving recipients! Thank you all for being part of BLAZE with us, and as organisers we're open to any feedback or notes for things to tweak or improve in future! One more final thank you to our sponsors as well who let us put on the event, and all participants for jumping in to try building on BCH! Keep building & we look forward to supporting your projects as they flourish in the BCH ecosystem! Prizes (distributed to DoraHacks addresses) Bounties: - As per attached table Mainnet Track: 2-5. FortressVault, Badger Survivors, Jump To Layer 1, Eternal Cash: 0.5 BCH each 1. bch-ipfs-scrape: 2.5 BCH Chipnet Track: 3. Crypto Focus Garden: 1 BCH BLISS ticket 2. Lamport 160: 3 BCH BLISS ticket 1. Mean-Reversion Portfolio Rebalance: 5 BCH BLISS ticket Community Choice - Lamport 160: 1.038 BCH

BLAZE Hackathon Showcase! x.com/i/broadcasts/1vOxwdALg…

Final BCH BLAZE Showcase stream will be live in 3 hours at 2pm UTC! Tune in to hear final reviews from organisers and judges, showcases of projects by participants & the award of prizes & bounties!

The community prize voting has now concluded. Winner will be announced on the livestream tomorrow. Thanks for participating and making Embers hot 🔥

Everyone has been excited about the building going on around the Layla upgrade. But if you haven't been paying attention it's easy to miss the specifics. What actually is in the Layla upgrade and what does it mean for BCH? Catch up with all the details in our final explainer!

Voted on your favourite @bchblaze project yet? Today's your last day. Go Go Go!

About 6 hours left now. 99 embers cast. top 6 projects are fairly close, so your vote still matters :D

TRAILBLAZER fungible tokens have been sent to all BLAZE participants (1 for each member listed on DoraHacks BUIDL). A memento of your participation, and also has a secret mystery use for BLISS 2026 (even if you are not in physical attendance!) so hold onto them tight!

Tomorrow on Friday, at 14:00 UTC, the voting for the Community Prize of 1 BCH will be determined. Currently, 14 of the 21 projects have managed to attract embers, and a total 76 Embers, or ~12% of all embers distributed have cast their vote.

Our 5th & final Builder interview is here! Keziah talks about BCH Axis, her concept for improving cryptocurrency legitimacy through BCH business automation services & tooling.

Judges are deep in deliberation & community voting with EMBERs is underway. Need a little more BLAZE in the meantime? Watch Miguel & Ander discuss teaming up for several BLAZE projects, including Battle Cash, Eternal Cash & Fun(d) Tokens!

So, which one's your favourite? Don't tell me - go vote by sending your EMBER tokens to the address on the project you liked most, or split 'em up on several. The project with the most EMBER tokens on friday 14:00 UTC will win the Community Choice Award and a prize of 1 BCH 🔥