Luffa @Encode AILondonHackathon 2026
Luffa is a proud sponsor of the Encode Hub and is excited to be part of the three-day AI Hackathon & conference, 20-22 March, designed to bring together developers, builders, researchers, and emerging AI talent.
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Build The Future
Join the brightest minds
in AI & Web3.
What is Luffa?
Today's digital world is fragmented. Messaging lives in one app. Social engagement in another. Payments somewhere else entirely. Luffa is a super app where messaging, social, and payments all live seamlessly on-chain.
Our mission is to give you back what Big Tech took — your time. Chat, share, pay, and build in one app. No switching. No friction. No wasted minutes.
What makes this different?
Traditional platforms face interoperability challenges around data, architecture and user experience resulting in fragmentation and friction.
But Luffa's decentralized architecture provides seamless connectivity between on-chain identity, digital wallets and smart contracts.
The result: you can build products and services where paying someone, proving who you are, and having a conversation all can happen in the same place.
Luffa Bots vs. Luffa Mini Apps
There are two ways to build on Luffa: bots and mini apps. Both tap into Luffa's decentralized architecture, wallets, permissions, and smart contracts. The difference is just how users engage with them.
Luffa Bots
They live inside LuffaChat and are great for assistants, notifications, automation, and community interactions. Think of them as services that come to the user.
Luffa Mini Apps
Lightweight apps inside Luffa, suited to richer workflows like wallets, memberships, task management, and transaction flows. Think of them as products users open within an app-store equivalent.
Themes
We've picked four areas to focus your ideas around. Your project should connect to at least one:
Hackathon Tracks
Choose your discipline and build the future of Web3 and AI with Luffa.
LUFFANATION
Luffa x Business
LuffaNation is the focus on building mini apps combining blockchain, AI agents and payments
Focus Areas
Build products and services on Endless blockchain using Luffa mini apps. This track is about combining blockchain, AI agents and payments.
Focus is on using Luffa's mini app framework to explore how real products can operate where payments, identity, and access are handled on-chain.
Examples
- •Events: An organiser's mini app that issues tickets via tokenisation, verifies digital IDs, automates confirmations, and handles attendee communication.
- •Retail: A fashion assistant mini app that recommends outfits, executes purchases through a connected wallet, and tracks deliveries.
Winners
* All tracks and prizes are subject to the Encode Club hackathon rules, terms and conditions.
LUFFANATOR
Luffa x AI Agents
LuffaNator is how AI agents can be built within a Chat
Focus Areas
LuffaNator emphasizes building bots with Luffa's framework to automate actions, respond to events, and interact with external systems and large data sets. These bots function as intelligent operators, coordinating workflows, triggering actions, and integrating with APIs, wallets, and smart contracts.
Focus is on agentic automation of real processes, not simple chatbots.
Examples
- •University: Exam preparation app — the bot recommends exam questions for the user to answer in the chat to analyse and give back feedback on the answers.
- •Content Enrichment: Bot that searches social media platforms for popular trends and makes buying recommendations.
Winners
* All tracks and prizes are subject to the Encode Club hackathon rules, terms and conditions.
LUFFA MEDIA
Luffa x Socials
LuffaMedia is a non-developer track for the most engaged Instagram post-er during the hackathon
Building in a different track? No problem. The Social Media track is open to everyone, no matter what you're working on.
All you have to do is share your hackathon journey and tag us along the way.
Criteria to join
- •Download the Luffa App & Join the Luffa Encode Hackathon channel
- •Follow @luffaapp
- •Post from your public account using #luffahackathon and tag @luffaapp
Winners
* All tracks and prizes are subject to the Encode Club hackathon rules, terms and conditions.
Hackathon Developer Hub
Access SDKs, documentation, API references, and open-source tools to build seamlessly on the Luffa ecosystem.
Enter Dev Zone
Judging Criteria
New tech only wins when it gives us a real world benefit. We're judging on:
Usability and the use-case relevance of your idea
UI/UX experience for your target audience
How does your project deliver on at least one of the following objectives:
Cheaper
Using bots and automation to deliver products or services more efficiently, thereby cutting costs or lowering the price.
Safer
Building on-chain means immutable records, verified identities, and user-controlled data via smart contracts.
Faster
On-chain wallets and AI agents let users transact instantly with programmable money.
Ready?
Pick a theme. Choose a track. Build something only Luffa makes possible.
Who's Joining?
What's Happening
Friday
Mar 20
Saturday
Mar 21
Sunday
Mar 22
Encode Hub
41 Pitfield St, London N1 6DA, UK