This summer, Moca Network is hosting its first-ever Identity House — right on the French Riviera. Just before ETHCC arrives in Cannes, we’re gathering builders for a five-day, in-person sprint to tackle one of the most critical challenges in the digital age: on-chain identity..
Introducing the Identity House, happening June 27 – July 1, 2025, in Cannes, France. Join developers, protocol engineers, and zk tinkerers to build real tools for real use cases — from verifiable credentials to social recovery, access control, and beyond.
Why Identity? Why Now?
Web3 is scaling fast, but identity hasn’t kept up. Most users are still interacting with the ecosystem through throwaway wallets and fragmented accounts, while projects rely on incomplete data to gate access or verify trust.
Moca Network is focused on solving this. With AIR Kit, developers can issue and verify portable, privacy-preserving credentials that reflect real user actions — all without exposing underlying data.
Identity is no longer a nice-to-have. It’s the layer that makes everything else work — and we’re inviting builders to shape what it looks like.
What Is the Identity House?
The Identity House is a five-day, in-person builder sprint for developers ready to ship at the edge of identity tech.
From low-level protocol primitives to high-impact UX flows, you’ll be building alongside the Moca Network core team, experimenting with cutting-edge tools, and helping shape what identity infrastructure looks like for the real world.
Be an early adopter, get hands-on support, and ship something that could redefine how identity works across games, DeFi, education, healthcare, and beyond.
Location: Cannes, France (Full venue address will be shared with selected builders)
Dates: June 27 – July 1, 2025
Themes:
• Credential-based apps
• Account & Identity Infrastructure
• Universal identity
• Reputation apps
What to Expect
This isn’t a weekend bounty grab or pitch contest. It’s a hands-on and structured environment for focused building, with the people and support to accelerate meaningful ideas.
- Daily mentor check-ins and unblock sessions with identity and infra experts
- Architecture and product reviews from AIR Kit contributors and ecosystem partners
- Fireside chats with leaders working on zk, credentials, and decentralized reputation
- UX validation sessions with technical and design peers
- Demo Day to showcase your build in front of judges, grant reviewers, and ecosystem leads
You’ll also get access to post-hack support and long-term program consideration.
What You Can Build
We’re looking for ideas and projects across the identity stack. More than just a co-working space, this is a curated five-day sprint for:
- Top Web3 builders & ex-founders
- Identity protocol nerds & zk hackers
- Infra obsessives & UX tinkerers
Technical areas of focus include:
- Credential-based apps: Build apps that use credentials to unlock new behaviors, financial tools, loyalty, or rewards.
- Account & Identity Infrastructure: Build the foundational tools to issue, verify, route, and resolve identity and credentials.
- Universal identity: Projects that bring real-world identities(students, patients, professionals) into Web3 in a privacy-preserving, trustless way.
- Reputation apps: Build apps that capture and use reputation for decision-making, discovery, or rewards.
No need to be fully formed — bring a concept, and leave with something real.
Prizes and Post-Hack Support
Total Prize Pool: $40,000 in $MOCA
Track 1: Credential-Based Apps
Prize Pool: $10,000 (shared among a limited number of winners; details coming soon)
Build apps that use credentials to unlock new behaviors, financial tools, loyalty programs, or rewards.
Track 2: Account & Identity Infrastructure
Prize Pool: $10,000 (shared among a limited number of winners; details coming soon)
Build foundational tools to issue, verify, route, and resolve identity and credentials.
Track 3: Universal Identity
Prize Pool: $10,000 (shared among a limited number of winners; details coming soon)
Create projects that bring real-world identities (students, patients, professionals) into Web3 in a privacy-preserving, trustless way.
Track 4: Reputation Apps
Prize Pool: $10,000 (shared among a limited number of winners; details coming soon)
Build apps that capture and use reputation for decision-making, discovery, or rewards.
Winning teams may also receive:
- Ecosystem amplification and showcase opportunities all within an identity network connected to 540+ companies, 700M+ users, and enterprise partners through Animoca Brands
- Integration opportunities and pilot support with partners across Animoca Brands’ portfolio
- Continued technical mentorship and ecosystem onboarding post-event
We may announce more special tracks and rewards soon — stay tuned!
Judging Criteria
Submissions will be evaluated based on:
- Technical originality and execution
- Relevance to decentralized identity
- Integration with AIR Kit
- Usability and UX thinking
- Ecosystem potential and real-world impact
Schedule
| Date | Schedule |
|---|---|
| June 27 | Kickoff, Ideation, team formation |
| June 28 | Deep dive and mentor sessions |
| June 29 – 30 | Building, workshops, VC check-ins |
| July 1 | Demo Day: judging and closing showcase |
How to Apply
Applications are now open and reviewed on a rolling basis.
- Join the hackathon here: https://lu.ma/dnygltxf
- Eligibility: Solo builders or teams (up to 5 members)
- Cost: Free (venue access, mentor sessions, and resources included)
We recommend applying early — space is limited!
- Just want to see the Demo Day? Join here: https://lu.ma/52zv7swp
Questions or Need More Info?
If you have questions, join the official Telegram and Discord channels to connect directly with the Moca team.
