Kirill Slavin@kirillslavin

Blink is per-second laptop insurance built on Arc Testnet. Instead of paying a flat annual premium up front, customers activate cover on demand and stream USDC micro-premiums only while they're actually protected. Rates adjust live to real-world risk: the haversine distance from the customer's home base sets a location band (home, near, away), and unplugging from power doubles the rate while the laptop is on battery. Coverage is purchased on-chain in a single transaction, premiums settle into a seller pool that earns yield through USYC (Circle's yield-bearing stablecoin), and per-second charges batch through Circle x402 so the customer never signs more than one transaction per session. The result is insurance priced like electricity: metered, transparent, and honest about exposure.

In this hybrid hackathon powered by Arc and Circle, developers will build the next generation of Agentic economic applications using Circle’s Nanopayments infrastructure with settlement on Arc in USDC. For the first time, high-frequency, usage-based transactions between users, APIs, and AI agents can operate without gas overhead eroding margin. Arc provides stablecoin-native settlement with predictable, dollar-denominated USDC fees and deterministic, sub-second finality — enabling real-time coordination and economically viable per-action pricing at scale. 📅 April 20 – 26, 2026 • Apr 20 – 25 (Online): Submit projects by Apr 25. • Apr 25 (On-site Build – SF, CA): Teams refine projects. • Apr 26 (On-site Demos & Awards – SF, CA): Live pitches & winners announced. Get guidance from Arc and Circle experts through on-site support. 📍 On-site Venue (April 25-26): MindsDB SF AI Collective 3154 17th St, San Francisco, California, USA 🤝 Go solo or team up, it's your flow. 🏆 Compete for a $15,000+ Prize Pool. 📍 Please note: If approved for the on-site experience, you’ll also have the opportunity to showcase your project live. Travel and accommodation will not be covered. 🧑🏻‍💻 Secure your spot now – sign up before the Kick-Off Stream!

⏱️ You’ve got 48 hours - create, build, and launch! 🌟 Get direct access to Qubic, mentors, and ecosystem support. 💰 Compete for your share of $44,550 in prizes across two tracks. 🤝 Work solo or team up to design the next wave of blockchain innovation. 🧑‍💻 Sign up and start building on one of the world’s fastest decentralized networks..