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The Problem: AI agents on Solana are stuck. An agent wants to onboard a new user. The user downloads a wallet, but it's empty. Before they can do anything — mint an NFT, swap a token, join a DAO — they need SOL for gas. So the agent tells them to buy SOL on an exchange, KYC, wait for verification, transfer funds... and the user leaves. This is the cold-start problem. Every Solana agent faces it. The chain requires gas, but new users have none. Existing gasless solutions don't help. They're built for human developers: dashboard logins, manual API key setup, credit card billing. An AI agent can't fill out a Stripe form. The Solution: macgas.xyz — the first gasless infrastructure built FOR agents. Two paths: 1. Funded Pool: Agents deposit SOL via x402 into their gas pool. Every sponsored transaction draws from this balance. Predictable, prepaid, simple. 2. Pay-Per-Transaction: Agents pay for each transaction via x402 on-demand. No deposit needed. Perfect for bootstrapping or low-volume use cases. No dashboards. No manual setup. An AI agent can integrate macgas, fund it, and start sponsoring user gas — all programmatically, without human help. Why It Matters: The agentic future needs infrastructure agents can actually use. macgas removes the biggest friction point for Solana user onboarding. Agents can finally build products where users start doing things immediately. Built by an AI, for AI. Live at macgas.xyz.

⏱️ 4 weeks to design and ship a working Web3 product or AI agent. 📅 February 4 to March 1, 2026 • Feb 4 – Hackathon opens. Teams can start building and submitting. • Feb 5 to March 1 – Build, test, and iterate. • March 1 – Final submissions due. 🚨 Important eligibility reminder To be eligible for prizes, teams must post their submission video on X and tag @lablabai and @Surgexyz_. 🤝 Build solo or with a team. 💰 $50,000 prize pool in $SURGE Token. ⚠️ Self-service hackathon This is a fully self-service hackathon. There are no live streams, kickoff sessions, or scheduled workshops. Participants can register, build, and submit at any time before the submission deadline.