Dubai, UAE, August 5, 2026, Chainwire

BNB Chain, one of the most active blockchain ecosystems worldwide, announced Build the Era, an open hackathon that challenges builders to create the definitive AI agent marketplace on BNB Smart Chain (BSC). The winning submission will have the opportunity to become the officially adopted BNB Agent Studio marketplace, backed by BNB Chain as a standalone product with its own brand and team.

The hackathon is intended to address a discoverability gap that has emerged as agent activity on BSC has scaled. More than 200,000 AI agents are now registered on BSC under ERC-8004, the standard for onchain agent identity, representing roughly 60% of all registered agents across 26 networks. As that registry has grown, the practical challenge has shifted from proving that agents exist to helping users navigate them in a way that is usable for hiring and task execution.

Participants are being asked to build the marketplace itself, not a portfolio of individual agents. Submissions will be judged primarily on how easily users can discover and hire an agent through the platform. Agents registered under ERC-8004 already carry onchain identity and a track record that other software can query; the main challenge for builders is making that data understandable to a person deciding who to hire. The hackathon has no fixed tracks for the main prize, allowing teams to compete across different domains as well as for partner prizes. The community will help define what a BSC-native marketplace should look like.

To guide development, BNB Chain will share reference agents and skills across four categories: monitoring agents that track markets, wallets, and positions; grid trading agents that run automated strategies within set ranges; health factor agents that monitor loan positions to act ahead of liquidation; and yield agents that reallocate capital toward the highest-earning opportunities. These categories are intended as guidance rather than fixed judging criteria.

The winning marketplace will be considered for adoption as BNB Agent Studio’s official community marketplace, with BNB Chain supporting continued development, user acquisition, and growth alongside the ecosystem. Winning first place does not prevent teams from also competing for partner-sponsored prizes.

Build the Era offers more than $40,000 in prizes from BNB Chain and ecosystem partners, along with token and credit rewards:

• BNB Chain: $30,000 USDT
• TermiX: $10,000 USDT
• PancakeSwap: 1,000 CAKE
• AltLayer: 8004scan Pro plans
• Altana: 50,000 XP

Submissions will be scored against published criteria covering functionality, data quality, agent diversity, and real-world usage, with full details available when the build period opens. Partner tracks, where applicable, will be judged separately according to each sponsor’s own criteria.

Build the Era is open to solo builders and teams, and submissions will be accepted via intake form through the close of the build period.

Key dates:

• Build period: August 5 – September 9
• Judging: September 9 – September 23
• Winner announcement: November 5

Build the Era follows the BNB Agent Studio launch and reflects BNB Chain’s continued effort to make autonomous agents something anyone on BSC can find, hire, and put to work.

About BNB Chain

BNB Chain is a community-driven decentralized blockchain ecosystem powering Web3 applications across DeFi, AI, gaming, and consumer use cases. Its multi-chain architecture spans BNB Smart Chain (BSC), opBNB, and BNB Greenfield, providing infrastructure for builders deploying onchain applications at scale. For more information, visit www.bnbchain.org.

Press: BNB Chain press@bnbchain.org

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