BLAZE is back for 2026! 🔥🔥 Ready to build? Sign up on Dorahacks: dorahacks.io/hackathon/bchbl… Need more info? Check out our new website bchblaze.com/ Brief preview today on BCH Podcast #193, full details on Saturday 17th in the dedicated Info session. Lock in!! 👷‍♂️🧨🏗️

Reminder: BLAZE Information session will be live in 24h from now at 14:00 UTC Sat 17th Oct on @TheBCHPodcast channel. Tune in for breakdown of how BLAZE works, what you need to know, complete your project roll call (1st of 4 chances, only 1 time needed), and ask questions!

We're so back! BLAZE is officially returning for a sequel with the 2027 Lock-In. Like last year, but better. BLAZE v2.0. 🔥🔥 More info coming soon. Registrations open October 10th. ✍️🚀

Do you want visibility & referrals to motivated UTXO dev talent? Would you like them to start working on your company's side projects or integrations? Do you want more credibility in the rising BCH industry? Sponsorship discussions underway for BLAZE 2027. Let's talk!🔥

For those who followed the bch blaze hackathon, this is the place to go for high-quality signal and to get ready for 2027. There will be tons of people to collaborate with, learn from and it's an amazing opportunity to celebrate with the home team! 🔥

The TRAILBLAZER tokens issued are not intended for speculation, just like the EMBER tokens were not. It is a memento and will have a special use for BLISS2026. Nevertheless, CashTokens are tradeable and we have been requested to provide some starting liquidity for a trading pair. We make no promises as to the longevity of this initial liquidity pool, but to assist some TRAILBLAZER holders that have requested this market we are providing it for a short period of time. As always, caveat emptor. No other guarantees or representations are made regarding TRAILBLAZER. app.cauldron.quest/swap/cc08…

That's a wrap! BLAZE has concluded with the Showcase stream, and all bounties & prizes paid out to deserving recipients! Thank you all for being part of BLAZE with us, and as organisers we're open to any feedback or notes for things to tweak or improve in future! One more final thank you to our sponsors as well who let us put on the event, and all participants for jumping in to try building on BCH! Keep building & we look forward to supporting your projects as they flourish in the BCH ecosystem! Prizes (distributed to DoraHacks addresses) Bounties: - As per attached table Mainnet Track: 2-5. FortressVault, Badger Survivors, Jump To Layer 1, Eternal Cash: 0.5 BCH each 1. bch-ipfs-scrape: 2.5 BCH Chipnet Track: 3. Crypto Focus Garden: 1 BCH + BLISS ticket 2. Lamport 160: 3 BCH + BLISS ticket 1. Mean-Reversion Portfolio Rebalance: 5 BCH + BLISS ticket Community Choice - Lamport 160: 1.038 BCH

Final BCH BLAZE Showcase stream will be live in 3 hours at 2pm UTC! Tune in to hear final reviews from organisers and judges, showcases of projects by participants & the award of prizes & bounties!

The community prize voting has now concluded. Winner will be announced on the livestream tomorrow. Thanks for participating and making Embers hot 🔥

Everyone has been excited about the building going on around the Layla upgrade. But if you haven't been paying attention it's easy to miss the specifics. What actually is in the Layla upgrade and what does it mean for BCH? Catch up with all the details in our final explainer!

TRAILBLAZER fungible tokens have been sent to all BLAZE participants (1 for each member listed on DoraHacks BUIDL). A memento of your participation, and also has a secret mystery use for BLISS 2026 (even if you are not in physical attendance!) so hold onto them tight!

Tomorrow on Friday, at 14:00 UTC, the voting for the Community Prize of 1 BCH will be determined. Currently, 14 of the 21 projects have managed to attract embers, and a total 76 Embers, or ~12% of all embers distributed have cast their vote.