Morpho
A 5-week product bootcamp to launch real blockchain products from Costa Rica.
Morpho is not a hackathon and not a passive course. It is a product bootcamp designed for builders, founders, companies, and institutions to turn real problems into blockchain solutions with adoption, impact, and grant potential.
Key details
Proposed dates
May 4 to June 6
Format
Hybrid: training, validation, public building, networking, and virtual demo day.
Closing
Virtual Demo Day on X — June 6
Tagline
From real problems to grant-ready blockchain products.
350+
builders activated through BAF /Tech Rebel / programs
90+
products created or supported across the ecosystem
50+
products reached demo day in previous programs
15+
products have received funding from the Stellar Community Fund
Not a hackathon
A product bootcamp to launch real products
A hackathon rewards speed over a few days. Morpho is designed to build product judgment, validate problems, form teams, prototype, launch real solutions, and prepare teams to keep building after the program.
A hackathon starts with urgency
Teams often build first and validate later. That can create interesting demos, but not necessarily sustainable products.
Morpho starts with real problems
The program forces clarity: user, problem, broken workflow, solution hypothesis, blockchain reason, prototype, feedback, pitch, and roadmap.
Built around Stellar Network
Practical blockchain for real products
Morpho uses Stellar Network as infrastructure to explore payments, assets, stablecoins, transactions, smart contracts, and blockchain solutions with real utility. The goal is not to use blockchain for hype, but to understand when Stellar improves coordination, trust, transparency, or access.
Payments and stablecoins
Explore fast, global, low-cost value flows using Stellar infrastructure.
Assets and tokenization
Design products where digital assets, balances, and transactions make sense for real users.
Smart contracts
Understand when to use Soroban and when a simple Stellar operation is enough.
Expected outcomes
What teams should have by the end
The goal is not just to learn. The goal is to leave with product artifacts that can be demonstrated, criticized, improved, and used to apply for opportunities.
Program design
5 weeks: from problem to launch
Each week has a central question, exercises, and concrete deliverables to move teams from idea to product.
01
Week 1
May 4–10
Problem, product, and blockchain as a tool
Should this problem really be solved with blockchain?
Problem statement, initial ICP, broken workflow, blockchain relevance map, and initial Stellar rationale.
02
Week 2
May 11–17
Solution design, architecture, and validation
How should this solution work in a simple, useful, and buildable way?
User flow, MVP scope, architecture map, on-chain/off-chain map, and feedback from El Tico Blockchain.
03
Week 3
May 18–24
Networking, team formation, and AI prototyping
Can we build something real enough to demonstrate the first value loop?
Prototype v0, technical repo or workspace, first validation experiment, initial demo script, and public update.
04
Week 4
May 25–31
Technical build, validation, and launch loops
Do people understand this, value it, and show signals that they would use or support it?
Improved prototype, demonstrable blockchain interaction, feedback summary, friction map, and final pitch draft.
05
Week 5
June 1–6
Grant readiness, pitch, and demo day
Can this team turn this prototype into a real product with ecosystem support?
Final pitch, demo, product one-pager, grant-ready narrative, 30-day roadmap, and public recap.
Key events
Validation, community, and execution
Morpho uses ecosystem events as catalysts: exposure, problem discovery, matchmaking, feedback, and team formation.
Build in public as the backbone
Each team publishes a weekly update: what problem they are solving, what they built, what they learned, what feedback they received, what they will test next, and what they need from the community.
Grant readiness
Morpho does not promise grants. It prepares teams to compete better with a real problem, clear user, justified Stellar usage, verifiable progress, roadmap, and realistic milestones.
Applications open
Launch something real from Costa Rica
If we connect technical talent with real problems, product structure, blockchain tools, AI prototyping, public exposure, and a clear path toward grants, Costa Rica can become a relevant innovation node inside the Stellar ecosystem.