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From the hackathons and events I’ve been to, newest first.

ETHGlobal New Delhi · September 2025

Where my team built one of the three versions of BlazeIt, our swipe-to-trade DeFi app.

Mirza pointing at a laptop screen while a teammate in a bucket hat holds it, under strings of lights at the venue
The ETHGlobal New Delhi main stage from the audience, with the peacock logo between two screens Mirza and two teammates, arms crossed, watching the stage
Mirza flashing a peace sign next to a painted auto rickshaw, with a video camera in the foreground A printed photo-booth picture of Mirza in an ETHGlobal New Delhi frame A group selfie of Mirza and friends at the airport
A selfie of Mirza with a smiling attendee making a peace sign A selfie of Mirza with a teammate and an attendee pulling a face
A speaker on stage at the opening, in front of a wall of past ETHGlobal events A remote talk on ZK-SNARKs on the main screen, seen from the audience A selfie of Mirza in the crowd, with a camera operator behind him
ETHGlobal New Delhi, September 2025.

Build on Aptos Hackathon, Delhi · September 2025

A 24-hour hackathon in Delhi, a few days after Blocktrain. We rebuilt BlazeIt on Aptos and took second place in the DeFi trading track.

Mirza and his teammates on stage receiving second place in the DeFi trading track, between two Build on Aptos Hackathon Delhi banners
A selfie of Mirza with teammates and friends in front of the Build on Aptos Hackathon backdrop A selfie of a teammate giving a thumbs up, with Mirza making a peace sign beside him at the long hacking tables
Mirza in a tufted white chair at his laptop, making a peace sign Mirza typing on his laptop, wearing a Build on Aptos lanyard A hand holding an instant photo of the team on stage at the award
Mirza pointing at a teammate as they sit at their laptops in the hall A selfie of the team eating lunch at the hacking table, with Make Your Move pillars behind
A selfie of Mirza in the hall, with rows of white chairs and hackers behind him A selfie of the team over chai and rusks at a roadside restaurant
Every participant gathered in front of the stage for a group photo
Build on Aptos Hackathon, Delhi, September 2025.

Blocktrain · September 2025

India’s first hackathon on a moving train: 36 hours from Bangalore to New Delhi. More than 5,200 applied and about one in a hundred got a seat. I led a team of three, with blockchain engineers from CoinDCX and Stan. Results came online a week later: our build of BlazeIt, Blaze trade, took first place in the Speedrun Ethereum challenge for prediction markets.

Every Blocktrain hacker lined up on the platform beside the red train, holding the Blocktrain banner
Hackers with laptops crowded into a train compartment at night, one flashing a shaka sign The Blocktrain coach at the station at night, before boarding
A hacker in a Blocktrain T-shirt coding on a laptop propped on a wooden lap desk in a train berth A selfie of four hackers in Blocktrain T-shirts on the platform after arriving in New Delhi Three hackers in Blocktrain T-shirts with backpacks on the platform, one giving a thumbs up
A crowded selfie of hackers inside the train coach A selfie of Mirza with two hackers sitting in the train on the first night
A hacker typing on a laptop in a dim train compartment while another works behind him A selfie of Mirza with other hackers at a food court stop
A selfie of Mirza with hackers in red theatre seats at the opening talk A selfie of Mirza with a grinning hacker in a black T-shirt
Blocktrain, September 2025.

ETHGlobal Taipei · April 2025

My first hackathon abroad, where I built my first real application and won the Polygon track. How I got there.

Mirza giving a thumbs up after winning the Polygon track, in front of a blue wall that repeats “I demoed” and the ETHGlobal Taipei logo
Mirza in a white rain poncho, pointing up, in front of the orange ETHGlobal Taipei backdrop with Taipei 101 Mirza and another hacker pointing at the ETHGlobal Taipei sign on a night-market themed wall of lanterns
Mirza in a light blue shirt in front of the ETHGlobal Taipei backdrop A selfie of Mirza with a laughing attendee in a red cap at the venue A night-time selfie of Mirza with two friends on a Taipei street
A four-frame photo booth strip of Mirza and a teammate in front of the ETHGlobal Taipei backdrop
ETHGlobal Taipei, April 2025.

Datanyx · November 2024

Telangana’s first 24-hour datathon, at my college, MJCET. Our team, Blaze, built SmartFinance.AI, a finance assistant for international students, and took second place in the fintech domain.

Mirza and a teammate on stage receiving the second-place cheque for team Blaze in the fintech domain All the Datanyx 2024 winners with their cheques and the organisers, in front of the Datanyx banner
Datanyx, November 2024.

TechXcelerate · October 2024

A 20-hour national-level hackathon run by E-Cell, BITS Hyderabad. We built TransfoERM, AI for business workflows, and were national level winners. There are no photos of the win, so the certificate stands in for it.

A selfie of Mirza with a teammate in an empty lecture hall A selfie of Mirza and a teammate outside, by a BITS Pilani sign
Hackers at long curved desks in a big lecture hall A selfie of Mirza while his teammate sleeps on a laptop
TechXcelerate, October 2024.

T-Hub, Hyderabad · October 2024

An entrepreneurship event at T-Hub, which calls itself the world’s largest home for startups.

A selfie of Mirza and a friend in front of the T-Hub building
A selfie of Mirza and a friend in the T-Hub lobby Mirza, chin in hand, beside a friend in the T-Hub lobby
A selfie of a friend with Mirza behind him outside T-Hub A selfie of Mirza and a friend in front of T-Hub Mirza in front of the T-Hub building
T-Hub, Hyderabad, October 2024.