Walrus Sessions: BellySeal Deep Dive

The BellySeal Deep Dive event (the "Hackathon") is organized and sponsored by the Walrus Foundation (the "Sponsor"). The overarching goal of the Hackathon is to foster developer engagement with the Walrus protocol (the "Network") resulting in the deployment and launch of personal websites on the Network (each, a "Submission"), and the secondary goal is to foster the growth of the Network's global developer community while embodying the Walrus Foundation's values of openness, fairness and competition through tangible action that involves participants from the entire ecosystem.

By participating in the Hackathon, you agree to the Walrus Privacy Policy and these Event Rules.

Key Information and Dates

Hackathon Duration: June 1 to June 8, 2026 ("Hackathon Duration")
Results Announcement: June 16, 2026

Hackathon Eligibility

You must be 18 years of age or the age of majority in the jurisdiction where you reside. You must not be a resident of a sanctioned or restricted jurisdiction.

Each participant may submit only one eligible Submission for this Session. Participants must use their own accounts and may not submit multiple entries using multiple email addresses, wallets, X accounts, Discord accounts, BellySeal accounts, Google accounts, or other identities. Walrus Foundation reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify duplicate, fraudulent, automated, or otherwise abusive submissions, including submissions that appear to be made by the same person using multiple accounts.

Please note the following additional eligibility requirements for your Submission:

• Submit the required information using this form: https://airtable.com/appoDAKpC74UOqoDa/shrZbGMo4xDm0qaSq
• Create two images using the official Walrus Template on BellySeal.
• Your submission must follow the "Make It & Break It" format (see below).
• Submit the prompts used to generate both images through the form.
• Mint both images as NFTs on mainnet using BellySeal.
• Post your images in response to Walrus Protocol's "Session 3: BellySeal" post on X, tag @WalrusProtocol and @at_bellyseal, and include your NFT links and a one-sentence explanation of your concept or inspiration.
• Create a wallet dedicated to Walrus Sessions.
• Join the Walrus Discord: https://discord.com/invite/walrusprotocol

Make It & Break It format

Make It: Create one image that creatively uses and embraces the Walrus template style, and share the prompt using the form.

Break It: Use multi-turn edits where you attempt to push or stress-test the Walrus template through complex styles, environments, compositions, artistic reinterpretations, or unusual prompting while still clearly preserving the Walrus character and identity. The goal is to explore where the template naturally begins to break down, mutate, hallucinate, or produce unexpected results. Simply replacing the Walrus with another character, animal, or subject does not qualify as "breaking" the template.

Judgment of Submissions

Track 1 — Most Likes on X

Positions will be determined based on the number of likes received on the participant's post on X. The submission with the highest number of likes will rank highest. In the event of a tie, rankings will first be determined by the number of reposts/retweets. If a tie still remains, the final decision will be made at the discretion of the Walrus Foundation team.

Track 2 — Most Likes on Discord

Positions will be determined based on the number of :walrushearteyes: from unique users received on the participant's Discord post in the specific channel. The submission with the highest number of likes/reactions will rank highest. In the event of a tie, the final decision will be made at the discretion of the Walrus Foundation team.

Track 3 — Random

Winners will be selected at random from the pool of eligible submissions that satisfy all submission requirements for the Session.

Track 4 — Team Choice

Submissions will be judged on the following criteria:

Creative Use of the Template: How creatively and effectively participants use the official Walrus template in the "Make It" portion of the challenge. Judges will look for originality, visual quality, artistic direction, and imaginative interpretations of the template.

Template Transformation ("Break It"): How creatively participants push, distort, reinterpret, or intentionally "break" the original template style in the second image. Strong submissions will demonstrate experimentation, unexpected visual outcomes, or transformative prompting techniques while still producing compelling artwork.

Concept, Prompting & Explanation: Participants must submit the prompts used for both images and include a short explanation describing the concept, inspiration, story, or experimentation behind the submission. Judges will evaluate how well the explanation connects to the final images and how creatively prompts were used to achieve both the "Make It" and "Break It" results.

Brand Alignment: How well the submission connects with the Walrus ecosystem, identity, internet culture, creativity, decentralization, or broader community themes while still feeling original and authentic.

All Submissions will be judged by a panel of judges (the "Panel") composed of members of the Sponsor.

Bonus Track — Random

We will pick 10 random winners among those who, in addition to registering using the main submission form, also register using one of our community-built templates, which will be shared by the team in Discord.

Prizes

A prize (the "Prize") will be awarded to Hackathon Team winners (each a "Prize Recipient"). Prizes will be denominated in WAL and will be deposited into a Prize Recipient-owned wallet that is capable of accepting WAL ("Recipient Wallet"); provided that the Prize Recipient must provide to the Sponsor its unique Recipient Wallet address information within 14 days of an official announcement, for the avoidance of doubt Sponsor shall determine if an announcement is an official announcement at its own discretion. Additionally, Prize Recipient must confirm via a de minimis test transaction, that the Recipient Wallet is compatible with WAL. Prize Recipient accepts all risk of loss with respect to any transfer of WAL to an incompatible wallet or an incorrect wallet address provided by Prize Recipient. Prizes will be awarded to the Teams in each category whose Submissions earn the highest total overall score as determined by the Panel. The decision of the Panel will be final.

The prizes are as follows:

Best feedback: 8 winners, each $50 in WAL.

Special prizes: $100 in WAL will be awarded at the Panel's discretion to teams with exceptional contributions to the Network ecosystem during the Session.

In order to receive the prize, one member of the winning Team must confirm acceptance of the prize via email. If a selected winning Team cannot be contacted, is ineligible, or fails to claim a prize, the prize may be forfeited and an alternate winner may be selected from the remaining eligible Submissions as determined in the sole discretion of the Panel.