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Forte is now live on testnet and the Forte Hacks Hackathon will launch on October 1st, with 250k in prizes!

Earlier this year, the team at the Flow Foundation hosted an internal hackathon designed to push the boundaries of what's possible on the Flow blockchain. This event brought together 16 of the talented Flow core team members to build over the course of a week, resulting in 10 unique projects. Each submission was then demoed live to a panel of community judges, to elicit feedback and community input.

Flow dominated ETH Global once again, with one in every four hackers building on Flow. At ETHGlobal New York 2025, Flow was the number 1 network of choice for developers as the most hacked on technology across the entire hackathon. A result of committing to empowering builders, community scholars and exciting the imagination of builders through groundbreaking keynotes redefining what’s possible onchain

Launching this October, Forte is the Flow network upgrade that unlocks the next generation of consumer applications.

Before I ever owned a digital collectible, I was deep in the world of physical sports cards. From my home here in Toronto, my lifelong passion for basketball found an outlet in the world of collecting.

The Cadence smart contract programming language utilizes a powerful new concept for access control: entitlements. These work alongside capabilities, references, and interfaces to give developers unprecedented flexibility in how they define access, enforce security, and enable composability in applications.

May proved to be an exceptional month for the Flow ecosystem, demonstrating significant advancements across key metrics including developer growth, user acquisition, and DeFi expansion.

Flow has rolled out an important upgrade that significantly enhances how NFTs can move between EVM and Cadence.

Flow Community Rewards enables users to earn Boxes and Keys by engaging with apps on Flow. In the rewards store, those Boxes and Keys convert into points, which can be redeemed for rewards such as MacBooks, digital collectibles, Nike sneakers, and much more.Now, Flow Rewards is bigger, better, and more rewarding. Including new features such as Sweepstakes and Social Quests, making it even easier to stack up points and unlock prizes.

April was a strong month for the Flow ecosystem, with growth in DeFi, developer activity, and community engagement. Key highlights include a new all-time high in TVL, increased bridging volume, and the launch of Meowcoins by CryptoKitties.

Generating randomness on-chain is notoriously hard. You need a number that’s unpredictable before it’s revealed, unbiased during its generation, and verifiable afterward. To make things even more challenging, nodes of the network have to generate and agree on random numbers in a distributed and decentralized manner. With these nearly opposing constraints, traditional random functions (like Math.random()) aren’t an option.

When CJ set out to build aiSports, he didn’t just want to create another fantasy basketball app. He wanted to craft a completely new layer of gameplay - built directly on top of NBA Top Shot. Flow made that possible.

At the TinTinLand AI Agent Hackathon and Web3 Festival in Hong Kong, developers turned their attention to one key question: what infrastructure is best suited for building autonomous, agent-driven applications in Web3?

Maximal Extractable Value (MEV) has become a significant concern in the blockchain ecosystem, leading to unfair advantages for unscrupulous developers and substantial losses for regular users. Understanding MEV and its associated attacks is crucial for safeguarding your assets.​

Following standout appearances at ETHGlobal events from San Francisco to Bangkok, Flow made a powerful mark at ETHGlobal Taipei, showcasing why it’s quickly becoming the Layer 1 of choice for Developers. From an amazing sunset cruise to strong hackathon participation, Flow continued its mission: empowering developers to create real-world consumer applications that scale.

Fantasy football has always flirted with the idea of ownership and strategy — but few have delivered an actual living ecosystem where users own, manage, and grow digital clubs quite like Metaverse Football League (MFL).

A recap of some of the highlights of the Flow ecosystem in March, 2025. Including new ATHs, record breaking metrics, and more.

Flow is pushing the boundaries of blockchain efficiency and scalability.

The Flow team is heading to Taipei! Join us at the ETHGlobal Hackathon from April 4–6, 2025, where Flow is sponsoring $10,000 in bounties for developers building the next wave of consumer crypto applications. Whether you’re working on games, AI agents, RWAs, or social apps—Flow is the chain that gets you to real users and energized communities, fast.

Flow is rapidly maturing as a protocol, and this announcement marks a critical milestone in that journey.

Flow is taking interoperability to the next level! We are excited to announce a groundbreaking integration that enables seamless token transfers from over 64 networks—including Ethereum, Optimism, ApeChain, and Base—directly to Flow. This game-changing bridge, powered by Relay, allows users to bridge and swap assets in under five seconds.

If you’re looking to bridge assets from Solana to Flow, whether it’s for DeFi farming, NFT trading, or ecosystem exploration, you’re in the right place. The process is simple and straightforward. Follow this guide to seamlessly transfer your tokens between these two powerful blockchain networks.

The Flow foundation is excited to announce its latest release: a Wagmi & RainbowKit adapter for FCL that empowers developers to seamlessly integrate Cadence into existing EVM applications.

Flow is the most advanced blockchain and home of consumer crypto. If you hold Flow (FLOW) coins in your Coinbase Wallet and want to transfer them to your Flow Wallet, this guide will walk you through the process step by step.