DeFi

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.

This article explains Flow’s recent implementation of Proof of Possession (PoP) for staking keys, a small but critical step in its decentralization roadmap. The article covers why PoP is needed, what risks it prevents, and how it was implemented in Flow. Whether you’re a developer, validator, or simply curious about blockchain security, this post gives you a clear view of why PoP matters — with optional technical dives for those who want to explore the cryptography details.

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 October 22nd, Forte is the Flow network upgrade that brings composability and automation natively to Flow. Two new primitives, Actions and Agents, let developers compose reusable, protocol-agnostic agents with onchain time-based triggers.

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