Uniswap Foundation’s grant will cover tuition. Deadline: January 9th.

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Uniswap Foundation’s grant will cover tuition. Deadline: January 9th.

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Build hooks:
the future of DeFi

Build hooks:
the future of DeFi

Build hooks:
the future of DeFi

Designed with the spirit of a hackathon, curation of an accelerator, and structure of a cohort-based course, Uniswap Hook Incubator guides devs through every step of launching a hook, no matter how complex. 

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Program starts:

23 Jan 2025

7+

7+

hooks deployed

8

8

week program

week program

10

10

hours per week commitment

hours per week commitment

Uniswap v4

Uniswap v4

Uniswap v4

empowers limitless expression 

empowers

limitless expression 

DeFi has become increasingly customizable & composable, accelerating the transition from centralized to decentralized exchanges. Uniswap v4 introduces new architectural upgrades that significantly reduce the cost of pool creation & transactions making it cheaper for developers to innovate and users to interact with the protocol.


The flexibility & customization of hooks brings fast, expressive AMM innovation within one powerful ecosystem. There's never been a better opportunity for devs to create assets that improve LP profitability or create better trade prices for users. If you're building a DeFi protocol that does lending, perks, or leverage of any sort, hooks can fit right into your product strategy. Let the innovation begin.

DeFi has become increasingly customizable & composable, accelerating the transition from centralized to decentralized exchanges. Uniswap v4 introduces new architectural upgrades that significantly reduce the cost of pool creation & transactions making it cheaper for developers to innovate and users to interact with the protocol.


The flexibility & customization of hooks brings fast, expressive AMM innovation within one powerful ecosystem. There's never been a better opportunity for devs to create assets that improve LP profitability or create better trade prices for users. If you're building a DeFi protocol that does lending, perks, or leverage of any sort, hooks can fit right into your product strategy. Let the innovation begin.

We’re proud to be supported by a grant from the Uniswap Foundation to cover all costs for participants and offer demo day prizes.

We’re proud to be supported by a grant from the Uniswap Foundation to cover all costs for participants and offer demo day prizes.

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Structured to speedrun v4 expertise

Deploy high impact hooks

Deploy high impact hooks

Access to a “Request For Hooks” ideas board from industry experts

Ship a custom capstone project and win $ prizes

Present at a demo day to DeFi researchers and investors

Onchain experience

Onchain experience

Automated smart contract assessment and NFT certificates on a custom LMS by LearnWeb3.io 

Community built entirely on Farcaster (public channel & private group chat)

Accepting pseudonymous enrollment to keep identity secured

Merging the best of live & async learning

Merging the best of live & async learning

Live workshops with conceptual breakdowns & code walkthroughs

Text and video content with comprehension checks 

Office hours, guest speakers, and AMAs every week

Async technical support from Uniswap Foundation's dev rel team

Join a dev community curated for experience and expertise

Join a dev community curated for experience and expertise

Technical Expertise

Technical Expertise

Join advanced solidity developers with experience creating smart contracts and Ethereum dApps, optimizing for gas costs, and writing secure contracts. 

DeFi Mastery

DeFi Mastery

Join developers with a thorough understanding of DeFi concepts, including yield farming, liquidity mining, and the constant product market maker equation (x*y=k).

Collaborative Builders

Collaborative Builders

Join developers invigorated by a “learn by shipping” culture. They identify as builders first and are thrilled to collaborate on more complex projects.  

Learn from industry experts

Learn from industry experts

Experienced DeFi mechanism designers and protocol engineers delivering guest talks and AMAs

Engineers and leaders from Uniswap Foundation and Labs hosting office hours and advising projects

Investors from crypto-native funds involved as demo day judges and advisors for select projects. 

Nader Dabit

Developer Relations

Eigenlayer

Devin Walsh

Devin Walsh

Executive Director

Uniswap Foundation

Saucepoint

Saucepoint

Dev Rel Engineer
Uniswap Foundation

Sara Reynolds

Sara Reynolds

Protcol Engineer

Uniswap Labs

Anirudh Pai

Anirudh Pai

Investor
Dragonfly Capital

Derek Walkush

Derek Walkush

Investor
Variant Fund

Porter Smith

Porter Smith

Investor

a16z

Nikhil Raman

Nikhil Raman

Investor

USV

Aaron Lamphere

Aaron Lamphere

Grants Lead
Uniswap Foundation

Getting Started

Getting Started

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1

Application

Application

Application

Share your technical background, motivation for joining, and DeFi projects you’ve contributed to.

Share your technical background, motivation for joining, and DeFi projects you’ve contributed to.

Deadline to apply:

31 Dec 2024

31 Dec 2024

REVIEWED

Application

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2

Interview

Interview

Interview

Meet with the team live to review application details, confirm you’re willing to meet program expectations, and ask any questions you might have.

Meet with the team live to review application details, confirm you’re willing to meet program expectations, and ask any questions you might have.

Interviews conducted on rolling basis

3

3

Acceptance

Acceptance

Acceptance

Receive an email notifying you of the program decision.  You must confirm enrollment to secure a spot in the program.

Receive an email notifying you of the program decision.  You must confirm enrollment to secure a spot in the program.

Acceptance on rolling basis

Eliah

4

4

Orientation

Orientation

Orientation

Get onboarded live in a group call with your peers where you’ll get to know each other and preview the experience.

Get onboarded live in a group call with your peers where you’ll get to know each other and preview the experience.

Program starts:

23 Jan 2025

It's time to get started.

It's time to get started.

Complete this 5-minute application to begin the admissions process.

Complete this 5-minute application to begin the admissions process.

Apply Now

Apply Now

Apply Now

Comprehensive program
covering cutting-edge DeFi

Comprehensive program
covering cutting-edge DeFi

Week 1

Introduction

Learn the evolution of Uniswap from v1 to v4, including architectural decisions and the problems hooks solve. Understand the mathematics behind Ticks & token pair prices. Deploy your first (Memecoin points) hook to Sepolia testnet.

Week 1

Introduction

Learn the evolution of Uniswap from v1 to v4, including architectural decisions and the problems hooks solve. Understand the mathematics behind Ticks & token pair prices. Deploy your first (Memecoin points) hook to Sepolia testnet.

Week 1

Introduction

Learn the evolution of Uniswap from v1 to v4, including architectural decisions and the problems hooks solve. Understand the mathematics behind Ticks & token pair prices. Deploy your first (Memecoin points) hook to Sepolia testnet.

Week 2

Liquidity Operators

Learn to change how liquidity is controlled in a DEX by building an onchain limit order book. Understand the mechanism design behind a hook that modifies LP positions to optimize LP fees and create efficient markets.

Week 2

Liquidity Operators

Learn to change how liquidity is controlled in a DEX by building an onchain limit order book. Understand the mechanism design behind a hook that modifies LP positions to optimize LP fees and create efficient markets.

Week 2

Liquidity Operators

Learn to change how liquidity is controlled in a DEX by building an onchain limit order book. Understand the mechanism design behind a hook that modifies LP positions to optimize LP fees and create efficient markets.

Week 3/4

Dynamic Fees

Leverage game theory to explore different hook designs that benefit traders and LPs under real-world conditions, including gas price based fees and Nezlobin's Directional Fee

Week 3/4

Dynamic Fees

Leverage game theory to explore different hook designs that benefit traders and LPs under real-world conditions, including gas price based fees and Nezlobin's Directional Fee

Week 3/4

Dynamic Fees

Leverage game theory to explore different hook designs that benefit traders and LPs under real-world conditions, including gas price based fees and Nezlobin's Directional Fee

Week 5

NoOp

Think sudo mode for hooks. NoOp hooks allow you to create completely custom derivative DEX designs. Explore custom CSMM based curves, Coincidence of Want designs, and reduce MEV with async swap fulfillments.

Week 5

NoOp

Think sudo mode for hooks. NoOp hooks allow you to create completely custom derivative DEX designs. Explore custom CSMM based curves, Coincidence of Want designs, and reduce MEV with async swap fulfillments.

Week 5

NoOp

Think sudo mode for hooks. NoOp hooks allow you to create completely custom derivative DEX designs. Explore custom CSMM based curves, Coincidence of Want designs, and reduce MEV with async swap fulfillments.

Week 6

Swap & Bridge Periphery Contracts

Extend v4’s functionality even further with periphery contracts. Use a custom router to build a swap & bridge such that the output tokens of a swap are automatically bridged into a different chain using your bridge of choice.

Week 6

Swap & Bridge Periphery Contracts

Extend v4’s functionality even further with periphery contracts. Use a custom router to build a swap & bridge such that the output tokens of a swap are automatically bridged into a different chain using your bridge of choice.

Week 6

Swap & Bridge Periphery Contracts

Extend v4’s functionality even further with periphery contracts. Use a custom router to build a swap & bridge such that the output tokens of a swap are automatically bridged into a different chain using your bridge of choice.

Week 7/8

Capstone Project

Design a custom hook with your own idea or seek inspiration from a “Request for Hooks” page. You’ll hack solo or in pairs and present your project in a demo day to a panel of investors & researchers. Top hooks will win prizes.

Week 7/8

Capstone Project

Design a custom hook with your own idea or seek inspiration from a “Request for Hooks” page. You’ll hack solo or in pairs and present your project in a demo day to a panel of investors & researchers. Top hooks will win prizes.

Week 7/8

Capstone Project

Design a custom hook from your own idea(s) or seek inspiration from a “Request for Hooks” page. You’ll hack solo or in pairs and present your project in a demo day to a panel of investors & researchers. Top hooks will win prizes.

Built by developers, educators, and community builders

Built by developers, educators, and community builders

Haardik

  • Co-founder of LearnWeb3, serving 150k+ students through public good education, hackathons, bounties, and more.

  • Protocol Engineer at Dapper Labs, Ceramic Network, & Hypotenuse Labs

  • Shipped guides to building hooks featured on Uniswap Foundation’s documentation

Bhaumik

  • Built online coding bootcamps at Thinkful, fellowships at On Deck, and cohort-based courses at Maven

  • Co-created the first learning DAO (Crypto, Culture, and Society) to foster interdisplinary insights 

  • Contributed to Gitcoin, Seed Club, Station, and Ceramic Network

Nate

  • Chief of Staff to Matt Mochary, who coached founders of Coinbase, Paradigm, Eigenlayer, and Chainlink

  • Led operations and recruitment for On Deck’s founder fellowships 

  • Led UX and research to design immersive VR learning experiences

We’ve got the answers

We’ve got the answers

Is there a cost associated with the program?

I can't commit to the January program, when is the next start date?

Will there be any prize or bounties?

I'm new to blockchain developer and/or DeFi, is this program a good fit?

What kind of technical support should I expect?

When are the live sessions? Will they be recorded?

Do you support pseudonymous enrollment?

Is there a cost associated with the program?

I can't commit to the January program, when is the next start date?

Will there be any prizes, grants, or bounties?

I'm new to blockchain developer and/or DeFi, is this program a good fit?

What kind of technical support should I expect?

When are the live sessions? Will they be recorded?

Do you support pseudonymous enrollment?

Is there a cost associated with the program?

I can't commit to the January program, when is the next start date?

Will there be any prize or bounties?

I'm new to blockchain developer and/or DeFi, is this program a good fit?

What kind of technical support should I expect?

When are the live sessions? Will they be recorded?

Do you support pseudonymous enrollment?