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Alipay AI Payment and Guancha jointly launched the "PAYATHON 2026" annual hackathon, with a total prize pool of 200,000 yuan. Registration runs until December 1, and the offline finals are scheduled for December 26. The competition lists commercialization performance and real user payments as key judging criteria, and developers can enter with an app, Skill, or Agent. Regarding the track setup, earlier reports said there were five major tracks: App, Skill, Vibe Pay, Skill Pay, Token Pay, Machine Pay, and Agent Pay; later reports said there are two main tracks, App and Skill, plus three directions: Token Pay, Machine Pay, and Agent Pay. Developers have already demonstrated integration progress: earlier reports said the blogger Farm Team, using the "Ai Cha Shou" guide, wrote code with Codex, completed integration and went live in 73 minutes, and received 10 orders; later reports said the blogger Snail used Codex to integrate "Ai Cha Shou," went live in 73 minutes, and then received 10 orders, while Hongmo Redink received 9 orders totaling more than 1,282 yuan. The event is currently in the registration phase.
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Alipay AI Payment and Guanchao Launch PAYATHON 2026 Hackathon with a 200,000 RMB Prize Pool, Inviting Developers to Integrate Payments
On October 24, Alipay AI Payment and Guanchao launched the annual "PAYATHON 2026" hackathon, featuring two main tracks—Applications and Skills—and three directions: Token Pay, Machine Pay, and Agent Pay, with a total prize pool of 200,000 RMB. Registration closes on December 1, and the offline finals will be held on December 26. The competition lists commercialization performance and real user payments as key evaluation criteria. Blogger Snail used Codex to integrate "AiCha Shou" and went live in 73 minutes, after which it received 10 orders; Hongmo Redink received 9 orders totaling more than 1,282 RMB.
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Alipay AI Payment and Guanchao Launch PAYATHON 2026 Hackathon, Inviting Developers to Integrate Payments with a 200,000 RMB Prize Pool
Alipay AI Payment, together with Guanchao, has launched the annual "PAYATHON 2026" hackathon, featuring two main tracks—Applications and Skills—and three directions: Token Pay, Machine Pay, and Agent Pay. The total prize pool is 200,000 RMB, with registration closing on December 1 and the offline finals held on December 26. The competition lists commercialization performance and real user payments as key judging criteria, and developers can integrate payments via "AiCha Shou"; the blogger Farm team completed integration using Codex in 73 minutes and received 10 orders.
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Alipay AI Payment and Guanchao Launch PAYATHON 2026 Hackathon with a ¥200,000 Prize Pool, Inviting Developers to Integrate Payments
Alipay AI Payment and Guanchao have jointly launched the annual "PAYATHON 2026" hackathon, featuring five major tracks including Apps, Skills, Vibe Pay, Skill Pay, Token Pay, Machine Pay, and Agent Pay, with a total prize pool of ¥200,000. Registration closes on December 1, and the offline finals will be held on December 26. The competition lists commercialization performance and real user payments as key judging criteria, and developers may enter with an app, Skill, or Agent. The blogger Farm Team, using the "Ai Cha Shou" guide, had Codex write the code, completed integration and went live in 73 minutes, and received 10 orders.
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