Put "Liber" in the name so everyone thinks it’s about freedom and open tech—then cash checks from a gambling company and a data broker. Peak clown show in Burgas.
Nothing screams "empowering young builders in Burgas" quite like plastering a predatory gambling operation across a hackathon banner. Why build useful tech when you can normalize slot-machine addiction for students?
Named after "liberty," funded by an industry whose entire business model is harvesting, packaging, and selling people's private lives without real consent. The irony isn't just dead—it was auctioned off to the highest bidder.
Hackathons are supposed to be about hacking, creativity, and building for the community. Liberhack turned Burgas into a cheap recruiting and PR laundering booth for the two sleaziest industries on the internet.
How to run a "freedom" hackathon when you have zero standards: