They started as one and the same but as in all multiplayer games, the meta evolves. As hackathons started giving away bigger and bigger prizes the participants

They started as one and the same but as in all multiplayer games, the meta evolves. As hackathons started giving away bigger and bigger prizes the participants more and more join to won said prizes. The Judges only get to judge what you present, so what you present becomes the most important aspect of the hackathon. You don’t need to build a solution to present it. And here we are.