The Next Top Blockchain Startup Competition

June 8th - August 8th, 2021

  • 3 Month Incubator With GDA Ventures Acceptance Into Grant Programs
  • Direct Listing or IEO Opportunities
  • Virtual Meetings With Executives & More Side Prizes

Select winning teams get a chance to present at the virtual pitch day and win up to​ $100,000+ & Acceptance into the TDeFi Accelerator

About the competition

The Next Top Blockchain Startup is a virtual hackathon, competition and accelerator program helping spotlight the next wave of blockchain entrepreneurs.

This is the opportunity to build, pitch and test out your idea in-front of industry leading protocols, organizations and investors. Do it solo or make a team. Compete in different prize categories, or tracks, to win crypto bounties and access to opportunities that go beyond the hackathon.

Check out How it Works for more info!

Tracks and Themes

Participants will focus on all key areas of blockchain technology such as DeFi, NFTs, scalability solutions, and social impact. The competition is organized into tracks to align projects with industry needs and provide targeted mentorship.

Interoperability

CoinWeb

DePIN

Naoris

Modular L1

Rubix

Gaming

Moxy

Social Impact

Kyoto

AI

Singularity DAO

Privacy

Houdini

Meme

Shiba

DeFi

Alvara

GambleFi

Reebet

RWA

Estatex

Metaverse

NFT

Schedule and Deliverables

The event starts with an open call for participants, followed by a two-month incubation period. Participants are expected to hit weekly milestones, including developing prototypes and gathering user feedback. This ensures continuous progress and allows for meaningful mentorship.
  • Take the month to announce (first week of april), and onboard massive participation from other projects / development networks. 
  • Setup on Devpost
  • Create virality

 

Objective 1: 300 sign ups

Objective 2: 10 tracks with 25K of sponsorship per track

Week 1: Ideation & Pitch – >write a medium article on intended plans of what to build

Week 2: Market Analysis ->write an article about the market you are going after, intending to target & market opportunity that team is going after

Week 3: Website ->share progress of what has been built so far

Week 4: Demo ->demo video with submission / summary of what changed during the month etc

Culmination Event: Live Virtual Pitches of the top 3 submissions per track in front of a panel of judges

Educational Webinars

The event starts with an open call for participants, followed by a two-month incubation period. Participants are expected to hit weekly milestones, including developing prototypes and gathering user feedback. This ensures continuous progress and allows for meaningful mentorship.

Final Pitch and Timeline to Market

The competition culminates in a final pitch event with selected teams presenting to a panel of judges. The timeline anticipates promotional activities beginning by April 1, with the competition starting on May 1, setting the stage for a comprehensive development and presentation phase.

Tracks & Webinars Alignment

Interoperability with Coinweb

This session will delve into making disparate blockchain systems work together.

Decentralized Cybersecutity DePIN with Naoris

Focus on enhancing security and data integrity through decentralized pinning.

Modular Layer 1 (L1) with Rubix

Explore scalable and efficient blockchain solutions via modular L1 technologies.

Building on Bitcoin with Trove

Innovate with applications that leverage the Bitcoin blockchain.

Web3 Gaming with Moxy

Aim to revolutionize blockchain gaming with new platforms and game designs.

Weekly Deliverables

The event starts with an open call for participants, followed by a two-month incubation period. Participants are expected to hit weekly milestones, including developing prototypes and gathering user feedback. This ensures continuous progress and allows for meaningful mentorship.
Form teams, pick a track, and submit project concepts.
Begin development, focus on core technology, and attend the webinar related to your track.
Integrate feedback, focus on prototype development, and refine based on webinar insights.
Finalize the project, polish the prototype/MVP, and prepare the presentation and detailed documentation.

Prizes

The competition hosts multiple prize categories, or as we like to call them, tracks. Each track will have different submission requirements and prizes to be won. You can opt-in to multiple tracks! Don’t forget this.

$137,500

in prizes

Unveiling a prize pool of $274,000

The event starts with an open call for participants, followed by a two-month incubation period. Participants are expected to hit weekly milestones, including developing prototypes and gathering user feedback. This ensures continuous progress and allows for meaningful mentorship.

Kicking off with the Interoperability with Coinweb challenge

This track aims to bridge the gaps between diverse blockchain ecosystems, enhancing seamless interactions and connections. Entrants can anticipate not only significant financial rewards but also strategic meetings and advisories that could catapult their projects into the limelight, emphasizing the pivotal role of interoperability in the blockchain landscape.

The Decentralized Pinning (Depin) with Naoris

This category rewards those pushing the envelope in securing and maintaining the integrity of data across blockchains. This track underscores the importance of decentralized solutions in safeguarding data, offering cash rewards, and exclusive sessions to accelerate project development.

Modular Layer 1 (L1) with Rubix

Focuses on the innovations in creating scalable, efficient blockchain infrastructure. Recognizing efforts in modular L1 technology, this challenge provides financial incentives, specialized hardware rewards, and opportunities for in-depth project development sessions, highlighting the critical need for scalability and efficiency in blockchain technologies.

In the realm of Building on Bitcoin with Trove

This track celebrates inventive uses of the Bitcoin blockchain, offering substantial rewards and exclusive access to developmental resources. This segment highlights the foundational significance of Bitcoin in the broader context of blockchain innovation, encouraging creative and practical applications.

The Gaming with Moxy

This category is dedicated to the burgeoning field of blockchain-based gaming, rewarding groundbreaking platforms and games that leverage blockchain technology. Winners in this segment can look forward to significant rewards, including mentorship and fast-track opportunities, underscoring the transformative potential of blockchain in the gaming industry.

Further specialized tracks such as Interoperability Enhancements, Security Innovations, and Infrastructure Developments, among others, are each equipped with a unique set of rewards tailored to the specific domain. These rewards range from financial incentives, mentorship sessions, to exclusive development opportunities, all designed to propel innovative projects to new heights.

Ultimately, the competition’s prize structure is meticulously crafted to encompass a broad spectrum of blockchain technologies and applications. By offering such varied and significant rewards, it not only encourages entrepreneurs and developers to bring forward their most innovative ideas but also sets the stage for the next wave of blockchain innovation, significantly contributing to the expansion and diversification of the global blockchain ecosystem.

Joined by leaders in blockchain​

Host Partners

Community Initiatives Partner

Virtual Pitch Day Partner

Community Support From

Judges & Speakers

Bill Laboon

Head of Technical Education / Web3 Foundation

Michael Gord

CEO / GDA Capital

Erikan Obotetukudo

Founder & Partner / Audacity Fund

Simon Telian

Managing Director / Advanced Blockchain AG

Joaquim Miro

VP, Global Growth

Simon Yu

CEO & Co-founder / StormX

Enzo Villani

Alpha Sigma Capital

Christy Maclear

Artist Digital Ventures

Erick Pinos

President / Blockchain Education Network

Patrick Collins

Developer Advocate / Chainlink

0xwagmi

Ecosystem Development / Terraform Labs

Matt Lockyer

Developer Relations Director / NEAR Protocol

Pradeep Aswal

CEO / Blockchain Council

Gaurav Bansal

Investment Lead / Holt Accelerator

Sandipan Kundu

Developer Evangelist / Polygon

Mike Grantis

Owner & Investor / CryptoWeekly & CW Ventures

Nick Plante

Director & Partner / dlab

Gaurav Dubey

Angel Investor / TDeFi

Carlos Santiago Roldán

Core Engineer / Terraform Labs

Joel Dietz

MIT Fellow / Founding Member, Ethereum Foundation

Aidan Hyman

CEO & Co-founder / ChainSafe

Brian Mosoff

CEO / Ether Capital

James Haft

DLTx

Tatiana Koffman

Angel Investor

Muskan Kalra

Lead Developer Relations / Polygon

Ezaan Mangaliji

Smart Contract Developer / Terraform Labs

Chad Liang

Head of Listing / BitMart

Bill Xing

Head of Financial Product / Bybit

Rebecca L. Batterman

Harvard Ventures

Sam Hamilton

Community Lead / Decentraland Foundation

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