$137,500
in prizes
Open Innovation Grand Prize - Hosted by BitMart, Future Tech & GDA Ventures (2)
The open innovation category considers any project regardless of scope. Every project is automatically considered.
1st place:
• $15,000 in USDT
• Requirements & Token Advisory meeting with leading technology company Future Tech (valued at $30,000)
• 3 month long incubation program with GDA Ventures,
• Direct listing opportunity, or even Initial Exchange Offering opportunity if deemed appropriate by BitMart.
2nd place:
• $7,500 in USDT,
• Direct listing opportunity, or even Initial Exchange Offering opportunity if deemed appropriate by BitMart.
• Virtual coffee with the CEO of GDA Capital
Build a Polkadot Parachain - Hosted by the Web3 Foundation (2)
The Web3 Foundation is awarding the top 3 teams to build a custom blockchain that could one day become a parachain on Polkadot or Kusama. Utilise Substrate and build your specialised chain from the ground up.
1st Place – Prototype Required
• $5000 USD (cash or stablecoin)
• Expedited pitch session for Substrate Builders Program (if applicable)
• 1x Polkadot engraved Ledger Nano X & Polkadot Swag
• Virtual meeting with Advanced Blockchain AG
2nd Place – Prototype required
• $3000 USD (cash or stablecoin)
• Expedited pitch session for Substrate Builders Program (if applicable)
• 1x Polkadot engraved Ledger Nano X & Polkadot Swag
• Virtual meeting with Advanced Blockchain AG
3rd Place – No prototype required
• $2000 USD (cash or stablecoin)
• 1x Polkadot engraved Ledger Nano X & Polkadot Swag
• Virtual meeting with Advanced Blockchain AG
Building DeFi for the Masses - Hosted by Terra powered by LUNA (2)
Terra will be rewarding the top 2 teams who use the Terra blockchain to create a POC or prototype in the 2 categories of Interoperability & DeFi. Teams will need to create innovative products building on Terra or utilizing Terra-based assets from Mirror, Anchor, or stablecoins like UST in a meaningful way. Winners will receive a cash prize and be accepted into Terraform Capital, where Terra utilizes its extensive resources in networking, investors, PR/comms, and other areas to help projects maximize success.
1st Place:
• $5,000 worth of LUNA
• Acceptance into Terraform Capital
• Preferred application for Terra Ecosystem Grant
2nd Place:
• $5,000 worth of LUNA
• Acceptance into Terraform Capital
• Preferred application for Terra Ecosystem Grant
Climate Neutral NFTs on NEAR - Hosted by NEAR Protocol (5)
Want to create your own NFT Platform where you can mint tons of NFTs, have complex business logic and lots of on-chain metadata, without about the environment? NEAR Protocol is a fast, low cost and climate neutral blockchain where you can set up a fully featured NFT Marketplace and React App in 5 minutes! From the quickstart repositories, you can follow additional tutorials, adding bespoke business logic, decentralized storage and custom features to make your NFTs pop!
1st Place
• $6,000 USD in NEAR
• Fast track into NEAR Grant program.
2nd Place x 4
• $2,000 USD in NEAR
Oracles | Decentralized Data, External Computation, and Empowering your Smart Contracts Beyond the Chain - Hosted by Chainlink (5)
Chainlink is awarding the top 5 teams with $1,000 worth of LINK that use Chainlink in a meaningful way to empower their smart contracts. See requirements tab for what the judges are looking for.
Build for Scalability Using Polygon - Hosted by Polygon (3)
Polygon will be awarding the top three teams who deploy and scale their decentralized application on the Polygon Network. A working POC + Description is preferred.
1st Place – $3,000 worth of MATIC
2nd Place – $2,000 worth of MATIC
3rd Place – $1,000 worth of MATIC
Build a Consumer Digital Asset - Hosted by The Digitalbits Foundation (2)
The DigitalBits Foundation is awarding the top 3 teams who build a custom application that integrates consumer digital assets that could one day become a pillar of the DigitalBits network.
1st Place – Prototype Required
• $10,000 in XDB
• Preferred application for the DigitalBits grant program
• DigitalBits swag
2nd Place – Prototype required
• $7,500 in XDB
• Preferred application for the DigitalBits grant program
• DigitalBits swag
3rd Place – No prototype required
• $2,500
Tokens and beyond on Tezos - Hosted by Tezos (2)
Tezos is awarding the top 2 teams to use create projects on the Tezos blockchain using one of the Tezos token contracts (FA1.2 and FA2). Where FA1.2 refers to a fungible token standard for Tezos, FA2 aspires to offer wide expressivity to create novel implementations beyond NFTs and even invent token types while maintaining a common interface standard for wallet integrators and external developers. Your token might represent a physical asset, digital asset, a governance mechanism, or a certain utility or service. Working prototypes are preferred but White Papers will also be considered.
1st Place
• $7,500 in tez (XTZ)
• Follow-up mentor session from Tezos developers
2nd Place
• $5,000 in tez (XTZ)
• Follow-up mentor session from Tezos developers
Social Impact - Hosted by Bybit (2)
Bybit is looking for the best projects to implement blockchain technology for social good. White Papers, Working Prototypes & MVPs will be considered.
1st Place
• $5,000 in USDT
• Virtual coffee with the head of financial product
2nd Place
• $2,500 in USDT
• A virtual coffee with the head of financial product
Blockchain Gaming - Hosted by Animoca Brands
Animoca Brands is awarding $3000 in crypto to the best team to implement blockchain technology into gaming. This could mean starting a completely new game from scratch, or improving current use cases for the global blockchain gaming ecosystem. A working prototype isn’t required, but visuals in addition to a solid technical concept/white paper is encouraged.
Build an Treasury Supported Currency Application - Hosted by AXIA Network (3)
The AXIA Network is awarding the top 3 teams to build a custom application that leverages the AXIA currency. Utilise AXC into your application from the ground up.
1st Place – Prototype Required
• $7,500 AXC
• Expedited pitch session with AXIA Private Equity
2nd Place – Prototype required
• $5,000 AXC
• Expedited pitch session with AXIA Private Equity
3rd Place – No prototype required
• $2,500 AXC
• AXIA swag
Metaverse Build Competition - Hosted by Decentraland
Decentraland is looking for the top decentraland build or the best application to leverage Decentraland’s native currency MANA.
1st Place
• 1 parcel of land (approx value $7,000)
• Meeting with DCL core team
Best Netbox.Browser Extension - Hosted by Netbox Global
The Netbox.Browser is the first truly decentralized web browser that carries the blockchain node and pays rewards to the users just for running this node while surfing the web and doing what they got used to in Netbox.Browser. Netbox is looking to award the best idea to build an extension for Netbox.Browser that would contribute additional value to it and provide its users with some useful crypto related experience.
1st Place – Prototype Required
•$5,000 in NBX
•Distribution of the extension to all the Netbox.Browser users and including this extension to the setup bundle
REQUIREMENTS
You can build any project that leverages blockchain technology. Eligible submissions must meet/include the following criteria:
- A White Paper*, Prototype** and/or Proof-of-Concept*** (e.g., MVPs) + Description. Some prizes require just a white paper, whereas others require protoypes and multiple submissions. See below for the criteria.
- A link to a short (max 5 minutes) video introducing the project, it’s use case and functionality.
- Meet the requirements for each applicable prize category. Head over to the Submission Requirements tab on Devpost to learn more.
- Submissions and their content must be in English
- Meet the Devpost deadline.
Note: some ideas take longer to build then others. A working prototype and/or Proof-of-Concept is usually preffered, but if you cannot build it by the deadline then we encourage you to still submit the detailed white paper as it will often be considered. Just make sure to blow the judges away!
*White Paper: An eligible white paper submission must include the following: an introduction, analysis of the market, project description, technical architecture and features, token information (if applicable), business model and user acquisition plan, team information, roadmap and future goals.
**Prototype + Description: An eligible prototype + description submission must include a link to the projects GitHub/Repository with source code and a link to a live demo. You must also include a description (on Devpost)or a white paper/light paper PDF to introduce the project. If your repository is private, please share the access details with the event organizer.
***POC + Description: An eligible POC + Description must include a link to the MVP and a description (on Devpost) or white paper/light paper PDF to introduce the project. If the MVP is private, please share access with the hackathon’s organizer. If the MVP is private, please share access details with the event organizer.