Layer2 Hackathon | Challenge & Bounty Announcement
As the event is approaching, we’re pleased to announce the hackathon challenges and the ecological bounty challenges. There will be ultimately 9 winning teams selected for the public main pool:
We have our total pool raised from $80k to $110k, included a $2,000 increase for the top winner; 1 slot added to the third-tier winner 💗
- Top winner: $16,000 1 slot
- Second-tier: $10,000 2 slots
- Third-tier: $6,000 4 slots
- Favorite Project by Community: $3,000 1 slot
- Award for the Most Promising Project: $3,000 1 slot
Below are the suggested challenges, but innovation shall be with no limitations. Thus, you are more than welcome to show your ambitions to go far beyond. Please feel free to work on other topics as long as it is related to Layer 2 scaling solutions, or dive deep into the directions under the categories we mentioned.
Categories:
# Layer2 Infrastructure (layer2 chains/ underlying technology/ etc..)
# Tools (multi-chain asset management/ middleware/ etc..)
# Applications (products that use or serve layer2..)
# Bridge (cross-chain …)
# Other challenges that related to Layer2
Examples:
1, Privacy Oriented Apps on Layer2
2, Data analytics tool or data services on Layer2
3, Any developer-friendly middleware tools or frameworks on Layer2
4, Innovative NFT infrastructure or protocols on Layer2
5, Innovative DeFi protocols on Layer2
6, Improvements over cross Layer2 liquidity
7, MEV on Layer2
8, Layer2 friendly wallet
Besides the main prize challenges, there are 10 projects provided their own bounties, please check the links below for more details, feel free to reach out should you have any other questions:
🔥 Aztec — $5K
Pending
🔥 Aurora — $4.5K
- Aurora Tip Web Widget Bounty
- Aurora Telegram Tip Bot Bounty
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1esg-h8HRnNP9eh3jBNEUhn864jY1mYtqQr0M-uBpr3M/edit?usp=sharing
🔥 The Graph — $7K
- The Graph Special bounty
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nN6v-pkAbr1Zzc_deGWQHzr92v2OXsBi/view?usp=sharing
🔥 Arbitrum — $4k
https://shimo.im/docs/Rk3KPphw89c8Qwtv/
🔥 Polygon — $3K
- Best NFT or Defi implementation on Polygon
- Open Track
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qVZXlvoyaAjMTph7Vm3-WAUr5XQZwW3nyxQKas-unbo/edit?usp=sharing
🔥 Synthetix — $2K
- Synthetix Special Bounty
- https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/cI63SYFp6b6JmNaKbH8C3Q
🔥 MCDEX — $5K
- MCDEX Hackathon — Enhancing the MCDEX Ecosystem
https://mcdex.medium.com/mcdex-hackathon-enhancing-the-mcdex-ecosystem-7c05747ddfa6
🔥 Conflux — $2K
- Conflux Bounty Challenge
https://forum.conflux.fun/t/iosg-chainlink-conflux-bounty-challenge/9126
🔥 Chainlink — $8K
- Chainlink Price Feeds
- Chainlink VRF
- Chainlink decentralized oracle network
- Chainlink Keepers network
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1L_RSEpa9XRfAUN0nylduJRrpys89PvCk9y7VR6fEwcc/edit?usp=sharing
🔥 Kickstarter — $10K — $100k
- Layer2 related direction
📅 Agenda
Timeline (GMT+8)
7/26 24:00：Challenge + Bounty announcement
7/26–7/29：Online team-up
7/29–8/1：Hacking+Workshop+Demo
⏰ 7/29 （Thursday）
12:00：Start hacking
12:00–24:00：Hacking
⏰ 7/30 （Friday）
0:00–10:30 Hacking
10:00–10:30 IOSG&Chainlink
10:30–10:50 Aurora Workshop
10:50–11:10 Arbitrum Workshop
11:10–11:30 MCDEX Workshop
11:30–11:50 Celer Workshop
13:00–24:00 Hacking
⏰ 7/31 （Saturday）
00:00–11:30：Hacking
11:30–12:00：Submission (ddl: 12:00)
14:00–17:00：Primary selection (25 direct-passes to DEMO)
20:00–20:30：Email notification
20:30–23:00：Apply for wild-card competition (ddl: 23:00)
⏰ 8/01 （Sunday）
09:00–11:30：Wild-card competition (5–8 passes to DEMO)
11:30–12:00：Confirm demo order
13:00–14:30：Domestic team presentation + QA
14:30–16:00：Overseas team presentation + QA
16:00–17:30：Domestic team presentation + QA
18:00–18:30：Awarding
Please stay tuned to the latest updates, we hope to see you soon in Shanghai!
Good luck!
