DAOs and DeFi are experiencing rapid growth and interest. In the DAO-Fi Fusion hackathon, you get an exciting opportunity to showcase your skills and creativity by building innovative and useful solutions using Sophia Smart Contracts on the æternity blockchain!
Developers from all over the globe are encouraged to contribute to this emerging space and help shape the future of decentralized finance and organizations.
We are looking for smart individuals and teams, from all over the world, who excel at functional programming. Empower the community by creating tools & frameworks that allow everybody to easily create and manage DAOs for decentralized decision making on æternity - one of the most advanced blockchains in the entire industry!
Your solution should ideally consider DeFi aspects (e.g. treasury management) and allow to enforce decisions (e.g. payouts) on-chain.
æternity was built from scratch and ships its own unique Virtual Machine (FATE VM) that executes Smart Contracts with almost zero gas fees! The Smart Contracts are written in a novel and functional language called Sophia.
Make yourself familiar with the technology and take this unique opportunity to:
- learn more about DAOs & DeFi
- have fun working together in a meaningful challenge that has an impact on the whole ecosystem
- become a well-recognized and valued community member
- improve your developer skills & become an expert in writing Smart Contracts in Sophia
- win the main prize of $20,000!
All prizes are paid in Æ coins.
| Type | Prize | Winner | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st place | $20,000 | DPAY - A DAO Platform on Æternity | th_2riWKN11KMcrmK8inVyp9iMVYAQPTBGfcBxNvR55pnoS8x578i |
| 2nd place | $15,000 | NeuralDAOs | th_pupCF272s9NPB3G4uNtFhFsCyQbRZXsVn6dBgEmXgdY8xjU6v |
| 3rd place | $7,500 | Reflex Protocol | th_3soXaxraX41Tu4fhURGNPEH5rjbWWrytWbGUZUHWWVRKqL3rV |
| The 5 best technical implementations |
$1,000 (each) |
• NeuralDAOs • SmartDAO • DPAY • Reflex Protocol • Træsury |
• included in 2nd place payout • th_V6FTccMrowGmRmUVyYRUxM7eA3yB3VtFccXG3BEh3XMqRMJec • included in 1st place payout • included in 3rd place payout • th_2Mb2ynzPAbjP2x43nADRjwPa2ZJB9mr9wKo3tLjXcti5gzue9k |
| Community Award | $2,500 | NeuralDAOs | th_xe4Uwhp16YEpHvNxDWkJBBAERHU2BgLddmRcwiUPAurtygANZ |
| Total | $50,000 |
| Date | Title | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 14.03.2023 | Registration open | Sign up, join the community, find a team, generate an idea & start hæcking! |
| 14.05.2023 | Submission Deadline | Complete the submission form BEFORE 6:00 PM CEST |
| 15.05.2023 - 19.05.2023 | Technical Reviews | Experienced æternity contributors will perform a technical review and the results determine the winners of the best 5 technical implementations. |
| 22.05.2023 - 24.05.2023 | Judging | The judges will rate the submissions according to the judging criteria and the combined results will determine the 3 main winners. |
| 25.05.2023 | Community Live Event | Begin: 1:30 PM CEST End: 3:30 PM CEST (approximately) Announcement of the winners. Pitch your solution in 3 minutes and convince the community to vote for your submission in the Community Award poll! |
| 25.05.2023 - 26.05.2023 | Community Award: Voting | A poll will be created in the æternity Forum. It will be open for 24 hours and the submission which receives the most votes wins the Community Award! |
During the hackathon there will be so-called checkpoint events where the whole community including the hackathon participants is invited to join!
The hackathon organizers will sent out reminders for each checkpoint in advance via DevPost, so make sure to register to the hackathon there!
| Date | Time (CEST) | Title | Content |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, 28.03.2023 | 3 - 5 PM | Ready, set, CODE! / Innovate for æternity | • Key Takeaways • Hackathon Overview • æternity intro & Code Challenge • Open Source Philisophy • DevTools & Token Standards |
| Tue, 11.04.2023 | 3 - 3:45 PM | DAO meets DeFi! / Keep your DAO treasury safe and diversified | Slides |
| Tue, 02.05.2023 | 3 - 3:45 PM | Hæckers' Hangout / Relax & Enjoy! | - |
| Fri, 12.05.2023 | 3 - 3:45 PM | The final PUSH / What's next? | • The final PUSH • Grant applications by ACF |
Right after the submission deadline has passed and eligible submissons have been determined, selected experienced æternity contributors will perform a technical review and value the project based on specific criteria (see rules).
Once the technical review is finished, the judges will screen and judge the submissions by taking the technical review as well as other criteria (see judging criteria) into consideration. The combined feedback of all judges will determine the 3 main winners.
Every project gets the chance to pitch its solution in the Community Event to the community. This is also the place where in the beginning the 3 main winners will be announced. Be prepared and convince the community to vote for your submission in the Community Award poll!
Check out the slides of the event by following this link:
Build an application that allows users to create and manage DAOs (powered by Sophia Smart Contracts) with their Superhero Wallet at least on æternity testnet (preferably also mainnet) via an user interface.
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Project name and a list of all team members
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A description of what your project does and why you decided to build it
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Demo video
- should be around 3 minutes long and include a demo of your working project
- must be made publicly visible
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Public GitHub code repository which includes:
- Meaningful README
- Service(s) and/or application(s) that allow users to create and manage a DAO at least on æternity testnet (preferrably also mainnet) via an user interface by connecting with their Superhero Wallet
- Instructions how to run the service(s) and/or application(s)
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An URL to the publicly hosted application that allows judges to test during the juding period
Experienced æternity contributors will perform a technical review on each project. These reviews will be published and considered by judges to pick the winning team. Smart Contracts are a MUST and a high test coverage of these is desired.
Does the project make a significant impact in the æternity ecosystem? How big is the overall market potential of the project?
How useable is your project? Does it look nice? Does it accomplish what it's set out to do in an easy to use and approachable way?
The quality of the project presentation and how well the team communicates the idea. The presentation should be clear, concise, and engaging. Show the community who you are and why your project should win!
Join Discord and/or the Forum to get in touch with the organizers and developers!
The code challenge was hosted via DevPost. You can explore all details here: