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Welcome to the “Become A Champion Builder” hackathon for Q3 2024! This event is designed to fuel the future of blockchain technology, offering you the opportunity to create transformative decentralized applications.
In addition to offering our thanks to our annual sponsors – Polyhedra Network, Dora Factory, DEGO Finance, TUSD, Sonorus and THENA – we also welcome new sponsors for this quarter: Stakestone, MyShell and Hacken.
During our Q1 and Q2 hackathons, we received over 1,000 applications and 369 submissions. In Q3, we eagerly await more passionate and innovative builders to join us in realizing the vision of our hackathons.
How to participate BNB Chain 2024 Q3 Hackathon
Participating in the hackathon is easy. Simply register for the hackathon, mark your calendars, and prepare to showcase your creativity and technical prowess.
Start building and submit your project here from 31 July to 15 August.
Key Dates
| Stage | Period |
| Workshop | 2024.7.23 – 2024.08.08 |
| Submission | 2024.7.31 – 2024.08.15 |
| Top 10 Demo | 2024.08.28 |
| Winner Announcement | 2024.09.02 |
| Incubation | 2024.09.02 – 2024.10.02 |
To foster deeper communication with developers, we are planning a series of online workshops and offline Hacker Houses. Details will be announced soon.
Rewards
Total Prize Pool: $500,000+
- Winner Prize Pool: $50,000
- Honorable Mentions: $10,000
- Unlock Milestone Rewards: $60,000($10,000 each)
- Kickstart Packages: $300,000 ($50,000 each)
- Sponsor Challenge Track: over $100,000
Prize Distribution
| Ranking | Spaces | Reward Rewards will be promptly distributed to the winner’s wallet address within three weeks following the announcement of the winners. | Milestone unlocked rewardsUpon successful deployment online and achieving specific milestones, further rewards will be unlocked. Up to $60,000 has been allocated, more details to come soon.(Note: The validity period for rewards is 6 months from the date the winner is announced.) |
| Top 1 | 1 | $15,000 | $10,000 |
| Top 2 | 2 | $10,000 | $10,000 |
| Top 3 | 3 | $5,000 | $10,000 |
| Honorable Mentions | $10,000 will be distributed among all qualifying submissions. | NA |
Track Challenge Design
Part 1: Wishlist Challenge
Developers can choose any challenge from the wishlist based on their preferences and expertise. We eagerly look forward to engaging with developers participating in the challenge. Please leave us a message in the “Comments” section, and we will respond within 2 days. To do so, follow these steps:
- Select your challenge.
- Enter the challenge details page.
- Add your comment.
If you are unable to comment, feel free to reach out to us on Discord.
AI Track
- Supercharged Intents-Based Trading: AI + DeFi
- Data Privacy Enforced ML
- Connect Greenfield Data with Other EVM Chains
- Blockchain of Things(BoT) BNB Greenfield
Gaming Track
- Social Game Developer Platform
- Fully On-Chain Gaming
- Web3 Game Publish Platform
- Verifiable Gaming Statistics and User Behavior Data Platform for BNBChain Game Ecosystem
DeFi Track
- Real World Asset Tokenization on BNB Chain
- Synthetic Stablecoins for BSC
- The Next Generation of Yield Aggregation on BNBChain
- New Types of Launchpad Platform
- Payment Gateway or Streaming Payment on Top of BNB Chain
- Build an Innovative Trading Aggregator
- Build BTC Liquid Staking Ecosystem on BNB Chain
- Innovative Liquid Staking Protocol with Enhanced Rewards
DeSoc Track
Infra Track
Part 2: Imagination Zone
Developers can develop without restrictions. Submit detailed descriptions of your ideas.
The Imagination Zone is a community-powered portal where developers can share their innovative ideas. Our technical team will engage with you here, ensuring no brilliant concept goes unnoticed.
We recommend that you post the following key information here.
- Briefly describe your idea here.
- List out the support you are looking for?
Part 3: Sponsor Challenge
Sponsors have set their own challenges, and developers can compete for rewards set by the sponsors. You can refer to the full list of challenges here.
Scoring Criteria
How to Improve Your Scores:
- Verify Your Contracts: Ensure your contracts are verified on Explorer.
- Open-Source Codes: Provide full open-source code with a reasonable commit history and mark your weekly milestones. This helps communities and judges recognize your innovation and contribution.
- Roadmap: Present a detailed roadmap that outlines your plans to continue building after the hackathon.
- Documentation: Create clear documentation or tutorials explaining your project’s functionality and innovation to assist users in trying it out.
- Community Engagement: Engage with communities or users by obtaining user feedback, showcasing community endorsements, etc.
- Business Model: Develop a clear business model that demonstrates sustainable revenue generation.
- Innovative Design: Highlight innovative product and technical design.
We encourage multi-dimensional innovation. As long as your project is novel, it will receive high scores from the judges. If you choose the “wishlist” challenge, please read our requirements in detail. Adhering closely to them will result in higher scores. Additionally, the submitted project should not have participated in other hackathons before.
Points Leading to Score Reduction:
- Lack of Novelty Proof: Insufficient evidence to prove the project’s novelty or contribution history.
- Unrealized Functions: Failure to achieve the claimed functions or innovations.
- Usability Issues: Difficulty for users or judges to use the project.
Let’s Get Building
We encourage developers to exchange ideas via our Imagination Zone portal and apply for the various Wishlist and Sponsors’ challenges. This hackathon is not just a competition but a collaborative effort to push the boundaries of blockchain technology. Whether you are developing cutting-edge AI applications, pioneering new gaming platforms, revolutionizing DeFi, or contributing to the future of decentralized social networks, your ideas and innovations are the driving force behind the evolution of the BNB Chain ecosystem.
