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BNB Hack 2024 Q4 – Sponsor Challenge

BNB Hack 2024 Q4 – Sponsor Challenge

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UXUY

Challenge: Connect With BNB Chain on Telegram via UXUY Connect

Description: Leverage the power of Telegram to create a mini-app that enables users to easily share, connect, and engage with each other. The mini-app should incorporate DeFi (Decentralized Finance) features, and social gaming elements, and utilize smart contracts on the BNB Chain. By integrating the UXUY wallet, users will experience seamless interactions, making transactions and engagement more accessible and efficient.

Goals

Participants are tasked with building a Telegram mini-app that achieves the following:

  • Gain more than 10,000 unique addresses within the app.
  • Facilitate over 100,000 transactions through the platform.

Rewards

  • Prize 1: $2,000 BNB or UXUY Token
  • Prize 2: $1,000 BNB or UXUY Token

Submission Criteria

Participants must submit:

  • A fully functional Telegram mini-app that meets the criteria above.
  • Documentation outlining the features, technology stack, and user journey.
  • Evidence of user engagement metrics, including the number of unique addresses and transactions, via screenshots or reports.

Judging Criteria

  • User Engagement: The ability of the mini-app to attract and retain users (30%).
  • Functionality and User Experience: Overall usability and user interface quality (30%).
  • Technical Implementation: Code quality and architectural design (20%).
  • Presentation Quality: Clarity and effectiveness of the documentation and any additional presentations (20%).

Dego. finance

About Dego Finance:

DEGO Finance stands as a pioneering incubator in the realm of Web3 innovations. We are actively nurturing a diverse array of projects across the BTC ecosystem, including Depin, Desci, and GameFi. Additionally, we collaborate closely with our partners to forge new paths forward.

Challenge:

Integrating TG mini app and Gaming with the BNB Chain and other protocols to attract a new generation of unique users.

Prize: 

Dego.Finance will grant a $1,000 token bounty for deploying applications onto Testnet, and the top three solutions will receive a $3,000 token bounty for their exceptional features. Applications that continue development and launch frontends and commit to mainnet deployment will be considered for a $5,000 token grant. Teams interested in participating are encouraged to contact contact@dego.finance to discuss more tailored grants, feedback, and support.

Main Goal: 

To discover the optimal solution for integrating TG mini app and Gaming with the BNB Chain and attracting a new generation of unique users to the BNB Chain and other protocols. This involves leveraging the potential of gaming within the blockchain ecosystem to create immersive and engaging experiences.

Judging Criteria:

  1. Innovation and Creativity:
    • The integration of TG mini app and Gaming with the BNB Chain and other protocols will be evaluated based on how innovative and creative the solution is.
    • Solutions that introduce new concepts or significantly improve existing ones within the blockchain gaming ecosystem will score higher.
  2. Technical Implementation:
    • Judges will assess the quality of the code and documentation provided in the GitHub link.
    • The solution should leverage the capabilities of the BNB Chain and other protocols effectively.
    • Additionally, the solution’s deployment and functionality, as demonstrated by the product URL, will be crucial factors.
  3. User Experience and Engagement:
    • The gaming experience created by the solution will be judged on its ability to engage and immerse users.
    • Solutions that effectively attract and retain a new generation of unique users will be rated higher.
  4. Practicality and Usability:
    • Practicality and usability in real-world scenarios are important criteria.
    • The solution should be scalable and sustainable in the long term.
  5. Impact on the Blockchain Ecosystem:
    • The solution’s contribution to the growth and development of the BNB Chain and the broader blockchain gaming ecosystem will be considered.
    • Solutions that promote broader adoption of blockchain technology will be favored.

Submission Criteria:

  • GitHub link (including documentation, code, deployment status, and product URL)

Additional Points:

  • Submissions that include a personal resume and social media information will receive bonus points.

THENA

THENA is the liquidity layer for BNB Chain, playing a central role in enabling seamless decentralized finance (DeFi) operations. To continue driving innovation, we are launching an AI-focused challenge designed to push the boundaries of what’s possible in DeFi. The goal is to use AI and machine learning to enhance user experience, optimize liquidity management, and improve decision-making across the ecosystem. Whether the solution targets retail users or institutions, it should aim to bring real impact and solve tangible problems.

Overview

Participants are invited to develop innovative AI-driven solutions that integrate with THENA and the broader BNB Chain ecosystem. The challenge is open-ended, allowing participants to explore different directions for applying AI and machine learning in DeFi. The key focus is to create solutions that provide real impact, improve user experience, and contribute to the growth and sustainability of decentralized finance.

Key Themes

Here are several key areas where AI can bring value to THENA and the BNB Chain ecosystem:

  1. Liquidity Optimization:
  • Build AI-driven tools to help users and institutions manage liquidity more effectively. This could involve predicting optimal times for staking, pooling, or reallocating liquidity across different pools.
  1. Risk Management:
  • Develop AI models that help users and institutions monitor, predict, and mitigate risks, such as impermanent loss, market volatility, or changes in liquidity pool conditions.
  1. Governance and Decision Support:
  • Use AI to analyze governance proposals, voting patterns, and market conditions to provide automated recommendations or insights that help veTHE holders make more informed decisions in governance.
  1. User Experience:
  • Improve user engagement with AI-driven chatbots or recommendation engines that help users interact with the THENA platform more effectively. This could include AI assistants for staking, liquidity provision, or governance participation.
  1. Sentiment and Market Analysis:
  • Create AI models that analyze social sentiment, news, and market conditions to give users or liquidity providers an edge in understanding broader market movements or community sentiment related to THENA and DeFi.

Participants are free to explore ideas outside of these examples.

Deliverables

Participants can submit one or more of the following deliverables, based on their solution:

  • Working Prototype: A functioning prototype or proof-of-concept that demonstrates the core functionality of the AI-powered solution.
  • Technical Documentation: Clear and concise documentation explaining the solution’s architecture, AI models, and how it integrates with THENA’s ecosystem.
  • Presentation or Demo: A short presentation or video demo that walks through the use case, problem solved, and impact of the AI solution.
  • Potential Impact Statement: A brief description of the potential real-world impact of the solution on THENA users (retail or institutional) and how it improves the DeFi experience.

Evaluation Criteria

  1. Real Impact (30%):
  • How well does the solution solve a real problem in DeFi? Does it significantly improve user experience, liquidity management, or decision-making for retail or institutional users?
  1. Innovation (30%):
  • How innovative is the use of AI in the proposed solution? Does it apply AI in a unique way that drives real value in the THENA ecosystem?
  1. Technical Feasibility (20%):
  • How feasible is the solution? Is it technically sound, and does it integrate well with THENA’s infrastructure and BNB Chain?
  1. User Experience (20%):
  • Is the solution easy to use and understand? Does it simplify complex DeFi processes for end-users or institutions?

Inspiration for Participants

To get started, participants may consider:

  • Using historical market and pool data from THENA and other sources to train machine learning models.
  • Leveraging sentiment analysis tools on social platforms like Twitter or Telegram to provide insights on THENA’s community.
  • Creating AI bots that assist users in staking or voting, improving user experience.
  • Developing AI systems that predict future liquidity needs based on market trends and governance outcomes.

Target Audience

This challenge is open to anyone with skills in AI, machine learning, blockchain, and DeFi development. Whether you’re a team of developers, data scientists, or an individual looking to make an impact, this challenge is for you.

Participants are encouraged to consider both retail and institutional use cases, with the flexibility to explore where their AI solution can have the greatest impact.

Prizes and Recognition

Top solutions will receive recognition and potential rewards, such as:

  • Grants to further develop their project on THENA.
  • The opportunity to integrate their solution into the THENA platform.
  • Exposure across BNB Chain and THENA communities, with potential partnerships or collaboration opportunities.

We have earmarked $6K USDT, $2K worth of THE, and a potential veTHE for this challenge.

Conclusion

We are excited to see how participants harness the power of AI to enhance THENA and the BNB Chain ecosystem. This challenge is a unique opportunity to push the boundaries of DeFi and explore new ways to provide real value to users. By focusing on AI’s potential in liquidity, risk, governance, and user experience, we aim to drive innovation and help shape the future of decentralized finance. ( Contact Information, THENA Documentation)

Sonorus

Sonorus is reshaping the music landscape with AI and TrendFi. Creating a space where music lovers don’t just enjoy music—they vote on it, influencing its popularity, and earning rewards in the process. Crafting a future where music charts reflect genuine fan choices & interaction and where being part of the music’s success journey is both influential and rewarding for the community.

Challenge:

Music on Telegram

In today’s world, social media and messaging platforms play a vital role in music discovery, promotion, and community-building. These platforms are also important ways for people to showcase their taste, express their feelings and advocate for their favorite artists. In this challenge, we invite you to design innovative music applications or bots for messaging apps like Telegram, Line, Kakao and any other messaging platforms, leveraging their existing open platforms, contact network and most importantly, blockchain technology.

This challenge expects innovators to submit working products and/or detailed proposals of your ideas, without limitations on the format of the apps or bots. It can be music battle games, music NFT display, music generation based on your mood, or and kind of product. But the most important thing is, make it FUN!

Key Objectives:

  1. The FUN factor. Music is fun. Please make your product fun to use!
  2. Messaging Platforms Integration. Your product has to be based on a social messaging platform. While Telegram is the most common one in Web3, we do not limit your platform choices
  3. Blockchain Integration. Your product has to leverage blockchain technology at its core design in a meaningful way

Judging Criteria:

  • Innovation and originality of the proposed solution.
  • Practicality and feasibility of implementation.
  • Potential business value or social impact.

Prizes:

First Prize: $5,000 in $SNS tokens. Awarded to the entry that best meets the challenge criteria, showcasing exceptional innovation, feasibility, and potential for user engagement.

Second Prize: $2,000 in $SNS tokens. Given to the runner-up entry that demonstrates significant innovation and alignment with the challenge goals but falls just short of the top spot.

Polyhedra

This hackathon challenges participants to optimize and implement efficient zero-knowledge proof generation for the SHA256 hash function. The SHA256 hash function is a fundamental cryptographic primitive used extensively in blockchain applications, particularly in BSC (BNB Smart Chain) and opBNB for transaction verification, block hashing, and smart contract security.

We recommend you test your submissions through ProofArena, which we will use for performance evaluation.

Challenge:

SHA256 Proof Generation for BSC/opBNB

Goal:

Optimize the existing Expander-based implementation

Current baseline performance:

Setup time: ~0.00006s

Witness generation time: ~0.00001s

Proof generation time: ~0.0015s

Verify time: ~0.02s

Proof size: ~191KB

Peak memory: ~417MB

Instance number (N): 32768

  • Optimization targets:
    • Minimize proof generation time
    • Keep proof size under 1MB
    • Maintain correctness and security

Prizes:

The fastest provers will receive:

  • First Place: $2000
  • Second Place: $1500
  • Third Place: $500

In addition, the fastest prover can also get 

  • Recognition as track winner
  • Integration opportunity with BSC/opBNB
  • Featured implementation in the repository

BSC/opBNB Integration:

Use Cases:

  1. Transaction Verification
    • Fast verification of BSC transactions
    • Efficient batch processing for opBNB
    • Cross-chain transaction proofs
  2. Smart Contract Applications
    • Zero-knowledge DApps on BSC
    • Privacy-preserving transactions
    • Scalable verification systems
  3. Bridge Security
    • Secure cross-chain communication
    • Efficient state verification
    • Fast finality proofs

Scoring Criteria

  1. Primary Metric: Proof Generation Time
    • The fastest prover in each track wins
    • Must maintain correctness
    • Measured as the average over N instances
  2. Requirements
    • Proof size must be under 1MB
    • Proofs must be valid
    • Implementation must be complete and documented

Submission Requirements

IMPORTANT: All submissions need to be submitted through the BNB Chain Q4 Hackathon on DoraHacks and will be tested and evaluated through ProofArena

  1. Code Requirements
    • Complete source code
    • Build instructions
    • Documentation
    • Test cases
  2. Implementation Guidelines
    • Follow the SPJ interaction protocol
    • Support required instance numbers
    • Include verifier implementation
  3. Evaluation Process
    • Visit ProofArena
    • Test your solution through the platform
    • The system will automatically evaluate your codes
    • Track your performance on the leaderboard

Technical Resources

  1. Project Links
  2. Framework Documentation
    • Expander Track:
      • Circuit design guidelines
      • Optimization techniques
      • Reference implementations
    • GNARK Track:
      • Getting started guide
      • Circuit implementation
      • Proof system details
  3. Development Tools
    • SPJ interaction examples
    • Performance measurement tools
    • Testing frameworks
  4. Integration Resources
    • BSC testnet access
    • opBNB documentation
    • Smart contract templates

Evaluation Environment

All submissions will be evaluated on ProofArena’s standardized environment. For detailed hardware specifications, visit Machine Specifications.

Your implementation should be optimized for and tested against these specifications to ensure optimal performance during evaluation.

Community & Support

Dorafactory

Challenge:

Design a Tool/Product for User Key Management 

A-MACI (Anonymous Minimal Anti-Collusion Infrastructure) is one of Dora Factory’s solutions to address the scalability issues in decentralized governance, such as quadratic governance and beyond. It is based on Zk-SNARK / PLONK and provides privacy protection for on-chain voting. MACI ensures that the blockchain does not need to provide public voting details and can only offer a credible voting result, preventing voters from verifying each other and thus avoiding collusion. A-MACI further ensures that voting details are not visible to administrators, providing a trustless anonymous voting mechanism and allowing everyone to become an A-MACI operator.

In an A-MACI system, users use EdDSA-based public and private keys as their unique identifier. During the lifecycle of A-MACI, users may need to discard old keypair, regenerate new keypair, and use them. Unlike blockchain products that often use various wallet plugins to manage users’ accounts, there is currently no good A-MACI keypair management tool for browsers.

Design a tool that allows users to securely manage A-MACI keypair, clearly knowing the status of their corresponding public and private keys. The tool should also be able to sign necessary MACI messages.

An MVP is required to claim the bounty.

Prizes:

$2500

A non-functional MVP with a good idea will be rewarded $1000 in bounty prize

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