The Gitcoin “Game On! Tezos” Hackathon: 5 Categories And A Total Of 200,000 USD In Prizes
There will be a total of $200,000.- USD in prize money to win in 5 categories. In each category, the first prize will be $25,000, second prize $10,000, and third prize will be 5,000.
The five categories are Metaverse, NFT, DeFi, Self-Sovereign Identity and New Frontiers.
The Gitcoin Tezos Hackathon
Hackathons are a great way to maintain interest of developers for dApp development. Hackathons always offer devs the opportunity to come together and explore the tools that a chain has to offer to build applications.
The “Game On! Tezos“ hackathon is no different. Devs can find resources on the main Game On! page and they can join the Hackathons Chat Workspace.
The main topic of the hackathon is blockchain gaming and entertainment and will run from November 18th to December 18th.
“We would like to invite you to hack with us, explore the technology of Tezos, and build toys and games that delight, entertain, and help pave the way for blockchain becoming part of our everydays in the future.”
There will be a total of $200,000.- USD in prize money to win in 5 categories.
In each category:
– first prize will be $25,000.
– second prize $10,000.
– and third prize will be 5,000.
The five categories are:
– Metaverse,
– NFT,
– DeFi,
– Self-Sovereign Identity
– and New Frontiers.
Submissions will be judged on the following criteria:
– Potential impact: Envisioned impact of your project
– Novelty: Innovativeness of the project
– Technical: Does the code work? Is it secure?
– Design and UX: How is the look and feel and how intuitive is the design?
Gitcoin dev starter suggestions:
Here the most common smart contract languages on Tezos are introduced and you can learn the basics here. It also aims to answer the frequently asked questions about the Tezos protocol & the Tezos ecosystem.
– TaCode
Tacode is a development starter course for the smart contract language cameLIGO. Here you will learn to deploy your first smart contract on Tezos and earn some XTZ while you do so. Yes, you can earn bounties for completing the course and for giving feedback.
OpenTezos offers an introduction to blockchain basics, Tezos, how to deploy a node, and introduces smart contract languages SmartPy (based on a popular programming language: Python), LIGO (which offers four different syntaxes, based on Pascal, OCaml, ReasonML or JavaScript) and Michelson.
You can also find important Github and Stack Exchange sources on the Gitcoin Hackathon page.
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