Gitcoin Virtual Hackathon

Nervos - Broaden the Spectrum (Part 2)

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Sep 10, 2021 - Oct 4, 2021

This hackathon event had ended at Oct. 4, 2021, 11:59 p.m., please check the ongoing hackathons.

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Nervos - Broaden the Spectrum

The other side of the moon

$150K in Prizes

September 10- October 04, 2021

*Make sure to join the Nervos Discord for all hack discussions and support!*

Nervos is proud to be partnering with Gitcoin on Nervos Hackathon: Broaden the Spectrum, a 3-week virtual hackathon event featuring $150,000 in cash prizes!

Talented builders are invited to build cutting-edge Layer 2 applications utilizing Nervos' next-generation tools: 1) Force Bridge, a cross-chain bridge that allows the transfer of assets to and from the Ethereum blockchain. 2) Godwoken and 3) Polyjuice are used to provide a scalable smart contract platform that is EVM compatible using Solidity.

Join our Discord community to brainstorm ideas, chat with other hackers or find your team members!

Prizes

Nervos Hackathon: Broaden the Spectrum features a total of $150,000 in cash prizes:

First prize: 1 first prize of $40,000 in CKB
Second prize: 2 second prizes of $20,000 in CKB
Third prize: 5 third prizes of $10,000 in CKB
Honorable Mention: 10 prizes of $2,000 in CKB

Prizes will be awarded at the judges’ discretion! Maximum number of prizes available are listed.

Partners

Mousebelt Engineering

MXC

Projects

Sample application ideas: :

Decentralized exchanges, on-chain order books, automated market makers, and DEX aggregators
Collateralized stablecoins
Lending and derivative markets
Oracles
Tokenized synthetic assets
DAO's
..and anything else innovative!

Submission Requirements

Submissions must be open source and deployed live on the Aggron testnet, with links provided
Sufficient documentation is required to compile and deploy the application
The application must be useful and interesting
A demo video (5-10 minutes) must be submitted explaining the project and how to use it

All projects must be submitted by the deadline: October 4th, 11:59 PM UTC

Judging Criteria

A panel of judges selected from Nervos and partners will evaluate all submissions according to the following criteria:

Ability to solve the proposed problem
Originality/Innovation
Ease of use (UI/UX)
Practicality of proposed solution
Technical complexity/difficulty

Hackathon Timeline

Hackathon Kick-off: Sept 10th
Deadline for Submissions: Oct 4th
Judging: Oct 5th - Oct 8th
Winners Announced: Oct 11th

Workshops and Office Hours

Nervos Hackathon participants are invited to join hands-on workshops hosted by experts from the Nervos team, a schedule will be provided prior to the start of the hackathon.

Important Links

Learn more about Nervos, watch tutorials, and read developer documents

Environment setup instructions

CKB (mainnet) block explorer

Aggron testnet block explorer

Aggron testnet faucet

Developer training documentation

Nervos docs site

Nervos Github

Discord community

Check out the Prizes

Visit the Prize Explorer to check out the prizes posted by our hackathon sponsors. Click each prize to show important details, including the submission requirements, submission deadline, etc.

Join the Hackathons Chat Workspace

Chat with other hackers, ask sponsors and the Gitcoin team questions, find or create a team, and communicate real-time. Click here to join the party!

Start Work via Gitcoin

When your team is formed please have one of your teammates navigate to each prize page you plan to compete for and click the “Start Work” button.

BUIDL!

Build your cool ideas and make your vision come true with your team!

Submit Work via Gitcoin

When your project is completed, submit your work by clicking the “Submit Work” button on the prize page/