ICON HyperBuild Hackathon 2022–2023: Hyper Building The Path To A More Hyperconnected World
Hello everyone, I’m Neo — Admin — Community Manager of Optimus Finance and Growth Marketing of lecle_vietnam. My article today is slightly different from my usual knowledge-sharing articles. By the way, I am using a personal account rather than Optimus Finance account.
Today, I’d like to introduce you to a hackathon event on ICON Foundation with a total prize of up to $40,000 sponsored and hosted by ICON Foundation, lecle_vietnam and Devera Academy, its name is ICON HyberBuild Hackathon (Twitter)
Table of contents
1. What is Hackathon?
2. ICON HyberBuild Hackathon
3. Dates and Timing
4. Categories
4.1. Cross-chain Infrastructure
4.2. Metaverse
4.3. Social Impact / Public Good
4.4. NFT & Gaming
4.5. Utility
5. Prizes
6. Judges and Judging criteria
7. How to enter
1. What is Hackathon?
A hackathon is an event in which a large number of people come together to develop software or hardware projects within a short period of time, usually ranging from a few hours to a few days.
Hackathons are often held to encourage innovation, collaboration, and problem-solving in the tech industry. Participants in a hackathon may be students, professionals, or a mix of both, and they typically work in teams to develop prototypes or proof-of-concepts for new products or technologies.
Hackathons can be focused on a particular theme or technology, or they can be more general in nature. Many hackathons offer prizes for the most successful projects, and they can be a great opportunity for participants to learn new skills, network with others in the tech industry, and potentially turn their ideas into viable products or businesses.
2. ICON HyberBuild Hackathon
ICON HyberBuild Hackathon is a hackathon event sponsored and hosted by the ICON Foundation — a non-profit organization that aims to build a decentralized network for the exchange of value, lecle_vietnam — a global software and blockchain technology house and Devera Academy- IT academy and career training center.
The event is focused on the development of projects using the ICON blockchain and its technologies. Participants in the hackathon will have the opportunity to work with experts from ICON and other industry partners to develop innovative projects and potentially win the prizes.
With the challenge to create synergistic solutions using ICON technologies. ICON Network provides more opportunities for developers to crossover multiple blockchains using its interoperability technologies such as BTP, ICON Bridge and ICE/Snow network. This allows more opportunities than ever to create a cross-chain solution that is able to transcend networks.
3. Dates and Timing
- Registration Period: December 26th, 2022 (09:00 pm GMT +7) — March 16th, 2023 (05:00 pm GMT +7).
- Submission Period: January 26th, 2023 (05:00 pm GMT +7) — March 16th (05:00 pm GMT +7).
- Feedback Submission Period: January 31st, 2023 (05:00 pm GMT +7) — March 20th, 2023 (05:00 pm GMT +7).
- Judging Period: March 20th, 2023 (12:00 pm GMT +7) — March 23rd, 2023 (05:00 pm GMT +7).
- Public Voting Period: March 20th, 2023 (09:00 am GMT +7) — March 23rd, 2023 (05:00 pm GMT +7).
- Winners Announced: March 27th, 2023 (around 2:00 pm GMT +7).
4. Categories
4.1. Cross-chain Infrastructure
Cross-chain tooling and infrastructure category refers to mechanisms, protocols, platforms and other tools enabled by blockchain interoperability that allow the communication or transfer between ICON’s projects and other chains. Examples may include:
- Cross-chain liquidity transfer
- Cross-chain payment services
- Cross-chain lending protocols
4.2. Metaverse
Metaverse refers to shared virtual worlds where land, buildings, avatars and even names can be bought and sold, often using cryptocurrency. Examples may include:
- Virtual office / conference platforms
- Virtual land ownership
4.3. Social Impact / Public Good
Looking beyond the commercial sense of blockchain, the Social Impact/Public Good category refers to blockchain protocols/platforms built using ICON project to create significant or positive change to solve or at least address social issues and challenges such as climate change, economic inequality, fake news and other harmful or unjust practices in the world. Examples may include:
- Borderless payment systems
- Impact tokens / Impact investing and crowdfunding
- Self-sovereign identity and data protection services
4.4. NFT & Gaming
NFT and/or gaming refers to NFT applications that deploy ICON’s NFT Standard or non-NFT based games that utilize the ICON protocol. Examples may include:
- NFT Card Game
- NFT RPG Game
- NFT Marketplace
- Non-NFT based Blockchain Gaming
Note: Gambling/Casino games will NOT be accepted.
4.5. Utility
Utility category refers to useful ICON applications for non-technical or technical users. They can be applications used daily by the average consumer or technical developer tools that enhance ICON’s developer ecosystem. Examples may include:
- Useful Dapps for everyday use
- Developer tools
- On-Chain analysis
5. Prizes
Hackathon Grand Prizes
🥇 1st Place — $20,000 USD in ICX
- Quantity: 1
- Project Promotion on ICON’s social media
- All eligible projects
🥈 2nd Place — $10,000 USD in ICX
- Quantity: 1
- Project Promotion on ICON’s social media
- All eligible projects
🥉 3rd Place — $5,000 USD in ICX
- Quantity: 1
- Project Promotion on ICON’s social media
- All eligible projects
Category Prizes
- Best Cross-chain Tooling / Infrastructure — $700 USD in ICX
- Quantity: 1
- Project Promotion on ICON’s social media
- All eligible projects that entered the Cross-chain Tooling / Infrastructure category
2. Best Metaverse — $700 USD in ICX
- Quantity: 1
- Project Promotion on ICON’s social media
- All eligible projects that entered the Metaverse category
3. Best Social Impact / Social Good — $700 USD in ICX
- Quantity: 1
- Project Promotion on ICON’s social media
- All eligible projects that entered the Social Good category
4. Best NFT / Gaming — $700 USD in ICX
- Quantity: 1
- Project Promotion on ICON’s social media
- All eligible projects that entered the NFT / Gaming category
5. Best Utility — $700 USD in ICX
- Quantity: 1
- Project Promotion on ICON’s social media
- All eligible projects that entered the Utility category
🏅 Honorable Mentions — $1000 USD in ICX
- Quantity: Up to 10 (100$ USD in ICX/person)
- All eligible projects in any category that did not win a Grand Prize or Category Prize and were judges’ favorites
🏅 Feedback Prizes — 500$ in ICX
- Quantity: Up to 10
- Most Valuable Feedback — $50 USD in ICX/person
- All eligible individuals who complete a feedback survey
6. Judges and Judging criteria
6.1. Judges
Min Kim — Founder of ICON Project
Daesun Park — CTO of Lecle Corp.
Eric Solomon — Technical Lead at ICON Foundation
ICON Community — Public Vote
6.2. Judging criteria
Idea: We focus on simple but unique ideas that approach prospective solutions to expand the ICON 2.0 ecosystem and how well this is presented
Implementation: How the idea is implemented. How good is the overall user experience? Is it easy to use? Is the design appealing to end users?
Development: How much of the ICON protocol is being interfaced with or utilized via SCORE? How useful is the blockchain implementation of the project?
Interoperability: Does the project contribute to ICON’s interoperable future by utilizing ICON Project interoperability features such as BTP or ICON Bridge technology?
Value: Is the project able to be developed continuously in a sustainable fashion?
7. How to enter
Entrants may enter by visiting https://iconhyperbuild.devpost.com/ (“Hackathon Website”) and following the below steps:
- Register for the Hackathon on the Hackathon Website by clicking the “Join Hackathon” button. To complete registration, sign up to create a free Devpost account, or log in with an existing Devpost account. This will enable you to receive important updates and to create your Submission.
- Entrants will obtain access to the required developer tools/platform and complete a Project described below in Project Requirements. Use of the developer tools will be subject to the license agreement related thereto. Entry in the Hackathon constitutes consent for the Sponsor and Devpost to collect and maintain an entrant’s personal information for the purpose of operating and publicizing the Hackathon.
- Sign up for an account at http://www.icondev.io
- Create a video that includes footage that explains your project’s features and functionality through a comprehensive demonstration.
- Complete and enter all of the required fields on the “Enter a Submission” page of the Hackathon Website (each a “Submission”) during the Submission Period.
Important things to note:
1. Join ICON’s Official Discord to find teammates, interact with fellow ICON developers, receive ICON development help and get all your technical questions answered.
2. Get all your ICON development resources at ICON Developer Portal.
3. Public Voting will contribute in determining the hackathon winners. Share your project on social media and gather as much +1 community support as possible.
4. All prizes are awarded in ICX, ICON’s native token, in the equivalent USD value.
and make sure to read the detailed submission requirements in the Rules of ICON HyberBuild Hackathon.
About
ICON HyberBuild Hackathon Twitter: https://twitter.com/ICONHackathon
ICON HyberBuild Hackathon Website: https://iconhyperbuild.devpost.com/
Contact: hello@devera.vn
