Tezos India and TZ APAC Join Forces to launch TEZASIA — the Largest Web3 Hackathon in Asia
Now in its second year, the TezAsia Hackathon acts as a launchpad for start-up teams and developers looking to build game-changing web3 solutions on the Tezos blockchain.
Setting a precedent for driving innovation-based culture in the Web3 arena, Tezos India and TZ APAC have co-organised the month-long TezAsia Hackathon, spanning the entire Asia-Pacific region. Registrations are open, and applications are being rolled out for the hackathon, which begins on July 10th. TezAsia is a Web3 hackathon that welcomes aspiring newcomers, advanced coders, students, professionals, and blockchain enthusiasts. Participants stand a chance to win $100,000 in prizes and an additional $100,000 in early-stage grants. The hackathon opens up opportunities to work with the best dApps, platforms, mentors and Tezos-based entities in the ecosystem. To kickstart the registration process (open until July 10th), the team behind the hackathon has utilised the Unstop platform. Aspiring candidates can register themselves for free individually or in teams of four members.
Themes to center on scale and innovation
Candidates can choose amongst two themes — ‘Small but great’ and ‘Disrupt all the things’- or from a wide range of tracks. Among the themes, the former focuses on building a simple dApp on the Tezos blockchain, and the latter allows for teams with a disruptive vision to showcase a POC/MVP of their dream Web3 product.
Candidates can also find a detailed list of ideas on the platform to increase their chances of winning in each category. There have been around 11,700 registrations to date, an astonishing c. 700% increase on last year’s total of 1,422 registrations.
According to Om Malviya, President of Tezos India, the TezAsia Hackathon is a one-size-fits-all moment for people to enter and contribute to the Tezos ecosystem through a spectrum of activities mentored by global leaders.
“It will be a defining moment for those aspiring students and enthusiasts with the singular goal of learning and achieving massive heights in their lives,” he said.
Commenting on the hackathon, Katherine Ng, newly appointed Managing Director of TZ APAC, said: “With its young, digitally-native, and ambitious population, it’s no surprise that we’re seeing rapid Web3 adoption across NFT and crypto wallet ownership in Asia”.
“As of last year, almost half of the global crypto market capitalisation is based in the APAC region, which has given rise to some of the industry’s up-and-coming projects and established unicorns.”
A schedule packed with collaboration and mentorship
Beginning on July 10th with a kick-off webinar, the hackathon features extensive 7-day workshops, held until July 20th, followed by a building and mentoring session from July 21st to August 5th. The workshops will take developers through building a dApp from end-to-end on Tezos and explain each step of development from learning Tezos’ smart contract language to token standards, several integration libraries, and the Tezos blockchain more generally.
Participants will also explore interesting ideas and lessons about building projects on Tezos through content and resource sharing. Lastly, the participants will submit their final projects between August 5th and August 12th, when the official evaluation phase is due to take place.
Dedicated prizes up for grabs
The winners of the TezAsia Hackathon 2022 can expect an eye-catching award of up to $15,000. Additionally, each track’s winner will receive:
Small but Great:
- DeFi
- Winner $5,000
- Runner-up $3,000
- Second Runner-up $2,000
2. NFT & Gaming
- Winner $5,000
- Runner-up $3,000
- Second Runner-up $2,000
Best in any other track (Tools & Wallets and Web3 integration with Web2 Track): Winners will get a cash prize of $1,500.
Disrupt All The Things
- Defi
- Winner $15,000
- Runner-up $10,000
2. NFT & Gaming
- Winner $15,000
- Runner-up $10,000
Best in any other track (Tools & Wallets and Web3 integration with Web2 Track): Winner will get a cash prize of $6,000.
All participants will also receive an Exceptional Performance Certificate as an NFT.
Creating impact
The discovery of women-led businesses and opportunities has always been a challenge especially when it comes to funding and matching with the right investors.
Hence, there’s a special track for Women in Tech (WIT) which focuses on building a crypto equity crowdfunding platform — similar to licensed ECF platforms like Kickstarter — to create a marketplace that focuses on women-led or women empowerment businesses.
The winner of this track will get a reward of $10,000.
Beyond prizes, candidates can expect to grab some face time with blockchain-focused VCs, who will be attending pitches to hear what entrants have to say and examine the problems they are trying to solve in greater detail. A detailed description of prize and grant money is available on the Unstop platform.
Budding Tezos developers — now is your time to enter the TezAsia Hackathon 2022!
About Tezos:
Tezos is smart money, redefining what it means to hold and exchange value in a digitally connected world. A self-upgradable and energy-efficient Proof of Stake blockchain with a proven track record, Tezos seamlessly adopts tomorrow’s innovations without network disruptions today.
About Tezos India:
Tezos India builds and empowers a well-rounded Tezos ecosystem in India. It aims to boost the developer community in India to build and scale out-of-the-box projects on Tezos. Tezos India believes that a great ecosystem is a sum of all its participants, and thus enables people to seamlessly participate in the Tezos ecosystem in India.
About TZ APAC:
TZ APAC Pte. Ltd. (“TZ APAC”) is the leading Asia-based blockchain adoption entity supporting the Tezos ecosystem. It designs value-added blockchain transformation strategies for enterprises and creators with a bottom-up approach, working closely with blockchain experts and other stakeholders in the Tezos ecosystem. TZ APAC is supported by the Tezos Foundation and is headquartered in Singapore.
About UnStop:
Unstop (formerly Dare2Compete) enables companies to discover, assess, and hire the right talent through accurate coding, non-tech and skill-based assessments, virtual recruitment platform, hackathons, coding challenges, and other gamified engagements like quizzes, case competitions, student challenges, etc. Renowned companies have already hopped onto this new-age platform, which equips recruiters to meet their objectives linked to either hiring or engaging their target audience. It also enables students and professionals to learn, practice, participate in engagements, and get hired, rewarded, and recognized.
About Women In Tech:
Women in Tech is an international non-profit organisation on a mission to close the gender gap and to help women embrace technology.
With our Head Office in Paris, we are a Global Movement with chapters in 6 continents, counting over 200.000 members and growing, including APAC (Malaysia, India, Thailand and Australia). The aim is to educate and empower women and girls to succeed in STEAM career fields. We have programs for every stage of a woman’s career lifecycle: from the classroom to the boardroom. We’re on a mission to empower 5 million girls and women by 2030.
Join Tezos India Discord channel for announcements regarding the Hackathon.
For further information on Hackathon, visit Unstop platform.
