Polkadot Hackathon Global Series: North America
May 30 – July 18 2022
About
The first North America hackathon in the new Global Series from Polkadot has arrived!
This fully virtual six-week program in association with Web3 Foundation continues on from the huge success of October 2021’s Polkadot APAC Hackathon, and brings together a diverse community of blockchain developers ready to build and collaborate.
Although the event is focused on North America, it is open to everyone, everywhere. The program is designed to create the ideal environment to make and break new blockchains, learn from your fellow attendees, and hack to your heart’s content!
This is the perfect opportunity to network with a global community of developers to make lasting connections, and be in with a chance to win from a massive prize pool.
Total Prize Pool: $600,000+
More challenges and prizes will be added from Polkadot ecosystem teams in the upcoming days.
Polkadot Hacker House
The first ever Polkadot Hacker House will be held in New York City, from June 23rd to 28th. This 6-day event for developers, coders, engineers, and builders will be filled with technical workshops, in-person support, mentorship, and networking. Put your hacking hats on because New York, here we come! Make sure to APPLY NOW, only limited seats are available.
Categories
Category 1: Interfaces & Experiences
This track is dedicated to building your understanding of UI and UX fundamentals, including best practices specifically for blockchain development. Gain experience in building a wide variety of interfaces and user experiences that chains can adopt.
Category 2: DAO & Governance
Discover the breadth of DAO functionality and governance mechanisms in this track. Get the opportunity to explore ideas, including the creation of new DAOs and the necessary tooling involved in this development process, as well as new governance mechanisms and pallets.
Category 3: Web3 & Tooling
A diverse track focused on all kinds of tooling and applications that can be used to expand Web3. Those interested in building a better web can explore the use cases for open-source technologies for a society run on peer-to-peer networks.
Category 4: DeFi
Builders can make use of this track for the multitude of DeFi-related solutions, including DEXs, AMMs, and stablecoins. Learn how to not only develop new financial primitives, but also work towards the integration of existing ones, such as breaking the barriers of assets between blockchains. This all contributes to helping build wider adoption of DeFi.
Category 5: NFT
This track for developers interested in the use cases for NFTs will explore the scope for their creation across multiple industries, including gaming, art, real estate, logistics, and general collectibles. The scope includes exploring the importance of optimizing for complex NFT use cases, and blockchain-agnostic NFT platforms that enable cross-chain functionality.
Ecosystem Challenges & Prizes
Acala Bounties:
USD $30,000
Astar Network Bounties:
USD $30,000
Bifrost Challenge:
USD $25,000
Best Use of Crust:
USD $6,000
Equilibrium Challenge:
USD $5,000
ICE Network Bounties:
USD $2,000
Interlay Bounties:
USD $30,000
Moonbeam Challenges:
USD $25,000
Phala Network Challenges:
USD $8,000
RMRK Challenges:
Non-monetary prizes
Robonomics Challenges:
USD $7,000
Subsocial Bounties:
USD $5,000
Subquery Challenges:
USD $5,000
Subsquid Bounties:
USD $12,000
Unique Network Challenges:
USD $18,000
Zeitgeist Challenges:
USD $30,000
Prizes
USD $600,000+ worth of prizes, swag box and discount for Substrate Runtime Academy!
*The prize pool is being updated on a rolling basis, check back later for more updates!
Overall Winner
Grand Prize: USD$30,000
Category Winners
1st Place:
USD$20,000
2nd Place:
USD$15,000
3rd Place (Up to 3 teams):
USD$10,000
Other Awards
Community Choice
(Up to 3 teams):
USD$5,000
Hackathon Schedule
Judges
Alex Siman
Founder, Architect
Subsocial
Benjamin Weiß
Director of Ecosystem Success
Parity Technologies
Bette Chen
Co-founder
Acala
Bill Laboon
Director of Technical Educations, Support & Community
Web3 Foundation
Bob Liu
Substrate Runtime Developer
Bifrost
Bruno Škvorc
Founder
RMRK
Christian Dirk
Research Specialist
OAK Network
David Finkelstein
Head of Growth
OAK Network
Dan Brehmer
Founding Team Member
ICE Network
Dimitri Zhelezov
Co-founder
Subsquid
Dominik Harz
CTO
Interlay
Dudley Needham
Developer Relations
KILT Protocol
Emre Surmeli
Technical Educator
Web3 Foundation
Galen Danziger
Core Contributor
ICE Network
Gautam Dhameja
Director of Solution & Services Delivery
Parity Technologies
Greg Zaitsev
CTO
Unique Network
Hoon Kim
CTO
Astar Network
James Bayly
Head of Business Development
OnFinality & SubQuery Network
Karel Kubat
CTO
Composable Finance
Kevin Nielson
Developer Relations Engineer
Moonbeam
Lauren Serota
Co-Founder
CRADL
Logan Saether
Founder
Zeitgeist
Luke Fan
CTO
Crust Network
Lyona Carter
Founder
L. Carter Consulting, LLC
Maarten Heskens
Head of Business Development
Astar Network
Maciej Baj
Co-founder & CTO
t3rn
Peter Sergeev
Senior Project Manager
Equilibrium
Radha Dasari
Technical Educator
Web3 Foundation
Ricardo Rius
Senior Solutions Engineer3
Parity Technologies
Santiago Balaguer
Substrate Builders Success Lead
Parity Technologies
Sebastian Müller
Technical Grants Evaluator
W3F
Shelven Zhou
Lead Researcher
Phala Network
Shumo Chu
Co-founder
Manta Network
Steve Degosserie
Senior Solutions Engineer
Parity Technologies
Tadej Vengust
CTO
Authtrail
Tricia Wang
Co-founder and Director
CRADL
Vadim Manaenko
CTO
Multi-Agent Systems
Mentors
We are looking for community mentors to guide our participants during the hackathon. If you have a deep understanding of Polkadot and you want to help us creating an amazing community experience, do fill out this form!
Alberto Viera
Developer Relations Engineer
Moonbeam
Alejandro Martinez Andres
Support Engineer
Parity
Abhinayak Swar
Director of Engineering
ICE Network
Alex Melikhov
CEO
Equilibrium
Brandon Gomes
CTO
Manta Network
Bruno Galvao
Support Engineer
Parity
Bruno Škvorc
Founder
RMRK
Bryan Chen
Co-founder and CTO
Acala
Dan Shields
Support Engineer
Parity
Daniel Shiposha
Core Dev
Unique Network
Dominique Saripapazoglou
Integrations Engineer
Parity
Dudley Needham
Developer Relations
KILT Protocol
Edwin Wang
Bifrost Technical Committee
Bifrost
Erin Shaben
Developer Relations Manager
Moonbeam
Greg Hill
Software Engineer
Interlay
Hang Yin
Lead Developer
Phala Network
Henry Duong
Developer Relations Engineer
Moonbeam
Holly Weckler
Developer Relations Marketing Lead
Figment
Jake Hemmerle
Substrate Runtime Developer
Astar Network
James Bayly
Head of Business Development
OnFinality & SubQuery Network
Jan Turk
Solidity Engineer
Acala
Jimmy Chu
Runtime Engineer
Parity
Jorrin Bruns
Support Engineer
Parity
Jørn Andre Tangen
Technical Lead
Zeitgeist
Karel Kubat
CTO
Composable Finance
Maarten Heskens
Head of Business Development
Astar Network
Massimo Luraschi
Developer Advocate
Subsquid
Mingshi Song
Senior Business Developer
Astar Network
Oleh Mell
Core Web Dev
Subsocial
Prajwol Gyawali
Blockchain Software Engineer
ICE Network
Rogan
Technical Support Analyst
Sabin Chitrakar
Senior Software Architect
Sacha Lansky
Developer Advocate
Parity Technologies
Sander Bosma
Software Engineer
Interlay
Sergei Lonshakov
Software Architect
Robonomics Network
Shelven Zhou
Lead Researcher
Phala Network
Shumo Chu
Co-founder
Manta Network
Song Chou
Ambassador Development
Crust Network
Theodore Bugnet
Software Engineer
Interlay
Tushar Ojha
DevEx
Subsocial
Yash Sharma
Developer Relations Lead
Figment
Yuri Petusko
CTO
Vlad Pro
Core Blockchain Dev
Resources
FAQs
The event will be held from May 30 to July 18, 2022.
This event may be focused on North America, but it is open to all.
Whether you’re an experienced blockchain or non-blockchain developer, want to learn more about building on/for Polkadot, or are entirely new to the Web3 space, we welcome you!
You can enter the hackathon as long as you are above 18 years old and a citizen of the eligible countries.
(Please refer to the eligibility restrictions section on DevPost to check the list of countries whose residents are not eligible to take part in this Hackathon)
Yes! We want anyone with ideas or the passion to innovate to participate. Teams will however need at least one individual who can build/code a prototype as a code artefact is required for project submission.
You may choose to hack solo. If you are forming a team – there is no minimum or maximum number of team members, but we highly recommend that you form teams of 4 or 5 people.
Teams are recommended to be formed within your own locations & time zones to avoid time zone fatigue but this is not mandatory. You can choose to join a team located in another time zone as well.
View our detailed Team Formation Guide (found in the Participant’s Guide when you sign up).
Yes! Only registered individuals are eligible to participate and collect the prizes. Please ensure that all members of your team have registered their teams accordingly as well.
While we hope you’ll be able to build on Substrate, we welcome everyone to build based on whatever knowledge, skills and expertise you have. One of the objectives of the hackathon is for you to learn and understand about the Polkadot ecosystem, so we welcome anyone to join us!
