IGNITION HACKATHON: Official Rules
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
Ignition hackathon: The Solana Ignition Hackathon is a competition where projects will be evaluated by judges on their technological merits without consideration of legal viability. All participants must comply with applicable laws and regulations when releasing any software that they develop as part of the Hackathon.
Scale for international adoption
Integrate once and never worry about scaling once more. Solana ensures composability between schemes comes by maintaining one international state because particular network scales. never trot out fragmented Layer two systems or sharded chains.
DEADLINE for IGNITION HACKATHON :
Deadline: Oct 8, 2021
TIME:11:45PM PDT
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IMPORTANT DATES AND TIMING FOR:
- Submission Period: Monday, August 31, 2021 (8:00 am Pacific Time) – Monday, October 8, 2021 (11:45 pm Pacific Time) (Submission Period).
- Public Voting and Judging Period: Wednesday, October 13, 2021 (12:00 pm Pacific Time) – Monday, October 18, 2021 (11:45 pm Pacific Time) (Judging Period).
- Winners Announced: On or around Saturday, October 23, 2021 (8:45 am Pacific Time).
ELIGIBILITY FOR IGNITION HACKATHON :
- Individuals who are at least the age of majority where they reside as of the time of entry (“Eligible Individuals”);
- Teams of Eligible Individuals (“Teams”); and
- Organizations (including corporations, not-for-profit corporations and other nonprofit organizations, limited liability companies, partnerships, and other legal entities) that exist and have been organized or incorporated at the time of entry.
Language Requirements:
All Submission materials must be in English or, if not in English, the Entrant must provide an English translation of the demonstration video, text description, and testing instructions as well as all other materials submitted.
JUDGING CRITERIA for IGNITION HACKATHON
- Potential Impact
How will this project impact the growth of the Solana ecosystem? - Functionality
How well does the project work? - Novelty
How unique is the project idea and execution? - Design
Is the user experience and design of the project well thought out?
Prizes:
Up to $5 million in global prizes and seed funding.
HERE IS LISTS OF PRIZES FOR WINNERS:
Grand Champion
$75k USDC, 3 conference passes, and the chance to present at Breakpoint in Lisbon.
Community Choice Award
$10k USDC and an NFT award
Company Prize Winners (8)
Serum, Raydium, Stardust, Pyth Network, Wormhole, Mango Markets, and Solend are each sponsoring their own $30,000 prize for the projects that best integrate with their respective technologies.
Chainlink is sponsoring a $5,000 prize spread between the top 5 teams that integrate with Chainlink’s oracle solution for Solana
First Place DeFi Track
• $60,000 USD
• Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon
Second Place DeFi Track
• $45,000 USD
• Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon
Third Place DeFi Track
• $30,000 USD
• Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon
Fourth Place DeFi Track
• $25,000 USD
• Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon
Fifth Place DeFi Track
• $20,000 USD
• Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon
First Place Gaming Track
• $45,000 USD
• Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon
Second Place Gaming Track
• $30,000 USD
• Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon
Third Place Gaming Track
• $20,000 USD
• Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon
Fourth Place Gaming Track
• $15,000 USD
• Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon
Fifth Place Gaming Track
• $10,000 USD
• Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon
First Place Web3 Track
• $45,000 USD
• Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon
Second Place Web3 Track
• $30,000 USD
• Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon
Third Place Web3 Track
• $20,000 USD
• Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon
Fourth Place Web3 Track
• $15,000 USD
• Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon
Fifth Place Web3 Track
• $10,000 USD
• Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon
First Place Digital Art/Collectibles Track
• $45,000 USD
• Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon
Second Place Digital Art/Collectibles Track
• $30,000 USD
• Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon
Third Place Digital Art/Collectibles Track
• $20,000 USD
• Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon
Fourth Place Digital Art/Collectibles Track
• $15,000 USD
• Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon
Fifth Place Digital Art/Collectibles Track
• $10,000 USD
• Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon
Seed Funding
$4.135M in direct or indirect funding by Solana Capital LLC, its partners, affiliates, associates, and other core contributors to and investors involved with the Hackathon, to be granted within six (6) months from the last date of the Hackathon.
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