Next Top TON Hackathon for Entrepreneurs and $170,000 Prizes from Devpost
Applicant criteria
- No specific age required
- Both
Opportunity criteria
Opportunity description
Devpost offers Next Top TON for Startups which is a virtual hackathon aimed at spotlighting new entrepreneurs building the FreeTON blockchain.
Benefits
1st Place (2)
- 2 winners of 50,000 in TON Crystal tokens.
- Mentorship & operational support.
- Application into the TON Crystal Handshake incubation program.
- Acceptance into the FreeTON Defi Alliance partner program.
- FreeTON Swag.
2nd Place (2)
- 2 winners of 25,000 in TON Crystal tokens.
- Mentorship & operational support.
- Application into the TON Crystal Handshake incubation program.
- Acceptance into the FreeTON Defi Alliance partner program
- FreeTON Swag.
3rd Place (2)
- 2 winners of 15,000 in TON Crystal tokens
- Mentorship & operational support
- Acceptance into the FreeTON Defi Alliance partner program
- FreeTON Swag
4th Place (2)
- 2 winners of 10,000 in TON Crystal tokens.
- FreeTON Swag.
Eligibility criteria
Your submission must be in the English language and consist of:
- Project Overview: Describe your project in full detail along with links such as website, repositories and other necessary links.
- Be sure to Include which category your project falls under.
- Video: A short video (less than 3 minutes) demonstrating your project.
- Multiple submissions: You can submit multiple projects to the hackathon, as a part of the same team or a different team. However, you are eligible to win only a single prize.
- You can re-submit or edit your submission until the submission deadline. Your latest version of a submission before the deadline will be considered for judging.
Judging Criteria:
- Originality & Creativity: How novel and innovative is the idea? Does it set out to do something completely different or at least improve existing models?
- Technicality & Design: What is the tech like? Does it have comprehensive and efficient features? Is the code understandable and usable by others? Is it designed to scale?
- Business Model & Feasibility: What is the value proposition and how does it set out to differentiate itself? How will it capture value, new users, and/or generate revenue? Is the project positioned to succeed?
- Usability: What is the user experience like? Is it clean and intuitive? How will you implement UX/UI?
- Practicality & Use Case: Is this something people would actually use and want? Will the idea have an impact on people, revolutionize some aspect of human life, or disrupt the status quo?
- Contribution to the Global Blockchain Ecosystem: How does your idea increase global blockchain adoption, value for its users, and innovation in the field of Open-Source technology? Does it welcome new users and help existing users?
About Devpost:
Build products, practice skills, learn technologies, win prizes, and grow your network. Hackathons are about learning and having fun. We’ve partnered with great organizations like Oculus, Uber, Evernote, Twitter, Twilio, Venmo, IBM, Microsoft, Qualcomm, and more to bring you new opportunities to practice your skills, learn new technologies / APIs, work on interesting problems, and win some amazing prizes.
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