Hackers League Hackathon: Winter 2024

Apply for the $3M TON Hackathon

By TON Society

What is Hackers League?

👀 Hackers, founders, developers…

This is an open call for you to join a $3M TON Hackathon.

TON Society is announcing Hackers League — an ecosystem-wide winter competition for early stage founders that will begin in October and end with a winners announcement in December.

Featuring:

💰 $3M dollar prize pool
🌏 20 IRL 3-day bootcamps
💡 Top TON projects providing additional prizes

Apply now by clicking a button below!

Offline Bootcamps

Hackers League Bootcamps are a series of 3-day developers events in 20 cities worldwide in support of the Hackers League Hackathon.

Get ready for the full immersion into the TON ecosystem, featuring workshops, lectures, and fun entertainment activities. Don't miss the opportunity to learn from industry experts, TON representatives, and collaborate with other builders. Each bootcamp will conclude with a wrap-up party to celebrate the experience.

Three top teams at each bootcamp will share a prize pool of $5,000.

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Supported by

Hackathon Schedule

Hackathon registration begins (first public announcement): 12/09/2024
Hackathon building phase: Start 5/10/2024, Finish (Code freeze) 23/11/24 UTC 23:59
Bootcamps: 11/10/2024 — 17/11/2024
Semi-finalists Selection (Demo Review – Add jury’s Githubs and open source smart contracts by 23/11/2024 date to avoid being disqualified): 23/11/2024–5/12/2024 See "Requirements and Eligibility" for more details on how to avoid being disqualified.
Finalists Selection (Code Review): 5/12/2024 — 15/12/2024
Live Judging Sessions: 16/12/2024 — 17/12/2024
Winners judging: 18 — 19/12/2024
Winners Announcement: 20/12/2024

Hackathon Tracks and Prizes

Total cash prizes across 5 tracks — $485,000

Build a new DeFi unicorn

sponsored by Curve

$185,000 for 14 winners of the track

$35,000 + $10,000 Tg ads credits
$25,000 + $10,000 Tg ads credits
$20,000 + $10,000 Tg ads credits
$15,000 + $10,000 Tg ads credits
$15,000 + $10,000 Tg ads credits
$15,000 + $10,000 Tg ads credits
$10,000 + $10,000 Tg ads credits
$10,000 + $10,000 Tg ads credits
$10,000 + $10,000 Tg ads credits
$10,000 + $5,000 Tg ads credits
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000

Launch a viral Social Web3 & Utility Mini-app

$75,000 for 3 winners of the track

$35,000 + 10,000 Tg ads credits
$25,000 + 10,000 Tg ads credits
$15,000 + 10,000 Tg ads credits

Innovate for GameFi & Onboarding

sponsored by Adsgram
$75,000 for 3 winners of the track

$35,000 + 10,000 Tg ads credits
$25,000 + 10,000 Tg ads credits
$15,000 + 10,000 Tg ads credits

Enhance TON On-chain Data Analytics

sponsored by Arkham
$75,000 total for the track

$35,000 + $10,000 Telegram ads credits
$25,000 + $10,000 Telegram ads credits
$15,000 + $5,000 Telegram ads credits

Establish TON Blockchain Interoperability

sponsored by GSR
$75,000 for 3 winners of the track

$35,000 + 10,000 Tg ads credits
$25,000 + 10,000 Tg ads credits
$15,000 + 10,000 Tg ads credits

Build with TON API | Ton Apps Track

$21,000 for 5 winners of the track

Participants will have the chance to win TON API credits, cash prizes and mentorship from Ton Apps team, allowing winners to continue developing and scaling their projects beyond the hackathon.

$5,000 + $7000 TON API Credits + 30K Tonkeeper Messages + Mentorship
$3000 + $5000 TON API Credits + 20K Tonkeeper Messages + Mentorship
$2000 + $3000 TON API Credits + 10K Tonkeeper Messages + Mentorship
$1500 + $2000 TON API Credits + 5K Tonkeeper Messages + Mentorship
$1000 + $1500 TON API Credits + 3K Tonkeeper Messages + Mentorship

Build DeFi on top of DeDust | DeDust Track

$60,000 for 3 winners of the track

$30,000 in $DUST + 1-1 meeting for a mentorship session with a DeDust founder
$20,000 in $DUST + 1-1 meeting for a mentorship session with a DeDust founder
$10,000 in $DUST + 1-1 meeting for a mentorship session with a DeDust founder

Gaming & Mini apps sponsored by Gate Ventures

$20,000 grant for 3 winners of the trackL

$10,000 + $10,000 Tg ads credits
$8,000 + $10,000 Tg ads credits
$2,000 + $10,000 Tg ads credits

🚀 Gate Ventures additionally commits $500,000 capital to the selected hackathon projects.

Capital Soft Commitment

2.1M Committed Capital from Top TON focused VCs

TON Ventures
Gate Ventures
Kenetic Capital
Foresight Ventures
MEXC Ventures

Terms

Capital partners have committed to allocate this funding within 12 months of the winners being anounced.
Warm intro from TOn Society to all Capital partners will be made for all Finalists
Intro can be activated up to 12 months after winners ceremony

The Open League Incentives

The Open League Incentives for top projects selected to join in the size of $500,000.

Bootcamps Prize Pool

Join one of the 3-day offline events in 20 cities around the world and compete for $5,000 on the spot. Total prize pool is $90,000.

What exactly should you build?

Find more details about the tracks and prompts for the projects below.

Build with TON API

The goal of the hackathon track is to create cutting-edge decentralized applications (dApps) that integrate seamlessly with Wallets. We encourage developers to explore the wide range of possibilities that TON API offers — building innovative financial tools, games, social dApps, or other blockchain-based solutions.

What We Are Looking For? We are particularly interested in projects that:

Utilize the TON API to develop and launch new products.
Create apps that add unique user engagement features.
Build services that can attract new users to the TON blockchain and retain them through seamless user experiences.
Explore creative ways to integrate with other apps and ecosystems within the TON blockchain.

Who Can Participate? This hackathon track is open to both individual developers and teams who have an interest in blockchain technology and experience with building dApps.

Whether you're a seasoned blockchain developer or new to TON, this event is a great opportunity to learn, collaborate, and showcase your skills.

Join us in shaping the future of TON blockchain and build the next generation of dApps with TON API!

Build DeFi on top of DeDust

Build a DeFi product on top of the DeDust protocol

Ideate and explore user-facing yield maximizers, swaps, apps, or any building blocks for other products.

Read DeDust docs here:

https://docs.dedust.io/docs/introduction

Join dev chats:
https://t.me/dedust_dev_chat https://t.me/dedust_dev

Gaming & Mini apps sponsored by Gate Ventures

Projects should illustrate their potential to transform the gaming industry through innovative blockchain integration, highlighting distinctive features that set them apart from conventional gaming solutions. Additionally, they should incorporate considerations of scalability, robust tokenomics, and long-term user engagement.

What will we be looking for: GameFi, Game studio and Mini apps on TON

Qualifying requirements:

Strategic Alignment: Projects must align with Gate’s strategic goals, including fostering innovation, enhancing community engagement through Gate’s CEFI and Wallet Mini Apps, potential integration with Gate wallet and contributing to the overall growth of the Gate ecosystem. Clear articulation of how the project supports these goals is essential.

Minimum Viable Product (MVP): Participants should have developed a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) that effectively showcases their concept. The MVP should be functional and user-friendly, allowing judges to evaluate the project's core features.

Tokenomics and Blockchain Gaming Value Accrual Mechanism: Participants should demonstrate a solid understanding of blockchain gaming principles. This includes presenting a comprehensive project plan that outlines the game's mechanics, tokenomics design, reasonable vesting schedules and value accrual flywheel

Monetization Model: A clear and viable monetization model should be presented, illustrating how the project will generate revenue while providing value to users. This could involve in-game purchases, subscription models, or unique blockchain-based economic structures.

Disclaimer：This event is for professional knowledge sharing and networking purpose only, and does not constitute any offer, solicitation, or recommendation of any products or services. Please note that [Gate Ventures/Gate.io]may restrict or prohibit the use of all or a portion of its services from restricted jurisdictions. For more information, you should read its applicable user agreements.

Join AEON's GameON Hackathon

TON Society partners with AEON to bring more developers into the TON ecosystem and supports AEON's GameON Hackathon.

Join until November 17th.

Build a new DeFi unicorn

Collateralized Debt Position (CDP) / Synthetic Assets. This track focuses on building or enhancing CDP protocols, where users can lock collateral to mint stablecoins or other assets. Projects in this track should explore innovative mechanisms for over/partial collateralization, soft liquidation, and stability, ensuring the secure and decentralized nature of minted assets. Participants can create tools, services, or entire CDP platforms that improve capital efficiency, user experience, and TON utilization.

References and Inspiration:

Yield Farming. This track invites participants to design or optimize yield farming protocols, allowing users to maximize crypto asset returns. Projects can focus on creating innovative farming strategies, boosting liquidity pools, or developing tools that automate and optimize yield generation. Emphasis should be placed on sustainability, security, and user accessibility while leveraging advanced DeFi mechanisms such as auto-compounding and multi-asset farming. Solutions should provide users with higher returns, transparency, and risk management.

References and Inspiration:

Algorithmic Stablecoins. In this track, participants are tasked with designing or improving algorithmic stablecoins—digital currencies that maintain price stability through algorithms and smart contracts rather than traditional collateral. Projects can explore new stabilization mechanisms, peg maintenance strategies, and governance models to ensure resilience against volatility. The goal is to create or enhance algorithmic stablecoins that are scalable, decentralized, and efficient while price volatility and withdrawing liquidity.

References and Inspiration:

Concentrated Liquidity Market Maker. This track challenges participants to build or enhance concentrated liquidity solutions, where liquidity providers can allocate their capital more efficiently within specific price ranges. Projects can focus on developing advanced market-making algorithms, optimizing liquidity pools, or creating tools that allow users to maximize returns while minimizing capital exposure. Please consider that Uni V3 Implementation wouldn’t work on TON because it is impossible to implement CLMM architecture with Ticks.

References and Inspiration:

New DeFi Primitives on TON. This track invites participants to design innovative DeFi primitives that fully exploit the TON blockchain's unique capabilities. Projects may explore new financial instruments, decentralized protocols, or smart contract solutions that enhance the TON ecosystem's functionality, scalability, and sharding. The focus is on building foundational components that can serve as crucial building blocks for the next generation of DeFi on TON.

Cross-Shard Coincidence of Wants (CSCoW) Protocol. Design and implement a CoW swap-like protocol that efficiently matches and executes trades across TON's sharded architecture, leveraging asynchronous messaging to aggregate liquidity, reduce slippage, and optimize capital efficiency.

Asynchronous Periodic Auctions (APA) Protocol. Adapt CBOE's periodic auctions for TON's asynchronous environment to improve liquidity and price discovery.

References and inspiration:

www.cboe.com

Anti-Jeet Memepad with Progressive Dev Unlock

Design a token launch pad with a smart contract based progressive unlock mechanism for dev allocations, incentivizing long-term project growth.

Other features ideas:

Jeet tax
Max Buy Per Wallet
Token (%) for liquidity
Required amount to crowdfund for launch
Token Tax
Restrict sell during price curve stage

Baseline Inspired Memecoin Stabilization Protocol

Create a stabilization mechanism for memecoins inspired by the Baseline Protocol, using market forces to maintain price stability.

Ref: https://docs.baseline.markets

Bubblemaps for TON Memecoins Implement a TON-native version of Bubblemaps for visualizing token holder relationships and transfers, enhancing transparency in the memecoin ecosystem.

### Launch a viral Social Web3 & Utility mini-app

This category is mostly about B2C or B2B2C applications inside Telegram with a clear vision of how to use the social potential of the messenger, onboard web2 audience, achieve virality and retain the user. It includes SocialFi, Utility apps, Community & Brand management tools, E-commerce and other similar subcategories.

Teams applying to this category are encouraged to experiment with:

Leveraging the current Telegram functionality (channels; boosts for channels; giveaways; gated chats and gated content; stories; reactions) and strengthening it through introducing web3 elements.
Combining the functionality of Telegram and other social platforms like TikTok, Instagram, Twitch, Youtube, etc.
Offering new opportunities for communications inside the messenger with the use of blockchain.
Sharing and referral mechanics.
Onboard and engaging entire communities rather than individuals through group mechanics (competitions, squads, challenges, etc).

References and inspirations from The Open League Summer Hackathon finalists:

Innovate for GameFi & Onboarding

The GameFi track invites teams to create gaming experiences on Telegram. While there are no restrictions on the type or genre of games, innovative gaming and reward models are encouraged. General recommendations for game developers include:

Leverage the social power of Telegram for game distribution. Reward users with tokens, NFTs, or SBTs to enhance engagement. Utilize Telegram Stars for in-app purchases of digital goods within your games.

What You Can Build

We encourage the development of mid-core and hybrid-casual games. We expect the next generation of games on Telegram to strike a balance between casual and hardcore gaming in terms of complexity, depth, and time commitment. These games should be more engaging and challenging than casual and hyper-casual options, requiring players to invest more time, effort, and funds (Telegram Stars). However, they should remain accessible to a broader audience. Examples of suitable genres include strategy, role-playing, and action games that can be enjoyed in shorter sessions.

References and inspiration:

FarmVille
Gatto

Exploring New Mining Mechanics

While mining mechanisms have proven effective for attracting and retaining users, many successful games have relied on tap-to-earn models that lack sybil resistance. We believe there are alternative approaches to ensure fair and transparent token distribution, and we encourage testing these innovative mechanics.

Gamification of Social Interactions on Telegram

With numerous channels and group chats where communities engage daily, there is significant potential for gaming experiences tailored to these communities.

Final Recommendation

We highly recommend against creating yet another tap-to-earn game with a different style or narrative.

Enhance TON On-chain Data Analytics

Every modern blockchain has enormous amount of data and all this data is publicly available providing full transparency and traceability. But to achieve it one need to be able to dig deep into the data, to utilize advanced analytical approaches and visualisation techniques. In this track we encourage the projects to build in one of two directions:

Analytical tools. Some ideas to start with: automatic honeypot jettons detections, lightweight indexers and ETL pipelines, mini-apps with easy to use TON ecosystem metrics visualisation, etc…
Research. Unveil hidden facts about new tokens holders, try to find sybil botnets or make a research about TON usage patterns compared to the other chains (just examples, feel free to find your own topic!)

References and inspiration:

Establish TON Blockchain Interoperability

Enhance TON blockchain through interoperability solutions.

Develop bridges, cross-chain swaps, and liquidity protocols to connect TON with other networks. Improve TON's TVL and transaction volumes while expanding its use cases. Your contributions can significantly advance TON's multi-chain capabilities.

References & Inspiration:

Cross-Chain Swaps: LayerZero OFT Apps (StarGate, Radiant Capital), THORChain
Cross-Chain Liquidity: Everclear (prev Connext), Multichain
Oracles: Pyth, RedStone

Requirements and Eligibility

Projects Novelty

Submitting pre-made code is not allowed. All the apps must be built during the hackathon timeframe from scratch, and can not be started earlier than the first public announcements.

Existing team and existing naming/branding can be used at the hackathon.

Building a new feature, new development, new implementation for an existing product is allowed and eligible for the prizes.

Submission Requirements

In order to be eligible for the prizes, projects must fulfill the following requirements by the submission deadline (23/11/2024 at 23:59 UTC):

DeFi: launched on mainnet;
Gaming & Onboarding, Social Web3 & Utility: fully launched on TON with on-chain mechanics;
Interoperability: full launch.

Projects submitting for the DeFi, Gaming&Onboarding, or Social&Utility tracks must submit a working Telegram Mini App.

Projects must open-source the smart contract repository.

Front-end and back-end code is not required to be open-sourced, but judges githubs should be added as viewers.

List of the judges githubs:

– shuva10v

– SwiftAdviser

– kardanovir

– howardpen9

– alefmanvladimir

– kuhel

Application should be submitted in English, including a video pitch.

Final Disclaimers

All the applicants agree to be warm intro-ed to the Capital Partners looking to connect and discuss potential investments.

Applicants agree for their data to be processed by TON.

Applicants agree for their project information to be shared with the Hackathon sponsors stated above (please refer to the "Supported by" section).