Hackathon
Zero Limits Hackathon
Absolutely anything goes! Bring us your wildest ideas and showcase your skills in Zero-Knowledge (ZK) tech. This is your opportunity to impress the Midnight team, elevate your projects, and win big!
Hackathon Details
We’ve done Gaming. We’ve done Identity. We’ve Done DeFi. Now we leave the reins in your hands! Midnight wants to see what projects you can develop.
Our Zero Limits Hackathon is here and we’re looking for groundbreaking projects in:
- 🖼️NFTs
- 🎮Gaming
- 🪪Identity
- 📱Social media
- 💸Finance
- 🗳️DAOs
This is a chance for you to take the first step in bringing any web 3.0 idea you have to life, as well as showcase all your knowledge gathering and diligence over the past few months.
Key Dates:
- Registration opens - 14th April
- Kick Off call - 16th April
- Support call 1 - 23rd April
- Support call 2 - 30th April
- Registration ends - 5th May
- Submission Deadline - 9th May
- Pitches call - 16th May
Prizes:
1st: US$4,000
2nd: US$2,000
3rd: US$1,000
(all prizes will be awarded in $ADA equating to the US dollar value as of the date they are issued)
Review the Zero Limits Challenge Official Rules for more information about eligibility to participate, judging criteria, and more.
Requirements
All projects are eligible for submission provided you are using Compacts ZK circuits. You can bring an existing project or start one from scratch, the possibilities are endless!
The DApp must:
- Connect to a Lace Wallet: Register for a Lace wallet here: https://www.lace.io/.
- Use Midnight’s Compact language to build smart contract(s) that generate zero-knowledge proofs
- Include a UI alongside the smart contract(s): You may use any front-end framework or tech stack to build the UI.
- Mock any assets (if any) in the DApp. Transactions must not have any real-world value.
- Acceptable DApp types: Any DApp that uses ZK circuits.
Resources:
- Developer tutorial: https://docs.midnight.network/develop/tutorial/
- Compact reference guide: https://docs.midnight.network/develop/reference/compact/
- Midnight releases page: https://docs.midnight.network/relnotes/overview
- Discord server: https://discord.gg/hYGXwzQJ