Supernova
Internet Computer Global Hackathon with $6 Million In Prizes + Grants
Supernova Hackathon: Demo Day Main Room recording with Grand Champion Showcase
Meet Supernova
Winners
Grand Champions
Safeguard your financial privacy with zero-knowledge proofs
Minecraft meets World of Warcraft, on the blockchain. Build, chat and adventure with friends, right in your browser.
Public Good / Social Impact
COMMUNITY CHOICE
Cosmicrafts →Experience intergalactic warfare by commanding your own fleet in real-time against artificial intelligence and/or other players.
Prizes and Funding
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Grand Champion
$75K + $100K Grant + up to 6 Free Tickets to Internet Computer Developer Conference
SocialFi
Your submission must be decentralized social media that incorporates tokenization ("social media" is defined broadly). For example, you might give out tokens to users that refer other users to your service, who post content that is appreciated, help with moderation, or do something else that is helpful. Show the world how good next-generation social media owned by its community can be!
- 1st$45K + 6 Tickets + $50K Grant
- 2nd$30K + $25K Grant
- 3rd$20K + $25K Grant
- 4th$15K + $5K Grant
- 5th$10K + $5K Grant
GameFi
Your submission must be a decentralized game that incorporates tokenization ("games" is defined broadly). For example, the game experince could be built from JavaScript, or an engine like Unity, and served from the Internet Computer into the browser, then interacting with backend blockchain code running on the Internet Computer. The game must involve tokens as incentives or prizes. It could be a multi-player card game, or space invaders that pays out bitcoin when the high score is beaten. You should have a plan to defeat cheating, for example using dynamically inserted CAPTCHAs. Help make sure Web3 gaming is game on!
- 1st$45K + 6 Tickets + $50K Grant
- 2nd$30K + $25K Grant
- 3rd$20K + $25K Grant
- 4th$15K + $5K Grant
- 5th$10K + $5K Grant
Metaverse and NFTs
Your submission must incorporate a system or code framework that supports building decentralized metaverses ("metaverse" is defined broadly). If you want to take on laying the foundations for an actual decentralized metaverse, of course you can do that too! For example, you could submit a system that sells online real estate as NFTs, or enables multiple players to interact inside a virtual space. Or you could show how a powerful gaming engine can be repurposed for use in the metaverse. Join the grand mission to make sure the metaverse is decentralized and open!
- 1st$45K + 6 Tickets + $50K Grant
- 2nd$30K + $25K Grant
- 3rd$20K + $25K Grant
- 4th$15K + $5K Grant
- 5th$10K + $5K Grant
Asynchronous DeFi
When a blockchain transaction invokes a smart contract on old-school blockchains, and it calls another contract, which calls another, and another, the functions of the different contracts run on a single call stack. This makes them very insecure thanks to re-entrancy, which has been one of the biggest sources of hacks on blockchain to date. Another problem is that transactions must be run in sequence, which creates a firm upper bound on transaction throughput. On the Internet Computer, smart contract calls run in parallel, because smart contracts (called "canisters") are "software actors". This removes a key security vulnerability, and provides for the unbounded, efficient scaling of blockchain computation. Now create a 100% on-chain and scalable auction house for NFTs, or a decentralized exchange for tokens. Or create a software library that helps others with the new way of coding DeFi. Or write code that interacts with other blockchains. Be a trailblazer for a new DeFi paradigm!
- 1st$45K + 6 Tickets + $50K Grant
- 2nd$30K + $25K Grant
- 3rd$20K + $25K Grant
- 4th$15K + $5K Grant
- 5th$10K + $5K Grant
Public Good / Social Impact
Tokens create powerful incentives that can help new services and ventures succeed. But blockchain is not just about "success" in the conventional sense. The world faces many difficulties, including climate change, pollution, war, oppression, economic inequality, and fake news. This is your chance to build something that makes a difference, in whatever field you choose!
- 1st$45K + 6 Tickets + $50K Grant
- 2nd$30K + $25K Grant
- 3rd$20K + $25K Grant
- 4th$15K + $5K Grant
- 5th$10K + $5K Grant
Blue Sky
Are you feeling constrained by the foregoing categories? Compete in this category and build anything you like, as long as it involves the Internet Computer!
- 1st$45K + 6 Tickets + $50K Grant
- 2nd$30K + $25K Grant
- 3rd$20K + $25K Grant
- 4th$15K + $5K Grant
- 5th$10K + $5K Grant
COMMUNITY CHOICE
The community will be able to vote for their favorite submission in the Supernova hackathon, which will win the Community Choice Award!
Partners
Judges
Olaf Carlson-WeePolychain Capital
Maria ShenElectric Capital
Tom SerresWarburg Serres
Vincent WenMessari
Dominic WilliamsDFINITY
Guy WuolletAndreessen Horowitz
Lucas LiuHuobi Incubator
Hao ChiSNZ Capital
Sue XuAmino Capital
Jarosław GrzywińskiASI GIG
Tony ChengForesight Ventures
Claude DonzéTomahawk.VC
John LilicPolygon
Igor LilicBlackComb
Tekin Salimidao5
Linda XieScalar Capital
Alexa SmithBeacon Fund
Wojciech ChylinskiASI.GIG
Danny RowshandelCV Labs
Dror Ben EliyahuSimplex
Hitters XuFBG Capital
Julian RandallUnity Technologies
Zhehao ChenFenbushi Capital
Peter GroßkopfUnstoppable Finance
Xiao XiaoHashKey Group
Alexandra KonsBeInCrypto
Benjamin HorvathBlockrocket
Jasmine GongBinance LabsWorkshops & Events for developers
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Watch on YouTubePrize and funding in a total of $6 million will be distributed as $765,000 in Cash Prizes, $765,000 in Grants, and up to $4,470,000 in Seed Funding Opportunities. Cash prizes will be awarded in full to the winners of the Hackathon. Winners will be eligible for participation in the DFINITY Developer Grant Program. For participants selected to the Developer Grant Program, entitlement to the full grant award amount is subject to meeting specified milestones and satisfying all terms and conditions of the DFINITY Developer Grant Program. Individuals and entities who participate in this Hackathon must comply with all applicable laws, regulations and the Hackathon's and/or DFINITY's terms and conditions. Failure to comply can result in your disqualification from the Hackathon and/or the Developer Grant Program and its associated benefits and entitlements.