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A Chainlink Hackathon  |  April 29 – June 2

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WIN
UP TO

$500k

In
Prizes

Winners

chainlink grand prize

50,000

Plus, SmartCon tickets and the opportunity to pitch your project on stage.

Financial Services
Details

1st place

15,000

2nd place

7,500

Cross-Chain Solutions
Details

1st place

10,000

2nd place

5,000

Artificial Intelligence
Details

1st place

10,000

2nd place

5,000

Gaming & Consumer Apps
Details

1st place

10,000

2nd place

5,000

Best UX/UI Design

Prize

2,000

Best Video Demo

Prize

2,000

More specifics, requirements and details on these prizes can be found on DevPost

Top
Five

Reasons

To
Join

Compete for $500K in prizes across high-growth blockchain verticals

Get a five-week, zero-to-one education on blockchain development fundamentals

Learn the most widely used Web3 technologies and put a project on your resume

Get onboarded to new technologies directly from the experts to build innovative apps

Expand your network, meet industry professionals, and find like-minded developers

Replays

For five weeks straight, participants had the opportunity to build, connect, and celebrate with developers across the Chainlink ecosystem.

1 APR – 12 APR

Chainlink Bootcamp

English, Portuguese and Spanish

22 APR – 3 MAY

Chainlink Bootcamp

Chinese and Turkish

Today
29 APR

Opening Ceremony

Zubin Pratap | Chainlink Labs

Team Formation Session @ Gather

Gear Up for Block Magic: A Chainlink Hackathon 

Elif Umucu | Chainlink Labs

Hackathon Starts
Today
30 APR

Blockchain Made Easy for JavaScript Developers

Richard Gottleber | Chainlink Labs

Today
1 MAY

Product Design 101 - Part 1

Anna Savranska | Chainlink Labs

Connecting AI and Blockchains

Valentina Alexander | Chainlink Labs

Today
2 MAY

Running Nodes on an Eco-friendly Infrastructure

Simon Thomas, Exaion

Today
3 MAY

Building a Web3 Game

Umberto Canessa Cerchi | Kryptomon

Product Design 101 - Part 2

Anna Savranska | Chainlink Labs

Building on the OP stack: scaffold-op

Winnie | Optimism

Today
6 MAY

Build AI Apps Using Swan SDK

Charles Cao, Swan

How to build tokenized RWAs

Patrick Collins | Cyfrin

¡Despliega tu DApp del Bootcamp a Producción! Con Scaffold-ETH 2

Gilberts Ahumada, Chainlink Developer Expert

Today
7 MAY

Building a Tokenized Real-World Asset Application

Andrej Rakic, Chainlink Labs

Intro to Swan Chain

Charles Cao, Swan

Today
8 MAY

Learn the Basics of Hardhat-Foundry

Tobias Wohland | Deutsche Telekom

Building on Base

Ryan Nitz | Base

Building Better dApps with Moonbeam Precompiles

Kevin Neilson, Moonbeam

Deploy with dApp Launchpad

Vanes, Dabl Club

Today
9 MAY

Build Panel

Introduction to DeFi and Decentralized Exhanges (DEXs)

Nacho Garcia, DEXTools

Today
10 MAY

Build a Cross-Chain DeFi Application

Frank Kong | Chainlink Labs

Fast Deployment on Metis with Scaffold ETH2

Victor Munoz | Metis

Today
13 MAY

How to go from a project to a startup?

Andy Bohutsky & Oleg Kron, concero.io

Cross-Chain Connectivity for Front-end

Sahil Sen, QuickNode

Today
14 MAY

Office Hours (English)

Andrej Rakic | Chainlink Labs

Self-Sovereign Digital Identity

Javier Visedo & David Ammouial, NTT Data

Telefónica’s Innovation with Chainlink Functions

Patxi Barrios Aguilar & Maria Teresa Galán, Telefónica

Building Your Own ZK-Rollup with Airchains Network

Deepak Gupta, Airchains

Avalanche: a network of networks

Alejandro Soto, Avalanche

Polygon CDK Under the Hood

Jarrod Watts, Polygon Labs

Today
15 MAY

How to Drive Adoption for Your Project

XSwap

Building Cross-chain with Avalanche Teleporter

Meaghan FitzGerald, Ava Labs

Today
16 MAY

How To Get Hired in the Blockchain Industry

Mayra de Luna | Chainlink Labs

Office Hours (English)

Zubin Pratap | Chainlink Lab

Developer Experience on ZkSync

Antonio Ufano Gallego, Matter Labs

Today
17 MAY

How to Submit and Pitch Your Project

Solange Gueiros | Chainlink Labs

Getting Started with ZK on Scroll

Raza Zaidi, Scroll

Exploring Data Feeds on zkSync

Valentina Alexander, Chainlink Labs

Today
20 MAY

Office Hours (Spanish)

Solange Gueiros | Chainlink Labs

Office Hours (Portuguese)

Solange Gueiros | Chainlink Labs

Today
23 MAY

Office Hours (Mandarin)

Frank Kong | Chainlink Labs

Office Hours (English)

Elif Umucu, Chainlink Labs

Today
28 MAY

Office Hours (English)

Richard Gottleber | Chainlink Labs

Today
29 MAY

Office Hours (Turkish)

Elif Umucu, Chainlink Labs

Today
30 MAY

Office Hours (English)

Valentina Alexander | Chainlink Labs

Today
2 JUN

Project Submission Deadline

Submissions Due
Today
28 JUN

Closing Ceremony and Winners Announcement

Zubin Pratap | Chainlink Labs

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Speakers &
Expert viewsJudgesDeep insights

Sergey Nazarov

Co-Founder and CEO | Chainlink Labs
Sergey Nazarov

Akersh Srivastava

Head of DevRel & VP of Product | Chainlink Labs
Sergey Nazarov

Harry Papacharissiou

Developer Advocates Manager | Chainlink Labs
Harry Papacharissiou

Zubin Pratap

Developer Advocate | Chainlink Labs
Zubin Pratap

Richard Gottleber

Developer Advocate | Chainlink Labs
Richard Gottleber

Solange Gueiros

Developer Advocate | Chainlink Labs
Solange Gueiros

Frank Kong

Developer Advocate | Chainlink Labs
Frank Kong

Andrej Rakic

Developer Advocate | Chainlink Labs
Andrej Rakic

Elif Umucu

Community Manager | Chainlink Labs
Elif Umucu

Valentina Alexander

Developer Advocate | Chainlink Labs
Valentina Alexander

Tobias Wohland

Senior DevOps Engineer & Technical Lead | Deutsche Telekom
Tobias Wohland

Christopher Glissner

Software Engineer | Deutsche Telekom
Christopher Glissner

Ryan Nitz

Head of DevRel | Base
Ryan Nitz

Winnie

Developer Advocate | Optimism
Winnie

Umberto Canessa Cerchi

CEO | Kryptomon
Umberto Canessa Cerchi

Javier Visedo Piñanes

Blockchain & Web3 Executive Manager | NTT Data
Javier Visedo Piñanes

Patrick Collins

Co-Founder | Cyfrin
patrick collins

Antonio Ufano Gallego

DevRel | Matter Labs
Antonio Ufano Gallego

Raza Zaidi

DevRel Lead | Scroll
Raza Zaidi

Kevin Neilson

DevRel Engineer | Moonbeam
Kevin Neilson

Sahil Sen

DevRel | QuickNode
Sahil Sen

Jarred Watts

Software Engineer | Polygon Labs
Jarred Watts

Simon Thomas

Blockchain Department Manager | Exaion
Simon Thomas

Nacho Pascual

Product Manager | DEXTools
Nacho Pascual

Gilberts Ahumada

Chainlink Developer Expert
Gilberts Ahumada

Lee Marreiros

Associate Judge | Chainlink Developer Expert
Lee Marreiros

Mateo de Falco

Associate Judge | Suka
Mateo de Falco

Chris Adams

Associate Judge | Chainlink Developer Expert
Chris Adams

Gaofeng Yin

Associate Judge | Chainlink Developer Expert
Gaofeng Yin

Derek Hahn

Associate Judge | Chainlink Developer Expert
Derek Hahn

Lucas Ramos Archangelo

Associate Judge | Chainlink Developer Expert
Lucas Ramos Archangelo

Charles Cao

Co-Founder & CEO | Swan Chain
Charles Cao

Meaghan FitzGerald

DevRel | Ava Labs
Meaghan FitzGerald

Alejandro Soto

Software Developer | Avalanche Colombia
Alejandro Soto

Eli Reinhardt

PARTNER | STEEL PERLOT
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Sponsors

Providing invaluable support for the next generation of Web3 hackers, Chainlink Fall 2022 Hackathon sponsors are the biggest names in the industry. If you or your organization is interested in future sponsorship opportunities, please email us at hackathon@chainlinklabs.com Copy

Community
Sponsors

We are proud to partner with these market-leading protocols and organizations. If you or your organization is interested in sponsorship opportunities, please email us at hackathon@chainlinklabs.com Copy

FAQs

Who can participate?

Anyone from anywhere in the world can participate. However, participants that break the Rules or Code of Conduct may be expelled. External websites used as part of Block Magic may also have various country-specific limitations. You can find more information by reading the rules and regulations on Devpost, our project submission platform, once it’s live.

How much does it cost to attend?

There is no cost. Attendance is free for all participants.

How many people can be on a team?

1-5 participants per team.

What if I've never been to a hackathon or worked with Chainlink before?

No worries! It’s helpful to have some software engineering experience, but it’s not a requirement.We will also have talks, workshops, and mentors to help you with your project. This is a great place to learn about all things blockchain and smart contracts.

How will this event take place?

Block Magic is a virtual hackathon,  available to participants globally. Discussions and support for Block Magic participants take place on Discord, workshops are hosted on YouTube, and projects are submitted through Devpost.

When can I start working on my project?

As soon as the hackathon opens on April 29. To keep the playing field fair, we don’t allow teams to begin building prior to the start of the hackathon. If your project is an upgrade to an existing project, it must not have any onchain components.

My project is a collaboration with another participant, but I filled out the registration form on my own. Does my collaborator need to fill in the registration form too?

Each team member should register individually on the hackathon website and Devpost (once the page is live). You can add your team members in the “manage teammates” section when submitting your project on the Devpost hackathon page.

How do I make sure my project is eligible for hackathon prizes?

Projects that were not built at the hackathon are not eligible to receive a prize, except projects where a relevant update on onchain components is made during the hack period (April 29 - June 2). This includes projects that were built before the hackathon and projects that were submitted to past hackathons. We work closely with our partners and sponsors to filter out these projects.

Do we need to create a frontend or can we just use Remix for the demo? Are projects required to have a frontend?

Projects are not required to have a frontend. Remix is fine. However, projects with a frontend receive a bonus point.

Do we also need to host the website somewhere externally?

No, localhost is fine. All you need is a live demo.

I'm not able to record every feature of my project in a video shorter than five minutes. What should I do?

The video needs to be less than five minutes. We suggest you try to edit it down further.

My project is complete, but I don’t have a demo video—is it still valid?

No. We need a video, even if it’s just a recording of you talking.

Can we submit and modify the demo video link after submission?

Yes, if modified before the submission deadline (June 2).

Who owns the IP to the submitted projects?

The team behind each project holds the project IP.

If I win a prize, will I be required to provide personal information? 

Yes. Please take note that we reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to withhold the distribution of prizes to recipients based on the results of Know Your Customer (KYC) procedures.

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A Chainlink Hackathon  |  April 29 – June 2
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Expand the world of onchain finance by building the next DeFi primitive, an application that connects DeFi with TradFi, or a solution that makes existing financial services more accessible.

Chainlink Data Streams, Data Feeds, Functions, and CCIP can help you level up the tokenized asset economy. 

Use cases include: 

  • Fractionalize tokenized assets and make high-value ticket items easily accessible across the DeFi landscape. 
  • Develop a system that enables banks and asset managers to easily tokenize any asset and make it available on any blockchain.
  • Synchronize offchain ledgers of record and onchain contracts to create a unified Golde Record for banks, protocols, and end users.

Build a dApp that showcases how you can combine the superpowers of AI and blockchain.

Chainlink Functions is your gateway to connecting a smart contract to AI LLMs and services via API calls.

Use cases include:

  • Enhancing smart contracts by leveraging AI to run computation, statistical analysis, heuristics, pattern matching, or other forms of offchain computation, then returning the result back onchain to the smart contract.
  • Using blockchains and smart contracts to provide guardrails for offchain AI systems.
  • Use offchain AI as part of a Web3 game to act as a non-player character.

Create the next generation of Web3 games or blockchain-powered consumer applications—from social to B2B, the opportunities are endless.

Use Cases:

  • Use VRF to build the next big Web3 game.
  • Using blockchains and smart contracts to provide guardrails for offchain AI systems.Use Functions to connect to offchain systems and services as part of a consumer app (e.g., send an email or SMS with Twilio.)
  • Build a SocialFi application using Functions to connect to offchain systems or Web2 social data.
  • Use Functions to build a new Lens Open Action or Farcaster frame.

Take your DeFi, Gaming or AI dApp and enhance its potential user base and liquidity by making it a CCIP enabled cross-chain application.

Use cases: 

  • Cross-chain DeFi app with liquidity across multiple chains 
  • Cross-Chain game where players on chain A can play players on chain B
  • Cross chain liquid staking protocol