The Canto Online Hackathon (COH) is a virtual summit that invites developers, creatives, and communicators to launch the next wave of apps, infrastructure, and original work on Canto.
Canto is a permissionless blockchain built with the Cosmos SDK that offers an EVM execution layer and core financial primitives, including a novel decentralized exchange, lending market, and unit of account (NOTE).
Since launch, core development on Canto continues, spearheaded by the Canto Protocol Improvement Cluster (CPIC). Released earlier this year, Contract Secured Revenue (CSR) offers a new source of revenue for smart contract developers, while features yet to hit the chain including streamlined bridging and a native liquid staking protocol.
In support of Canto’s Free Public Infrastructure – a framework that advocates for DeFi primitives to be provided as public utilities, among other tenets – the COH encourages projects centered on sustainability, authenticity, and creativity.
Builders will compete for prize shares in a 300,000 CANTO rewards pool.
Along with a change in building categories, this season rewards winners who launch on mainnet prior to submission close with doubled prize shares.
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Overall Winner(s) Up to 5 remarkable projects will be awarded as judges see fit. Award: 3 Prize Shares (2x if deployed on mainnet before submission deadline)
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DeFi & Infrastructure Apps that leverage Canto’s Infrastructure, including its Free Public Infrastructure of DeFi Primitives and Contract Secured Revenue. Award: 2 Prize Shares (2x if deployed on mainnet before submission deadline)
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NFTs
- Original Collections that require significant artistic effort and showcases unique, visually captivating, or culturally intriguing content. Award: 2 Prize Shares (2x if deployed on mainnet before submission deadline)
- Composable
Collections that introduce a new utility or use case that leverages Canto's DeFi ecosystem.
Award: 2 Prize Shares (2x if deployed on mainnet before submission deadline) - Experimental Collections that break new ground, and/or include experimental aspects. Award: 2 Prize Shares (2x if deployed on mainnet before submission deadline)
20% – Originality, Creativity, & Innovation.
20% – Canto-ish-ness. How well projects do one of the following items:
- In step with Canto culture
- Leverages or supports Canto Free Public Infrastructure
- Leverages Contract Secured Revenue.
20% – Expertise Required A high level of skill or knowledge or competency was demonstrated by the team members
20% – User Experience Project presents as intuitive and understandable for its targeted user profile.
20% – Sustainability A thoughtful plan for launch, maintenance, and/or further development.
The COH is pleased to announce the following judges for Chapter 1, Season 8:
- Giorgio Balbi – Generative Artist, Creator Speranza, Preserverance
- Roman Böhringer – Solidity Engineer, mkt.market
- Zak Cole – CTO, Slingshot Finance
- Scott Lewis – Contributor, Canto. Cofounder, Slingshot Finance, Code4rena
- Gray Matter – Founder, Longnecks, Contributor, Tapioca Dao
- Colin Platt – Dev, Alto
- sgt_slaughtermelon – Crypto Artist & Dilettante, sgtslaughtermelon.com
- Supriyo – Founder & CEO, Atrium.art
- Chjango Unchained – Advisor, Osmosis. Prev. Cosmos Ecosystem Lead
6/19 – Registration Ongoing at thecoh.build
6/19 – Begin Building, Communicate in the COH chat.
6/22 – The Elevator, 1:30pm ET/530pm UTC, Add to Calendar
The Elevator is a project pitch session: your chance to pitch your idea(s) to fellow builders and Canto mentors. Get direct feedback, learn about potential projects, and grow your team.
7/6 – Midpoint Check. Share Project Title, Summary, & Progress Update w COH organizers.
7/21 – Mainnet Launch Due. To qualify for 2x prize shares, projects must be launched on Canto mainnet by 11:59pm UTC.
7/21 – Projects Due. Must submit pre-recorded video and PR to this repo by 11:59pm UTC.
7/27 – Judging Ceremony Thursday, July 27, 1pm ET/ 10am PT.
7/31 (TBD) – Winners Announced
Submissions to the Canto Online Hackathon should consist of a pull request to this repo and a pre-recorded video. Make sure to complete both before 11:59pm UTC on 7/21.
For the PR, fork this repository and create a new folder named after your project. Inside the folder, include a README.md file with a short 2-3 sentence overview of your project. Where applicable, also include links to your frontend deployment and a GitHub repository with the project's source code. See the example submission for reference.
Building in public is encouraged. However, if you wish to keep your source code private, please contact hackathon organizers to ensure judges' GitHub handles are added to your repository.
Submit your PR to the main branch. Do not modify the root README.md file in your PR.
For the pre-recorded video, use Loom to record a video (max 3 minutes) about your project, following these guidelines.
This video will be played during the live judging ceremony and can be a working demo and/or a presentation outlining the project (i.e. what was accomplished during the COH, what’s next). For examples of hackathon presentation videos please review the judging ceremony from a previous COH season.
Note: Any teams requiring assistance with translation and subtitling of their video can contact the hackathon organizers for accommodations. All languages are welcome.
- The COH Telegram – Builders are encouraged to discuss projects in The COH Builders Telegram Channel
- Add COH Organizers to contacts for questions, private mentorship & teammate matching - Robin (@robinwhitney), Pujimak (@pujimak_in), Jillian (@jilliancasalini), Thomas (@tsterbush), GucciPrayers (@gucciprayers), Nassim (@snasps).
- Project Ideas - See this spreadsheet for some project ideas.
- Attend the Elevator Project Pitch Session (4/25) to pitch your idea, get direct feedback from mentors, and to meet other builders.
- Canto Hackathon Resources (Oracles, Nodes, etc) – https://github.com/the-COH/resources
- Canto EVM Development Documentation – https://docs.canto.io/evm-development/overview
- Canto Testnet Faucet (Discord) – https://discord.com/channels/993968517906960445/1029450708371656715
- Canto Testnet Faucet (Website) https://www.cantofaucet.com/
- Canto Icons & Logos – Canto is a headless brand, meaning there is no official brand identity. You're encouraged to change and ideate on any Canto visuals, or utilize some common visuals here: https://github.com/Canto-Network/canto-branding-assets
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