After four exciting weeks of building, it’s finally time to announce the winners of the Algorand Build-A-Bull hackathon! Over this period, hundreds of innovators from around the world came together online to collaborate, code, and develop world-changing ideas into working prototypes and proofs of concept.
Now, after many long nights of coding and iterative development, five outstanding projects rose to the top as finalists. This blog provides details of the winning projects that go through to the grand final and the runners up. The winners of each track will receive $25K USDC, and the runners up will receive $10K USDCa and $5K USDCa, respectively.
Johanna Moran, Head of Developer Outreach & Programs in Ecosystem Funding at Algorand Foundation, said: “The goal of the hackathon was to empower developers and entrepreneurs to use blockchain technology, specifically the Algorand protocol. We were looking for the strongest teams building the best products that supported the growth of the Algorand ecosystem and could demonstrate product market fit.”
DeFi Winners
1st: CompX - A one-stop DeFi platform with a comprehensive suite of DeFi tools under one roof.
2nd: Zaibatsu - A decentralized lending platform enabling users to create token pools for investment, from which others can borrow and repay with interest.
3rd: LoraFi - Optimizes yield generation by leveraging existing derivative protocols on Algorand, enabling seamless on-chain trading of Ethereum.
Additional Folks Finance prize: Folks Swap Widget - a powerful and flexible tool designed for seamless asset swapping on the Algorand blockchain.
Consumer Winners
1st: Aurally - A decentralized Web3 ecosystem with fair monetization of creative work and rewards for fan engagement.
2nd: press.algo - An alternative monetization system for the internet that provides a new, more streamlined way to monetize content for creators.
3rd: BlockStalker - Makes interacting with the Algorand network as simple as receiving and reacting to a push notification.
Interoperability Winners
1st: Janus - A cross-chain account abstraction system that aims to onboard users from other chains seamlessly, allowing them to operate on Algorand without leaving their favorite wallet.
2nd: Wormhole Connect + Algorand - A source development kit (SDK) that enables Algorand developers to easily drop Wormhole bridging capability into their apps to allow for seamless multi-chain experiences and expansive possibilities for users.
3rd: ReceiveMe - Streamlines the process of accepting payments, both physically and digitally, across different cryptocurrency networks.
Additional Wormhole prize: Algorand on Wormhole's connect-sdk - contributes to Wormhole's connect-sdk by implementing the Algorand TokenBridge for seamless integration with the Algorand blockchain.
Robinson Burkey, CCO of the Wormhole Foundation, said: “As a judge on the Interoperability track, I was genuinely impressed by the quality of builders. The use of the SDK to integrate Wormhole bridging into Algorand apps was a highlight, showcasing the power of straightforward, effective solutions. The potential for growth and innovation here is immense.”
Impact Winners
1st: DAOWakanda - A decentralized autonomous organization designed to create a vibrant Algorand ecosystem in Nigeria where contributors and developers are incentivized and rewarded for their contributions.
2nd: AlgoCitizens - A participatory budgeting platform for citizens to submit, discuss, and vote for local initiatives.
3rd: GiveCup - A gamified Web3-based mobile app revolutionizing charitable donations by integrating the benefits of blockchain, gamification, and community-building.
Gaming Winners
1st: TameQuest - A fully decentralized pet-battling game that implements procedural creature generation using an Algorand randomness beacon.
2nd: ALGORAIDERS - An on-chain rogue-like dungeon crawler RPG powered by the Algorand Unity SDK.
3rd: Graphyti - A game that allows users to personalize their own 3D world with its own unique physics through generative AI and blockchain.
University Prize Winner
Students who took part in Build-A-Bull were also eligible to win a $5,000 USDCa University Prize. The winner of this prize was Janus, a project from students at the Università degli Studi Milan, that also took first place in the Interoperability track.
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By far, more than 3000 projects from the DoraHacks community have received over $20 million in grants and other forms of contributions from supporters worldwide. A large number of open source communities, DAOs, and more than 40 major blockchain ecosystems are actively using Dora's infrastructure (DoraHacks.io) for open source funding and community governance.