IPFS (InterPlanetary File System) is a network transfer protocol designed to create persistent and distributed storage and sharing files. This technology is a content addressable peer-to-peer hypermedia distribution protocol, the goal is to supplement, improve or even replace the current dominant Internet HTTP protocol, and can become the cornerstone of developers to build a meta-universe ecology.
The entrance to the future world has been opened, and KEN Labs invites outstanding developers from all over the world to participate in this geek feast to jointly create a new ecology of the future world!
20th April, 2022, the 2022 Metaverse Hackathon held by KEN Labs will be launched on DoraHacks developer platform. And the registration channel will be open from April 1st.
BUIDL Application Link：https://dorahacks.io/hackathon/21/detail
BUIDL Submission Guide: https://dorahacks.io/blog/guides/application-guide-metaverse-hackathon/
Feel free to join the Developers community and hang out with other hackers, developers, judges and investors! https://discord.gg/86y7YusrPk
Why Join Metaverse Hackathon?
- Generous bonus: $39K prize pool + exclusive gifts or souvenirs provided by KEN Labs!
- Technical support: Participating projects have the opportunity to communicate directly with KEN Labs & PL, and get the full support of the technical team.
- Potential investment opportunities: Online live selection with demo presentation, so that more investors can see your project.
- Excellent practice opportunity: Metaverse Hackathon has a wide range of topics, as long as you have ideas, you can participate. For example, if you cannot complete the construction of the project due to resource constraints, you can submit ideas through PPT.
- Team/project publicity exposure: Each project has the opportunity to participate in the Demo Day live broadcast to show the project and get a lot of exposure; after the hackathon is finished, there will be an exclusive interview on the excellent project.
- High gold content project experience: PL protocol laboratory official endorsement, complete code building experience
Schedule
- Registration:April 20 – May 31
- Project submission:June 1-June 14
- Public review:June 16-June 18
- Expert Review& Award ceremony:June 20th
Prize
- Champion: $10K USD+KEN Labs gift bag
- Second Runner-up: 2*$5K USD+KEN Labs Souvenir
- Third Runner-up: 3*$3K USD+KEN Labs & PL Souvenir
- Participant: $10k USD for all other participants + KEN Labs & PL Souvenir
Funder
Judges
Judging Criteria
20% public rating + 80% expert rating
The KEN Labs technical team and invited professionals form a judging panel to judge the projects in the following dimensions:
- Technical complexity
- Creativity
- Ecological contribution degree
- Market potential
- Project integrity(code and design)
The rating process is as follows:
- Each team representative will be invited to a 12 minutes online roadshow (10 mins for demo and 2 mins for Q&A).
- As all the project teams complete the roadshows, the judging panel rate, and announce the final winning teams.
Public Rating（20%）
- Time: 8pm CST, 15/06
- Channel: KEN Labs official account
- Submit information: Team picture + introduction / slogan, etc., within 150 words
- Rating criteria: The team with most votes scores 20 points. Each following team receive 5% less scores.
Expert Rating（80%）
- Time: 10am CST, 20th June
- Channel: KEN Labs official website + live stream by bilibili
- Rating criteria: by judging in the dimensions defined in the Judging criteria section, each project will be scored between 1 – 100 and multiply by expert rating 0.8.
Rules
1.Team size: individual or team(1-5).
2.Participants need to build open source projects based on IPFS related technologies.
3.Submitted projects can be ideas generated before the competition, or can use external open source tools, but the core code and functional implementation need to be completed during the hackathon.
4.Any code or materials must be submitted by 14/06.
5.Project submission
Each team need to creat a dedicated github repository. Teams must make sure all the code and other materials are submitted by the deadline of the competition.
Demo PPT (mandatory), Demo (optional), video (optional) and other related materials, If the team doesn't mind being visible to all, could also be uploaded to the corresponding repository before the end of the competition. Or send it to info@kencloud.com as the judging material for the judges. No materials can be submitted or modified when the competition time is up.
6.The intellectual property rights of the entries are owned by the team. After the competition, all the source code of the projects will be open source for reference by all sectors of the community.
7.The submitter of the project must promise that the content of the external material submitted or cited is legal and does not infringe on the intellectual property rights of others, otherwise he will be disqualified from the competition.
8.Grading rules
Submissions will be rated with decimal numbers between 1(worst) - 100 (best) by each judge and multiply by expert rating factor 0.8.
What projects can I apply for?
With the theme of "Metaverse Hackathon", KEN Labs hopes to provide more for the developers who understand technology and have ideas.
The definition of the theme is so broad that you can try your best on mini programs, desktop programs, mobile applications, websites, etc based on IPFS with the imagination of the participating team / individual. If there is no time or resources to complete this project, you can also provide a PPT/ text / video form of creative presentation.
Who can apply?
Everyone is welcome to participate, whether they are developers in the web2 domain, enthusiasts of computer science, professionals or volunteers who co-build Web3, computer learners and verified Turing test robots. This hackathon's education program will run through all the time. There is so much valuable practical information waiting for you to come to pick. As long as you have ideas, you can challenge and win more bonuses and technical learning opportunities.
*Do not need to pay any extra fees, do not need hardcore technical skills, individual or team can (1-5 people), can even regard it as an opportunity to practice.
How to apply ?
1.Via dorahacks.
Register-Submit-Complete registration
*BUIDL Submission Guide: https://dorahacks.io/blog/guides/application-guide-metaverse-hackathon/
2.Via the official website of KEN Labs.
Team/personal Information-Community - assist in signing up
About KEN Labs
KEN Labs builds Trustless Cloud of Web3 for industries and brings trust and integrity into the data life cycle by providing end-to-end cryptographically verifiable tracking and provenance for all artifacts, actions, and dependencies, at scale. Our open source ledger database, JiaoziDB, provides a transparent, immutable, encrypted and verified transaction log, which will be a robust storage foundation for Web3 on-chain and off-chain applications and over billions of users.
- Website: https://kencloud.com/
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