Track Overview

○ Deployment and Orchestration
○ Marketplace and Tokenomics
○ Integration and Interoperability
○ Security and Privacy
○ Akash EDU
○ Deployment and Orchestration - Unstoppable Shade dApp deployment (stkd-SCRT)
○ Secret Network Verifiable Randomness track
○ Integration and Interoperability - Archway track

Deployment and Orchestration

This track focuses on improving the deployment and orchestration capabilities of the Akash Network. Participants can explore ways to streamline the process of deploying applications on the network, enhance containerization techniques, and optimize resource allocation algorithms.

Ideas for this track (not limited to)

  • building deployment tools
  • developing efficient container management systems
  • creating frameworks for automated scaling and load balancing
  • provider management tools for managing leases (usually miners)

Submissions must contain/have:

Documentation: Provide clear and concise documentation of your projects. This should include setup instructions, usage guidelines, and any additional information that helps judges and other developers understand the project.

Demo or Video: Create a demo or video showcasing your project's functionality. Videos are particularly helpful in conveying the project's value and can be easily shared and understood by judges and the public.

Open Source: Make your project open source. This fosters collaboration, allows others to learn from your code, and contributes to the broader developer community.

Marketplace and Tokenomics

This track revolves around the Akash Network marketplace and tokenomics. Participants can work on projects that enhance the marketplace functionality, improve user experience, and explore innovative tokenomics models.

Ideas for this track (not limited to)

  • developing decentralized exchange integrations
  • designing reputation systems for service providers
  • creating tools for dynamic pricing based on supply and demand.

Submissions must contain/have:

Documentation: Provide clear and concise documentation of your projects. This should include setup instructions, usage guidelines, and any additional information that helps judges and other developers understand the project.

Demo or Video: Create a demo or video showcasing your project's functionality. Videos are particularly helpful in conveying the project's value and can be easily shared and understood by judges and the public.

Open Source: Make their projects open source. This fosters collaboration, allows others to learn from your code, and contributes to the broader developer community.

Integration and Interoperability

This track focuses on enabling seamless integration and interoperability of the Akash Network with other blockchain platforms and cloud services. Participants can explore ways to facilitate cross-chain communication, integrate with popular blockchain networks, or develop interoperability solutions with existing cloud infrastructures.

Ideas for this track (not limited to)

  • building bridges or gateways
  • creating standardized APIs
  • implementing cross-platform deployment tools.

Submissions must contain/have:

Documentation: Provide clear and concise documentation of your projects. This should include setup instructions, usage guidelines, and any additional information that helps judges and other developers understand the project.

Demo or Video: Create a demo or video showcasing your project's functionality. Videos are particularly helpful in conveying the project's value and can be easily shared and understood by judges and the public.

Open Source: Make their projects open source. This fosters collaboration, allows others to learn from your code, and contributes to the broader developer community.

Security and Privacy

This track emphasizes addressing security and privacy challenges within the Akash Network. Participants can work on projects that enhance data encryption and protection, implement secure smart contract frameworks, or develop tools for auditing and monitoring security vulnerabilities.

Ideas for this track (not limited to)

  • building secure storage solutions
  • designing privacy-preserving mechanisms for sensitive data
  • creating tools for vulnerability scanning and reporting.

Submissions must contain/have:

Documentation: Provide clear and concise documentation of your projects. This should include setup instructions, usage guidelines, and any additional information that helps judges and other developers understand the project.

Demo or Video: Create a demo or video showcasing your project's functionality. Videos are particularly helpful in conveying the project's value and can be easily shared and understood by judges and the public.

Open Source: Make your project open source. This fosters collaboration, allows others to learn from your code, and contributes to the broader developer community.

Akash EDU

In this hackathon track, participants will have the opportunity to showcase their technical expertise in Akash and contribute to the growth of the network by creating high-quality technical video guides.

Idea’s for this track: (but not limited to)

Akash Ecosystem how-to guides

  • Blockless How To

  • Spheron How To

  • Fleek - How To

  • TerraForm - How To

  • How to set up a mining rig on Akash

Submissions must contain/have:

  • Public link on YouTube

  • Hard Copy File of video

Deployment and Orchestration - Unstoppable Shade dApp deployment (stkd-SCRT)

This hackathon track emphasizes using Akash deployment and orchestration capabilities to deploy an “unstoppable” decentralized interface for the suite of private-by-default dApps that comprise Shade Protocol. This hackathon track focused on the deployment of a decentralized UI for stkd-SCRT contracts using Akash.

🏆 BOUNTY PRIZE AMOUNT

  • Total prizes of $1500 USD in SHD

ABOUT SECRET NETWORK

Secret Network offers scalable permissionless smart contracts with a private by default design—  Secret Contracts are an implementation of the Rust-based smart contract compiling toolkit CosmWasm, adding private metadata possibilities.

ABOUT SHADE PROTOCOL

Shade Protocol is an interconnected suite of private by default DeFi primitives that provides a unified user experience for DeFi participants that includes, but is not limited to private liquid staking derivatives, private overcollateralized stablecoin, front-running resistant hybrid AMM, and bonds.

Our full docs are available at: https://docs.shadeprotocol.io/shade-protocol/

Our whitepaper, if you're looking for even more in-depth information, is available at: https://shadeprotocol.io/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Shade-Protocol-Whitepaper.pdf

Landing Page: https://shadeprotocol.io/

Application page: https://app.shadeprotocol.io/

ABOUT Liquid Staked SCRT (stkd-SCRT)

Staked SCRT (stkd-SCRT) is a liquid staking derivative built by Shade Protocol enabling users to secure Secret Network and other application protocols without exposing their privacy, all while earning staking rewards. stkd-SCRT represents staked SCRT on Secret Network, combining the cumulative value of deposited SCRT collateral with compounded staking rewards via the staking derivative contract. stkd-SCRT tokens are minted via deposits of SCRT. stkd-SCRT is a completely on-chain dApp.

RESOURCES

Submissions must contain/have:

Technical Requirements:

  • The decentralized UI (deployed on Akash) for stkdSCRT must mimic the functionality of https://app.shadeprotocol.io/staking-derivatives/stake
  • Needs to support Keplr Wallet
  • Interface must be built with Vue3/Vite
  • Interface must allow users to perform stake, unbond, claim transactions for shades derivative: stkd-SCRT
  • Interface must display the following data:
    • exchange rate
    • stake fee
    • withdraw period
    • APY
    • community pending rewards
    • community unbondings
    • next batch time
    • SCRT token balance
    • Query private data for unbondings and stkd-SCRT balance through use of viewing keys
    • OUT OF SCOPE
      • market cap (requires external price feeds)
  • Interface must allow users to select custom node endpoints

Branding: The design/branding must be different than Shade Protocol’s as it will not be owned by the protocol; Shade/stkd-SCRT logos are acceptable for use.

Documentation: Provide clear and concise documentation of your project. This should include deployment instructions, orchestration guidelines, and any additional information that helps judges and the Shade Protocol developers understand the project.

Demo or Video: Create a demo or video showcasing your project's functionality. Videos are particularly helpful in conveying the project's value and can be easily shared and understood by judges and the public.

Open Source: Make their projects open source. This fosters collaboration, allows others to learn from your code, and contributes to Shade Protocol research and development.

Secret Network Verifiable Randomness track

This track emphasizes using verifiable randomness within the Akash Network by utilizing Secret Network’s cross-chain verifiable randomness functionality. To be considered for a prize, your dApp must implement on-chain randomness using Secret VRF.

🏆 BOUNTY PRIZE AMOUNT

  • Total prizes of $2500 in SCRT

The top three overall projects will be selected for winning prizes:

  • 🥇1st $1500 SCRT
  • 🥈2nd $750 SCRT
  • 🥉3rd $250 SCRT

ABOUT SECRET NETWORK

Secret Network offers scalable permissionless smart contracts with a private by default design— bringing novel use cases to blockchain not feasible on public systems. Secret Network is built with the Cosmos SDK bringing interoperable privacy to the entire Cosmos ecosystem. Secret Contracts are an implementation of the Rust-based smart contract compiling toolkit CosmWasm, adding private metadata possibilities.

RESOURCES

Submissions must contain/have:

Documentation: Provide clear and concise documentation of your projects. This should include setup instructions, usage guidelines, and any additional information that helps judges and other developers understand the project.

Demo or Video: Create a demo or video showcasing your project's functionality. Videos are particularly helpful in conveying the project's value and can be easily shared and understood by judges and the public.

Open Source: Make their projects open source. This fosters collaboration, allows others to learn from your code, and contributes to the broader developer community.

Integration and Interoperability - Archway track

This track focuses on enabling seamless integration and interoperability of the Akash Network with other blockchain platforms by connecting with Archway Network via IBC. To be considered for a prize, your dapp should utilize both blockchains (either from Akash to Archway or vice-versa). Unique uses of the Archway incentives will be prioritized for the bounty prizes.

🏆 BOUNTY PRIZE AMOUNT

  • Total prizes of $2500 in ARCH

The top three overall projects will be selected for winning prizes:

  • 🥇1st $1500 ARCH
  • 🥈2nd $750 ARCH
  • 🥉3rd $250 ARCH

ABOUT ARCHWAY

Archway is a Cosmos-native permissionless incentivized smart contract chain that is optimized for a seamless developer experience that allows for easy deployment of high-performance dapps that capture the value they create for the network. As developers build and launch impactful dapps, they receive a proportional share of network fees, inflation, and smart contract premiums. This model enables dapps to access recurring value generation and participate in the upside of the underlying protocol as they are able to directly capture the value they bring to the network . For Archway, it tightly aligns the incentives of developers and their dapp communities with the overall ecosystem.

RESOURCES

Submissions must contain/have:

Documentation: Provide clear and concise documentation of your projects. This should include setup instructions, usage guidelines, and any additional information that helps judges and other developers understand the project.

Demo or Video: Create a demo or video showcasing your project's functionality. Videos are particularly helpful in conveying the project's value and can be easily shared and understood by judges and the public.

Open Source: Make their projects open source. This fosters collaboration, allows others to learn from your code, and contributes to the broader developer community.