Build on ICP and Calimero

A hackathon brought to you by the teams of ICP Hub Bulgaria and Calimero network, challenging you to develop the next generation of privacy-centric apps on ICP leveraging the IC SDK and Calimero SDK!

Why join?

In this hackathon, you and your team will get a chance to showcase your talent and skills, leverage SDKs innovatively, and deliver solutions where privacy is the default. There is more than one reason to join our hackathon:

  • Total reward pool of $40,000
  • RZLT services in the value of $11,000
  • Support for grants and funding by Dfinity up to $100,000
  • Access to a network of founders, investors, and mentors
  • Potential incubation by ICP Hub's proprietary accelerator, Formation3

Criteria to join

Our only requirement is for the developers to utilize both the IC SDK and the Calimero SDK. Even if you are a builder of an existing ICP project, we encourage you to leverage the L0 for private data - Calimero and deliver a privacy-centric solution.

You are eligible to participate in the hackathon if:

  • the project is unique to ICP.
  • Participants must be proficient in English
  • Teams must contain at least one founder above the age of 18

Timeline

  • Application Phase: September 30th - February 4th
  • Team Formation Phase: December 20th - February 4th
  • Online Hacking Phase: January 4th - February 4th (23:59 CET)
  • Judging Phase: February 5th - 18th
  • Winners Announcement: February 19th
  • Prize distribution: rewards will be distributed in a time frame of one month upon the winner’s announcement.

What to submit

The last step to finalize your participation in the hackathon is submitting your project. To complete the submission process we require:

  • A pitch deck (Problem statement, target audience, proposed solution, feasibility, impact, novelty - what makes your idea unique or innovative) and/or demo of your project
  • The GitHub repository

Judging Criteria

Implementation: Did the project utilize both SDKs? Creativity: How original is the idea? Thoughtfulness: How thorough was the project developed? Code sophistication: How clean and efficient is the structure?