{"id":176,"path":"/hackathon/linera-autumn-2023","uname":"linera-autumn-2023","applied":false,"originURL":null,"image":"https://cdn.dorahacks.io/static/files/189f9de5200e2147ce189144b5584b7f.jpg","title":"Linera Autumn Developer School 2023","city":null,"startTime":1694156400000,"endTime":1697410800000,"intro":"# Introduction\n\nCelebrating the release of the Linera SDK, the Linera team is hosting our second developer program to help you get started building on the protocol! You can check out the previous one [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0qQt48NtyY&list=PLdGxlJxLrfgIdTYLJZpZnKtKCPXGorswB).\n\nThis program will give you an early preview of what it’s like building on a highly scalable Layer 1. Inspired by research at Meta, the Linera protocol hopes to introduce the next paradigm shift in web3 programming. \n\nWinners will receive prizes from a $12,500 prize pool as well as bonus prizes. \n\nThis program is designed to empower motivated developers, regardless of their skill level in Rust, to be at the forefront of a technology that introduces novel innovations in the blockchain domain. Participants will: \n\n- Gain practical experience with the Linera SDK and web3 programming \n- Receive comprehensive training on the Linera tech stack\n- Participate in live, interactive workshops, led by Linera engineers\n- Meet the Linera community and build alongside other Linera developers\n- Have a chance to win prizes from a total pool of $12,500 + bonus prizes\n\nDuring this hackathon, you will have 5 weeks to collaborate, explore, and build together with the Linera community and connect with leading developers from the Linera core team.\n\n# How to Join\n\n**Step 1:** Read through the [official rules](https://dorahacks.io/hackathon/lineradeveloperschoolautumn2023/official-rules) \n\n**Step 2:** Join the [Linera Discord](https://discord.gg/linera), Read the [Developer Documentation](https://linera.dev/), and Watch our live workshops from [Linera Developer Summer School](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0qQt48NtyY&list=PLdGxlJxLrfgIdTYLJZpZnKtKCPXGorswB)\n\n**Step 3:** Ensure that all members of your team are registered on Dorahacks\n\n**Step 4:** Attend the workshops, and use the insights gained to build your projects.\n\n**Step 5:** Submit your entry. Double check that your submission fulfils all the Entry Requirements and aligns with the Judging Criteria to avoid disqualification.\n\n# Requirements\n\n**What to Build**\n\nCreate a working software application that is built on the Linera SDK in the Rust programming language.\n\n- Using the Linera SDK is required - building a front-end for an existing Linera application or an application which is not part of the submission itself does not count. Linux and MacOS are recommended as Windows is still in testing. Keep in mind that **we do not yet have a devnet, testnet, mainnet, or token.** Your project should be a locally run web 3 application! \n\n**What to Submit**\n\n- The project must be open-source and have a URL to a public code repository.\n- Videos must be uploaded to YouTube, Vimeo, or Facebook Video and made public.\n- The completed submission form on Dorhacks before the deadline.\n- Please see the [Official Rules](https://dorahacks.io/hackathon/lineradeveloperschoolautumn2023/official-rules) for full details.\n\n# Judging Criteria\n\n- **Technological Implementation**
Does the interaction with the Linera SDK demonstrate quality software development?\n\n- **Design**
Is the user experience and design of the project well thought out?\n\n- **Potential Impact**
How big of an impact could the project have on the Linera ecosystem?\n\n- **Quality of the Idea**
How creative and unique is the project?\n\n# About Linera\n\nInitially inspired by the low-latency payment protocol FastPay developed at Meta, Linera is a layer-1 blockchain protocol designed to bring the elastic scaling of web2 to web3.\n\nLinera introduces the idea of operating many lightweight chains, called microchains, in parallel in the same set of validators. Microchains communicate instantly using the internal network of each validator. Compared to traditional multi-chain systems, a benefit of running all the microchains in the same set of validators is that creating chains does not impact the security model.\n\nIn Linera, a validator is an elastic web2-like service that validates and executes all the chains. We call this the integrated multi-chain approach. The number of microchains present in the Linera system is theoretically unlimited. This is possible because only the chains being actively extended with new blocks require work from validators. Linera encourages validators to use data centers or cloud infrastructure to unlock elastic scaling and benefit from standard production environments.\n\nTo ensure decentralization, the Linera protocol uses proof-of-stake mechanisms together with scalable auditing procedures. Each microchain can also be separately executed on commodity hardware. This allows the network to be audited by the community in a distributed way to ensure full accountability of validators. \n\nThe aim is to make it as easy as possible for developers to build on Linera. The programming model of Linera does not depend on a specific programming language. We are using WebAssembly (Wasm) and Rust for the initial execution layer of Linera.\n\n**At present, Linera does not yet have a devnet, testnet, mainnet, or token.** \n\nBy making multi-chain programming fast and scalable, we believe that a paradigm shift comparable to the evolution of databases from SQL to NoSQL is necessary for future decentralized systems to provide low-latency guarantees at arbitrary scale. We are excited to see how developers take advantage of this unique architecture and performance capabilities.\n\nLearn more about the project and architecture:\n- [linera.io/overview](https://linera.io/overview)\n- [linera.io/whitepaper](https://linera.io/whitepaper)","skills":null,"voteURL":null,"voteMechanism":null,"bonusPrice":12500,"bonusMechanism":null,"buidlsCount":8,"status":1,"ecosystem":["Linera"],"sponsors":[],"tracks":[],"tabs":[{"id":313,"name":"Developer Resources","slug":"developer-resources","description":"# **Resources**\n\nIn addition to workshops, office hours, and mentor support, we’d like to provide the resources below to help with your Linera developer experience. We also encourage you to join the ‘linera-developer-school-2023’ channel in our official Discord. Introduce yourself and tell us more about what you’re building!\n\n**Start here:**\n\n- [Developer Documentation](https://linera.dev/introduction.html)\n- [Github ](https://github.com/linera-io)\n- [Discord](https://discord.gg/linera)\n- [Telegram](https://t.me/+B1ymZIcPokRjNmUx)\n- [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/@linera_io)\n- [Workshop Schedule](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/embed?src=c_3e8efa7e1da9ceffb90735e37da98c17bd2198c1136693490fb83364cd03ba59@group.calendar.google.com&ctz=Asia/Shanghai)\n\n**Demo Applications:**\n\n- [Crowd-Funding](https://github.com/linera-io/linera-protocol/tree/main/examples/crowd-funding)\n- [Fungible](https://github.com/linera-io/linera-protocol/tree/main/examples/fungible)\n- [Social](https://github.com/linera-io/linera-protocol/tree/main/examples/social)\n\n**Stay in touch & learn more:**\n- [Twitter](https://twitter.com/linera_io)\n- [Website](https://linera.io/)\n- [Project Overview](http://linera.io/overview)\n- [Whitepaper](https://linera.io/whitepaper)"},{"id":314,"name":"Prize Info","slug":"prize-info","description":"Winners will receive prizes from a $12,500 prize pool as well as a credential from [mygateway.xyz](https://www.mygateway.xyz/). Participants who submitted a valid project will also receive a credential! There are no tracks for this hackathon, you can build whatever you like! However, we do have some example apps in the developer resources page to guide you. \n\n

Best Application Built on the Linera SDK	Quantity	Prize
1st Place	1	$5000 USD + 1st place Credential
2nd Place	1	$3500 USD + 2nd place credential
3rd Place	1	$1500 USD + 3rd place credential
4th Place	1	$1000 USD + 4th place credential
5th Place	1	$600 USD + 5th place credential
Honorable Mentions	3	$300 USD + Honorable mention credential

"},{"id":315,"name":"Schedule","slug":"schedule","description":"# Schedule\n\nFor all of the events in a public Google Calendar, click [here](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/embed?src=c_3e8efa7e1da9ceffb90735e37da98c17bd2198c1136693490fb83364cd03ba59@group.calendar.google.com&ctz=Asia/Shanghai)\n\n

Date + Time	Event	Link	Description
Friday, September 8th, 9am EST	Submissions Open		Submissions officially open for the hackathon.
Wednesday, Sept 13th, 4am EST	Kick-Off Call	Youtube	Please join us in kicking-off the Linera Autumn Developer School! In this event, Linera Founder Mathieu Baudet will do a deep dive on Linera, showcasing the vision and underlying technology of the protocol. This will be followed by Linera's Head of Community Growth speaking about program specific content and what you need to know to be successful!
Tuesday, Sept 19th, 5am EST	Coding Workshop #1: Building and Deploying your First Application	Youtube	In this coding workshop, Linera Software Engineer Christos Hadjiaslanis demonstrates how to build and deploy your first application on the Linera SDK
Tuesday, Sept 26, 5am EST	Coding Workshop #2: Testing, Logging, and More!	Youtube	In this coding workshop, Linera Software Engineer Christos Hadjiaslanis demonstrates how to make your Linera application robust by testing, logging, and more!
Wednesday, Sept 27 5am EST	Coding Workshop #3: Using Cross-Application Calls	Youtube	In this coding workshop, Linera Software Engineer Christos Hadjiaslanis demonstrates how to use cross-application calls on the Linera SDK.
Wednesday, Oct 4, 5am EST	Coding Workshop #4: TBA	Youtube	TBA
Sunday, October 15, 11:59pm EST	Submissions Close		Submissions close for the hackathon.
Monday, October 16 - Wednesday October 18th	Judging Period
Thursday, October 19th	Winners Announcement

"},{"id":316,"name":"Submission Guide","slug":"submission-guide","description":"# Getting Started [3-5 MIN]\n\n**1.** **You should submit your BUIDL via [DoraHacks.io](https://dorahacks.io/). Before that, make sure that you already have an account.**\n\nUse the **Sign in/up button** at the upper right corner of the page to access the sign-up options.\n\n

\n\n**Github, crypto wallet** and **email** are supported for creating an account. For BUIDLers, we recommend you to connect the account to your **github** to make more people know what you are building at any time.\n\n*You may be asked to receive a verification code via email. The email may take some time to arrive. No worries! The code will not expire in 10 minutes when you click “send code”.\n\n**2. Before the submission of deadline(October 15, 2023 (23:59 Eastern Time)), please make sure you have added your Github link to the project. You can submit the project first, edit it later before the deadline.**\n\nClick “Submit BUIDL”.\n\n

\n\n> **→ If you already have a BUIDL on DoraHacks**\n\nChoose your BUIDL project from **\"Apply with Existing BUIDL\"** and identify the track you want to join.\n\n> **→ If you want to submit a new BUIDL project**\n\nClick **“Create a new BUIDL”** and fill in the form as required. You'll be directed to \"Apply for Linera Developer School Autumn 2023\" page after the new BUIDL setup.\n\nFill in the form to offer the information about your project. Note that for demo, demo link and social media, please offer **URLs (with http/https://)**.\n\n

\n\nDon't forget to check \"I agree to the User Agreement\".\n\n

\n\nBack to Application window. Choose your BUIDL project from **\"Apply with Existing BUIDL\"** and identify the track you want to join.\n\nWhen submission succeeds, you'll see this notification.\n\n

\n\n# Project Verification\n\nWait! Don't just leave your BUIDL here and forget about it. Please contact DoraHacks staff on **Telegram** [@dorahacksofficial](https://t.me/dorahacksofficial) for project verification and promotional support. We'll make every BUIDL a poster and arrange a live project demo session for you via Youtube Live/Binance Live. Don't let go of the chance to receive huge visibility!\n\nOr, you can also reach us out at the **#buidl-verification channel** in the **Discord** https://discord.gg/gKT5DsWwQ5\n\n# Want to make some changes to your BUIDL?\n\nClick [Avatar] -> [Profile] to enter the Account Center, and click the \"Edit\" button on the top right of the BUIDL to update the BUIDL information.\n\n

\n\n

"},{"id":317,"name":"Official Rules","slug":"official-rules","description":"# **1. Dates and Timing** \n\n- Submission Period: September 8, 2023 (09:00 Eastern Time) - October 15, 2023 (23:59 Eastern Time). \n- Judging Period: October 16, 2023 (00:00 Eastern Time) - October 18, 2023 (23:59 Eastern Time). \n- Winners Announced: On or around October 19, 2023 (12:00 Eastern Time).\n\n# **2. Sponsor and Administrator**\n\nSponsor and Administrator: Zefchain Labs, Inc. dba Linera, 447 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA 94108, United States\n\n# **3. Eligibility**\n\n**The Hackathon IS open to:**\n\n- Individuals who are at least the age of majority where they reside as of the time of entry (“Eligible Individuals”);\n- Teams of Eligible Individuals (“Teams”); and\n- Organizations (including corporations, not-for-profit corporations and other nonprofit organizations, limited liability companies, partnerships, and other legal entities) that exist and have been organized or incorporated at the time of entry.\n\n(the above are collectively, “Entrants”)\n\nAn Eligible Individual may join more than one Team or Organization and an Eligible Individual who is part of a Team or Organization may also enter the Hackathon on an individual basis. If a Team or Organization is entering the Hackathon, they must appoint and authorize one individual (the “Representative”) to represent, act, and enter a Submission, on their behalf. By entering a Submission on behalf of a Team or Organization you represent and warrant that you are the Representative authorized to act on behalf of your Team or Organization.\n\n**The Hackathon IS NOT open to:** \n\n- Individuals who are residents of, or Organizations domiciled in, a country, state, province or territory where the laws of the United States or local law prohibits participating or receiving a prize in the Hackathon (including, but not limited to, Brazil, Quebec, Russia, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria and any other country designated by the United States Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control) \n- Organizations involved with the design, production, paid promotion, execution, or distribution of the Hackathon, including the Sponsor and Administrator (“Promotion Entities”).\n- Employees, representatives and agents** of such Promotion Entities, and all members of their immediate family or household*\n- Any other individual involved with the design, production, promotion, execution, or distribution of the Hackathon, and each member of their immediate family or household*\n- Any Judge (defined below), or company or individual that employs a Judge\n- Any parent company, subsidiary, or other affiliate*** of any organization described above\n- Any other individual or organization whose participation in the Hackathon would create, in the sole discretion of the Sponsor and/or Administrator, a real or apparent conflict of interest \n\n*The members of an individual’s immediate family include the individual’s spouse, children and stepchildren, parents and stepparents, and siblings and stepsiblings. The members of an individual’s household include any other person that shares the same residence as the individual for at least three (3) months out of the year. \n\n**Agents include individuals or organizations that in creating a Submission to the Hackathon, are acting on behalf of, and at the direction of, a Promotion Entity through a contractual or similar relationship.\n\n***An affiliate is: (a) an organization that is under common control, sharing a common majority or controlling owner, or common management; or (b) an organization that has a substantial ownership in, or is substantially owned by the other organization.\n\n# **4. How to Enter**\n\nEntrants may enter by visiting dorahacks.io/hackathons/lineraautumn2023 (“Hackathon Website”) and following the below steps:\n\n- Click 'Register as Hacker'. To complete registration, sign up to create a Dorahacks account, or log in with an existing Dorahacks account. \n- Entrants will obtain access to the required developer tools/platform and complete a Project described below in Project Requirements. Use of the developer tools will be subject to the license agreement related thereto. Entry in the Hackathon constitutes consent for the Sponsor and Dorahacks to collect and maintain an entrant’s personal information for the purpose of operating and publicizing the Hackathon.\n- Create a video that includes footage that explains your project’s features and functionality through a comprehensive demonstration.\n- Complete and enter all of the required fields on the “Submit BUIDL” page of the Hackathon Website (each a “Submission”) during the Submission Period and follow the requirements below.\n\n# **5. Project Requirements**\n\n- **What to Create:** Entrants must create a working software application that is built on the Linera SDK in the Rust programming language (each a “Project”). \n- **Functionality:** The Project must be capable of being successfully installed and running consistently on the platform for which it is intended and must function as depicted in the video and/or expressed in the text description.\n- **Platforms:** A submitted Project must run on the platform for which it is intended and which is specified in the Submission Requirements. \n- **New & Existing:** Projects must be either newly created by the Entrant or, if the Entrant’s Project existed prior to the Hackathon Submission Period, must have been significantly updated after the start of the Hackathon Submission Period.\n- **Third Party Integrations:** If a Project integrates any third-party SDK, APIs and/or data, Entrant must be authorized to use them.\n\n# **6. Submission Requirements** \n\nSubmissions to the Hackathon must meet the following requirements:\n\n- Include a Project built with the required developer tools and meets the above Project Requirements.\n- Provide a URL and access to the Project code repository. The repository must include all relevant Project code and README with getting started instructions that allow viewers to test the Project.\n- Include a text description that should explain the features and functionality of your Project.\n- Include a demonstration video of your Project. The video portion of the submission:\n - should be less than three (3) to five (5) minutes\n - should include footage that shows the Project functioning on the device for which it was built\n - must be uploaded to and made publicly visible on YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook Video, or Youku, and a link to the video must be provided on the submission form on the Hackathon Website; and\n - must not include third party trademarks, or copyrighted music or other material unless the Entrant has permission to use such material.\n- There is no devnet, testnet, mainnet, or token for Linera. Projects must run locally using the Linera SDK. Participation in this hackathon does not guarantee any future token distribution.\n\n**Multiple Submissions:** An Entrant may submit more than one Submission, however, each submission must be unique and substantially different from each of the Entrant’s other Submissions, as determined by the Sponsor and Dorahacks in their sole discretion.\n\n**Submission ownership:** Be the original work of the submitter, be solely owned by the submitter, and not violate the IP rights of any other person or entity.\n\n**Public Distribution:** The Entrant may make the Project available to the public via a website or online store but is not required to do so. \n\n**Testing:** Access must be provided to an Entrant’s working Project for judging and testing by providing a link to a website, functioning demo, or a test build. If Entrant’s website is private, Entrant must include login credentials in its testing instructions.The Entrant must make the Project available free of charge and without any restriction, for testing, evaluation and use by the Sponsor, Administrator and Judges until the Judging Period ends. Judges are not required to test the Project and may choose to judge based solely on the text description, images, and video provided in the Submission.\n\n**Language Requirements**\n\nAll Submission materials must be in English or, if not in English, the Entrant must provide an English translation of the demonstration video, text description, and testing instructions as well as all other materials submitted. \n\n**Team Representation**\n\nIf a team or organization is entering the Hackathon, they must appoint and authorize one individual (the “Representative”) to represent, act, and enter a Submission, on their behalf. The Representative must meet the eligibility requirements above. By entering a Submission on the Hackathon Website on behalf of a team or organization you represent and warrant that you are the Representative authorized to act on behalf of your team or organization.\n\n**Intellectual Property:** Your Submission must: (a) be your (or your Team, or Organization’s) original work product; (b) be solely owned by you, your Team, your Organization with no other person or entity having any right or interest in it; and (c) not violate the intellectual property rights or other rights including but not limited to copyright, trademark, patent, contract, and/or privacy rights, of any other person or entity. An Entrant may contract with a third party for technical assistance to create the Submission provided the Submission components are solely the Entrant’s work product and the result of the Entrant’s ideas and creativity, and the Entrant owns all rights to them. An Entrant may submit a Submission that includes the use of open source software or hardware, provided the Entrant complies with applicable open source licenses and, as part of the Submission, creates software that enhances and builds upon the features and functionality included in the underlying open source product. By entering the Hackathon, you represent, warrant, and agree that your Submission meets these requirements.\n\n**Financial or Preferential Support:** A Project must not have been developed, or derived from a Project developed, with financial or preferential support from the Sponsor or Administrator. Such Projects include, but are not limited to, those that received funding or investment for their development, were developed under contract, or received a commercial license, from the Sponsor or Administrator any time prior to the end of Hackathon Submission Period. The Sponsor, at their sole discretion, may disqualify a Project, if awarding a prize to the Project would create a real or apparent conflict of interest."}],"visible":true,"hasOnboarding":false,"onboardingCompleted":false,"organization":{"id":514,"name":"Linera","logo":"https://cdn.dorahacks.io/static/files/18977bd9d61cfe87034ed93458c9c7e9.png"},"participation":"Virtual","applicationsCount":12,"escrowed":false,"field":["Blockchain"],"telegram":null,"discord":null,"whatsapp":null,"wechat":null,"token":"USD","email":"jesse.pariselli@linera.io","contacts":["Telegram","@jessep461"],"bounties":[],"isOrganizer":false,"isCurrentHackerRegistered":false,"prizeSafeOwner":null,"prizeSafeWallet":null,"prizeSafeInfo":[]}