Venom Hackathon Recap & Result Announcement

The Venom Hackathon, a global event aimed at bringing together Web3 developers, engineers, and creative minds to explore the potential of developing on Venom, has recently come to an end. The hackathon received an impressive 402 submissions across three tracks: Web3, NFT & Gaming, DeFi & CBDCs, Tools and Infrastructure.

After careful evaluation based on technical implementation, creativity, design, adoption & market, and overall presentation, 22 winners were announced. The total prize pool was worth $225,000, with winners walking away with a share of the prize money and recognition for their outstanding work.

Web3, NFT & Gaming

1st Place - Qupe Protocol
Qupe Protocol facilitates the easy implementation of various social media platforms with minimal changes. The project showcases fast, cheap message delivery, customizable server permissions, and a rich set of features like tags and reactions, all while leveraging the security, anonymity, and speed of Venom.

2nd Place - Segmint
Segmint uses advertising and self-expression by leveraging NFT and blockchain capabilities, allowing users to purchase unique digital segments to personalize and resell. This approach uses smart contracts for secure transactions and offers a unique ad space, fostering value and authenticity in the advertising realm.

3rd Place - Crazy Portals
A strategic blockchain-based game inspired by Snakes and Ladders, with unique gameplay mechanics. This game features adjustable map sizes, player capacities, round durations, portal customizations, and prize allocation.

Honorary Mentions
SevenByte
SevenByte caters to the unique needs of creators and collectors in the NFT space. With diverse transaction mechanisms including direct buy, Dutch and English auctions, and an open bidding system.

VenomArt
A NFT marketplace offering features such as AI NFT Generation and Multi-collection. The platform enables users to create, buy, sell, and collect various NFTs, with a special feature to generate AI NFTs from random text inputs.

VenomDrop
VenomDrop is a dedicated NFT AirDrop platform enabling users to create and distribute their own unique NFT collections. The platform empowers creators, artists, and businesses to engage with their audience and foster a strong community around their brand.

Ventory
A marketplace tailored for games and NFT projects that offers a comprehensive suite of features including an INO/IDO Launchpad, GameHub, NFT Marketplace, lending, renting, and staking options for NFTs, and more.

DeFi & CBDCs

1st Place - Unb@nk
Unb@nk provides banking infrastructure built on the Venom blockchain, specifically designed to manage Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). Their system incorporates a hierarchical management structure capable of scaling and serving thousands of clients.

2nd Place - Deltex
Deltex is a decentralized exchange (DEX), featuring atomic transactions, high-speed swaps, multi-token pools with customizable weights, and blockchain sharding for improved scalability. Capitalizing on modern mathematical principles and smart contract architecture to offer greater flexibility and control to users.

3rd Place - orGear DAO Builder
orGear DAO Builder is a platform streamlining the creation of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) on the Venom blockchain. It offers solutions to issues like the Double Voting problem and high gas fees, fostering better user participation and secure DAO operations.

Honorary Mentions
Venom P2P
Venom P2P offers a solution for direct peer-to-peer transactions, specifically tailored for scenarios where exchange prices are irrelevant, liquidity is low, or no pool exists. Leveraging smart contract technology, it ensures transaction security, eliminating the need for external over-the-counter (OTC) offers.

TrustEstate
TrustEstate is a solution that leverages Self-Sovereign Identity, and verifiable credentials to foster trust and transparency in Dubai's real estate market. Designed to help foreigners verify the authenticity of agents and properties, it streamlines real estate transactions, enhancing the overall user experience.

Upex
Upex is a platform built on the Venom blockchain designed to enhance binary options trading. It offers improved transparency, reliability, and data security, allowing traders to predict price movements and claim their earnings more conveniently.

vePay
vePay provides a simple JavaScript SDK, enabling easy integration of Venom's tokens for online payments on any website. The platform operates fully on web3, requiring just a venom wallet integrated on the site, thus simplifying the adoption process for non-blockchain users and services.

Tools and Infrastructure

1st Place - BioVenom SDK
BioVenomSDK is a versatile tool that utilizes a user's device for a secure, biometric-based wallet experience on the Venom Network. By simplifying onboarding and reducing seed phrase-related risks, it seeks to make blockchain interactions more accessible.

2nd Place - Light
Light is a programming language designed specifically for TON-inspired blockchains, including EverScale and Venom. With its functional reactive actor-based structure, it introduces several unique features to blockchain programming.

3rd Place DataLayer
DataLayer is a chain analytics tool designed to benefit dApps developers, market researchers, and investors. The tool offers categorized event analysis, account insights, NFT, DEX, and staking usage analysis, and more. DataLayer also has an API access for user integration.

Honorary Mentions
Eversa
Eversa is a Python-based toolkit designed for smart contract development and testing on Venom. It encompasses a library and CLI for building, testing, and managing smart contracts. Features include the dynamic generation of Python Object classes, pre-built Multisig contracts, and various CLI commands for contract management.

Tattler
Tattler is an alarm-clock service for the Venom network that enables developers to delegate regular execution tasks. By emulating services such as Keep3r network and Ethereum Alarm Clock from other blockchains, Tattler ensures regular call execution in smart contracts.

Venom React Hooks
Venom React Hooks is a package that offers customizable hooks to connect, read, and send messages on the Venom Network. By utilizing Venom-Connect, it offers a seamless interface for network interaction and state updates.

Asterizm
Asterizm is an infrastructure solution that facilitates trustless and confidential cross-chain transactions for dApp builders, ensuring cost-effectiveness and reduced data transfer risks. It combines an on-chain module, Asterizm Connector, and two off-chain entities to secure transactions.

Venom Analytics
A data tool that provides an intuitive interface for blockchain data analysis. It offers data source connections, SQL querying, diverse visualizations, and collaborative features for shared analysis.