We are breaking the ice by hosting a mini-hackathon for Mysten Lab’s brand new product, Walrus. Walrus is a decentralized storage and data availability protocol. It’s cheap, robust, and easy to build with!

Walrus official links: Homepage | Twitter | Docs | Discord

Learn and build with Walrus for the chance to earn community recognition and prizes! Registration and Submission at: https://breakingtheice.walrus.site/

🎁 Community Driven Prizes

Community Shortlist $500 for each shortlisted team

The top projects voted on by the community will be shortlisted
Additional shortlisted teams will be selected by the hackathon organizers

Peer Approval $30,000 distributed to top teams

Shortlisted teams will be randomly split into 2 groups
Each team can only vote for teams in the other group
The top teams will receive an even distribution from the pool

📚 How it Works

All builders are invited to participate!

The hackathon kicks off on Aug 13 and will be conducted virtually through early Oct. All eligible projects will enter the shortlisting period.
Teams can be shortlisted in 2 ways: 1. By the hackathon organizers, and 2. Through community voting via an on-chain voting app.

Shortlisted teams will the move on to a final round of peer voting.

These teams will be randomly split into 2 groups, and they can vote for teams in the other group.
After this peer voting period concludes, the total prize pool will be distributed evenly across the top teams.

📝 How to Participate

Register for the hackathon
Build your project on Walrus Devnet
- The project must be integrated with Walrus
- All static content must be stored on Walrus. Remember that all data stored on Walrus is PUBLIC by default.
- Note Walrus Devnet will eventually be replaced with Walrus Testnet. See more Walrus Devnet disclaimer here.
Submit your final project
- Include a Walrus site and a video demo/presentation of your project uploaded to Walrus
- Ensure your project has a public repo on Github
Community voting: participate in the community voting process and garner community support for your project
If your team is shortlisted, participate in the peer voting process to determine the final top teams

🕒 Timeline

🟢 Right Now Start Building!

🗓️ August 13 - September 16 Registration and Submission Period

🗂️ September 17 - 20 Shortlisting Period

🗳️ September 23 - 30 Peer Voting for Shortlisted Teams

🏆 Early October Final Winners Announced 🎉