Huobi Incubator, the project incubation arm of Huobi Global, and its affiliated Web3Scholarship platform, today announced the kick-off of the Web3 Hackathon. The hackathon is hosted in conjunction with DoraHacks, a decentralized global developer community and open-source incentive platform, and Cube Network, an emerging Web3 blockchain. Huobi Incubator will distribute 50,000 USDT in grants to the hackathon winners through the DoraHacks platform.
The Web3 Hackathon is designed to help grow promising Web3 startup projects. Lasting for three months from June 28, 2022 to September 30, 2022, this hackathon welcomes applications from all blockchain projects that have yet to issue tokens. Projects that have deployed or plan to deploy on the Cube Network blockchain will be given priority in the assessment of their hackathon eligibility.
Projects will be reviewed and judged every six weeks by a committee of judges including representatives from Polkastarter, the decentralized launchpad, DeFi launchpad Poolz, incubation platform DAO Maker and more. There will be two rounds of winners announced during this hackathon, and prizes will be distributed by Huobi Incubator through the DoraHacks platform.
What can you get
- A total prize pool of 50,000 USDT
- Priority access to Huobi Incubator’s network of investors
- Fast-track approval to list on Huobi Global’s cryptocurrency exchange
- Potential to receive up to 100 million USDT in liquidity investment support
- Technical and marketing support to launch on the Cube Network blockchain
Hackathon participants will have access to developer resources from the likes of DoraHacks, WBA, one block, Developer Engine, nethermind, Harmony, IRisnet, and Angelhack.
Entry Requirements
All projects in the blockchain field that have not yet issued coins can apply / projects that have plans or have been deployed on the Cube public chain will have priority
Timeline
- Start Date: June 28, 00:00 SGT
- Demo Day: August 25, 2022
- Submission Due Date: September 30, 24:00 SGT
- Podcast: Once a week from July to September, our podcast will invite participants to discuss their projects
There will be two complementary events held throughout the duration of the hackathon:
- One Demo Day will be held on August 25, 2022 to showcase high quality projects and receive more investor exposure.
- Weekly podcast interviews with the founder(s) of a project participating in the hackathon will be held by Huobi Incubator from July to September to showcase project stories and use cases.
Prize Level Breakdown*
- First Class Prize(s)：5000 USDT + Huobi Incubator support
- Second Class Prize(s)：2000 USDT + Huobi Incubator support
- Third Class Prize(s)：1000 USDT + Huobi Incubator support
*A total prize pool of 50,000 USDT will be distributed to winners; the total number of prizes to be given out for each class will be solely determined by the judging committee and the quality of the projects.
About Huobi Incubator
Huobi Incubator is a professional, full-cycle project incubator that integrates industry research with investment funds, incubation processes and accelerators. With the mission of accelerating startup project development across all stages and users, Huobi Incubator helps entrepreneurs and startups overcome obstacles, achieve rapid growth, and work toward their respective visions and goals.
About Web3Scholarship
The Web3Scholarship program was seeded by Huobi Incubator in Jan 2022, and is affiliated with Huobi Global. Its network of partners and mentors include executives from Polkastarter, DAO Maker, Cambridge Blockchain Society, Republic Crypto, Imperial Blockchain, Enjinstarter, DoraHacks, Asia Blockchain Gaming Alliance, and more. Web3Scholarship program is dedicated to supporting a multi-chain world, and strengthens its ecosystem through collaborations with Layer1 and Layer2 protocols such as Avalanche, Polygon, Dfinity, Octopus Network, and Tron Network. Since its launch, Web3Scholarship has helped fund over 80 projects and worked with 15 ecosystem partners, such as universities, IDO platforms, data platforms, and developer platforms.
About Cube
Cube is a public blockchain that is designed to collaborate and promote the development of the industry, taking into account the current needs of decentralized applications and the future innovation and development. It takes high-performance underlying permissionless blockchain as a new starting point, realizes the ultimate performance optimization of single-chains in phases, supports and promotes the development of Web 3.0 in modular layers, solves storage pain points, forming a permissionless blockchain with complete underlying capabilities that everyone can participate in. Furthermore, it actively leads and participates in the development and construction of decentralized cross-chain protocols to form a multi-chain network and integrate itself into the new world of interconnected chains to become an indispensable part of the metaverse infrastructure.
Web3 Hackathon活动概述
为帮助高质量的Web3初创项目成长，火币孵化器发起Web3基金黑客松，将于2022年的6月28日开启报名通道！项目申请将于今年的9月30日截止，欢迎所有还未上币的项目报名。即将或已在Cube网络部署的项目将会在黑客松资格评判中给予优先权。
每六个星期黑客松将进行一次评审。评审评委包括去中心发射台Polkastarter， DeFi 发射台 Poolz，孵化器平台DAO Maker 等。火币孵化器将通过DoraHacks平台颁发奖金。
你将得到
- 丰厚奖金：共50000 USDT奖金池
- 潜在投资机会：参赛项目有机会与火币孵化器的投资者线上交流
- 上币渠道：在火币交易所上币的快速通道
- 流动性支持：一亿的流动性投资支持
- 运营支持：在技术/市场上帮助项目在Cube公链上部署/发布
什么项目可以申请
所有暂未发币的区块链领域项目皆可申请/有计划或已经在Cube公链部署的项目将有优先权
活动流程
- 活动开启时间: 6月28日 00:00 北京时间
- Demo Day: 8月25日
- 申请截止时间: 9月30日 24:00 北京时间
- Podcast: 7月-9月每周一次Podcast将根据主题不定期邀请项目方参与。
黑客松期间活动：
- 8月25日将为优质项目举办Demo Day，增加面向投资机构的高质量曝光。
- 从七月到九月，每周将会举办一场与初创者的博客聊天来介绍其参赛项目。
奖金分配*
- 一等奖*n：5000 USDT + 火币孵化器支持
- 二等奖*n：2000 USDT + 火币孵化器支持
- 三等奖*n：1000 USDT + 火币孵化器支持
*总奖金为50K USDT，最终奖项数量由评审评委与项目质量决定。
参赛项目将有机会接入开发者群体资源，比如DoraHacks, WBA, one block, Developer Engine, Nethermind, Harmony, IRisnet 和 Angelhack等
关于Huobi Incubator
Huobi Incubator是火币集团旗下的项目孵化机构。其定位为集产业研究、投资基金、孵化器、加速器于一体的专业投资孵化器。我们致力于帮助下一代区块链创业者和技术团队高速成长并通过全球资源网络为初创企业提供服务，助力和陪伴其成为行业领先的优秀公司。Huobi Incubator关注早期创业团队并为他们搭建强大的投后服务体系，进行更加长周期的辅导、完善战略规划并提供全球客户资源。我们拥有9年加密行业创业实战经验与深厚的资源与远见，近50人的投后团队将从战略、资源、流量、人才、技术等全方面为项目的成长贡献价值。
关于Web3Scholarship
Web3Scholarship于2022年1月由Huobi Incubator发起，Huobi Incubator隶属于Huobi Global Exchange，成员来自加密领域的不同背景。Web3Scholarship（非详尽列表）的成员包括CoinMarketCap、Polkastarter、DAO Maker、Cambridge Blockchain Society、Republic Crypto、Imperial Blockchain、Enjinstarter、DoraHacks、Asia Blockchain Gaming Alliance。
Web3Scholarhip从一开始就致力于支持multi-chain landscape，并与许多Layer1和Layer2协议进行主机生态系统级协作，包括Avalanche、Dfinity、Octupus Network和Tron Network等。
关于Cube
Cube是一个旨在协作和促进行业的发展，同时兼顾去中心化应用的当前需求和未来的创新发展的新公链。以高性能底层无许可区块链为新起点，分阶段实现单链极致性能优化，模块化层支持和推动Web 3.0发展，解决存储痛点，形成一个人人都能参与的底层功能完备的无许可区块链，此外，它还积极领导和参与分散式跨链协议的开发和建设，以形成多链网络，并将自身融入互联链的新世界，成为metaverse基础设施不可或缺的一部分。