Overview

XION’s first DoraHacks online hackathon, aptly named the ABSTRACTATHON, will take place from January 17th to February 14th.

The XION ABSTRACTATHON is dedicated to supporting the next generation of user friendly projects and reach as many developers looking to experiment and launch solutions utilizing XION’s Generalized Abstraction.

Timeline

  • January 10th: Hackathon registrations open

  • January 17th: Hackathon Kickoff (building, workshops, and office hours)

  • February 14th: Hackathon Ends (last day for submissions)

  • February 14th - 21st: Judging + Demo Day

Rewards & Opportunities

  • Prizes: The prize pool is $20,000 USDC with individual projects eligible to receive up to $8,000.

  • Investment Opportunities: You have the opportunity to gain exposure to the thriving XION ecosystem, its partners, and top-tier VCs in the industry including Circle, Animoca, Multicoin, and more.

  • Grant Opportunities: Participants will also be highly encouraged to apply to the XION grants program with their submitted project, and winners will be shortlisted.

You’ll also have the chance to transition your project to mainnet, enabling you to become a core and early contributor to the fast-growing XION ecosystem.

Goals

There are multiple goals for XION’s hackathon:

  1. demonstrating XION’s potential to truly reach mainstream audiences through its unique Generalized Abstraction infrastructure
  2. continuing to grow and engage XION’s fast-growing developer community
  3. continuing to make the developer experience as seamless as possible, attracting developers both from within and outside the industry
  4. supporting the unique applications and use-cases that demonstrate potential with the opportunity of future funding & investments

Why build on XION?

XION is the first L1 purpose-built for consumer applications. Its Generalized Abstraction layer enables seamless user experiences for everyday users. It includes protocol-level account abstraction, gasless transactions, signature abstraction, cross-device usage, fiat denominations, and more. By abstracting away all crypto complexities, XION allows the development of next-generation projects bringing Web3 to mainstream audiences worldwide. You have the opportunity to build the first truly consumer-friendly applications on XION today.

XION is backed by over $11M from top tier investors such as Circle, Animoca, Multicoin, Spartan, Hashkey, and more.

The XION ecosystem is thriving with over 90+ integrations, deployments, and partners. Its testnet has achieved over 450k wallets and millions of transactions, enabling you to tap into an existing user-base right away.

Read more about XION's Generalized Abstraction at xion.burnt.com/whitepaper

Judges & Exposure

Stay tuned for more details on an all-star crew that will include core members, top-tier VCs, and ecosystem partners!

Tracks & Ideas

The examples are just a few ideas to get you started. Feel free to explore and build ideas not listed below!

Top XION Project Award

  • The project that demonstrates the most potential across all verticals, utilizes XION’s Generalized Abstraction, and scores the highest among the evaluation criteria.

Track 1 - ABSTRAXION

  • This track is an all encompassing use-case track for projects that utilize XION’s Generalized Abstraction layer to create the best user experiences by abstracting away complexities.

Track 2 - NFT

  • This track is for all projects that utilize NFTs for a variety of use-cases such as gaming, social, community, phygital, identity, and many more.

Track 3 - Infrastructure & Tooling

  • This track is for projects building infrastructure and tools for the XION ecosystem.

Getting Started

You can participate by submitting your application directly through DoraHacks today! You can also attend the upcoming weekly workshops and office hours to learn more about the platform and get help with your project. Below are additional resources to help get you started.

Developer Resources