Intro
Foresight X, the accelerator arm of $400m fund Foresight Ventures, now launches its "OpenBuild" hack series and will host the first in-person hacker house in Hong Kong, China from April 10 to April 14, 2023.
The OpenBuild HK hacker house is a workshop style where we will bring the most influential guest speakers to provide the mind-shaping content , and also providing ground work mentorship and workshops to actually help hackers debugs and build better.
Also Foresight X accelerator provides support beyond this hacker house that apart from getting $15k prizes, projects may receive potential follow-up investment and acceleration as part of Foresight X cohort.
About Foresight X
ForesightX accelerator focuses on building a global Web3 developer community and support the best Web3 founders via diversified funding and dedicated acceleration services. Proudly present the first ForesightX Accelerator cohort: Foresight X Accelerator Boarding Pass
- More about ForesightX
- More about Foresight Ventures
Who can apply
We welcome all Web3 buidlers to register and meet with with us, and eventually select 100 - 120 hackers to the event.
We have categorized hackers into 2 types - the first one being hackers attend with existing teams and projects, and the other type of hackers that like to form teams on site and need more mentorship and support during the event.
We also have placed two types of demo day and prizes accommodating both types.
Register today to secure a spot early with us here.
Key Dates
- Sign up: March 21 to April 3
Please register the OpenBuild HK hacker house from Dorahacks, and provide your background information.
- Selection: March 21 to April 5
Foresight X will be reviewing the applications and confirm registry with OpenBuild HK Hacker House on a rolling basis from March 21 to April 5. The event can accept 100 - 120 hackers so selections will be made. We encourage you to apply early since the confirmation of spot is first come and first served.
- Submission period : April 10 to April 14
This is the actual event period where hackers can attend for workshops, mentorship and hack with us. Hackers can submit their projects anytime before April 14, 2023 12:30 PM China Standard Time.
- Demo Day: April 10 to April 14
We host demo day session on each day during the event. For demo day details please see details in the "How to Partcipate - Demoday" section.
- Judging: April 10 to April 14
Judges judge on-site at demo day session.
- Results: TBD
The time it takes to reconcile judging scores will depend on the number of projects participated demoday and the number of judges. Will update on this site when we have estimates.
How to Participate
The hacker house is consisted of panel/talks, workshops and demo day.
1. Panel/Talks
The content (panels/talks, workshops) is arranged by specific themes for each hacking day. Hackers can get the agenda beforehand and plan the hacker house schedule based on their own preferences and needs.
Intended schedule, guests continuously updating:
April 10 level 1: Smart Contract Writing, Dev Tools and Security
Guests: Gitcoin, Consensys, Babylon, Go+
April 11 level 2: Web3 Infra and Use Cases
Guests: Izumi, Permaswap, Ethstorage, Hashkey Capital
April 12 level 3: Ecosystems
Guests: Scroll, Starknet, Conflux, OlaVM, BNB chain
April 13 level 4: Gaming and Social
Guests: the Beacon, Arcane, Superfluid, Mask Network
April 14 level 5: Bottlenecks and Frontier
Guests: Starknet, Hyper Oracle, Gitcoin
2. Workshops
- Solidity workshop:
- Session 1 on April 10th
- Session 2 on April 11th
- Session 3 on April 12th
- Starknet workshop: April 12th
- Solana Workshop: April 13th
Continuously updating
3. Demo Day
We set up demo day session at end of each hacking day.
In the first 4 days, we invite teams that bring existing projects to go on stage.
Whereas on the last day, we invite new teams formed and new projects built during the hacker house to present.
Teams demo day scheduling will be made close to and during the event and communicated through emails.
The number of projects attend demo day depends on the submission quality.
Prize
For this hacker house event, we encourage both two types of hackers to attend :
- Hackers with existing projects that are more advanced in Web3 coding knowledge
- Beginner hackers who do not come with existing projects and want to hack from scratch
The host will evaluate the demo day performance, as well as the attendance and delivery of workshops for prize distribution. The panel/talks are content to provide inspirations, collaboration and network that boost the building and presentation, so no assessment will be conducted for talks and panels.
Therefore, the prize is placed as follows:
Category 1: Prizes for quality projects and demos
- 1st place: $4k USD, excellent demo + at least 1 workshop delivery
- 2nd place:$3k USD, great demo + at least 1 workshop delivery
- 3rd place: $2k USD, good demo + at least 1 workshop delivery
Category 2: Prizes for beginner projects and demos
- 1st place: $2k USD, solid demo + at least 1 workshop delivery
- 1st place: $1k USD, qualified demo + at least 1 workshop delivery
Category 3: Prizes for learners
- $500 USD * 6 : we give hackers $500 USD prize with the best and most workshop deliveries. Measurement will be made by workshop hosts and Foresight X based on workshop submissions.
Additionally, winning projects will likely receive:
- Potential investment from Foresight X at round $200k for each project
- Weeks bootcamp and acceleration
- Partner perks such as AWS/Azure/GCP Credits.
The Category 1 and Category 2 prizes will be issued to teams, while Category 3 prizes are only given out to individuals. For the Category 1 and Category 2 prizes, it is expected that team members on-site attending the hacker house submit at least one workshop delivery as required by the workshop host.
One team can only have maximum 3 members submitting the same projects.
What to build
There's no specific theme as to what to build.
We encourage hackers to tackle specific issues in the Web3 field or create new specifies.
We provided the idealist from Foresight X website to give some themes we are excited about, and at the same time, we are looking forward to your better inspirations.
Idealist From Foresight X Idealist
What to submit
You are expected to have two types of submissions:
- The first is the project you hacked and built as a team.
- The second is the workshop delivery as required by the workshop host as an individual participant of OpenBuild HK Hacker House.
Apart from the description, please provide a URL to your code repository for judging and testing OR a link to a functional, deployed application. If your code repository is private, you must share access with fxofficial@foresightx.cn prior to the deadline.
For project submission, please include a video (about 3 minutes) that demonstrates your submission. Videos must be uploaded to YouTube, Vimeo, or Facebook Video and made public.
Specific requirements for each submission will be provided through "submission" function on DoraHacks.
Judging Criteria
Projects judging criteria
1. QUALITATIVE
Technological Implementation
Does the project demonstrate quality software development?
Design
Is the user experience and design of the project well thought out?
Potential Impact
How big of an impact could the project have on the end users and/or the blockchain industry? Does the project show quantitative user adoption or have the potential to be widely adopted?
Quality of the Idea
How creative and unique is the project?
2. QUANTITATIVE
TVL, Trading Volume, Protocol Revenue , Cumulative address, Monthly Active Address, Trading Volume , Gas paid Infrastructure, smart contract calls, unique smart contract callers
Workshop delivery judging criteria
To be made and articulated by the workshop host on site.