Overview of event

*In-Person Participants Only

ETHToronto is a three-day hackathon that brings together the technical community in the birthplace of Ethereum, Toronto, Canada, on August 8-10, 2022. As the official hackathon of Blockchain Futurist Conference, participants will be challenged to "build the future" by developing the next innovation in blockchain technology. Contestants can meet other developers, connect with hiring companies, attend speaker sessions, and compete to present their builds on the Futurist Conference Main Stage.

The hackathon will be held at the immersive Rebel Entertainment Complex and Cabana in Toronto. The ETHToronto Hacker Dome, is a 40,000-square-foot indoor dome, and a quiet space for developers to build on the latest blockchain technology. Organizers expect more than 500 developers from around the world to attend and showcase their talents at the event. All participants of ETHToronto gain full access and free tickets to Canada’s largest blockchain and crypto conference Blockchain Futurist Conference!

Date

Monday August 8th - Wednesday August 10th, 2022

Location

Location:
ETHToronto Hacker Dome & Blockchain Futurist Conference

Venue:
Rebel Entertainment Complex & Cabana 11 Polson St, Toronto, ON M5A 1A4

Registration and Entrance is at 11 Polson Street, Toronto.

SCHEDULE

Monday August 8

  • 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm ETHToronto Registration, Dinner, Team Formation & Networking
  • 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm Opening Night Ceremonies & Bounty Presentations

Tuesday August 9

  • 8:00 am - Overnight HackerDome Open All Day & Overnight
  • 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Bounty Presentations & Workshops at Futurist Conference
  • 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm Mentorship by Cabana Pool

Overnight Resting Area in Hacker Dome to Pull an All-Nighters!

Wednesday August 10

  • 8:00 am SUBMISSIONS DUE ON DORA HACKS!
  • 8:30 am - 10:30 am Bounty Presentations & Opening Round Presentations
  • 12:00 PM Semi-Finalist Presentations
  • 4:00 PM Finalist Presentation Main Stage
  • 6:00 pm - 11:00 pm Closing Cabana Party

Submission Requirements:

  • Show Don't Tell 😉 Live and usable product. We want to see what you built!
  • Minimum of 3 people per team for ETHToronto Teams
  • Legal age of the majority. There is an 18+ age requirment to join ETHToronto Hackathon
  • Video demo of a live application. Maximum 2 minutes in length. This helps with judging & showcasing your hacks to a broader audience.
  • GitHub Submission

Competitions

There are two types of competitions each hacker can participate in.

(#1) Overall ETHToronto Hackathon Competition

All hacker teams participate in this competition. This is with the overall judging criteria. The top two teams that score the highest on the Overall ETHToronto Hackathon Competition will make it to the Futurist Conference Main Stage on August 10th afternoon.

(#2) ETHToronto Bounty Competitions

There are specific sponsor bounty competitions with a specific set of criteria and different prize allocations based on the sponsor's set of guidelines. Please review each bounty criteria and requirements.

Bounty Overview

Hedera - $25,000 $HBAR

Bounty: Best use of Smart Contracts on Hedera

  • 1st place: $15,000
  • 2nd place $10,000

Metis - $15,000

Bounty: Metis

  • 1st place: $10,000
  • 2nd place: $4,000
  • 3rd place: $1,000

Bounty: Metis Top Up

  • ChainSafe Bounty top-up by Metis: $1,000 USD
  • Beefy Bounty top-up by Metis: $2,000 USD
  • Lens Protocol Bouty top-up Metis: $2,000 USD

Ankr - 10,000 USDC

Bounty: An open-source RPC latency comparison tool or Rentable/Lendable NFT Marketplace or First Best Use of Ankr

  • Prize: 5,000 USDC for Bounty: Build an open-source RPC latency comparison cool or rentable/lendable NFT marketplace. Or, the best use of Ankr’s RPCs, JavaScript or Python SDKs
  • Prize: 3,000 USDC for Bounty: Create a multi-chain Marketplace or Peer Trading dApp using Ankr’s Advanced API (either the JavaScript or Python SDK) or RPCs.
  • Prize: 2,000 USDC for Bounty: Find an interesting way to use Soul-Bound Tokens (SBTs) with gated solutions to allow users to gain access or experience different scenarios using SBTs.

Axelar Network - 10,000 USDC

Bounty: Build a project using Axelar Network (Best App)

  • 1st place: 6,000 USDC
  • 2nd place: 3,000 USDC
  • 3rd place: 1,000 USDC

NEAR - $10,000

Bounty: Build a JavaScript dApp on NEAR

  • Prize: 6000 USN for up to 3 projects

AlturaNFT - 10,000 USD in $ALU

Bounty: Experimenting with Altura's API

  • 1st Place: $5000
  • 2nd Place: $3000
  • 3rd Place: $1000
  • 4th Place: $500
  • 5th Place: $500

OMNIA Protocol - $5,000 USDC/USDT

Bounty #1: GraphQL, can you speak JSON-RPC language?

  • Prize: $2,500

Bounty #2: Benchmarking the RPC nodes

  • Prize: $1500

Bounty #3: Break daily no. of requests and RPS quota limits

  • Prize: $1000

Bounty #4: Break daily no. of requests and RPS quota limits :cop

  • Prize: $1000

Beefy Finance - 5,000 USDC

Bounty: Most interesting use of Beefy vaults in a project

  • 1st place: 2,500 USDC
  • 2nd place: 1,500 USDC
  • 3rd place: 1,000 USDC

Swing.xyz - 4,000 USD

Bounty: Multi-chain Dapps with Swing SDK/API

  • 1st Place: $2,000
  • 2nd Place: $1,300
  • 3rd Place: $700

Moonbeam - $3,500

Bounty #1: Build a Cross-Chain DApp using Axelar

  • 1st place: $2,500
  • 2nd place: $1,000

Bounty ！2: Use a Moonbeam Precompile

  • 1st place: $1,000
  • 2nd place: $500

Āut Protocol - $3,000

Bounty #1: Build a DAO-native DApp - Total: 3000 USD(C)

  • 1st place: $1,500
  • 2nd place: $1,000
  • 3rd place: $500

Bounty #2: Add a new DAO Standard - Total: 2000 USD(C)

There are two (2) prizes for this challenge, each of 1000 USD(C). Potentially you can compete for both, as long as you provide two (2) different (and functional) solutions.

Sacred Finance - $3000 USDC

Bounty: Sacred Finance Bounties

  • Prize: 1,500 USDC for the best hack incorporating an working innovative Frontend on top of Sacred’s v0 Contracts
  • 1,500 USDC for the best hack incorporating Sacred’s ZK Snarks mixer protocol in innovative new ways to solve real world use cases.

Lens Protocol - 2,500 CAD

Bounty: Lens Protocol

  • 1st Place: $1,000
  • 2nd Place: $500
  • 100 CADx 10 for integrating Follow on Lens OR Sign in with Lens

Chainsafe - $1,000

Bounty: ChainSafe's Gaming SDK

  • Prize: $1,000

DoraHacks - $1,000

Bounty: Post a bounty for your project on DoraHacks.io

  • Prize: $1000 ($50*20)