We challenge you to build the future of AI!
Work in a team, tackle challenges, level up your skills and compete for bounties!
Deadline
Filecoin is a peer-to-peer network that enables reliable, decentralised file storage through built-in economic incentives and cryptographic proofs. Users pay storage providers (computers) that store and continuously prove file integrity, to store their files over time securely.
Hackathon Schedule
| Mon, Mar 17th5:30 pm GMT | Launch Event |
| Mon, Mar 17th6:00 pm GMT | Hacking the Data Layer for AI with Filecoin |
| Tue, Mar 18th5:30 pm GMT | How to Use Akave's Developer Tools |
| Tue, Mar 18th6:15 pm GMT | Building a Checker Subnet |
| Wed, Mar 19th5:30 pm GMT | Leveraging Storacha as Shared Memory for Multi-agent Ensemble Reasoning |
| Thu, Mar 20th5:30 pm GMT | AI Inference & Altruistic Agents |
| Thu, Mar 20th6:15 pm GMT | Building an Onchain Sealed-Bid Auction with Timelock Encryption |
| Fri, Mar 21st2:00 pm GMT | Composable Conditional Agreements on EVM Chains |
| Fri, Mar 21st2:45 pm GMT | Building with Recall: AI Agent Intelligence Exchange Workshop |
| Whole week | Start building! |
| Whole week | Building! |
| Whole Week | Build, build, build! |
| Final Week | Final push! |
| Sun, Apr 13th23:59 in your time zone | Submission deadline! |
| Mid AprilTime TBA! | Pitch practices for finalists! |
| Late April5:30 pm GMT | Finale and Prizegiving |
Challenges & Bounties
$70k+ Prize Pool
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Prizes:
1st place: 1 winner (8k USD bounty + 7k builder grant for 3 months of continuation)
2nd place: 2 winners (4k USD bounty + 3k USD builder grant for 1 month of continuation)
3rd place: 3 winners for 3k USD eachKey challenges to tackle:
• Data Provenance: In an era of AI-generated content, verifying data origins is crucial. Filecoin's immutable storage enables transparent data lineage tracking and verification of untampered LLM models.
• Data Sourcing: As high-quality user data becomes scarce, we need ethical collection solutions. Filecoin enables data marketplaces and DAOs that respect privacy, while incentivizing authentic contributions.
• Fair Attribution: AI's growth demands equitable compensation for data creators. Filecoin enables transparent value tracking and distribution through Data DAOs.
• Efficient AI: Generative AI’s growing demands for data and computing power raise serious environmental concerns. Filecoin's decentralized storage can enable efficient model training and deployment.
We're especially interested in projects that consider:
Challenge Statements
Data Management & Privacy
Decentralized Computation
Efficiency
Real World Applications
More information about challenge statements in Hacker Pack (register to read more)
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Prizes:
1st: $5,0002nd: $2,000
The Checker Network provides verifiable quality of service checks and reputation data on DePIN nodes and networks. Just think of Google Reviews, but for DePINs.
The Checker Network is structured to host Checker “subnets”. For example, Filecoin Spark is a Checker Subnet that checks the retrievability of data on Filecoin.
By structuring the Checker Network in this way, it enables anyone to build Checker subnets just like Filecoin Spark that can measure, verify and improve web3 networks, whilst rewarding those involved. What’s more, If a subnet is successful, builders can earn from them!
Build Checker subnets that create verifiable reputation data on a DePIN network.
All reputation data is and must be stored on Filecoin!
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Prizes:
1st: $2,500
2nd: $1,500
3rd: $1,000Create AI solutions using decentralised storage for real-time retrieval, secure agent monetisation, and data interoperability. Optimise efficiency, privacy, and scalability with Akave’s tools.
Problem Statements
Decentralised Hot Retrieval Layer for AI & Real-Time Applications
Interoperable AI Data Pipelines with Decentralised Storage
Agent Marketplace
Creative Integrations
More information about problem statements in Hacker Pack (Register to view)
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Prizes:
2 Winners: up to $1kYour goal is to have 2 or more AI agents share data between one another. These AI Agents should be built using open source AI frameworks. They should be utilizing Storacha for data storage.
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Prizes
3 Winners: up to $1kYour goal is to utilize an open source AI framework to create an integration with Storacha! The AI integration should be able to utilize Storacha to upload 2 or more components of their data like chain of thought or inputs.
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Prizes
1st: $3,500
2n: $2,000
3rd: $1,500Bonus
Best Open-Source Contributions: 2x $1,500
Honorable Mentions: 2x $250
Develop an AI agent that integrates Recall’s intelligence storage and retrieval capabilities, demonstrating how AI can achieve trustless collaboration, verifiable intelligence exchange, and ultimately perform better through agent collaboration.
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Prizes
1st: $2,500
2nd: $1,250
3rd: $750Bonus
Best module - $500The challenge is to build a next-generation agent or agent workflow on Lilypad that can dynamically select the optimal model for each subtask, intelligently combine different models' outputs, and create more capable multi-model workflows.
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Prizes
1st: $2,500
2n: $1,500
3rd: $1,000Bonus
Up to $10,000 in builder grants for continued development
CoopHive is building a modular framework for building and executing conditional agreements on EVM-compatible chains, using EAS attestations as a foundational primitive. What's currently missing from our framework, called Alkahest, are specialized integrations for Filecoin ecosystem services that would enable conditional agreements based on storage proofs, retrieval guarantees, and other Filecoin-native capabilities.We're looking for innovative integrations that connect Alkahest's agreement framework with Filecoin's storage capabilities, creating new possibilities for storage markets, data availability guarantees, and storage-backed financial instruments.
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Prizes
1st: $1000
2nd: $750
3rd: $250
Use verifiable randomness and/or timelock encryption to build a fairer future with AI!
