OPEN DATA HACK
powered by Filecoin
Inspiring new use cases to build the open data economy
This hackathon has now finished. Read all about the event and prize winners here!
Start date: Wednesday, August 30th, 2023
Submission date: Wednesday, September 27th, 2023
Finale and Prizegiving: Thursday, October 12th, 2023
Read the official announcement!
What to expect?
🤓 Workshops
🏆 Bounties
👥 1-1 Mentorship
🤓 Workshops 🏆 Bounties 👥 1-1 Mentorship
The Filecoin Virtual Machine
brings programmability to Filecoin and has gained traction with thousands of developers who are building exciting new projects and companies!
Filecoin is the L1 blockchain and storage network poised to power the open data economy.
Join our virtual 3-week hackathon to shape the future of web3!
Prize Pool
$43,500 in prizes & growing!
Bounties
FVM Bounty
Data DAOs or Collectives
Best solution to enable DAOs or collectives to form around the creation, curation, monetization and preservation of collectively created datasets that they (and the world) care about, such as video, social network or scientific archives.
Data Derivatives
Best product to elevate or harvest the value of public open datasets stored on Filecoin via slingshot, moon-landing, etc. Using FVM to guard the retrieval, usage and profit generated by those open datasets on Filecoin
Wild Card
Some ideas don't fit any categories! The Wild Card prize is for out-of-the-box ideas built on FVM that contribute to building the new Open Data Economy using Filecoin.
Add & retrieve data via FVM
Best solutions/products to supercharge data onboarding and retrieval highways onto FVM. Examples: Build UI for data upload, replication, repair and renewal workers, and perpetual storage solutions, as well as incentive design to guarantee reliable retrievability to the clients’ data (such as retriev).
*If you use Lighthouse.storage, please use it with FVM.
Reputation Service
Best product that leverages the SP reputation database provided by SP Reputation WG to solve real-world problems. Consume raw reputation data from the database, define heuristics to utilize the data for your product, and encourage SPs to capitalize on their reputation and performance.
3x Grand Prize: $3,500
Up to 10x Pool Prize: $5,500 (Capped at $1000 per team)
Lilypad Bounty
Compute over Data
Best solutions to facilitate decentralized compute and/or AI and ML jobs. Build new solutions for DeSci, DAI, etc. or DApps that take advantage of the Lilypad decentralised compute network → Discover more here!
1x Grand Prize: $2,500
1x Runner up Prize: $1,500
2x Honorable Mention: $500
Saturn Bounty
Retrieval via distributed CDN
Best apps or web services that use Saturn L1 nodes for data retrieval and verification.
2x Grand Prize: $1750
ConsensusLab Bounty
Filecoin’s Fastest
Best application leveraging the improved finality and throughput properties of FVM on IPC subnets.
Subnet tools
Best tools to simplify IPC subnet management, improve data visibility, and provide analytics.
Wallets
Best client app or wallet to help users navigate the multi-subnet world of IPC.
1x Grand Prize: $1500
NFT.Storage Bounty
Storage Wizard
Best project storing Data on Filecoin using storage on ramps such as Web3.storage, NFT.storage or Estuary.tech.
4x Prizes: $500
Libp2p Bounty
P2P Apps & Services
Best use of LibP2P in the networking layer to build peer to peer web/mobile services or applications making use of essential qualities such as interoperability, NAT traversal, universal connectivity, security, robustness & more!
2x Prizes: $500
IPFS, Helia Bounty
IPFS: Best app, library, or plugin which supports the IPFS ecosystem.
Note: Our judges are focused on reviewing projects implementing/improving/using Helia but will also review other exceptionally creative uses. Some examples of projects we would love to see include:
- An application that leverages Helia directly to solve users’ needs.
- A plugin that enhances the capabilities of Helia inside applications.
- A library that makes it easier for users or devs to meet needs with Helia.
1x Grand Prize: $1000
Chainlink Bounty
- 2 best projects building with Chainlink CCIP
- 2 best projects building with any other Chainlink service
4x Prizes: $500
DataverseOS Bounty
Internet Operating System for sovereign data dApps
Best use of DataverseOS to build sovereign data applications over its DApp Store, making use of essential functions such as sign-in-with-dataverse, web-native file system, access control, graph database & more! Check Dataverse Hackathon Guidelines for more examples.
4x Prizes: $500
Tableland Bounty
Best integration with Tableland
Best usage of Tableland. Prize focus is on a dataset/index with write access permissions to allow external collaborators to add to the index or similar; bonus for also using compute-over-data.
Main Prize: $1000
Runner up: $500
Pool Prize: $1000
Lighthouse Bounty
Best use of Lighthouse with FVM
1x $1000 prize
Best use of Lighthouse Access Control Features
2x Prizes: $500
Mona Bounty
1. Best website or web app that uses Mona spaces and avatars in an interesting way
e.g. A website where each click leads to a different Mona space
e.g. A website that simplifies scheduling events in a Mona space
2. Best interactive components built using visual scripting inside of the Mona
Prizes:
2x 1.5k for #1 prize
4x $500 for #2 prize
Huddle01 Bounty
Build a decentralized audio/video data project. Here are some project examples provided by Huddle01:
- Audio/video solution for DataDAO
- Building Data Oracles Using Meeting Data to Be Used for Later Incentives.
Keep in mind that these are just some examples and other ideas will be accepted too.
3x Prizes: $250
Title Sponsor
The Filecoin Virtual Machine (FVM) is a runtime environment for smart contracts (also called actors) on the Filecoin network. FVM brings user programmability to Filecoin, unleashing the enormous potential of an open data economy.
Partners
What happens
during the hackathon?
Register ▶ Form a team ▶ Attend workshops ▶ Build your project ▶ Get 1-1 mentorship ▶ Submit!
Key Hackathon Dates
Wed, Aug 30th16:00 BST | Launch | Sign up here! |
Thurs, Aug 31st13:30 BST | RaaS deep dive Workshop with FVM | |
Thurs, Aug 31st14:00 BST | Filecoin Basics & Storage Helpers Workshop with NFT.Storage | |
Thurs, Aug 31st14:30 BST | Building a DataDAO with programmatic and verifiable storage workshop with FVM | |
Thurs, Aug 31st15:00 BST | Using IPC for launching subnets for Filecoin MainNet Workshop with IPC ConsensusLab | |
Fri, Sep 1st17:00 BST | Programmable storage with Lighthouse |
Tue, Sep 5th14:00 BST | Using Lilypad for decentralised AI & ML 🔥 Workshop with Lilypad | Sign up here! |
Tue, Sep 5th14:30 BST | DataverseOS: Internet Operating System for sovereign data dApps | |
Tue, Sep 5th15:00 BST | Building with public datasets on Tableland's web3 SQL database Workshop with Tableland | |
Tue, Sep 5th15:30 BST | Universal Connectivity and libp2p Browser Tricks Workshop with Libp2p | |
Tue, Sep 5th16:00 BST | Advancing data retrievability Workshop with FVM | |
Tue, Sep 5th16:30 BST | Building Cross-Chain Dynamic NFT with Chainlink | |
Wed, Sep 6th17:00 BST | IPFS in the Browser: Headstart with Helia Workshop | |
Wed, Sep 6th17:30 BST | Introduction to Saturn: Retrieval Markets on Filecoin Networks | |
Wed, Sep 6th18:00 BST | Replication NFT certificate with full piece CID Workshop with FVM | |
Thur, Sep 7th16:00 BST | Audio/Video dApps for DataDAO | |
Thur, Sep 7th17:00 BST | Visual Scripting for Mona |
Whole week | Project check-ins and building! | Sign up here! |
Wed, Sep 27th | Submissions due! | Sign up here! |
TBC | Pitch practice | |
Thurs, Oct 12th | Finale! |
Recordings
Mentors
FAQ
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Anyone can take part in this hackathon!
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No, you can hack solo.
If you’d like to form a team, we will help you connect with other hackers. -
Yes! The Encode team will offer support during this hackathon.
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For updates, announcements, and everything else on the organisational side, please keep an eye on Encode’s Discord.
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Yes, you can, but only if your project hasn’t raised significant funding already and significant feature changes have been made.
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Yes, you/your team is the sole owner of your project.
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Yes! We actively encourage this.