Announcing Optimism Hackathon — a $30K Program to Support Community Builders

Today we are very excited to announce the launch of Optimism Hackathon!

As breakthroughs and innovations in AI, on-chain data, and privacy computing technologies pave the way, the blockchain ecosystem has entered a rapid development stage.

As advancements in AI, on-chain data, and privacy computing technologies pave the way, the blockchain ecosystem has entered a rapid growth phase.

Optimism, an Ethereum Layer 2 scaling solution, offers a promising platform for building scalable and cost-effective DApps. By leveraging Optimistic Rollups, it improves transaction throughput and reduces gas fees while maintaining Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) compatibility. As the Optimism ecosystem expands, there is a growing need for innovative solutions to enhance user experience, drive adoption, and unlock new use cases.

To foster innovation and engage developers in bolstering the Optimism ecosystem, Footprint Analytics, in collaboration with Hamster, presents the Optimism Hackathon. Focusing on GameFi, AI, and data, this hackathon aims to facilitate greater adoption, enhance on-chain applications with AI, and encourage the creation of data-driven applications for long-term stability.

Footprint and Hamster will provide participants with technical and data resources to support the implementation of their innovative solutions on Optimism.

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Let’s look at how Optimism Hackathon is structured and how you can apply.

Target Audience

Our target audience is a global breed of developers, with an emphasis on those operating within the Greater China region. We are particularly interested in catering to three main groups:

1. Developers in the GameFi domain: These are the innovators reshaping the intersections of gaming and decentralized finance. By leveraging blockchain’s unique characteristics of transparency and tokenization, they breathe life into whole new worlds where gameplay interacts with real-world economies.
2. Developers in the data domain: These experts are the stewards of an organization’s data infrastructure. Whether they’re designing data systems, processing large-scale datasets, or deriving insights from complex information landscapes, their work supports better decision-making and propels innovation.
3. Developers in the AI domain: At the cutting edge of modern technology, these developers specialize in creating systems capable of tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as understanding natural language, recognizing patterns, and making predictions. They play an essential role in driving AI advancements that underpin a variety of applications, from conversational AI and recommender systems, to autonomous vehicles and predictive analytics.

We welcome all these groups to join us in our journey towards technological innovation within the dynamic landscape of Web2 and Web3.

Key Dates

Hackathon will run from 20–03–2024 to 14–04–2024. The decision-making phase will start on 15–04–2024 and will end on 16–04–2024. In this period the hackathon’s jury Team could invite various dev teams for an introductory meeting

Hackathon Bounty

• Footprint Analytics reward: 2,500 $OP & Bussiness account *10 ~ $12,000
• AN Universe reward: AI LLM Credit worth $3,000
• Amazon reward: Credit for 500U cloud server *30 = $15,000

Hackathon Tracks

Gaming

Intro

• Optimism’s low costs and high transaction speeds make it the ideal chain for deploying GameFi projects, while an excellent user experience and engaging gameplay will attract more users to embrace decentralization.

Ideas

• On chain Gaming Platforms:Develop gaming platforms that allow players to access, interact, and manage game assets across multiple blockchains seamlessly.
• Cross-chain Game Asset Integration:Create solutions for game developers to easiy integrate their assets from various chains, enabling players to use and trade these assets in different games and ecosystems.
• Game Asset NFTs:Build unique NFTs for game assets that can be utilized and traded across multiple chains,enhancing their value and utility for players and collectors.
• Cross-chain Gaming SDKs and Tools: Develop software development kits (SDKs) and tools that simplify the process of creating omnichain gaming experiences for developers.

AI

Intro

• AI can further lower the barriers to blockchain and make decentralization easier to use, thus opening up the power of decentralization to millions of people.

ideas

• GPT plugin for on-chain transactions: An AI-powered GPT plugin that simplifies on-chain transactions, providing users with a natural language interface to seamlessly interact with decentralized applications.
• Intelligent assistant for on-chain developers: A smart AI assistant tailored for on-chain developers, offering code suggestions, debugging assistance, and insights into optimizing smart contracts and dApps for better performance and security.
• AI assistant to help more people understand eco-projects: An interactive AI assistant that breaks down complex eco-projects into easy-to-understand explanations, helping newcomers grasp key concepts and facilitating wider adoption of decentralized ecosystems.

Data

intro

• By leveraging Optimism’s scalability, the Data track enables the development of data-driven applications that derive valuable on-chain insights, lowering barriers and promoting wider understanding of decentralized ecosystems.

ideas

• Data-Driven Applications: Build innovative applications powered by Optimism’s on-chain data, e.g., NFT data platforms, DEX monitoring dashboards, GameFi token insights, and more. (e.g. NFTGO)
• Data Templating: Develop reusable templates to quickly visualize and analyze on-chain data such as NFTs, DEXs, lending protocols, etc., leveraging Hamster’s platform for direct creation.
• User-Friendly Data APIs: Create easy-to-integrate APIs that provide seamless access to Optimism’s rich on-chain datasets, lowering the barriers for data utilization.

Requirements for Submissions

• Optimism Alignment: Submissions should be built on top of Optimism or utilize Optimism’s data to create relevant applications.
• Thoughtfully Crafted User Experience: The concept and user experience of your product should be well-thought-out, adhering to the principles of user-friendly design.
• Product Demonstration: We highly encourage the submission of product demos or websites to support your application. Please keep in mind that we prefer applications that fit into the mobile-first narrative.
• Ecological Contribution: We seek contributions that actively contribute to the ecosystem, so aim for your work to make a positive impact.

Please take the time to carefully consider these submission requirements in your development process. We look forward to seeing your inventive and impactful solutions in action!

Judging Process and Criteria.

Process

• Submission Period: March 19, 2024 (9:00 am Eastern Time)?—?April 14, 2024 (11:45 pm Eastern Time)?.
• Judging Period: April 15, 2024 (9:00 am Eastern Time)?—?April 16, 2024 (11:45 pm Eastern Time).
• Winners Announced: On or around April 17, 2024 (11:00 am Eastern Time).
• Demo day( To be confirmed ): On or around April 24, 2024 (11:00 am Hongkong Time).

Judges

Footprint CEO & Co-founder

• Over 10 years of experience in fintech, big data, e-commerce, and mobile internet development
• Entered the blockchain technology space in 2017
• Led the team to develop several DeFi projects
• A pioneer in the open source community

Hamster CEO

AN Universe CPO

Optimism ecosystem lead

Eligible submissions will be evaluated by a panel of judges selected by the Sponsor (the “Judges”). Judges may be employees of the sponsor or third parties, may or may not be listed individually on the Hackathon Website, and may change before or during the Judging Period. Judging may take place in one or more rounds with one or more panels of Judges, at the discretion of the sponsor.

Round1:

The first stage will determine via pass/fail whether the ideas meet a baseline level of viability, in that the project reasonably fits the theme and reasonably applies the required APIs/SDKs featured in the Hackathon.

Round2:

All submissions that pass Stage One will be evaluated in Stage Two based on the following equally weighted criteria (the “Judging Criteria”):

Entries will be judged on the following equally weighted criteria, and according to the sole and absolute discretion of the judges:

1. User Experience / User Interface (How useable is your project? Does it look nice? Does it accomplish what it’s set out to do in an easy to use and approachable way?)
2. Originality / Uniqueness (Has this project been done before? Is it unique?)
3. Technicality (How difficult is the problem you’re solving? How many moving parts? Did you build it in an efficient manner? Did you give it too many moving parts? How clean is the code?)
4. Practicality (Is this something people will want to use? Does this have business value? Is this something that could grow and have a mass following?)
5. Wow factor (Buffer points for anything not captured in the above pieces of criteria!)

The scores from the Judges will determine the potential winners of the applicable prizes. The Entrant(s) that are eligible for a Prize, and whose Submissions earn the highest overall scores based on the applicable Judging Criteria, will become potential winners of that Prize.

Tie Breaking. For each Prize listed below, if two or more submissions are tied, the tied submission with the highest score in the first applicable criterion listed above will be considered the higher scoring submission. In the event any ties remain, this process will be repeated, as needed, by comparing the tied Submissions’ scores on the next applicable criterion. If two or more submissions are tied on all applicable criteria, the panel of Judges will vote on the tied submissions.

Submission Guide

Submission link: https://tally.so/r/mK6ok7

Submissions to the Hackathon must meet the following requirements:

1.Include a Project built with the required developer tools and meets the above Project Requirements.

2.Include a text description that should explain the features and functionality of your Project.

3.Provide a URL and access to the Project code repository. The repository must include all relevant Project code and README with getting started instructions that allow viewers to test the Project.

4.Include a demonstration video of your Project. The video portion of the submission:

• should be about three (3)?—?five (5) minutes
• should include footage that shows the Project functioning on the device for which it was built
• must be uploaded to and made publicly visible on YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook Video, or Youku, and a link to the video must be provided on the submission form on the Hackathon Website; and
• must not include third party trademarks, or copyrighted music or other material unless the Entrant has permission to use such material.

5. Be the original work of the submitter, be solely owned by the submitter, and not violate the IP rights of any other person or entity.

6. Access must be provided to an Entrant’s working Project for judging and testing by providing a link to a website, functioning demo, or a test build. If Entrant’s website is private, Entrant must include login credentials in its testing instructions.

Developer resources

Optimism </> Build: https://www.optimism.io/build

Footprint data support: https://docs.footprint.network/docs

Hamster development support: https://hamsternet.io/docs/

AN Universe Welfare Course：https://www.youtube.com/@AnUniverse94232

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Footprint Analytics

• Footprint Analytics is a data platform blending web2 and web3 data with abstractions. We help analysts, builders, and investors turn blockchain data into insights with accessible visualization tools and a powerful multi-chain API across 20+ chains for NFTs, GameFi, and DeFi. We also provide Footprint Growth Analytics to help with effective growth in GameFi and any web3 projects.
• Learn more about Footprint Analytics: LinkOfficial links
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Hamster

• AI + Modular Blockchain Development Protocol: Aim to build the largest data-driven incubation platform for Web3 Mass Adoption
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AN Universe

• AU is an intelligent avatar platform. It utilizes a proprietary engine (cognitive model) for digital brain cloning, enabling the creation of digital avatars with personality, emotions, and knowledge capabilities. Furthermore, AU utilizes web3 to ensure data ownership in personal knowledge repositories. AU’s mature automated knowledge base enables the delegation of enterprise-level services to individuals.
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Pea AI

• Pea.AI is an innovative AI platform that enhances knowledge sharing and exchange in crypto investment. Users can customize and monetize their own GPTs, leveraging their expertise to provide unique insights.

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