The Canto Online Hackathon (COH) is a virtual summit that invites developers, creatives, and communicators to launch the next wave of apps, infrastructure, and original work on Canto.
Canto is a permissionless blockchain built with the Cosmos SDK that offers an EVM execution layer and core financial primitives, including a novel decentralized exchange, lending market, and unit of account (NOTE). In support of Canto’s Free Public Infrastructure – a framework that advocates for DeFi primitives to be provided as public utilities, among other tenets – the COH encourages projects centered on sustainability, authenticity, and creativity.
Builders will compete for prizes from a 300,000 CANTO rewards pool. The overall winner will be awarded 100,000 CANTO while category winners will receive 40,000 CANTO.
- Ecosystem Support Analytics, tooling, and sites for Canto awareness. Prize: 40,000 CANTO
- NFTs Collections that break new ground, and/or include experimental aspects. Prize: 40,000 CANTO
- DeFi & Infrastructure Apps that leverage Canto’s Infrastructure, including its Free Public Infrastructure of DeFi Primitives and Contract Secured Revenue. Prize: 40,000 CANTO
- New Things
The most divergent ideas: games, DAOs, all things weird.
Prize: 40,000 CANTO - Notable Builds Remarkable projects will be awarded as judges see fit. Prize: 40,000 CANTO
- Overall Winner Prize: 100,000 CANTO
20% – Originality, Creativity, & Innovation.
20% – Canto-ish-ness. How well projects do one of the following items:
- In step with Canto culture
- Leverages or supports Canto Free Public Infrastructure
- Leverages Contract Secured Revenue.
20% – Expertise Required
A high level of skill or knowledge or competency was demonstrated by the team members
20% – User Experience
Project presents as intuitive and understandable for its targeted user profile.
20% – Sustainability
A thoughtful plan for launch, maintenance, and/or further development.
The COH is pleased to announce the following judges for Chapter 1, Season 3:
- Zak Cole – CTO, Slingshot Finance
- Joseph Delong – CTO, Astaria.xyz
- Chase Devens – Research Analyst, Messari
- Dan Elitzer – Co-founder, Nascent
- TK Kwon – CTO, Plex, Contributor, Canto
- Preston Van Loon – Ethereum Core Dev
- Alexandre Mortreux – Design Director, Ankr, Contributor, Canto
- The OG – Contributor, Cantoadz, Canto Public Messenger Service
- William De Vogelare – DeFi Enjoyer, Prev. Polygon, Spankchain
12/1 – Registration Ongoing at thecoh.build
12/1 – Begin Building
12/5 – The Elevator, 6pm-7pm UTC, Save Your Spot
The Elevator is a project pitch session: your chance to pitch your idea(s) to fellow builders and Canto mentors. Get direct feedback, learn about potential projects, and grow your team.
12/8 – Share Project Title, Summary, & Progress Update with COH organizers
12/15 – Projects Due. Must submit pre-recorded video and PR to this repo by 11:59pm UTC.
12/17 – Judging Ceremony at 6pm UTC
12/18-19 – Winners Announced (TBD)
Teams must submit a PR to this repo before 11:59pm UTC on 12/15. If builders wish to keep their project private, please contact hackathon organizers to ensure judges' github handles are added to your project.
Teams must provide a pre-recorded video (max 5 minutes). This video will be played during the live judging ceremony and can be a working demo and/or a presentation outlining the project (i.e. what was accomplished during the COH, what’s next). For examples of hackathon presentation videos please review the judging ceremony from a previous COH season.
Note: Any teams requiring assistance with translation and subtitling of their video can contact the hackathon organizers for accommodations. All languages are welcome.
- The COH Telegram – Builders are encouraged to discuss projects in The COH Builders Telegram Channel
- Attend the Elevator Project Pitch Session (12/5) to pitch your idea, get direct feedback from mentors, and to meet other builders.
- Book a private meeting with Headwater to get help or direction – https://calendly.com/nassim-/30min
- Canto EVM Development Documentation – https://docs.canto.io/evm-development/overview
- Canto Testnet Faucet (Discord) – https://discord.com/channels/993968517906960445/1029450708371656715