Welcome to OpenBuild Dev Digest #28!
This week, we’re diving into the latest developments from the GRIND HACKATHON, where a $70,000 prize pool and access to some of the most influential Web3 acceleration programs are up for grabs. As the hackathon heats up, we also highlight some critical industry insights, including a deep dive into strategic missteps in the DevRel field, the conversation continues with a forward-looking piece on bridging technology by Joshua from Aori, outlining the potential for a streamlined, intent-based bridging process.
In addition, we’re keeping an eye on upcoming opportunities in the Web3 space. New grants and bounties from Pinto, Ion Protocol, and Nucleus offer up to $500,000 in rewards for security research, helping to keep the blockchain ecosystem safe and secure. Plus, don’t miss our OpenBuild x Mina and OpenBuild x SmartDeer Challenge Courses, which are still open for registration!
Let’s dive in!
GRIND HACKATHON
📅 October 30, 2024 – January 11, 2025 📍Online 💸 70,000 USD
Deadline to Apply 2024/12/30 23:59
The Neo X Grind Hackathon kicks things up a notch with a $70,000 prize pool available, along with access to Neo’s $20,000,000 Elevate Program, Web3 Labs’ $1,000,000 Web 3.0 Acceleration program, IOSG’s $1,000,000 Kickstarter Program, and potential investment from Foresight Ventures. The primary requirement for participants is that projects are deployed to the Neo X MainNet. Submissions will be evaluated by our esteemed judging panel, while dedicated contributors from the Neo community will als have the opportunity to vote on their favorite projects.
Hackathon Académica de Ethereum
📅 December 7 – December 12 📍Online 💸 1,800 USD
Deadline to Apply 2024/12/9 12:45
Join Ethereum Academic Hackathon (HAE) organized by EducatETH and ETH Kipu, solve real problems in the Ethereum academic hackathon in three tracks: Social Impact, Governance, DeFi and RWA. Build solutions that impact!
Social Impact: Develop projects that use Ethereum to generate positive change in society.
Governance: Explore the future of decentralized governance. This track challenges you to design tools that strengthen collective decision-making.
DeFi & RWA: Create projects that promote access to financial services, in areas such as lending, insurance and asset tokenization.
Bitcoin Ordinals India Hackathon
📅 December 7 – December 9 📍Bangalore 💸 500,000 USD
Deadline to Apply 2024/12/9 19:30
Bitcoin Ordinals India Hackathon is 36 hrs long starting on 7th December, 2024 and will finish with demos on 8th December, 2024. You can build on Arch Network, Fractal Bitcoin & Scrypt. This hackathon will feature technical workshops, mentor sessions, and an afterparty to foster networking and celebrate participants’ achievements.
✍️ On The Crypto DevRel Trap 👉Read(EN)
DevRel isn’t the problem—it’s more so strategic missteps. The belief that the existence of Developer Relations (DevRel) positions is holding back mainstream adoption is inherently flawed and fails to address the core issue. While I agree the focus shouldn’t be blindly attracting more developers at the expense of users, attributing blame for the lack of users on DevRel is shortsighted.
✍️ Tinker Tailor Soldier… Solver? 👉Read(EN)
Joshua from Aori recently highlighted the importance of “intentful infrastructure” in bridging, sparking valuable discussions on the future of UX in this space. Fast and efficient bridging is critical, as evidenced by the significant activity, such as billions being bridged to platforms like Hyperliquid. Short-term solutions often involve cumbersome steps like swapping and bridging separately, but the future points to a more streamlined process. Intent-based systems could transform bridging into intent-based swapping, where users simply sign a message and receive tokens on the destination chain within the same block. This approach shifts the complexity of rebalancing and routing to solvers, ensuring a smoother and faster experience for users.
✍️ What I would love to see in a wallet👉Read(EN)
Vitalik recently released a piece on wallets, proposing how they could become both more secure and user-friendly. Similar to cross-chain intent infrastructure, the focus is shifting complexity away from users and into the hands of protocols, wallets, and standards. While this compromises some decentralization ideals, it’s pragmatic for onboarding new users.
💸 Pinto Bug Bounty
Maximum Bounty $500,000 👉 Apply
Pinto is low volatility money built on Base. This bug bounty program is focused on securing both Pinto and Pinto Exchange. Bounties are paid in Pinto, on Base, denominated in USD, via the Pinto Contract Multisig (PCM).
💸 Ion Protocol Bug Bounty
Maximum Bounty $500,000 👉 Apply
Ion Protocol is a price-agnostic lending platform built to support staked and restaked assets.Rewards are distributed according to the impact of the vulnerability based on the Immunefi Vulnerability Severity Classification System V2.3.
💸 Nucleus Bug Bounty
Maximum Bounty $500,000 👉 Apply
Nucleus is the default yield provider for networks. Rewards are distributed according to the impact of the vulnerability based on the Immunefi Vulnerability Severity Classification System V2.3.
Selected open courses from technical skills to practical tasks, accessible to everyone with no cost!
🌟 OpenBuild x Mina Challenge Course
🌟 OpenBuild x SmartDeer Challenge Course
🌟 ZKP FRI And STARK Open Course
OpenBuild is an open-source community and platform for Web3 developers. Our aim is to bring more Web2 developers into the Web3 space while helping existing Web3 developers to better build and achieve commercial success through our products! Join us on more platforms: OpenBuild Linktree
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