Brought to you by Waves3 Hub, the applications for Build on ICP are open to developers and teams based in Portugal who are:
- Willing to build projects on the IC Protocol
- Looking to continue building their project beyond the duration of the hackathon
- Willing to give a shot at winning €20,000 worth of prizes and get unique ICP grants
Applications will open from the 7th of February and run until the 8th of March 2024.
You can fill out the form here → SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION
👉🏻 Why join?
This is your unique chance to show your talent and ability to contribute to the IC protocol to a diversified group of judges, including:
- Top VCs
- Well-known builders
- Established founders from the ecosystem
And, of course, our Hackathon wouldn’t be so exciting without an incredible pool of prizes!
🏆 Hackathon prizes and bounties
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd place
The winners will also get a chance to receive a grant from the DFINITY Foundation!
Prizes will be awarded to the top 3 teams:
- 1st place gets a go-to-market strategy and €2,500 in stablecoins
- 2nd place gets a PR campaign and €1,500 in stablecoins
- 3d place gets €1,000 in stablecoins
(total value of €12,500)
(total value of €6,500)
Prizes will be announced on the Showcase day on the 18th of March and winners will be awarded within 2 weeks of the announcement. (KYC will be mandatory to claim the payment.)
🥇 Judging Criteria
- Team: A strong team with complementary skills that can demonstrate the ability to work effectively together
- Functional MVP: The team must have developed a full-stack application. The project should demonstrate strong implementation of the ICP protocol. Additionally, it should prioritise delivering an intuitive and smooth user experience. The project should attentively address the needs and preferences of its target users and demonstrate a clear understanding of their pain points.
- Pitch and Presentation: It is crucial to deliver a thoroughly prepared and compelling pitch or presentation to effectively demonstrate the project's value proposition, market potential, and technical capabilities. The team should be able to articulate their project clearly, concisely, and convincingly to the judges.
- Product Market Fit: Successful projects must exhibit potential for adoption and significant market impact. They should have a comprehensive understanding of their target audience, the competitive landscape, and their unique value proposition. Testing of business models, revenue generation strategies, and the project's ability to attract users or customers can be pivotal factors.
- Uniqueness: Successful projects should highlight a unique applications of Web 3.0 technology through ICP. It should address a specific gap within the ICP ecosystem by introducing innovative uses of this technology, thereby expanding its utility. Unique projects for the ICP ecosystem will be given priority. Please refer to this page for current projects: https://internetcomputer.org/ecosystem
⏳ Timelines of Hackathon
Build on ICP – is a hybrid hackathon taking place from the 11th of March to the 18th of March 2024, which will include both online and in-person activities.
📌 Detailed timeline
- Application phase: 7th Feb – 8th Mar 2024
- Participants submit their idea proposals.
- Welcome Party in Lisbon with CryptoMondays: 26th February 2024
- Kick-off party in Collaboration with CryptoMondays - more info to come!
- Onboarding phase: 8th – 11th Mar 2024done
- Selecting the final 10-15 projects that will be offered a spot at the hackathon.
- Online hacking phase: 11th – 15th Mar 2024
- Online sessions & workshops.
- IRL Hacking weekend: 15th – 17th Mar 2024
- Intense Weekend, refine and finalise the products, pitching practice.
- Final Showcase: 18th Mar 2024
- Judges will select the finalists.
☑️ Eligibility criteria to take part in Build on ICP
- Teams must not have received a grant, from the DFINITY Foundation for the project they wish to submit.
- Teams should not have received any grants from any other Layer 1, Layer 2, and Layer Zero projects in the past 3 months or won any hackathons in the past for 3 months, for the project they wish to submit.
- The team should not have received any investment for the project they wish to submit.
- Ideally, the project idea should be unique to ICP, with no similar existing solutions. (Refer to existing projects on Internet Computer Ecosystem)
- Teams should be a resident of Portugal and/or Spain
- Participants must be proficient in English
- Teams must contain members above the age of 18
- Teams must complete registration before the deadline on March 8th, 23:59 Lisbon Time
🛠️ Why should you build on ICP?
The Internet Computer Protocol (ICP) is a blockchain network, forging the next generation of IT architecture and infrastructure. Founded by the DFINITY Foundation, ICP is empowering builders and developers with the tools needed to create inclusive and decentralised digital infrastructure, without the fear of centralised entities looming over - an open internet where everyone is able to contribute and has control over their data.
ICP stands unique in the blockchain universe, offering unparalleled capabilities for creating fully decentralised dApps. Free from the limitations of corporate clouds, insecure bridges, and expensive oracles, ICP is your ticket to truly autonomous and efficient web development.
What are the reasons to build on ICP?
- Direct Web Interaction from Smart Contracts: Build dApps that serve as interactive websites, directly accessible in browsers.
- Wallet-Free User Experience: Leverage the reverse gas model to create user-friendly dApps without the need for tokens or wallets.
- Internet Identity for Secure Authentication: Implement ICP's blockchain-based authentication system, offering anonymous and secure access with biometric authorisation.
- Unparalleled Scalability: Leverage ICP's ability to host an unlimited number of dApps and manage vast data storage, thanks to its ever-expanding network of subnets.
- Programming Flexibility: Flex your programming muscles with familiar languages like TypeScript, Python, and Rust, or delve into Motoko, the language tailor-made for development on the Internet Computer.
💡 Some examples of what you can build
- Governance Platform for Ethereum DAOs - using on-chain voting, frontends and DAO direct control of assets (with Chain Key Signatures, HTTP Outcalls, etc.).
- xChain Automation and Web3 Functions - use Timers to trigger incoming transactions on other chains. Also allow for cross chain communication.
- Provider for (dynamic) NFT assets - Provide hosting service of NFTs and any dynamic / interactable assets on the IC for any other network.
- Decentralized Identifier (DID) Registry - use the W3C standard for Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) to provide a decentralized service, to the IC and other chains. 📌 We strongly suggest taking a deeper look at: https://github.com/dfinity/grant-rfps/blob/main/requests-for-startups.md
In a more broad sense, ICP allows for dApps like:
1. SocialFi Applications
Promote social interactions on chains, where users own their data.
Example: A decentralized social networking platform where user data is owned and controlled by individual users rather than a centralized entity.
2. DAO Tooling
Develop tools to host and enhance the governance process for DAOs on the blockchain.
Example: A voting system for DAO members built on the ICP blockchain that ensures transparency and fraud prevention.
3. Privacy-Focused Applications
Create applications that prioritize user data privacy.
Example: A secure messaging app on the ICP platform with end-to-end encryption and zero-knowledge proofs.
4. RWA DeFi Protocols
Utilize https outcalls to bring real-world data streams on-chain and tokenize new assets.
Example: A platform to tokenize real estate assets, allowing users to invest and trade fractional ownership of properties.
5. Multichain Infrastructure and Dapps
Build applications that interact with other blockchains using Chain-key signatures and fetch data from RPC nodes.
Example: A cross-chain decentralized exchange (DEX) that enables seamless trading of assets between ICP and other blockchains.
6. Gaming and Entertainment
Harness the capabilities of the ICP to revolutionize the gaming and entertainment industry.
Example: A decentralized virtual reality game world where assets and land are tokenized and owned by players.
7. Social Impact and Sustainability
Create solutions that make a meaningful impact on society or the environment.
Example: A platform on ICP that tracks and verifies the carbon footprint of products, incentivizing sustainable manufacturing.
8. Open Innovation
Your wild-card category! Here, the sky's the limit.
Example: A decentralized marketplace on the ICP for creators to license and monetize their digital assets, fostering open-source collaboration.
9. Security & Cloud
Develop robust security solutions and decentralized cloud computing models.
Example: A secure, decentralized cloud storage solution on ICP, allowing users to rent out their unused storage capacity.
10. Health & Wellness
Craft innovative solutions to promote health, wellness, and medical advancements.
Example: A decentralized electronic health record system on ICP where patients have full control over who accesses their health data.
11. E-commerce & Fintech Leveraging CKBTC
Design e-commerce/fintech solutions that capitalize on the CKBTC framework.
Example: An online marketplace built on the ICP blockchain, leveraging the CKBTC for instantaneous transactions and lower fees.
✅ I’m eligible, how can I join?
Hackers and teams can submit the applications in the form below ↓
📥 Submit your project
The submissions need to showcase the following items:
→ Project Information
- Project Name
- Tagline
- Description of the problem it addresses
- Proposed Solution
- Current Project Status
→ Technology Details:
- Technologies Used
- Platforms the project is built on
→ Media Assets
- Video Demo showcasing project functionality
- Cover Image representing the project
- Logo of the project
→ GitHub Repository:
- Submit the GitHub link of your publicly visible source code on Devfolio. Ensure the link is functional; broken links will render submissions ineligible for prizes.
→ Team Information:
- List of team members with their roles and contact information (if applicable)
❓FAQs
It’s a hybrid hackathon focussed on ICP community. It is organised in the crypto capital of Europe - Lisbon for the best builders to create truly disruptive projects. It will take place from 11th of March - 18th March. First part of the program is online. It will finish with an intense hacking weekend (15 - 17th March) and a showcase event (on the 18th March) at the ICP Lisbon office.
It’s focussed on developers, hackers and builders who want to create on ICP platform.
- Hackathon projects must be built on native ICP - projects on networks such as Bitfinity will not be eligible.
- Hackathon projects must utilize one of the following SDKs: Azle, Motoko, or RUST, and no other SDKs.
- The project idea should be unique, there should be no similar projects existing on ICP (Refer to existing projects on Internet Computer Ecosystem)
Absolutely! This hackathon is tailored to attendees who have experience with web3 technologies and are interested in building on ICP for the first time.
The hackathon is 100% free for hackers.
Unfortunately, the hackathon organisers are not able to cover travel or other expenses for attendees.
You can have a team of up to 3 people.
There will be IRL opening party on 26th of February in Lisbon. The first part of the hackathon is online (from 11th - 15th Mar). It will finish with an intense hacking weekend (15 - 17th March) and a showcase event (on the 18th March) in the ICP Lisbon office. Teams need to be at the venue during the hacking weekend and the showcase event on 18th March.
You can reach out to hackathon@icpportugal.com.