Welcome to the Decentralized Identity Foundation's hackathon!
This hackathon is for people both new to and experienced with decentralized ID. This hackathon will feature a main DIF prize pool for use cases that utilize DIF work items plus exciting sponsored prize pool challenges as well. We are looking for use cases that drive adoption and stimulate activity within DIF’s working groups. As some existing companies began their journey from hackathons and soon received funding to bring their solutions to market, we encourage teams to think in this direction as well.
Get started
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To get started review the hackathon details below and register
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If you are new to decentralized identity review our resources page where you’ll find suggested developer tools and tutorials.
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Head over to Discord and introduce yourself and let us know if you have any questions. If you are looking for teamates, you can find them on Devpost or in the Discord community.
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Get hacking! Submissions open on October 26th and also check out our sponsor prize pool challenges.
Requirements
What to Build
Build a working application that uses at least one of the Decentralized Identity Foundation’s (DIF) work items.
- DIF work items include: Decentralized Web Nodes, DIDComm, Presentation Exchange, DID Lint, BBS Signature Scheme,Trust Establishment and the Universal Resolver. Learn more by visiting DIF's website.
- Sponsor specific projects being submitted for sponsor prizes must follow the specific requirements listed in the Sponsor Prizes tab and the Official Rules.
- Please note: Sponsor projects are not required to be open source but will not be eligible for the Main DIF prize pool if not open source.
What to Submit
- Include a video (no more than 3 minutes) that demonstrates your submission. Videos must be uploaded to YouTube, Vimeo, or Facebook Video and made public.
- Provide a URL to a public code repository. To be eligible for the Main DIF Prizes, the code repository must be open source.
- Provide a list of DIF work items used in the project.
- Such as: Decentralized Web Nodes, DIDComm, Presentation Exchange, DID Lint, BBS Signature Scheme Trust, Establishment and the Universal Resolver
- Optional: Provide a URL to a functional demo app.
- Select the relevant category the project is being submitted into.
- The completed submission form on Devpost before the deadline.
- Please see the Official Rules for full details.
Prizes
DIF First Place
• $4,500 USD
DIF Second Place
• $2,500 USD
DIF Third Place
• $1,500 USD
DIF Honorable Mentions
• $750 USD each
TBD (Block) First Place
• $2500 USD
• Project showcased in a blog post https://developer.tbd.website, as well as on social media and in TBD’s Discord + an opportunity to present virtually at a Show & Tell
TBD (Block) Second Place
• $1500 USD
• Project showcased in a blog post https://developer.tbd.website, as well as on social media and in TBD’s Discord
TBD (Block) Third Place
• $1000 USD
• Project showcased in a blog post https://developer.tbd.website, as well as on social media and in TBD’s Discord
Trinsic First Place
• $1,500 USD
Trinsic Second Place
• $700 USD
Trinsic Third Place
• $300 USD
Polygon ID First Place
• $1,000 USD
Polygon ID Second Place
• $700 USD
Polygon ID Third Place
• $300 USD
Ontology First Place
• $1000 USD
Ontology Second Place
• $500 USD
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Markus Sabadello
Founder at Danube Tech
Daniel Buchner
Head of Decentralized Identity at Block
Sam Curren
Architect and Deputy CTO at Indicio
Michael Shea
Managing Director at the Wider Team
Cole Davis
Founder and CEO at Switchchord
Jorge Flores
Co-founder and CTO at Entidad
Kim Hamilton Duffy
Founder at Startup in Stealth Mode
Simonas Karužas
Lead Protocol Engineer at ConsenSys Mesh R&D
Gabe Cohen
Lead Platform Engineer at TBD
Riley Hughes
Co-founder and CEO at Trinsic
Angie Jones
Head of Developer Relations at TBD
Adewale Abati
Developer Advocate at TBD
Rizel Scarlett
Developer Advocate at TBD
Zach Jones
Director of Marketing at Trinsic
Otto Mora
Tech Sales Lead, Americas at Polygon ID
Miroslav Milenkovic
Director of Engineering at Polygon ID
Chiara Paskulin
Developer Advocate at Trinsic
Greg Bernstein
Chief Consultant at Grotto Networking
Vasilis Kalos
Cryptography & Cybersecurity Consultant at MATTR
Andrew Whitehead
Senior Software Architect at Portage CyberTech
Steve McCown
Chief Architect Anonyome Labs, Inc.
Kendall Mao
Head of Tech @ Ontology
Humpty Calderon
Head of Community @ Ontology
Raindy Lu
Head of Marketing at Ontology
Maaike van Leuken
Scientist Cryptography @ TNO
Abhishek Mahadevan Raju
Scientist Innovator @ TNO
Elena Carrasco
Research Engineer @ USAA
Ebony Louis
Technical Community Manager @ TBD
Judging Criteria
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Functionality
How well the app performs and fulfills its intended purpose. -
Feasibility
Can this app be feasibly implemented and used in the real world? -
Scalability
Could it scale for wide adoption? -
Technical Complexity
The level of technical expertise and complexity demonstrated in the implementation. -
How well the team made use of DIF work items
Were DIF work items prominently used in their application? Examples: DWNs, Presentation Exchange, DIDComm, Universal Resolver, DIDLInt, BBS, Trust Establishment -
Creativity and Innovation
How original is the idea? Does the submission use the technology in a unique way not seen before? -
User Experience
Intuitiveness, ease of use and overall user friendliness. -
Presentation
How well the team presented their work through video, documentation and code quality. (Is your code tidy and easy to understand)
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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