🧩 About the Challenge

This is not just a hackathon — it’s a moonshot.

The ety.ai Moonshot Hackathon challenges developers, creatives, and builders to reimagine how we interact with language, history, and meaning through AI and decentralized technologies.

You’ll build tools that:

  • Let anyone embed intelligent, etymology-rich content anywhere on the web.

  • Bring language to life inside Telegram using Mini Apps.

  • Enable tokenized ownership and migration of language data — from Polygon to your own EVM-compatible GitBanks chain.

Whether you're building a widget, a Web3 bridge, or an AI-powered bot, your project will become part of a movement to turn words into portable, programmable, and personal knowledge units.

There’s no prior etymology experience needed — just imagination, curiosity, and the desire to build something new.

🚀 Get Started

Here’s how to jump in:

  1. Form a Team
    Work solo or find teammates at the in-person event. Max team size: 5.

  2. Choose a Track (or Combine)

    • 🔗 Polygon → GitBanks token migration

    • 🧠 Embeddable AI widget for word results

    • 💬 Telegram Mini App for ety.ai

  3. Join the Telegram Bot
    @EtyHackBot — track announcements, updates, and ask questions in real time.

  4. Check the Starter Kit
    We’ll provide example repos, API endpoints, and sample words like “spring constant” for embedding and AI parsing.

  5. Submit Before the Deadline
    ⏳ Final deadline: December 21, 2025 @ 11:59 PM Pacific Time
    Submit via Devpost with:

    • GitHub link or zip file

    • Short demo video (optional)

    • Short project description

Requirements

🏗 What to Build

You can build anything that extends or enhances the ety.ai mission — to make etymology smarter, embeddable, tokenized, and socially accessible. Pick one track or combine multiple ideas for bonus creativity.

🔗 Track 1: Token Migration & Chain Integration

  • Build a bridge or migration tool to move the ETTY token from Polygon to your custom GitBanks EVM-compatible chain.

  • Bonus: display migrated tokens or enable wallet interactions (staking, claiming, burning, etc.)

🌐 Track 2: Embeddable Widget for Word Results

  • Create a plug-and-play widget to embed ety.ai content (text, image, audio) on external websites.

  • Must support words like "Spring constant"

  • Bonus: include copy-paste code generation (<iframe>, SDK, or JS embed)

💬 Track 3: Telegram Mini App

  • Build a Telegram Mini App that allows users to search, explore, and share ety.ai word results directly in Telegram.

  • Bonus: add login, share-to-group, or AI-generated summaries.

💡 Track 4: Surprise Us!

  • Want to build a Chrome extension that reads aloud word origins? A “mint-a-word” NFT tool? A collaborative etymology game?

  • If your project touches AI, language, tokens, or embedding ety.ai, you’re good.

📤 What to Submit

Every submission must be made on Devpost by December 21, 2025 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time and include:

✅ Required

  • Project Title + Short Description

  • GitHub repo link (or downloadable .zip)

  • A clear explanation of:

    • What your project does

    • What technologies you used

    • Which track(s) you’re submitting to

  • Working prototype or demo (hosted, testable, or a local build with instructions)

🎥 Optional but Strongly Encouraged

  • A 1–3 minute demo video

  • Screenshots or GIFs of your project in action

  • Live deployment links if available (e.g., Vercel, Telegram bot, testnet address)

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$750+ in prizes
+ other prizes
Best Overall Hack
$400 in cash
1 winner

Best Overall Hack

Cash Value: $400

Description: Awarded to the top overall project across all tracks. Judges will evaluate based on innovation, execution, and alignment with the ety.ai mission. Includes $400 in cash or ETY stablecoin equivalent.

Best Telegram Mini App
$250 in cash
1 winner

Cash Value: $250

Description: Awarded to the best submission that uses Telegram’s WebApp SDK to build an ety.ai Mini App. Must be functional and demo-able within Telegram.

Community Award
$100 in cash
1 winner

Cash Value: $100

Description: Chosen by in-person participants and mentors. This prize goes to the most impactful, creative, or helpful project — even if it's not 100% polished.

Most Original Idea
1 winner

Cash Value: N/A

Description: This prize rewards creativity and outside-the-box thinking. The winner will receive a limited-edition ety.ai NFT and be featured on the homepage and newsletter.

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Lorenzo Carver

Lorenzo Carver

Dmitry Tatievsky

Judging Criteria

  • 1. Technical Achievement
    How well does the project work? We’re looking for solid builds and creative technical execution — especially if you handled complex integrations like Web3 wallets, cross-chain migration, audio/image rendering, or Telegram APIs.
  • 2. Creativity & Originality
    Is the idea novel, clever, or surprising? We want to see unexpected uses of etymology, AI, tokens, or embeddable interfaces. Bonus points for originality that feels useful.
  • 3. Utility & Impact
    Could this project grow into something people would actually use? Does it solve a real problem? Could it be used in classrooms, games, websites, language tools, or communities?
  • 4. Presentation & Clarity
    How well is the project explained? Judges will consider the quality of your Devpost submission, video (if included), screenshots, and GitHub/README clarity.

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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