In mid-August, the Global Chia Hackathon held by Sirius Labs officially opened for submissions. The Hackathon kicked off with a series of events, including Sirius Labs AMAs and a Chialisp Training Camp. A total of 300+ participants from 50+ countries have already registered within 20 days. This is just the beginning!
Chia is a unique and innovative blockchain with one of the world’s most secure consensus mechanisms — PoST. Its native language, Chialisp, is a powerful and secure LISP-like language that is easy to audit and use. Chia also introduces an innovative and highly scalable Smart Coin model. Chia is known as a green cryptocurrency with lower energy consumption and a greater degree of decentralization. There are currently over 6 million+ Chia holders and over 600,000+ miner groups globally.
Chia is still in its very early stages. Its ecosystem is not very developed yet, and there are still ample opportunities for new projects to shine. Improved decentralized finance, Improved NFT, Improved Layer2, GameFi, wallets, and tools. These are all examples of projects we believe can be built in the Chia ecosystem. Join the Global Chia Hackathon today! As long as you have an idea and want to try it out, it’s still not too late to sign up!
About the Global Chia Hackathon
Sirius Labs, with the support of Chia Network, is hosting the Global Chia Hackathon to invite developers around the world to build the foundation of Chia’s ecosystem. Participants can submit projects on Devpost and Dorahacks(limited to Asia).
Timeline:
Submission Period: August 12 at 8:00am PDT — September 15 at 6:00pm PDT
Judging Period: September 23 at 8:00am PDT — September 26 at 6:00pm PDT
Preliminary winners will be required to present their final products to a panel of judges during the Judging Period.
Winners Announced: Around September 28 at 7:00pm PDT
Submission Requirements
- Full Name
- Product demo/Prototype/Slide deck that can be displayed online
- Github Link to your code (You can submit your code if it is not yet completed! We will have experts that can help you optimize and perfect your code later.)
For this Global Chia Hackathon, Sirius Labs has invited many top investment firms and experienced blockchain service firms to help cold-start projects.
- Huge prize pool, Seed round incubation opportunities, NFT incentives
$500,000 USD Hackathon Prize Pool:
Chia is hungry for talented projects to join its ecosystem, and we are not hesitating to spend money to find these capable and talented teams. In its AMA, the Sirius Labs team has taken the lead in publicizing the global $500,000 Hackathon prize pool (of which $100,000 has already been sent into the Hackerlink quadratic prize pool for the Asia region). The top winning team can win up to $100,000!
Million Dollar Seed Round Incubation Opportunities:
In addition to the overall prize pool of $500,000 (in USDT/USDC), winners will also become eligible for participation in a $500,000 — $1,000,000 seed fund investment by the event sponsors. Sirius Labs is also happy to help participating teams go further by connecting to additional investment firm and other resources.
Limited Edition NFTs:
The first 100 qualified submitters in the Global Chia Hackathon will have priority to win a limited edition NFT. The name of the NFT is: “A Salute to Developers”. This limited edition NFT is equivalent to a proof of rights. NFT holders will get to enjoy exclusive rights that we will announce in the future.
- Chialisp Tutorials
Chia Network has provided a series of Chialisp tutorials, code examples and other materials for this Hackathon. Sirius Labs has organized and summarized all the Chialisp tutorials below to help developers familiarize themselves with the language and get started coding as soon as possible.
Tutorials:
https://sirius-labs2021.medium.com/summery-of-chialisp-training-camp-8265ed31688a
- Global Community
Sirius Labs has formed global communities for developers participating in the Hackathon. If you want to chat with other developers or find Hackathon teammates, join the communities below.
- Hackathon Discord: https://discord.gg/HrzDvV8XDx
- Chia Official Keybase: https://keybase.io/team/chia_network.public(search #chialisp and join the channel)
- Hackathon Wechat Group (limited to Asia): Add SiriusLabs to get invited to the group
Special Thanks：
Supported by：Chia Network
Hackathon platform：Devpost、Dora Hacks
Chia pool partners：Space Pool、Hpool
Capital and Institutions: Cipholio Ventrues、Amplio Capital、TrueEdge Capital、GDA Capital、WaterDrip Capital、AC Capital、HOT Labs、Akash Network、Gate.io Labs
Security and Technical consultants：Certik、Center of studies for Blockchain of Xiamen university
Media：Coindesk、Cointelegraph、Chainnews、Newsbtc、Coinspeaker、Cryptonews、Cryptopress、Coinvoice
About Chia
Chia Network was founded by Bram Cohen, the creator of BitTorrent. It also includes executive leadership from Gene Hoffman, the former founder and CEO of eMusic and Vindicia, and also Misha Graboi as chief financial officer, who was formerly an internet equities analyst for Europe at Goldman Sachs and held various roles at Paamco Prisma, most recently as the CEO of Paamco Asia. Chia Network has recently added five key executive hires to support Chia’s growth and its broader adoption.
Chia, referred to as the green Bitcoin (BTC) alternative, is based on a proof-of-space-time consensus algorithm. Chialisp is a new programming language and “a fundamentally better way of building smart transactions than what’s been built in the past.” It is powerful, easy to audit, and secure. Innovative uses of the XCH Smart Coin will give users a richer user experience by creating new possibilities and gameplay features.
Chia raised funding from various investment firms including Naval Ravikant, A16z, Greylock, True Ventures, MetaStable, DCM, Slow Ventures, Stillmark and Galaxy Investment Group, among others. Chia has landed a valuation of $500 million and plans to complete a fully compliant Securities and Exchange Commission or SEC-registered equity initial public offering on an accelerated schedule.
About Sirius Labs
Sirius Labs, headquartered in Norway, is a venture capital firm and focuses on early-stage investment and incubation in the arena of science and technology. The team members come from Norway, the United States, Singapore, China, France, the United Kingdom, Australia, Japan and other regions.
Sirius Labs initiated the Sirius Hackathon in 2021, aimed at building a thriving community of blockchain developers worldwide and connecting great ideas with investment institutions.
Know more about the Hackathon:
Website: srs.vc
Twitter: twitter.com/SiriusLabs_vc
Discord: discord.gg/6aa3BBmxVc Reddit: reddit.com/r/SiriusHacks GitHub: github.com/SiriusHacks
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