HECO Global Hackathon - Round 1

Submission Period: 8th July 2021 - 3rd August 2021

Judging Period: 4th August - 6th August

Result Announced:  9th August 

A. The Hackathon IS open to: 

Individuals who are at least the age of majority where they reside as of the time of entry (“Eligible Individuals”);

Organizations (including corporations, not-for-profit corporations and other nonprofit organizations, limited liability companies, partnerships, and other legal entities) that exist and have been organized or incorporated at the time of entry.

B. The Hackathon IS NOT open to: 

Any individual or organization that is the subject of sanctions administered or enforced by any country or government or otherwise designated on any list of prohibited or restricted parties (including but not limited to the lists maintained by the United Nations Security Council, the U.S. Government, the European Union or its Member States, or other applicable government authority). 

HECO Hackathon accepts the following types of early-stage and senior projects, including but not limited to:

1.HECO ecosystem applications: NFT protocols and platform-level applications, DAO and on-chain governance tools, next-gen Defi protocols, etc.

2.Toolkits on HECO: improved programming languages, wallets, scans, SDKs, etc.

3.Infrastructures on HECO, research on consensus, Layer-2 infrastructure, privacy, API services, etc 

4. Gaming&NFTs: Any solution that is related to Gaming & NFTs and build on HECO

Project submission starts on July 7, 2021, and will end on August 3, 2021.

Repository access to your working application for judging and testing. Include a link to your repo hosting the code and all deployment files and testing instructions needed for testing your project.

The submission form on Devpost before the deadline.

Eligible submissions will be evaluated by a panel of judges selected by the Judges. Judges may be employees of the sponsor or third parties, may or may not be listed individually on the Hackathon Website, and may change before or during the Judging Period. Judging may take place in one or more rounds with one or more panels of Judges.

Originality & Creativity

How novel and innovative is the idea? Does it set out to do something completely different or at least improve existing models?

Technicality & Design

What is tech like? Does it have comprehensive and efficient features? Is the code understandable and usable by others? Is it designed to scale?

Business Model & Feasibility

What is the value proposition and how does it set out to differentiate itself? How will it capture value, new users, and/or generate revenue? Is the project positioned to succeed?

Usability

What is the user experience like? Is it clean and intuitive? How will you implement UX/UI?

Practicality & Use Case

Is this something people would actually use and want? Will the idea have an impact on people, revolutionize some aspect of human life, or disrupt the status quo?

Contribution to the Global Blockchain Ecosystem

How does your idea increase global blockchain adoption, value for its users, and innovation in the field of Open Source technology? Does it welcome new users and help existing users?

We will announce the result on 9th August on the Heco website and Devpost. The rewarded team will be contacted by the Heco team individually.

The prize pool includes: In Total 23,000 USDT + 2,000 USDT （Conditional）