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Solve blockchain challenges and earn great prizes. Only 50 spots per challenge!

W3F — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 16:28:35 +0000

It’s finally here – DOT and KSM are now integrated on Gitcoin!

Join the Polkadot Discord before you get started.

Gitcoin has integrated Polkadot and Kusama tokens (DOT and KSM) into its tech stack, making them one of the first full integrations outside of the Ethereum ecosystem.

Hello World! by Polkadot

To celebrate our integration on Gitcoin, we are organising Hello World! By Polkadot, a series of challenges to bring you on a journey of Polkadot development discovery. In addition to interesting ways to expand your skills and explore the Polkadot universe, we’ve got DOT, KSM and some pretty cool swag up for grabs.

There are bounties to appeal to all skill levels, starting with beginners. And if your heart beats faster when someone mentions Substrate, ink!, Javascript, or dApps, we’ve got a challenge for you, too!

Categories and Prizes

In total, there are 24 different challenges over four categories: 7 Beginner, 5 Intermediate, 4 Advanced and 8 Ecosystem. All come with extensive resources to guide you along the way.

All the challenges have been capped at maximum 50 submissions; so be in the first 50 valid submissions to get your payout. Prizes per challenge are as follows:

Beginner - 3 DOT
Intermediate - 1 KSM
Advanced - 10 DOT
Ecosystem challenge - 5 DOT
And as the icing on the cake, we have an extra prize for the first 50 that manage to complete 18 or more challenges: 150 DOT!

Note: The maximum prize amount for those who complete all the challenges and receive the extra prize is 256 DOT and 3 KSM.

Swag and NFTs

Every participant that makes a valid submission to any challenge will receive Polkadot swag and a Kusama-based non-fungible token via the RMRK dapp. There is also an awesome array of Kudos that will get distributed with prizes.

Let's connect!

Chat with fellow developers on the [Polkadot Discord](https://discord.gg/UzSfxxW
Watch the kick off webinar
Got technical questions? Join the weekly Substrate Seminar call.
Want to join the core growth team behind Polkadot? Become a Polkadot Ambassador.

Timeline

Registrations opened October 8th, with the challenges going live on October 15th. The event will run for four weeks (November 12th) or until all challenges are solved.

Community partners

Hackusama - build custom blockchains and tools on Polkadot's wild cousin, Kusama

W3F — Wed, 08 Jul 2020 14:28:43 +0000

Welcome to Hackusama, the first-ever hackathon for the Kusama or Polkadot ecosystem.

Hackusama is a 7-week online hackathon, launched for developers to "Build a Blockchain" or submit your wildest tools, visualizations, and ideas to the "Open Hack" category. A $30,000 USD prize pool is up for grabs.

Watch the Introduction to Hackusama webinar for a complete overview and technical presentation about Kusama and Substrate.

Kusama is a network built by Dr. Gavin Wood, Polkadot founder and cofounder and CTO of Ethereum. It's a risk-taking, fast-moving ‘canary in the coal mine’ built with nearly the exact same code as its cousin network, Polkadot. Kusama is a living, breathing, multichain ecosystem built to put the best tech in the hands of change agents to spark innovation, disrupt the status quo, and quickly push the limits of what’s possible.

👇👇 JOIN THE EVENT AND START HACKING 👇👇

Build Polkadot: Network Launch Bounty Challenges in total worth of $6000

W3F — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 09:24:47 +0000

Polkadot is live! This first phase with a Proof of Authority (PoA) network opens up the floodgates for developers like you to become part of history as one of the first to build and use the Polkadot ecosystem. Ready for the challenge? To make it even sweeter, we are opening up three bounty challenges. Take your pick – create something related to:

visualization,
tools
or just surprise us!

There is a total of $6k DAI up for grabs. In each category, we have $2k DAI split among the top 3 submissions!

-->All details, resources and ideas can be found on the Gitcoin page<--

Happy hacking :)