Polkadot Sponsored Track

🏆 Overview of prizes: For submissions to the general Polkadot track: 1st place ($11k) 2nd place ( $8k) 3rd place ($5k) Web3 community Prize: $1k (*) (*) to any submissions to other sponsored tracks that integrate Polkadot in some way. ✚ Additional ecosystem bounties Combine your submission with any of these ecosystem bounties: - Build an AI agent with Phala and OpenAI ($2k) - Implement advanced Unique NFTs in a web3 game app with Unique Network ($4k) - Build a dApp that leverages both EVM and Substrate accounts using Talisman, making sure authentication UX is great ($2k) - Build a practical web3 use case for a cyber-physical system with Robonomics ($2k) - Innovate with StellaSwap for the best DeFi solution ($2k) - Build an application leveraging Acurast’s compute (Google Pixel 8a + 2500 cACU) ☝🏼Submission requirements We’re looking for submissions that hit the nail on the head on any of the following things: ✅ Benefit the Polkadot community ✅ Use the native DOT token ✅ Leverage Polkadot’s existing on-chain features like governance, staking, identity management, cross-chain bridging or native messaging with XCM ✅ Use Polkadot’s core technologies like Substrate, ink or XCM All submissions to ecosystem bounties must adhere to the requirements specified by their respective teams. 🫵🏼 Your task: Pick what you want to build, pitch your best idea and demo a proof-of-concept on demo day. 👨🏻‍⚖️ Judging You’ll be judged on: - Go-to-market strategy - Tech design, creativity and ideation - User experience For specific ecosystem bounties, refer to their specific judging criteria 💡Ideas Not sure what to build? We’ve put together some ideas for you to take inspiration from! The Polkadot blockchain already has a lot of functionality you can integrate to a front-end application that could be game changing for end-users. Think of user facing solutions that interest you! Things like: - A mobile app to help users stay updated about topics in OpenGov - A crypto-cash app that allows payments in USDC from the Polkadot Asset Hub - An event management app that can pay participants in any asset via the Asset Hub - A React component for a Polkadot bridging fee estimator - A slick front-end app for creating DAOs funded by the Polkadot treasury Perhaps you’re more interested in building developer libraries or integrations to extend what Polkadot already has. Some ideas: - Tools for developing and integrating appchains - Creating a React component library for easily building light client web applications - An ink! dApp deployment leveraging cross-chain runtime interactions - Cross-ecosystem core integrations (e.g. SUI on DOT, Talisman integration to Rootstock) - App-chain ideas to deploy on Polkadot Representing Polkadot as the Blockspace Devrel Team: - Sacha Lansky (twitter: @SachaL__) Devrel Team Lead at WebZero @joinwebzero - Peter White (twitter: @inscnt) Co-Founder at R0gue @gor0gue) - Seun Lanlege (twitter: @seunlanlege) Founder at Polytope Labs @PolytopeLabs - Luke Schoen (twitter: @ltfschoen) Web3 Architect