Solana Grizzlython Awards
Mobile Track
The first prize in the Mobile Track goes to Tap, a cash app that makes sending, spending, and earning cash easy, powered by Solana and USDC, with an award of $30,000 in USDC.
Additional prizes went to:
- Second: AquaID, a self-custody human identity protocol built on Solana.
- Third: dReader, an on-chain comic book store.
- Fourth: Proto, an API for spatial data and proof-of-location on Solana.
- Fifth: SAGAnize, a mobile tool suite consisting of Products/SDKs/Libraries to onboard developers to build Solana Native Mobile dApps.
The judges would also like to recognize, in no particular order, the work of the following honorable mentions:
Infrastructure & Tools Track
The first prize in the Infrastructure & Tools Track goes to Bunkr, a permissionless asset protection tool powered by code-based 2FA in your authenticator app of choice, with an award of $30,000 in USDC.
Additional prizes went to:
- Second: Xray, a human-readable Solana explorer.
- Third: Extrnode, a fault-tolerant, disaster-resistant, decentralized RPC service for web3 products, aimed to eliminate the problem of a single point of failure and speed up RPC 100x.
- Fourth: TinyDancer, a light client for the Solana blockchain.
- Fifth: Shadow Portal, infrastructure that allows developers to summon off-chain data onto Solana.
The judges would also like to recognize, in no particular order, the work of the following honorable mentions:
Gaming Track
The first prize in the Gaming Track goes to Michi, a casual roguelike dungeon crawling game powering an ecosystem of games/products, with an award of $30,000 USDC.
Additional prizes went to:
- Second: Kyogen Clash, a fully on-chain RTS game built using the Dominari Game Engine.
- Third: RPS, an on-chain wager-based gaming studio for Solana.
- Fourth: Sporting Labs, an on-chain F1 Fantasy League on xNFT Backpack.
- Fifth: 3ntertain, an end-to-end event-oriented solution, dedicated to entertain and monetize communities while fairly rewarding game developers.
The judges would also like to recognize, in no particular order, the work of the following honorable mentions:
DeFi Track
The first prize in the DeFi Track goes to DBL DEX, an on-chain periodic double auction DEX and DeFi primitive, with an award of $30,000 USDC.
Additional prizes went to:
- Second: Sujiko, a derivatives stack enabling NFT perp markets.
- Third: Arbon, a project to improve global carbon market with a computer vision-assisted oracle network providing trustless measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) and a “last mile” network of stewards to coordinate local forest protection via an incentivization system built around land parcel NFTs in the Amazon.
- Fourth: Slide Labs, a social trading platform that bridges between the best traders and people who do not have investing expertise.
- Fifth: defiOS, a scaling layer for open-source collaboration.
The judges would also like to recognize, in no particular order, the work of the following honorable mentions:
Web3 Consumer Track
The first prize in the Web3 Consumer Track goes to Lancer, a marketplace for hiring developers on a per-task basis, with an award of $30,000 USDC.
Additional prizes went to:
- Second: Floop, a mobile-first NFT entertainment platform with creator experience on the go.
- Third: Crossbow Analytics, an analytics platform for web3.
- Fourth: w3bber, a decentralized ratings platform for the internet.
- Fifth: Triggr, a Zapier for power users on Solana.
The judges would also like to recognize, in no particular order, the work of the following honorable mentions:
DAOs and Network States Track
The first prize in the DAOs and Network States Track goes to Trove, a treasury management solution for Solana NFT project founders, with an award of $30,000 in USDC.
Additional prizes went to:
- Second: Agora Courts, an on-chain arbitration platform focused on allowing other protocols to integrate fully customizable disputes between any number of users.
- Third: Re:naissance, a seamless royalty solution for NFT Communities built as xNFT on Backpack.
- Fourth: Align, a tool bringing transparency and aligned incentives to how NFT-based DAO funds are spent on Solana by allowing both members and the managing team to put forward proposals for tasks that would benefit the project and get funded from a pooled treasury.
- Fifth: Cubik, a decentralized funding platform for public goods.
The judges would also like to recognize, in no particular order, the work of the following honorable mentions:
Payments Track
The first prize in the Payments Track goes to Tamperproof, a new protocol to encrypt, embed and seal a secret into a Solana NFT, opening up on-chain distribution of coupons, gift cards and tickets, with an award of $30,000 USDC.
Additional prizes went to:
- Second: SplitWave, a dApp that enables users to seamlessly split transactions and manage their finances using Solana Pay, providing a faster, more efficient and secure alternative to traditional payment methods.
- Third: Payleaf, a payment solution to help the cannabis industry send and accept digital payments on Solana.
- Fourth: West 57th, a payments platform that allows users to use Solana at any merchant that accepts MasterCard.
- Fifth: Heliport, which enables anyone to pay and transact on Solana through the Helium Network.
University Award
The University Award, which recognizes excellence from a project led by university students, goes to Digi Divers, a gamified peer-to-peer data annotation platform working to scale ethical and reliable data labeling practices to advance the AI industry, receiving a $20,000 USDC prize for the project.
Climate Award
The Climate Award, recognizing projects that are built with climate change and sustainability in mind, goes to Sunrise Stake, a regenerative finance staking protocol, receiving a $5,000 USDC prize for the project.
Conclusion
The Solana Grizzlython Hackathon was a massive success, with a total of 14 tracks and numerous projects submitted. The winners were chosen based on their technological merits, and the judges would like to extend their congratulations to all the winners and honorable mentions.
FAQs
Q: What was the Solana Grizzlython Hackathon?
A: The Solana Grizzlython Hackathon was a competition where developers and students submitted projects to showcase their skills and creativity in building on the Solana blockchain.
Q: What were the different tracks in the hackathon?
A: The hackathon had 14 tracks, including Mobile Track, Infrastructure & Tools Track, Gaming Track, DeFi Track, Web3 Consumer Track, DAOs and Network States Track, and Payments Track, among others.
Q: What were the prizes awarded to the winners?
A: The winners received a total of $220,000 in USDC, with the first prize winners receiving $30,000 each.
Q: Who judged the hackathon?
A: The hackathon was judged by a panel of experts in the blockchain and cryptocurrency industries.
Q: What were the criteria for judging the projects?
A: The projects were judged based on their technological merits, with a focus on their feasibility, scalability, and potential impact on the blockchain and cryptocurrency industries.
