Winning Idea?

The idea you choose for a hackathon can make all the difference between winning and just participating.

• Look for problems, not buzzwords

  • Buzzwords: Metaverse, Artificial Intelligence, Hyperautomation, Quantum Computing.
  • Problems: Payments, DeFi, Community, Developer Tooling, User Onboarding.

• Is the solution significantly better with adding crypto or would it be better without it?

  • Build something that would make sense because of crypto.

• Is it a net positive to the ecosystem? Will it bring more users/liquidity?

  • Don’t focus on building something assuming there are tons of users ready to use it, rather build something of use case right here and now.

• Look for chain-specific ideas

  • “You get instant points if you’ve built something that can only be built on that chain, that other chains couldn’t handle” – Co-Founder @Helius 
  • Build something that benefits from that chain’s unique characteristics, such as transaction speed, composability, and ascending market use cases.

• Make a functional UI

  • It does not have to be beautiful, just construct something practical, something that judges can feel, that is better to look at than an API.

• Spend more than 20% of your time on your presentation

  • People do not look at your code first.
  • Make your presentation interesting.
  • Try to include a demo video.

Lastly, build something cool.