After a successful Hackathon, we are fired up and ready to launch the second Hackathon of the year, and it is bigger than ever with $1 million in total prizes!
To join the hackathon, register your interest on DevPost and make sure you read the rules carefully and submit your project before July 25, 2022 2:00 PM. Here’s our Hackathon schedule at a glance.
Submission Period: Today 7:00 AM → July 25, 2022, 2:00 PM
Judging/Voting Period: August 1, 2022, 7:00 AM → August 11, 2022, 2:00 PM
Winners Announced: Around August 17, 2022, 11:00 AM
For this hackathon, you will be submitting a complete project so make sure to have your project ready and submitted before the deadline. There are $760,000 of prizes to be won if you participate on DevPost, with $190,000 prizes for each of the 4 tracks. A panel of judges will choose the winners through the DevPost platform.
If you would like to increase your chances of winning additional prizes, sign up on the TRON DAO Forum and start posting your Hackathon project post to our Hackathon 2022 Season 2 category 1 when submission opens on May 16, 2022. Creating a project post on the forum will enable you to win from an additional pool of $220,000 forum prizes, with $55,000 prizes to be won for each of the 4 tracks. The forum winners will be chosen by the forum community members through polls.
Hackathon participants that participate in both the DevPost and the Forum platform will be eligible to win up to two prizes with a single project, one prize from each platform.
The TRON Grand Hackathon 2022 and the TRON DAO Forum are all about possibilities, interactions, and empowering the TRON DAO community to have a say in the digital world. The decentralized web is all about putting the power in the hands of the people. With TRON DAO Hackathon 2022 Season 2, anyone can win a prize, including those who are not participating in the submission of a hackathon project. Therefore, we introduce 4 more additional bonus hackathon prizes other than the track prizes, which we will elaborate below.
REQUIREMENTS
Participate in the TRON Grand Hackathon 2022 by submitting your project on the Devpost platform before the deadline. Here’s how:
DEVPOST SUBMISSIONS
Build (or significantly update) a software application/dApp/website that integrates with the TRON/BTTC blockchain that fits into one of the following tracks:
- Web3 Track: contribute to the transition of Web 2.0 to Web 3.0 by introducing useful DAO tools and SocialFi
- DeFi Track: Leverage DeFi to offer convenient financial solutions to everyone
- GameFi Track: The next generation GameFi where entertainment meets blockchain
- NFT Track: Embrace the creator economy
What to Submit
- Provide a URL to your code repository OR a link to a functional prototype for judging and testing.
- Include a video (about 3 minutes) that demonstrates your submission. Videos must be uploaded to YouTube, Vimeo, or Facebook Video and made public.
- Identify which category you are submitting into.
- The completed submission form on Devpost before the deadline.
TRON DAO FORUM SUBMISSIONS
In addition, you are also highly recommended to create a Hackathon project post on the TRON DAO Forum at the beginning of the Hackathon to increase the chance of winning a Hackathon prize. You will be posting the same project you will be submitting to the DevPost platform.
Forum hackathon winners will be selected by the community through the forum poll. Participants that chose to participate on the DevPost platform and the TRON DAO Forum will be eligible to win up to two Hackathon prizes.
Steps to participate:
- Sign up on TRON DAO Forum
- Send a private message to admin.hackathon and provide your DevPost username
- Wait for an approval to be added to the Hackathon group which will give you the permission to create a project post on the correct hackathon participant category
- Post your project in the TRON Hackathon > Hackathon 2022 Season 2 category on the TRON DAO Forum and tag it with one of the relevant tags: Web3, DeFi, GameFi, or NFT
- Follow the hackathon project post format given to create a new topic for your hackathon project
- You should update your project post actively as you made progress throughout the hackathon period
- You should also actively answer community questions in your own project post as the community will be the ones that chose the Forum Hackathon winners.
PRIZING STRUCTURE
There will be 4 tracks for you to participate in – WebFi, DeFi, GameFi and NFT. If your project covers multiple tracks, simply chose the most relevant track that describes your project.
Each of the 4 tracks will have the same prizing structure as below:
1st Prize $60k
2nd Prize $40k
3rd Prize $30k
4th Prize $25k
5th Prize $20k
1st Runner Up $5k
2nd Runner Up $5k
3rd Runner Up $5k
Participating in the TRON DAO Forum will also enable you to win one of the forum track prizes. Each of the 4 tracks will have the same prizing structure as below:
1st Place $10k
2nd Place $9k
3rd Place $8k
4th Place $7k
5th Place $6k
1st Runner Up $5k
2nd Runner Up $5k
3rd Runner Up $5k
There are 4 additional bonus prizes to be won for this season of the TRON Grand Hackathon! You can even win one of the community contributor prizes without coding in the hackathon! 
- Bonus: Devpost Community Prize $5,000 – Determined by popular choice voting on Devpost by DevPost community members.
- Bonus: Potential Project Prize $5,000 – Determined by the TRON DAO team based on a project’s potential value. Awarded to a project that did not win another prize.
- Bonus: TRON Ecosystem Prize $5,000 – Determined by the TRON DAO team based on a project’s valuable contribution to the TRON Ecosystem. Awarded to a project that did not win another prize.
- Bonus: Community Contributor Prize $5,000 – Determined by the TRON DAO team based on an individual’s valuable contributions during the hackathon. Awarded to individuals who did not win another prize. The individual does not need to be a hackathon project participant. Up to 10 individuals may split this prize pool with a minimum of $500 per person.
JUDGING CRITERIA
- Originality & Creativity
How novel and innovative is the idea? Does it set out to do something unique or at least improve existing models? - Technicality & Design
What is tech like? Is it user-friendly and does it have comprehensive and efficient features? 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 the market and/or generate revenue? - Usability
What is the user experience like? Is it clean and intuitive such that users not familiar with blockchain can easily interact with the program? - Practicality & Use Case
Is this something the community would actually use and want? Will the idea have an impact on the crypto community? - Contribution to the Crypto Ecosystem
How does your idea increase crypto adoption, value for its users, and innovation in the field of blockchain? Does it welcome new users and help existing users?
FAQS
Q. Where do I sign up for TRON Grand Hackathon 2022 Season 2?
You are required to sign up on DevPost and join our Hackathon here. Please make sure to read the rules carefully and submit your project before the deadline.
Q. Is it compulsory to join TRON DAO Forum for this hackathon?
It is not compulsory to join this forum to participate in the current hackathon. However, joining the TRON DAO Forum and posting your project here will enable you to win additional prizes from the forum prize pool of $220,000.
Q. What are the steps for a Hackathon participant that wishes to join the forum prize pool?
- After you sign up on DevPost, sign up for an account on the TRON DAO Forum
- Send a private message to admin.hackathon and provide your DevPost username
- Wait for an approval to be added to the Hackathon group which will give you the permission to create a project post on the correct hackathon participant category
- Post your project in the TRON Hackathon > Hackathon 2022 Season 2 category on the TRON DAO Forum and tag it with one of the relevant tags: Web3, DeFi, GameFi, or NFT.
Q. How long will it take for the forum approval to post in the Hackathon 2022 Season 2 category?
It will take less than 24 hours for the approval to take place. If you are still not able to create your project post after 24 hours, please send a private message to admin.hackathon and provide your DevPost username again.
Q. What do I need to do after posting a project to the forum?
You will need to ensure you submit your complete project before the deadline on DevPost. Additionally, you will have to make sure you are actively monitoring your project post and answering the community’s questions. Make sure to post new updates to your project post often to get community members engaged as they are the ones that will be voting during the judging period and chose 8 winners per track from forum hackathon participants.
Q. Can I join the hackathon if I already have an existing developed/developing project?
Yes. You can still join the hackathon provided that you have made significant updates or new feature additions to your project. Please make sure to make it clear to judges and the community what you have built and what will you be building during the hackathon period.
Q. Can I join the hackathon if I have participated in TRON Grand Hackathon 2022 Season 1?
You are more than welcome to join season 2 of the hackathon. You will need to signup on DevPost like the rest of the participants and create a new project post under TRON Hackathon > Hackathon 2022 Season 2 category.
Q. What are the differences between TRON Grand Hackathon 2022 Season 1 and Season 2?
Season 2 has doubled its total prize pool and the prizing structure is different. Instead of a project proposal that was the submission requirement for Season 1, the submission requirement for Season 2 is a complete project along with a video summary of your project. Please make sure to read the rules fully before submitting your project.