Chainlink, the leading oracle network for the blockchain industry announced today the Fall 2021 Hackathon winners. The event awarded $550,000 in prizes, received nearly 290 project submissions, and recorded 7,800+ signups—double that of Chainlink’s Spring hackathon. The event brought together participants from all over the globe to share their enthusiasm and talents for creating the next generation hybrid smart contracts.

Chainlink and other sponsors of the hackathon awarded prizes to teams who showed extraordinary creativity and implemented new uses cases. These use cases included decentralized finance, non-fungible tokens, decentralized autonomous organisations (DAOs), social impact and decentralized financial services (DeFi), as well as developers tooling that allows engineers to easily utilize Chainlink oracles within their applications. A survey revealed that 40% to 40% of the participants had no prior experience with smart contracts development, while 40% to 40% did not have any programming knowledge at all.

It’s been an amazing ride to see so many developers using smart contracts and Oracles to create such innovative and powerful apps.
Patrick Collins is the Chainlink Labs’ lead developer advocate.

“This is the place to be for innovation, as it’s home to one of largest blockchain hackathons. This is where Web3 and technology will be built in the future.
Chainlink Fall 2021 Hackathon presented prizes in a range of categories. These included the $30,000 grand award and topical prizes in crucial blockchain verticals. Of the nearly 290 project submissions received, 90 used Chainlink’s Verifiable Randomness Function (VRF), 64 projects used Chainlink Data Feeds, 46 used Chainlink Keepers, and 92 used Chainlink’s any API functionality. This event was able to allow participants to choose the blockchain that best suits their needs, as Chainlink can be natively integrated with over 10 different blockchains.

The Chainlink Fall 2021 Hackathon Top Prize Winners List is Here

• Grand PrizeNuSIC is an NFT bond that enables musicians to better market their music and generate long-term revenues from the copyrighted materials they use.
• Chainlink Services PrizeKotal is a platform which streamlines the process of node launch.
• DeFi PrizeKrypton is a decentralized cryptocurrency that resists front-running and adverse selection. It also has miner-extractable values (MEV).
• DeFi PrizeTradeboard is an auto-balancing DeFi Index fund platform that allows traders to create their own cryptocurrency indexes, which can be shared with other users.
• DAO PrizeGovernor C: Sybil-resistant quadratic electoral system. This solves Sybil attacks against DAO voting systems.
• NFT PrizeSpaceTombo is a gamified lottery game where tickets can be exchanged for NFTs that fund charities.
• Social Impact PrizeSoleil, an Ethereum-based token project which incentivizes expansion of solar power generators through additional income from stablecoins.
• Off-Chain Compute PrizeMeltdown NFT Auction Platform uses Chainlink Keepers and Chainlink Keepers in order to randomly conclude an auction period.
• Women-Led Project PrizeFigura: A gaming platform for projects that use blockchain technology.
• Women-Led Project Prize CricNFT, an NFT platform that allows teams to quickly launch NFTs in their sport for their fans.

You can find more information about the Chainlink Fall Hackathon Winners here.

The top prize winner will be able to present their project to prominent venture capital companies such as DeFi Alliance. Ethereal Ventures. Lightspeed. Tribe. Polychain. and DCG. These projects will get feedback about their products and plans for going to market. Select pitches will be available later on Chainlink’s YouTube channel.

Sponsors for Chainlink’s Fall Hackathon included Moralis, , SNZ Holding, UFO Gaming, Polygon, , Alchemy, Harmony, Aurora, Google (NASDAQ:) Cloud, Ernst & Young, and UNICEF. Here is a full listing of hackersathon sponsors.

Chainlink data feeds, Chainlink VRF and Chainlink Keepers can be connected to blockchain apps. Developers interested in accessing any APIs should visit Chainlink documentation. You also have the option to join the Chainlink Discord to communicate with technical experts. Chainlink’s next hackathon will take place this coming Spring.

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