Sonic SVM, the first chain extension for Solana, has launched a
hackathon to incentivize development of native decentralized
applications and invited judges to assess the submissions. The
Mobius Hackathon offers prizes to teams creating dapps on the
gaming-optimized Sonic chain, whose mainnet goes live on February
27.
Sonic’s first dedicated hackathon features a prize pool worth
$1M to reward builders of novel applications spanning a range of
onchain verticals, from gaming to DeFi. The first-of-its-kind
online hackathon commences on February 17 and will run until March
14, by which time the Sonic mainnet will be live.
Four hackathon tracks have been selected, with teams expected to
develop applications that fall into one of the following
categories:
Attention capital market: User acquisition,
content tokenization across social media platforms such as Tiktok,
Instagram, Whatsapp, Rednote.
DeFi: Asset launchpad, trading bot, yield
generating, lending, MEV.
AI: Agent aggregators, tooling, initial agent
offerings, and other infra.
Gaming: Mini games, social games, FOCG,
high-ARPU games.
Sonic is seeking a panel of judges to evaluate submissions based
on a range of criteria, including technical depth and practical
application to determine real-world viability. They will also
provide constructive feedback to ensure that all teams gain value
from the experience and are able to optimize their
applications.
By highlighting areas of excellence as well as areas for
improvement, the judges will foster a positive learning environment
in which all participants benefit from the hackathon. In addition
to demonstrating a willingness to engage with builders and serve as
mentors, judges are expected to be active on social
media.
By sharing updates on social media, engaging with participants,
and promoting standout projects, judges will raise awareness of the
caliber of applications being developed on Sonic SVM. In the
process, they will help to spotlight the industry’s most promising
up-and-coming developer teams.
Upon completion of the month-long event, the panel of judges
will appraise the submissions before announcing the winner on April
2. The $1M Mobius Hackathon will catalyze development of Sonic
applications while highlighting the network’s ability to scale
Solana by providing a dedicated layer for high performance
decentralized applications.
About Sonic SVM
Sonic is the first SVM network extension to launch on Solana for
games and applications. Built with Sonic HyperGrid, a framework for
orchestrating optimistic Solana rollups, Sonic aims to power the
web3 TikTok App Layer to onboard the next one billion users.
Learn more: https://www.sonic.game/
Hackathon registration form for builders: https://sonicsvm.typeform.com/mobiushackathon
Builder group (for finding teams or sharing info): https://t.me/+S_eelN_07xswYTdl
Developer doc: https://docs.sonic.game/developers/additional-resources
Contact us for more info: https://t.me/derMondder
