Write The Code That
Unlocks The Future.
September 2024 to January 2025
Over $22,000,000 in Prizes
and Grants to be won.
Calling all creators and innovators—those who see the world not for what it is, but for what it can become. The Neo X Grind Hackathon invites you to take your ideas from imagination to reality.
Write the code that unlocks the future.
PRIZES
$70,000 main prize pool
Fast track to the Bitget listing program
Access to $20,000,000
Elevate program offered by Neo Foundation
Access to $1,000,000 IOSG Kickstarter Program and the program's Demo Day Pitch Session.
Access to $1,000,000 Web3.0 Global Acceleration Program offered by Web3 Labs and Neo
Potential investment from Foresight Ventures.
SUGGESTED categories
The Grind Hackathon invites submissions for eight different categories. Participants can submit their projects to any category.
SOCIAL FI
GAMING
MEME RELATED INFRA
AI
DEPIN
DeFi
Infrastructure
real world assets
EVENT DETAILS
Details
DURATION
30TH OCT TO 30TH DEC 2024
Winner Announcement
11TH JAN 2025
Target winners
17 Teams
MAJOR PRIZES
5 × $10K GAS
MINOR PRIZES
2 × $5K GAS
community voter's choice
10 × $1K GAS
The Neo X Grind Hackathon kicks things up a notch with a $70,000 prize pool available, along with access to Neo's $20,000,000 Elevate Program, Web3 Labs' $1,000,000 Web 3.0 Acceleration program, IOSG's $1,000,000 Kickstarter Program, and potential investment from Foresight Ventures.
The primary requirement for participants is that projects are deployed to the Neo X MainNet. Submissions will be evaluated by our esteemed judging panel, while dedicated contributors from the Neo community will also have the opportunity to vote on their favorite projects.
TIMELINE
10/30
Kick-off
10/30
Submission period opens
12/30
Submission period closes
12/31
Judge review & shortlisting begins
1/2
Judge review & shortlisting closes
1/3
Community voting period opens
1/10
Community voting period closes
1/11
Final results announcement
Judging criteria
Smart contracts deployed on Neo X MainNet and verified on explorer
Qualified projects will be reimbursed 10 GAS tokens to cover deployment fees.
Interactions with the Smart Contract
Community voting
Open-source code
Roadmap outlining plans to continue building after the hackathon
Clear business model to demonstrate sustainable revenue generation
past events
Satellite hackathons
Details
DURATION
10th SEPT to 6th Oct
Winner Announcement
11th October
The opening phase of the Neo X Grind Hackathon saw Neo partner with several development communities and hackathon groups around the world. Each group was provided with funding to operate its own event, with its own prize breakdown, free to choose winners as they saw fit.
The primary requirement for participants of the Satellite Hackathons was that entries be deployed to the Neo X TestNet. Winners of the Satellite Hackathons can participate in the next phase of the hackathon, where they can compete for larger prizes, along with funding through Neo's Elevate and partner programs.
Judging criteria
Smart contracts deployed on Neo X TestNet and verified on explorer
Project completeness
Open-source code
Roadmap outlining plans to continue building after the hackathon
Clear business model to demonstrate sustainable revenue generation
JUDGES
DA HONGFEI
Neo
Founder
ERIK ZHANG
Neo
Founder
Gracy Chen
BITGET
CEO
Forest Bai
Foresight Ventures
co-Founder
JOCY LIN
IOSG Ventures
Founding Partner
Figo
IOSG Ventures
Incubation Lead
Caspar Wong
Web3labs
CEO
Timi Huang
Web3Labs
Investment Head
Kevin Shao
ICC Venture
Partner
Gideon Greaves
KEY Difference
Managing Director
Steven Liu
Neo
Head of Development
John Wang
Neo
Head of Neo Ecosystem Growth
Guil. Sperb Machado
AxLabs
CEO & Builder
