London TON Bootcamp | Hackers League Hackathon
(Update - Scroll down for two day agenda)
Building on the successful events organised by Martin, Jack, and Danny — we are bringing in key figures from TON ecosystem and partnering with Flight3, one of Europe’s top Web3 marketing agencies, to officially announce a workshop takeover at Zebu Live. As the flagship Web3 event in London, Zebu Live will host over 3,000 attendees and top industry leaders from around the world — creating an exciting platform to showcase the latest developments in TON ecosystem.
🔨The Hackers League Bootcamp: Two-day event for builders with intensive workshops where TON devs engage directly with speakers and mentors through interactive sessions, lectures, and personal mentoring hours to help with project submissions to the hackathon. Participants not only gain hands-on experience but also have the opportunity to network with key players and investors from the TON ecosystem. The three bootcamp winners receive a $5,000 prize pool and a fast track to the Hackers League Hackathon finals, where the total prize pool is $3,000,000 plus potential investments for top projects from TON Ventures in the size of $500,000!
Format:
- Two days of lectures, public talks, and technical workshops for developers
- Welcome Pack (merch distribution for attendees)
- Full lunches, plus drinks and snacks available to attendees
- Pitch session for judges (Day 2)
- Access to Zebu Live event, keynotes, fireside panels, activations and entertainment area that includes table tennis
- Wrap-up party on the day the winners are announced
- After the bootcamp: Finalists and wildcards receive a one-week co-working pass to continue working on their project
📅Hackers League Timeline
Oct 5 Hackathon opening ceremony
Oct 10-Nov 17 ⚡️Bootcamps⚡️
Dec 16 Live Finalists Judging
Dec 20 Winners announcement
Tracks:
DeFi
Gaming & Onboarding
Social & Utility
Infra
Speakers & Mentors:
Sophia - TON Accelerator: Head of Acceleration
Martin Masser - STON.fi: CBDO
Slavik Baranov - STON.fi: CEO
Jack Booth - TON Society: Co-Founder
Sharon Henley - The Open Platform: Head of Marketing
& more to be announced!
Title Sponsor:
GSR
Local Sponsors:
MoonPay
STON.fi
The Open Platform
TON API
TONTech
Paper Ventures
Cumberland Labs
AWS
Animoca Brands
Karatage
Galaxy
DVERSE
We encourage builders to submit an initial application via this Luma page, successful submissions will secure attendance and receive close support to submit projects to the global $2m hackathon.
UPDATE: BOOTCAMP AGENDA
Day 1 - 10th October
09:00 - 09:45: Registration, welcome coffee and light breakfast
📍Zebu Entrance, Courtyard & TON Corner
09:45 - 10:00: Opening Ceremony with Martin Masser and Jack Booth
📍Workshop
Brief of the bootcamp schedule
Intro to Mentors & Judges
Demo & Pitching Schedule
10:00 - 10:10: Introduction to The Global Hackers League
📍Workshop
10:10 - 10:40: Sophia Rusconi, Head of Acceleration at TON Accelerator | “TON Ecosystem Development, what you should build and what comes next” [keynote speech]
📍Workshop
10:40 - 12:00: Free Coding Time & 1:1 Floating Mentorship
📍TON Corner
12:10 - 12:30: George Lozovsky, Founder & CEO TON Punks | “Building Telegram Mini Apps” [keynote speech] 📍Workshop
12:30 - 13:00: Pavel Altukhov, Co-Founder TON Application Chain (TAC) & Bemo Finance | Enabling 1 Billion Users in the EVM World [keynote speech]
📍Workshop
13:00 - 15:00: Lunch Break & Explore Zebu Live
📍 Courtyard & Main Event
15:00 - 15:25: Harry Horsfall, CEO of Flight Story | “The Trough of Sorrow: Navigating the start-up trenches” [keynote speech]
📍Workshop
15:35 - 15:50: Martin Masser TON Society UK Hub Lead & CBDO STON.fi | “Telegram + TON is the answer to crypto adoption and it’s already started” [keynote speech]
📍Mainstage
16:00 - 16:30: Building DeFi on The Open Network | Slavik Baranov CEO STON.fi, Martin Masser CBDO STON.fi, Sasha Plotvinov CEO Open Builders/Notcoin, Oleg Andreev CEO Tonkeeper & Vlad DeFi Lead TON [panel discussion]
📍Workshop
16:30 - 17:15 Free Coding Time | 1:1 Mentorship
📍TON Corner
17:15-17:30: Day 1 Closing & Prep for Day 2
📍Workshop
17:30-21:00: Free Coding Time
📍TON Corner
Day 2 - 11th October
09:00 - 09:30: Hackers League Breakfast
📍TON Corner & Courtyard
09:30 - 09:45: Hackers League Bootcamp Day 2: Opening Ceremony
📍Workshop
09:45 - 10:15: Payment Solutions and Going Live After The Hackathon - MoonPay [keynote speech]
📍Workshop
10:15 - 10:35: 0-100 with Telegram No-Code Solutions | Falco Pangkey, CEO Xircus [keynote speech]
📍Workshop
10:40 - 11:00: The Benefits, Misconceptions, and Future of Crypto Market Making | Alain Kunz Managing Director at GSR [keynote speech]
📍Workshop
11:00 - 11:30: The Open Platform x Animoca Brands. Venture Building & Gaming
📍Workshop
11:30 - 13:00: Project Hackathon Submissions and 1-1 Mentoring Sessions with Animoca Brands & Simplicity Group | Problem Statements | Tokenomics
📍TON Corner
13:00 - 15:00: Lunch Break & Explore Zebu
📍Courtyard & Main Event
15:00 - 15:30: “How to Pitch and Fundraise a Web3 project” | Sophia Rusconi, Head of Acceleration at TON Accelerator [masterclass]
📍Workshop
15:30 - 17:00: Demo & Pitch Preparation | 1:1 Mentorship
📍TON Corner
17:00 - 18:00: Steven Bartlett Keynote
📍Mainstage
18:00 - 18:45: Pitching Session #1
📍Workshop [Access-only: Devs, judges, event partners]
18:45 - 19:30: Pitching Session #2
📍Workshop [Access-only: Devs, judges, event partners]
19:30 - 19:45: Judging Discussion
📍Workshop
19:45 - 20:15: Closing Presentation & Winners Announcement
📍Workshop
Wrap up party 🎉
📍LDN EAST
Keep scrolling for in-depth Hackers League information:
Hackathon Schedule
Hackathon registration begins: 12/09/2024
Hackathon building phase: Start 12/09/2024, Finish (Code freeze) 23/11/24
Bootcamps: 11/10/2024 — 17/11/2024
Semi-finalists Selection (Demo Review – Add jury’s Githubs, open source smart contracts by this date to avoid being disqualified): 23/11/2024–5/12/2024
Finalists Selection (Code Review): 5/12/2024 — 15/12/2024
Live Judging Sessions: 16/12/2024 — 17/12/2024
Winners judging: 18 — 19/12/2024
Winners Announcement: 20/12/2024
Hackathon Tracks
Total cash prizes for 5 tracks — $485,000
DeFi
$185,000 total for the track
$35,000 + $10,000 Tg ads credits
$25,000 + $10,000 Tg ads credits
$20,000 + $10,000 Tg ads credits
$15,000 + $10,000 Tg ads credits
$15,000 + $10,000 Tg ads credits
$15,000 + $10,000 Tg ads credits
$10,000 + $10,000 Tg ads credits
$10,000 + $10,000 Tg ads credits
$10,000 + $10,000 Tg ads credits
$10,000 + $5,000 Tg ads credits
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
SocialFi&Utility
$75,000 total for the track
$35,000 + 10,000 Tg ads credits
$25,000 + 10,000 Tg ads credits
$15,000 + 10,000 Tg ads credits
GameFi & Onboarding
$75,000 total for the track
$35,000 + 10,000 Tg ads credits
$25,000 + 10,000 Tg ads credits
$15,000 + 10,000 Tg ads credits
On-chain Data Analytics
$75,000 total for the track
$35,000 + $10,000 Telegram ads credits
$25,000 + $10,000 Telegram ads credits
$15,000 + $5,000 Telegram ads credits
Interoperability
$75,000 total for the track
$35,000 + 10,000 Tg ads credits
$25,000 + 10,000 Tg ads credits
$15,000 + 10,000 Tg ads credits
TON Ventures Investments
Potential investments for top projects from TON Ventures in the size of $500,000. During the summer hackathon, TON Ventures already allocated $500,000 in the hackathon projects.
The Open League Incentives
The Open League Incentives for top projects selected to join in the size of $500,000.
Bootcamps Prize Pool
Join one of the 3-day offline events in 19 cities around the world and compete for $5,000 on the spot. Total prize pool is $85,000.
Additional prizes to be announced.
What exactly should you build?
Read more details about the tracks and prompts for the projects below:
Social&Utilities
This category is mostly about B2C or B2B2C applications inside Telegram with a clear vision of how to use the social potential of the messenger, onboard web2 audience, achieve vitality and retain the user. It includes SocialFi, Utility apps, Community & Brand management tools, E-commerce and other similar subcategories.
Teams applying to this category are encouraged to experiment with:
Leveraging the current Telegram functionality (channels; boosts for channels; giveaways; gated chats and gated content; stories; reactions) and strengthening it through introducing web3 elements.
Combining the functionality of Telegram and other social platforms like TikTok, Instagram, Twitch, Youtube, etc.
Offering new opportunities for communications inside the messenger with the use of blockchain.
Sharing and referral mechanics.
Onboard and engaging entire communities rather than individuals through group mechanics (competitions, squads, challenges, etc).
References and inspirations from The Open League Summer Hackathon finalists:
GameFi and Onboarding
The GameFi track invites teams to create gaming experiences on Telegram. While there are no restrictions on the type or genre of games, innovative gaming and reward models are encouraged. General recommendations for game developers include:
Leverage the social power of Telegram for game distribution. Reward users with tokens, NFTs, or SBTs to enhance engagement. Utilize Telegram Stars for in-app purchases of digital goods within your games.
What You Can Build
We encourage the development of mid-core and hybrid-casual games. We expect the next generation of games on Telegram to strike a balance between casual and hardcore gaming in terms of complexity, depth, and time commitment. These games should be more engaging and challenging than casual and hyper-casual options, requiring players to invest more time, effort, and funds (Telegram Stars). However, they should remain accessible to a broader audience. Examples of suitable genres include strategy, role-playing, and action games that can be enjoyed in shorter sessions.
References and inspiration:
FarmVille
Gatto
Exploring New Mining Mechanics
While mining mechanisms have proven effective for attracting and retaining users, many successful games have relied on tap-to-earn models that lack sybil resistance. We believe there are alternative approaches to ensure fair and transparent token distribution, and we encourage testing these innovative mechanics.
Gamification of Social Interactions on Telegram
With numerous channels and group chats where communities engage daily, there is significant potential for gaming experiences tailored to these communities.
DeFi
Collateralized Debt Position (CDP) Synthetic Assets. This track focuses on building or enhancing CDP protocols, where users can lock collateral to mint stablecoins or other assets. Projects in this track should explore innovative mechanisms for overpartial collateralization, soft liquidation, and stability, ensuring the secure and decentralized nature of minted assets. Participants can create tools, services, or entire CDP platforms that improve capital efficiency, user experience, and TON utilization.
References and Inspiration:
Yield Farming. This track invites participants to design or optimize yield farming protocols, allowing users to maximize crypto asset returns. Projects can focus on creating innovative farming strategies, boosting liquidity pools, or developing tools that automate and optimize yield generation. Emphasis should be placed on sustainability, security, and user accessibility while leveraging advanced DeFi mechanisms such as auto-compounding and multi-asset farming. Solutions should provide users with higher returns, transparency, and risk management.
References and Inspiration:
Algorithmic Stablecoins. In this track, participants are tasked with designing or improving algorithmic stablecoins—digital currencies that maintain price stability through algorithms and smart contracts rather than traditional collateral. Projects can explore new stabilization mechanisms, peg maintenance strategies, and governance models to ensure resilience against volatility. The goal is to create or enhance algorithmic stablecoins that are scalable, decentralized, and efficient while price volatility and withdrawing liquidity.
References and Inspiration:
Concentrated Liquidity Market Maker. This track challenges participants to build or enhance concentrated liquidity solutions, where liquidity providers can allocate their capital more efficiently within specific price ranges. Projects can focus on developing advanced market-making algorithms, optimizing liquidity pools, or creating tools that allow users to maximize returns while minimizing capital exposure. Please consider that Uni V3 Implementation wouldn’t work on TON because it is impossible to implement CLMM architecture with Ticks.
References and Inspiration:
New DeFi Primitives on TON. This track invites participants to design innovative DeFi primitives that fully exploit the TON blockchain's unique capabilities. Projects may explore new financial instruments, decentralized protocols, or smart contract solutions that enhance the TON ecosystem's functionality, scalability, and sharding. The focus is on building foundational components that can serve as crucial building blocks for the next generation of DeFi on TON.
Cross-Shard Coincidence of Wants (CSCoW) Protocol. Design and implement a CoW swap-like protocol that efficiently matches and executes trades across TON's sharded architecture, leveraging asynchronous messaging to aggregate liquidity, reduce slippage, and optimize capital efficiency.
Asynchronous Periodic Auctions (APA) Protocol. Adapt CBOE's periodic auctions for TON's asynchronous environment to improve liquidity and price discovery.
References and inspiration:
Interoperability
Enhance TON blockchain through interoperability solutions.
Develop bridges, cross-chain swaps, and liquidity protocols to connect TON with other networks. Improve TON's TVL and transaction volumes while expanding its use cases. Your contributions can significantly advance TON's multi-chain capabilities.
References & Inspiration:
Cross-Chain Swaps: LayerZero OFT Apps (StarGate, Radiant Capital), THORChain
Cross-Chain Liquidity: Everclear (prev Connext), Multichain
Oracles: Pyth, RedStone
Requirements & eligibility
Submitting pre-made code is not allowed. All the apps must be built during the hackathon timeframe from scratch, and can not be started earlier than the first public announcements.
In order to be eligible for the prizes, projects must fulfill the following requirements by the submission deadline (23/11/2024):
DeFi: launched on mainnet;
Gaming & Onboarding, Social & Utility: fully launched on TON with on-chain mechanics;
Infra: full launch.
See you in the trenches.