🗓️Event: Solana Zero Hackathon

Solana Zero is a dedicated side track for the Solana Radar hackathon.

Submissions are now open!

1. Use ZK Compression in your hackathon project

2. Submit your project here or via the link below by September 8th.

3. You are now eligible to score in Solana Zero! 🎉

Solana Zero Hackathon | Superteam Earn

Schedule

Text	Start	End
Global Hackathon	02 Sep 2024	02 Oct 2024
Submissions (submit here)	02 Oct 2024	08 Oct 2024
Judging	08 Oct 2024	15 Oct 2024

Resources

• ZK Compression documentation

• Example token-escrow program

• Discord chat for the hackathon

• Project ideas

Judging

The Radar Hackathon's submission rules apply. To be eligible for the side track, participants must register in the project registration form shared above and submit their project to the Radar Hackathon before October 8, 2024. Once all submissions are collected, we will distribute a list to the side-track judges for evaluation.

Teams and individuals are evaluated on the following criteria:

• Functionality

• Potential impact

• Novelty

• Design

• Extensibility

After the judges complete individual evaluations, they will discuss and choose the winners based on the project's weighted scores.

Side Track Prizes

Place	Prize
First Place	1 winner up to $20k + Swag
Second Place	1 team of $10k + Swag
Third Place	2 teams of $5k each + Swag
All participants who submit a project that fulfills the eligibility criteria	$100

All winners will also receive personal help with VC intros and Go-to-Market strategy from Mert!

FAQ

How do I submit?

1. Submit your project here by October 08.

What are the rules?

The Solana Foundation Rules apply.

Additionally, to be eligible to score in Solana Zero, your project must:

• Use compressed tokens or compressed accounts in some capacity.

• Be submitted by October 8, 2024.

• Each participant can have a maximum of 1 project submission count towards scoring in the Solana Zero side track.

• Please note that the $100 participation bounty is awarded at our sole discretion, particularly as a measure to prevent Sybil attacks.

Where can i access developer resources?

• ZK Compression documentation

• Light Protocol Monorepo

• Example programs

• Example clients (web, node)

• Introductory Blog posts

Where can I find ideas?

We encourage you to build things that you're excited about building.

For inspiration, we have compiled a list of interesting ideas here.

Where can I ask technical questions?

1. Check out the Light and Helius Developer Discord servers!