April 2024 Hackathons

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links

Hackathon Ideas

https://github.com/XRPL-Commons/community-ideas/blob/main/hackathon/index.md

Youtube tutorials

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwlHiotQWku7DztcnH3zrzw

Official documentation

https://xrpl.org

learn the basics

https://learn.xrpl.org

Create Wallets, Trustlines and Escrows

https://github.com/XRPL-Commons/xrpl-commons-tutorials

EVM Documentation and setup

https://github.com/XRPL-Commons/Jan2024_EVM_Links

Using and EVM smart contract

https://github.com/XRPL-Commons/Jan2024_web3/blob/main/readme.md

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Themes

Finance & DeFi

Revolutionizing financial interactions through blockchain technology.

Explore the vast landscape of Finance & DeFi by innovating in areas like cross-border transactions, micropayments, tokenized payments, and digital wallets. Dive into decentralized exchanges, lending, asset management, and more to foster financial inclusion, develop personal finance tools, reimagine supply chain finance, enable crowdfunding, promote sustainable finance, and enhance risk management—all on the blockchain.

Real World Assets

Bridging tangible assets and blockchain.

Transform the way we interact with tangible assets through the tokenization of everything from climate initiatives to ESG impact projects, insurance, and regulatory technologies. This theme invites participants to reimagine asset ownership and management, ensuring accessibility and transparency through blockchain technology.

UX and Gamification

Crafting engaging blockchain experiences.

Focus on the fusion of UX and Gamification to design captivating and intuitive solutions that aim to onboard the next billion users to blockchain technologies. This theme challenges participants to create user-friendly interfaces and rewarding experiences that demystify blockchain for the everyday user.

Digital Identity

Innovating identity verification on the blockchain.

Long: This theme is all about bringing new identity products to life within the blockchain ecosystem. From POAPs (Proof of Attendance Protocols) to certificates and verified credentials, participants are invited to redefine how digital identities are created, managed, and trusted across various platforms.

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Rules

• Build on Mainnet and XRPL EM Sidechain
• All projects must have a component on mainnet

4 criteria are equaly weighted

• idea (the originality of the idea)
• implementation (the quality of the code and soundness of the architecture)
• demo (how well you articulate your solution for the user)
• potential (the total value transacted on chain, the business model, and the potential reach)

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Mentors

• Marco (Ripple) Developer Relations Philosophy
• Jason (Ripple) Developer Relations Payments
• Abner (Ripple) Developer Relations Mainnet
• Hussein (XRP Cafe) NFT Ninja and Crypto Master
• Thomas Hussenet (Cypher Labs) Cryptography
• Luc (XRPL Commons) Business and General Technology
• David (XRPL Commons) Business & Opportunity

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API Keys

OpenAI Keys are available upon request