# ☘️ Welcome to the ETH Dublin 2025 hackathon. This guide helps you focus your project and understand how you’ll be judged. Build something impactful, keep it simple, and have fun. # **🤝 Partner Integration Map** Here are each sponsor's strengths with specific roles in the hackathon -- you can technical documentation in the X section. 1. **[FCAT](https://www.fcatalyst.com/blockchain)** - Research frameworks, compliance tools for institutional adoption 2. **[Chorus One](https://github.com/ChorusOne)** - Cross-chain infrastructure, validator support. 3. **[Olas Protocol](https://docs.olas.info/https://github.com/olas-protocol/https://forum.olas.info/)** - Information markets and knowledge curation systems. 4. **[Ledger](https://developers.ledger.com/)** - Security infrastructure, signing mechanisms for project milestones. 5. **[Ninedots](https://ninedots.io/resources/)** - Physical-digital experiences, art integration. 6. **[Avara](https://avara.xyz/)** - Social identity and community formation via Lens. 7. **[Chainlink](https://dev.chain.link/)** - Oracle services for external data verification. 8. **[OpenZeppelin](https://docs.openzeppelin.com/)** - Security auditing and contract templates. 9. **[Filecoin](https://docs.filecoin.io/smart-contracts/fundamentals/the-fvm)** - Permanent storage solutions for hackathon outputs. 10. **[Trrue](https://www.trrue.io/about-us)** - enabling compliant, impact-driven solutions. 11. **[Figure Markets](https://www.figuremarkets.com/about/)** - a decentralised custody marketplace for crypto. 12. **[Ethereum Support Program](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/)** (ESP) - Core protocol infrastructure, grants for standout projects. # **♟ Team Formation** 🍒 Find your team members on [Cherry](https://www.cherry.builders) by creating a profile and swiping, just like a dating app. Then: - Apply filters to find the right match. - Once matched, connect via the Chats page  If you need tech support, reach out to @deca12x on Telegram! # **⚖️ Balancing Teams** Aim for teams consisting of between 2 and 5 people. We'd like teams to have as many skillsets represented as possible. We suggest thinking about the roles/archetypes below to balance your team. - 🧠 **King (Sales)**: Someone who can *close* — with judges, with partners, with users. - 🧬 **Queen (Marketing)**: Makes the story *stick*. Videos, vibes, virality. - 🧰 **Castle (Simplicity)**: Keeps scope manageable. Cuts fluff. - 🎯 **Bishop (Positioning)**: Understands the audience + fits the project into a meaningful narrative or use case. - 🌈 **Knight (Creativity)**: Weird ideas. Game mechanics. Humour. Myth. - 🛠️ **Pawns (Foundation)**: Steady builders. Make the project *work*. ***Please note, not every role needs to be filled by one person, and not every team needs every role. This is just a suggestion and will not impact judging.* # **🧠 Project Design System** Each project should aim to include: - A **narrative hook**. - A **technical scaffold** (based on one or more sponsor APIs/toolkits). - A **harm reduction lens**: who it serves, naming a specific social harm. # ❤️‍🩹 Harm Reduction BUIDLs When people hear ‘harm reduction’, they often think of addiction services. This track is meant to inspire more holistic and humanist interpretations. Here are 6 project proposals sourced from the ETH Dublin community and 1 set of meta hack challenges. Please feel free to adopt, build, and adjust as you see fit. ***N.B. Working on your own ideas has no impact on judging. These are suggestions that you are to use or adapt.*** ### 🧠 Make Ireland Innovative Again Theme: Education Reform, Digital Sovereignty Core Idea: Reimagine education using Ethereum-based lessons or sandboxes for students to deploy/test smart contracts safely. ### 🌍 A Big Web3 Welcome: Fostering Community Integration Theme: Immigration, Mutual Aid, Social Infrastructure Core Idea: Build a skill-sharing marketplace + social graph + DAO vote system for immigrant-led projects. ### 🕵️‍♀️ ÉireEncrypt Theme: Privacy Tech, Legal Compliance Core Idea: Empower citizens and small businesses to use privacy-preserving blockchain tools to meet GDPR. ### 🚗 SafeRoads Ireland Theme: Public Safety, Youth Engagement Core Idea: Smart contracts and decentralised coordination to reward safe driving + community hazard reporting. ### 🆘 Decentralised Community Safety and Crisis Response Theme: Mutual Aid, Crisis Tech Core Idea: A local-first, privacy-respecting platform for emergencies, blending ZK and hyperlocal DAOs. ### 🏠 Decentralised Rent Control and Fair Pricing Using Ethereum Theme: Housing Justice, Transparency Core Idea: Make rents fairer with smart contracts and real-time, tamper-proof price tracking. ### 🧩 Meta Challenge Ideas Hackathon Auction House: Let teams bid out mini-bounties using a simple credit/token system. Supports partial contributions and cross-team collaboration. Prediction Market Challenge Map: Use JokeRace or a minimal prediction market tool to vote on challenge ideas, guide mentorship flow, or reward emerging needs. Proof of Craic Map: Build a dynamic, hackathon-wide dashboard showing: Most collaborative teams; Most poetic code; Best use of “care” as a design principle. # **🧑‍⚖️ Judging Criteria** Your project will be evaluated on the weighted criteria below. Build with these in mind to maximise your opportunity for rewards. - **Technical Execution (30%)** - Does the project work as demoed? - Is it secure? - Is there clean and functional code? - **Innovation (20%)** - Does it creatively address the challenge? - Is the solution novel or clever? - **Impact (20%)** - Who benefits from the solution? - Does it promote inclusivity and fairness? - Does it address a clear social need (e.g., loneliness, accessibility)? - **Narrative & Presentation (20%)** - Is the story compelling and culturally resonant? - Is the pitch/demo clear and engaging? - Does it start with a strong “***why***”? - **Sponsor Tech Integration (10%):** - Is there meaningful use of sponsor APIs/toolkits? # 🤫 **Tips for Success** - **Keep It Simple:** Focus on 1-2 features for a working demo. Use 1-3 sponsor APIs max. - **Leverage Mentors:** Keep an eye out for the mentor station onsite. - **Tell a Story:** Weave a narrative hook (mythical, cultural, or social) to make your project memorable.