# Build on ICP and Calimero A hackathon brought to you by the teams of ICP Hub Bulgaria and Calimero network, challenging you to develop the next generation of privacy-centric apps on ICP leveraging the IC SDK and Calimero SDK! # Why join? In this hackathon, you and your team will get a chance to showcase your talent and skills, leverage SDKs innovatively, and deliver solutions where privacy is the default. There is more than one reason to join our hackathon: - Total reward pool of $40,000 - RZLT services in the value of $11,000 - Support for grants and funding by Dfinity up to $100,000 - Access to a network of founders, investors, and mentors - Potential incubation by ICP Hub's proprietary accelerator, Formation3 # Criteria to join Our only requirement is for the developers to utilize both the IC SDK and the Calimero SDK. Even if you are a builder of an existing ICP project, we encourage you to leverage the L0 for private data - Calimero and deliver a privacy-centric solution. You are eligible to participate in the hackathon if: - the project is unique to ICP. - Participants must be proficient in English - Teams must contain at least one founder above the age of 18 # Timeline - **Application Phase:** September 30 - February 9 - **Team Formation Phase:** December 20 - February 9 - **Online Hacking Phase:** January 4 - February 9 (23:59 CET) - **Judging Phase:** February 10 - 24 - **Winners Announcement:** February 25 - **Prize distribution:** rewards will be distributed in a time frame of one month upon the winner’s announcement. # What to submit The last step to finalize your participation in the hackathon is submitting your project. To complete the submission process we require: - A pitch deck (Problem statement, target audience, proposed solution, feasibility, impact, novelty - what makes your idea unique or innovative) and/or demo of your project - The GitHub repository # Judging Criteria Implementation: Did the project utilize both SDKs? Creativity: How original is the idea? Thoughtfulness: How thorough was the project developed? Code sophistication: How clean and efficient is the structure?