About the Hackathon
# 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?