# Walrus Devnet Hackathon: Breaking the Ice 🧊 We are breaking the ice by hosting a mini-hackathon for Mysten Lab’s brand new product, **Walrus**. **Walrus** is a decentralized storage and data availability protocol. It’s cheap, robust, and easy to build with! Walrus official links: [Homepage](https://www.walrus.xyz/) | [Twitter](https://x.com/WalrusProtocol) | [Docs](https://docs.walrus.site/index.html) | [Discord](https://discord.com/invite/walrusprotocol) Learn and build with Walrus for the chance to earn community recognition and prizes! Registration and Submission at: https://breakingtheice.walrus.site/ ### 🎁 Community Driven Prizes **Community Shortlist** $500 for each shortlisted team - The top projects voted on by the community will be shortlisted - Additional shortlisted teams will be selected by the hackathon organizers **Peer Approval** $30,000 distributed to top teams - Shortlisted teams will be randomly split into 2 groups - Each team can only vote for teams in the other group - The top teams will receive an even distribution from the pool ### 📚 How it Works **All builders are invited to participate!** - The hackathon kicks off on Aug 13 and will be conducted virtually through early Oct. All [eligible](https://breakingtheice.walrus.site/terms-and-conditions/index.html#eligibility) projects will enter the shortlisting period. - Teams can be shortlisted in 2 ways: 1. By the hackathon organizers, and 2. Through community voting via an on-chain voting app. **Shortlisted teams will the move on to a final round of peer voting.** - These teams will be randomly split into 2 groups, and they can vote for teams in the other group. - After this peer voting period concludes, the total prize pool will be distributed evenly across the top teams. ### 📝 How to Participate - [**Register for the hackathon**](https://web.miniextensions.com/IBLbOk7aGfXDAwt8but1) - **Build your project on Walrus Devnet** - The project must be integrated with Walrus - All static content must be stored on Walrus. Remember that all data stored on Walrus is [PUBLIC by default](https://docs.walrus.site/dev-guide/dev-operations.html#store). - Note Walrus Devnet will eventually be replaced with Walrus Testnet. See more Walrus Devnet disclaimer [here](https://docs.walrus.site/#admonition-disclaimer-about-the-walrus-developer-preview). - **Submit your final project** - Include a Walrus site and a video demo/presentation of your project uploaded to Walrus - Ensure your project has a public repo on Github - **Community voting: participate in the community voting process and garner community support for your project** - **If your team is shortlisted, participate in the peer voting process to determine the final top teams** ### 🕒 Timeline 🟢 **Right Now** Start Building! 🗓️ **August 13 - September 16** Registration and Submission Period 🗂️ **September 17 - 20** Shortlisting Period 🗳️ **September 23 - 30** Peer Voting for Shortlisted Teams 🏆 **Early October** Final Winners Announced 🎉