# Overview Welcome to the "[Become A Champion Builder](https://www.bnbchain.org/en/blog/bnb-chain-2024-q3-hackathon-become-a-champion-builder)" hackathon for Q3 2024! This event is designed to fuel the future of blockchain technology, offering you the opportunity to create transformative decentralized applications. In addition to offering our thanks to our annual sponsors – [Polyhedra Network](https://polyhedra.network/?ref=bnbchain.ghost.io), [Dora Factory](https://dorafactory.org/?ref=bnbchain.ghost.io), [DEGO Finance](https://dego.finance/?ref=bnbchain.ghost.io), [TUSD](https://tusd.io/?ref=bnbchain.ghost.io), [Sonorus](https://sonorus.network/?ref=bnbchain.ghost.io) and [THENA](https://www.thena.fi/?ref=bnbchain.ghost.io) – we also welcome new sponsors for this quarter: [Stakestone](https://stakestone.io/?ref=bnbchain.ghost.io), [MyShell](https://myshell.ai/?ref=bnbchain.ghost.io) and [Hacken](https://hacken.io/?ref=bnbchain.ghost.io). During our [**Q1**](https://www.bnbchain.org/en/blog/celebrating-innovation-winners-of-the-bnb-chain-2024-q1-hackathon?ref=bnbchain.ghost.io) and [**Q2**](https://www.bnbchain.org/en/blog/celebrating-innovation-winners-of-the-bnb-chain-2024-q2-hackathon?ref=bnbchain.ghost.io) hackathons, we received over 1,000 applications and 369 submissions. In Q3, we eagerly await more passionate and innovative builders to join us in realizing the vision of our hackathons. # Submission Requirements 1. Projects must be new developments and not participated in any past hackathons or previously funded to ensure equal opportunity. 2. Work must be deployed on or connected to opBNB/BSC mainnet or testnet in some way, open source and free for others to use. 3. Shared artifacts (GitHub, deck, and demo video). 4. Ensure the contract address has at least 2 successful transactions within the hackathon timeframe. 5. A tweet describing your project, tag #buildonBNBChain, and the specific challenge you are applying for! 6. If you have any questions, join us on our Discord hackathon support group. # Key Dates - Workshop | 2024.7.23 – 2024.08.08 |  - Submission | 2024.7.31 – 2024.08.28 | - Top 10 Demo | 2024.09.12 | - Winner Announcement | 2024.09.16 | - Incubation | 2024.09.16 – 2024.10.16 | **To foster deeper communication with developers, we are planning a series of online workshops and offline Hacker Houses. Details will be announced soon.** # Rewards **Total Prize Pool: $500,000+** - Winner Prize Pool: $50,000 - Honorable Mentions: $10,000 - Unlock Milestone Rewards: $60,000($10,000 each) - Kickstart Packages: $300,000 ($50,000 each) - Sponsor Challenge Track: over $100,000 # Scoring Criteria **How to Improve Your Scores:** - **Verify Your Contracts**: Ensure your contracts are verified on Explorer. - **Open-Source Codes**: Provide full open-source code with a reasonable commit history and mark your weekly milestones. This helps communities and judges recognize your innovation and contribution. - **Roadmap**: Present a detailed roadmap that outlines your plans to continue building after the hackathon. - **Documentation**: Create clear documentation or tutorials explaining your project's functionality and innovation to assist users in trying it out. - **Community Engagement**: Engage with communities or users by obtaining user feedback, showcasing community endorsements, etc. - **Business Model**: Develop a clear business model that demonstrates sustainable revenue generation. - **Innovative Design**: Highlight innovative product and technical design. We encourage multi-dimensional innovation. As long as your project is novel, it will receive high scores from the judges. If you choose the "wishlist" challenge, please read our requirements in detail. Adhering closely to them will result in higher scores. Additionally, the submitted project should not have participated in other hackathons before. **Points Leading to Score Reduction:** - **Lack of Novelty Proof**: Insufficient evidence to prove the project's novelty or contribution history. - **Unrealized Functions**: Failure to achieve the claimed functions or innovations. - **Usability Issues**: Difficulty for users or judges to use the project. # Let’s Get Building We encourage developers to exchange ideas via our Imagination Zone portal and apply for the various Wishlist and Sponsors’ challenges. This hackathon is not just a competition but a collaborative effort to push the boundaries of blockchain technology. Whether you are developing cutting-edge AI applications, pioneering new gaming platforms, revolutionizing DeFi, or contributing to the future of decentralized social networks, your ideas and innovations are the driving force behind the evolution of the BNB Chain ecosystem.