Ardor Community Hackathon

Details

Rules

• All submissions must utilise Ardor.
• Source code must be published under AGPLv3, MIT, or GPL License.
• Design/Image only submissions must be published under Creative Commons.
• Submissions must be demoed either with a website, app, image, or video.
• There is no limit to the number of submissions per participant, but they can only win once.
• Submissions must have begun following the announcement of the contest.
• Submissions must be completed and submitted by August 15th at 23:59 (UTC).
• The organizer & judges can partake in a project, but they cannot vote for their own project or win 1st or 2nd place.

Prize Pool ~$18310

• 1st Place: ~$9520
• 2nd Place: ~$4020
• 3rd Place: ~$2150
• 4-10th each: ~$270
• Design category winner: ~$820

Judging

• There will be 10 votes from judges
• 6 votes from the community members that control the prize account
• 2 votes from Jelurida
• 2 votes from a public poll done on the IGNIS blockchain

Getting Started Tips

Join the #hackathon channel on Ardor's Slack
Other unofficial support can be found on Discord or Telegram

Developers

• Create an Ardor account with the Testnet Wallet and explore the features
• Get test Ardor or Ignis with the Testnet faucet
• Check out the official Getting Started and API Documentation
• Learn about Ardor's Lightweight Smart Contracts
• Look at the Ardor Source Code

Designers

• Look at the current Testnet Wallet design
• Look at the Ardor Wallet Source Code
• Check out some past community marketing material by madfox
• Media Kit

Development Resources/Tools

• Official Node.js module for Ardor (Example)
  https://www.npmjs.com/package/ardor
• Lightweight Node.js module for transaction signing, address creation, encryption/decryption for ARDOR
  https://github.com/mrv777/ardorjs
  https://www.npmjs.com/package/ardorjs
• Repository for Ardor node installation scripts
  https://github.com/somedotone/ardor-installation-scripts
• An Ardor client library written in TypeScript
  https://github.com/blobaa/ardor-ts
  Fork with getBalances, message in SendMoney, & ChainDecimals added (https://github.com/mrv777/ardor-ts)
• NPM package for ARDOR blockchain to interact with ardor node
  https://github.com/ArdorNxtCommunity/ardor-api-wrapper
  https://www.npmjs.com/package/ardor-api-wrapper

Ideas

• Client/Wallet dedicated for the marketplace (Info)
• A second layer for the coin exchange (Info)
• Metamask for Ardor
• VR app to visualize blocks and unconfirmed transactions
• RaspberryPI image (?)
• Network block propagation monitor (?)
• Customizable client/wallet for MS currencies (?)
• Pay for time in a space app (Info)
• Discord/Twitter/Reddit Tipping Bot
• Blockchain Notary Bot (Example)
• Auto adjusting Custom Bundler (Info)
• Algorithmic stable coin
• Lightweight contract to adjusts marketplace prices based on current exchange rates
• Better interface/workflow for vouchers (Info)
• Atomic Swaps
• Make advancements/improvements to any of the working tools/apps or Resources/Tools found here

Design Only Ideas

• Improved UI/UX for official wallet (NRS) (?) (Example)
• Improved UI/UX for unoffical mobile wallet (Ardor Lite)
• Infographics to explain childchains, bundling, or any of Ardor's unique features
• Marketing Graphics

Working Tools/Apps Examples

• Ardor Account Tracker
• Ardor Armory
• Ardor Lite (Source)
• Ardor Music
• Ardor Notes
• Ardor Wordpress Rewards
• Burning Messages
• d-Net (Source)
• Docker Image
• E-ink code/display for Ardor node
• SIGBRO
  • SIGBRO Alerts
• Smart Voting
• Telegram Ardor Bot
• Telegram Monitoring Bot
• Smart Contracts
  • Ardor Jackpot
  • Asset Lottery