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N3: A new Frontier

Team has arrived at N3, the newest version and most powerful version of the Neo blockchain development platform. With it comes powerful native features such as decentralized storage, oracles, cross-chain functionality, and one block finality. N3 is unlike any blockchain you’ve used before.

Up for grabs is over $100,000 in NEO prizes, including three grand prizes of $12,000 each, broken down into three categories: NFT, DeFi, and General. They’re also offering a first round optional “Planathon” that could see you win multipliers that increase those prizes to up to $18,000.

Also on offer is EcoBoost incubation and custom vested NEO packages through Neo’s Early Adopter program — a new initiative with $10 million in funding to help seed new projects on the Neo N3 MainNet. The Neo Frontier Launchpad event is designed to help you succeed beyond the hackathon itself, and so these prizes will provide opportunities for you to continue to grow your project well after the winners are announced. They’re in it for the long haul, and they want you to come with them.

Phase one: Planathon

May 24th — June 7th

Thomas Edison once said “Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning.” At Neo, team agree, and so they’re kicking off the Neo Frontier Hackathon with a “Planathon.”

Team wants participants to take some time to really flesh out their Frontier projects. This includes evaluating the suitability of your ideas for blockchain, organizing a team, drafting a business plan, identifying delivery milestones, and so forth.

They understand that what you develop during Frontier may be just the beginning of something fantastic.

The teams with the best plans will be granted “multipliers” to be applied to any prizes won at the conclusion of the hackathon. For example, if your team wins a 1.5x multiplier and you win the first prize of $12,000, you will actually receive $18,000.

Neo is actively looking for fantastic projects to incubate following the launch of N3, so this is also a chance to put them on notice, and show that you mean business. Short written feedback will be provided to all submissions.

Contestants are not required to participate in the Planathon to make a final project submission. However, getting feedback on your ideas could be critical to adjusting your project concepts so you’re better positioned to win a final prize.

Phase two: Development

June 12th — July 12th

Submissions for the Development phase of the Neo Frontier Hackathon open one week after the results of the Planathon have been announced. This is where you put your skills to the test and start building your project.

Neo features tooling support for C#, Java, Python, TypeScript, and Go, so there is a good chance you’ll get to work with a language you already know and love. A range of quick starts, guides, sample applications, and tutorials are also available to help you get started, with more to be released in the coming weeks.

If you haven’t already, all participants are invited to join the Neo Discord. If you get stuck at any point, you are encouraged to reach out as soon as possible. The existing Neo community (responsible for many of the tools you will be using) will be ready and waiting to provide support, advice, and encouragement.

Prizes

Planathon

Multipliers of between 1.1x and 1.5x will be awarded to outstanding plans. Short written feedback will be provided for Planathon submissions.

Major prizes

Three major prizes will be awarded to the best overall projects in the following categories:

• NFT — The project that demonstrates the most outstanding use of Non-Fungible Token technology
• DeFi — The project that demonstrates the most outstanding use of Decentralized Finance technology
• General — The project that demonstrates the most outstanding overall use of Neo features and blockchain technology

Each major prize winner will receive

• US $12,000 in NEO tokens
• Entry into the Neo EcoBoost program for incubation support
• A custom vested NEO package through the Early Adopter program to reward post-hackathon development *

Excellence prizes

Eight excellence prizes will be awarded to projects that have demonstrated excellent technical execution and will receive:

• $5,000 in NEO tokens
• One hour consultation with NGD EcoGrowth to discuss your project and its goals
• A custom vested NEO package through the Early Adopter program to reward post-hackathon development 

Requirements 

You may build any type of project or application provided it uses Neo N3 blockchain technology. Submission requirements for the Planathon and Development phases are as follows:

PLANATHON

An eligible Planathon submission must include the following information:

Project description

• What will your project or application do?
• Why will your project bring value to the Neo ecosystem?

Project architecture

• Proposed use of the Neo blockchain and its features 
• Proposal technical architecture

Team information

• How many members are in your team? (Single person teams are acceptable)
• Do you have any relevant experience?

Roadmap

• What are your short term deliverables for the hackathon?
• What are your Medium to long term milestone goals post-hackathon?

User acquisition model

• Who is your target audience?
• How do you intend to generate users?
• If your project is profit generating, what does your revenue model look like?

Please ensure you have first registered for the hackathon on DevPost before submitting your plan.

Development 

An eligible Development submission must satisfy the following criteria and include the following information:

• GitHub link with source code
• Link to live demo
• Smart contract deployed to the N3 TestNet (if applicable)
• A link to a short video introducing your project and demonstrating its functionality (Max. 5 minutes)

All code must be open source and Apache 2.0.

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