🌵 Prize Pool 2K｜Bounty 2K

• First Place: 1000 USD
• Second Place: 500 USD
• Other Outstanding Teams: Share the remaining 500 USD prize pool

💡 Bonus: Winning teams will have the opportunity to interview for an internship with Cathay Financial Holdings' Blockchain Technology Development Department!

🍄 How to Participate

• The focus is on ideathon, programming skills are not required but would be a plus.
• Main Objectives:
  • Develop blockchain applications based on the following popular topics:
    • Artificial Intelligence (AI) with Blockchain, Zero Knowledge (ZK)
    • Real World Assets (RWA), Payments, Decentralized Identifier (DID), Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) → These four topics must be combined with financial applications
  • Bonus Points:
    • Developing and deploying smart contracts
    • Developing blockchain applications (front-end and back-end integration with smart contracts)
    • Using the BDK Blockchain Development Kit

🐸 Submission Requirements:

• Submit a project presentation and a 1.5-5 minute introduction video
  • Main Content:
    • Motivation and Background
    • Problem Being Solved
    • Product Overview
    • Market Analysis
    • Product Demo / Technical Architecture (Bonus Points)
• For additional submission details, please refer to: 參賽提交資料｜Required Items for Hackathon Participation

🦖 Judging Criteria

• Originality (30%): The uniqueness of the concept and its differentiation from existing products.
• Vision (25%): The potential impact and its influence on the future blockchain and financial ecosystem.
• Completeness (20%): The thoroughness of the technical architecture, functional planning, and implementation, and whether the user story aligns with the theme.
• Business Plan (15%): The feasibility and persuasiveness of establishing a viable business model.
• User Experience (10%): The quality of the user experience from the user's perspective.

🌳 Introduction to Cathay Financial Holdings Blockchain Team: