Solana is a fast, low-fee, censorship-resistant blockchain designed to enable builders to quickly deploy and scale applications to billions of users globally. The Solana community is excited to jumpstart its 4th virtual hackathon focused on allowing developers to experiment and leverage the Solana blockchain to create a plethora of projects spanning DeFi (Decentralized Finance), blockchain gaming, Web3, Digital Art/Collectibles, and everything in-between.
As long as you have an internet connection, you're invited to join the hackathon. Just make sure your project integrates with the Solana protocol. Let's ignite the next wave of projects joining the Solana ecosystem!
What to Submit:
Twitch Stream Schedule
Subscribe at twitch.tv/solanatv
DATE | WHO | TOPIC |
9/3/21 - 10AM EST | Kyle Samani of Multicoin Capital | Hackathon Project Ideas |
9/7 - 12PM EST | Figment | Figment Learn Solana Pathway Workshop - 101 |
9/7/21 - 2PM EST | Francesco Agosti of Phantom | An intro to Phantom & the future of Crypto Wallets |
9/8/21 - 2:30PM EST | Anchor | How to Anchor Workshop |
9/9/21 - 12PM EST | Mango | Integrate w/ Mango Workshop |
9/10 - 2PM EST | Metaplex | NFT / Metaplex Workshop |
9/13 - 10PM EST | SolNet | C# SDK Workshop |
9/15 - 12PM EST | QuickNode | RPC Infrastructure Workshop |
9/15 - 1:30PM EST | Amy Wu of Lightspeed, Jiho of Axie Infinity, moderated by Brady Dale of The Defiant | The Future of Blockchain Gaming |
9/17 - 6PM EST | Chainlink | Chainlink Oracle Workshop |
9/20 - 5pm EST | Joe McCann of Microsoft | Understanding the Implications of Solana |
9/27 - 2PM EST | Meltem Demirors of Coinshares and Raj Gokal of Solana Labs | The good, bad, and ugly of crypto |
9/30 - 1pm EST | Sam Williams of Arweave and Anatoly Yakovenko of Solana Labs | Arweaving with Solana |
$5,000,000 in prizes
• $75,000 USD
• Tickets to attend and a presentation of your project at the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon.
• $10,000 USD
• Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon
Serum, Raydium, Stardust, Pyth Network, Wormhole, Mango Markets, and Solend are each sponsoring their own $30,000 prize for the projects that best integrate with their respective technologies.
Chainlink is sponsoring a $5,000 prize spread between the top 5 teams that integrate with Chainlink's oracle solution for Solana
• $60,000 USD
• Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon
• $45,000 USD
• Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon
• $30,000 USD
• Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon
• $25,000 USD
• Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon
• $20,000 USD
• Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon
• $45,000 USD
• Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon
• $30,000 USD
• Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon
• $20,000 USD
• Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon
• $15,000 USD
• Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon
• $10,000 USD
• Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon
• $45,000 USD
• Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon
• $30,000 USD
• Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon
• $20,000 USD
• Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon
• $15,000 USD
• Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon
• $10,000 USD
• Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon
• $45,000 USD
• Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon
• $30,000 USD
• Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon
• $20,000 USD
• Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon
• $15,000 USD
• Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon
• $10,000 USD
• Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon
$4.135M in direct or indirect funding by Solana Capital LLC, its partners, affiliates, associates, and other core contributors to and investors involved with the Hackathon, to be granted within six (6) months from the last date of the Hackathon.
Sam Bankman-Fried
CEO of FTX
Jeremy Allaire
Founder & CEO of Circle
Meltem Demirors
CSO at Coinshares
Joe McCann
Strategist at Microsoft
Kanav Kariya
Director of Strategic Initiatives at Jump Trading
AlphaRay
Founder of Raydium Protocol
Amy Wu
Partner at Lightspeed Ventures
Kyle Samani
Managing Partner & Cofounder of Multicoin Capital
Maximilian Schneider
Co-founder of Mango Markets
Justin Saslaw
Partner at Social Capital
Adam Jeffries
CEO of Metaplex Studios
Georgios Konstantopoulos
Research Partner at Paradigm
Jeff "Jiho" Zirlin
Co-Founder of Axie Infinity
Chris Kalani
CPO & Co-founder of Phantom
David Ratney
Founder of Bonfida
Chris McCann
Co-founder of Race Capital
0x Maki
Core Contributor to SushiSwap
Arthur Cheong
Founder of DeFiance Capital
Thanh Le
Founder of Coin98
Brandon Bryant
Partner at Harlem Capital Partners
Sam Williams
Co-founder & CEO of Arweave
Dan Matuszewski
Co-founder of CMS Holdings
Bobby Ong
Co-founder of Coingecko
Daniel Gunsberg
Founder of Hxro Network
Mauro Delazeri
Director of Engineering at QuickNode
Imran Khan
Lead at DeFi Alliance
Nick Chong
Investor at ParaFi Capital
Frank Mong
COO of Helium
Matthew Graham
Founder & CEO of Sino Global Capital
Canaan Linder
Founder of Stardust
Dylan Macalinao
Co-founder of Saber Protocol
Linda Chew
Head of Operations at Forte
Tristan Yver
Senior Advisor at Serum
David Nage
Principal at Arca Investments
Brady Dale
Reporter at The Defiant
Rooter
Founder of Solend
Dona Mara
CEO of HAPI
Sophia Zhao
Principal at Alumni Ventures
Steve Ngok
Partner at Dorahacks
Paul Veradittakit
Partner at Pantera Capital
Fares Ghandour
Partner at Wamda Capital
Clay Robbins
Principal at Slow Ventures
Harry Papacharissiou
Developer Advocate at Chainlink
Sean Lippel
Partner at Fintech Collective
John Park
Partner at a41 Ventures
Simon Figures
Standard Chartered Ventures Lead
Suresh Pagadala
VP at Standard Chartered
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
SUBMISSION OF ANY ENTRY CONSTITUTES AGREEMENT TO THESE OFFICIAL RULES AS A CONTRACT BETWEEN ENTRANT (AND EACH INDIVIDUAL MEMBER OF ENTRANT), THE HACKATHON SPONSOR, AND DEVPOST.
1. Dates and Timing
Submission Period: Monday, August 31, 2021 (8:00 am Pacific Time) – Monday, October 8, 2021 (11:45 pm Pacific Time) (“Submission Period”).
Public Voting and Judging Period: Wednesday, October 13, 2021 (12:00 pm Pacific Time) – Monday, October 18, 2021 (11:45 pm Pacific Time) (“Judging Period”).
Winners Announced: On or around Saturday, October 23, 2021 (8:45 am Pacific Time).
2. Sponsor and Administrator
Solana Capital LLC, 30 Divisadero St. PMB 722 San Francisco, CA 94117
3. Eligibility
The Hackathon IS open to:
Individuals who are at least the age of majority where they reside as of the time of entry (“Eligible Individuals”);
Teams of Eligible Individuals (“Teams”); and
Organizations (including corporations, not-for-profit corporations and other nonprofit organizations, limited liability companies, partnerships, and other legal entities) that exist and have been organized or incorporated at the time of entry.
(the above are collectively, “Entrants”)
An Eligible Individual may join more than one Team or Organization and an Eligible Individual who is part of a Team or Organization may also enter the Hackathon on an individual basis. If a Team or Organization is entering the Hackathon, they must appoint and authorize one individual (the “Representative”) to represent, act, and enter a Submission, on their behalf. By entering a Submission on behalf of a Team or Organization you represent and warrant that you are the Representative authorized to act on behalf of your Team or Organization.
B. The Hackathon IS NOT open to:
*The members of an individual’s immediate family include the individual’s spouse, children and stepchildren, parents and stepparents, and siblings and stepsiblings. The members of an individual’s household include any other person that shares the same residence as the individual for at least three (3) months out of the year.
**Agents include individuals or organizations that in creating a Submission to the Hackathon, are acting on behalf of, and at the direction of, a Promotion Entity through a contractual or similar relationship.
***An affiliate is: (a) an organization that is under common control, sharing a common majority or controlling owner, or common management; or (b) an organization that has a substantial ownership in, or is substantially owned by the other organization.
4. How To Enter
Entrants may enter by visiting ignition.devpost.com (“Hackathon Website”) and the following the steps:
Project Requirements (i) What to Create: Entrants must build software using Solana Blockchain that fits in one of the below categories. (each a “Project”). Categories DeFi Track: Build decentralized finance applications, tools, infrastructure and more to push forward the crypto space. Web3 Track: Build decentralized apps, DAOs, and infrastructure to cut the middleman out of popular web2 platforms. Gaming Track: Design blockchain-based games, NFTs, and more to allow users to directly interact with p2p markets. Digital Art/Collectibles Track: Create NFTs that can be sold or auctioned off that enable creators to directly connect with their fans around the world. At any time, and at its sole discretion, the Sponsor will have the ability to re-assign a submitted Submission from one Category to another or to disqualify a submission for not sufficiently fitting the main requirement. (ii) Functionality: The Project must be capable of being successfully installed and running consistently on the platform for which it is intended and must function as depicted in the video and/or expressed in the text description. (iii) Platforms: A submitted Project must run on at least one of the below platforms: Smartphone or tablet (iOS or Android) Web browser (mobile or desktop) AR/VR device Machine Learning Model (iv) New & Existing: Projects must be either newly created by the Entrant or, if the Project existed prior to the Hackathon Submission Period, must have integrated the Solana Blockchain after the start of the Hackathon Submission Period. (v) Third Party Integrations: If a Project integrates any third-party SDK, APIs and/or data, Entrant must be authorized by the third-party to use them. (vi) Testing: The Entrant must make the Project available free of charge and without any restriction, for testing, evaluation and use by the Sponsor, Administrator and Judges until the Judging Period ends. If the Project includes software that runs on proprietary or third party hardware that is not widely available to the public, including software running on devices or wearable technology other than smartphones, tablets, or desktop computers, the Sponsor and/or Administrator reserve the right, at their sole discretion, to require the Entrant to provide physical access to the Project hardware upon request. For Projects running on widely available smartphones, tablets, or desktop computers, Submission Requirements. Submissions to the Hackathon must meet the following requirements:
Language Requirements All Submission materials must be in English or, if not in English, the Entrant must provide an English translation of the demonstration video, text description, and testing instructions as well as all other materials submitted. Team Representation If a team or organization is entering the Hackathon, they must appoint and authorize one individual (the “Representative”) to represent, act, and enter a Submission, on their behalf. The Representative must meet the eligibility requirements above. By entering a Submission on the Hackathon Website on behalf of a team or organization you represent and warrant that you are the Representative authorized to act on behalf of your team or organization. Intellectual Property: Your Submission must: (a) be your (or your Team, or Organization’s) original work product; (b) be solely owned by you, your Team, your Organization with no other person or entity having any right or interest in it; and (c) not violate the intellectual property rights or other rights including but not limited to copyright, trademark, patent, contract, and/or privacy rights, of any other person or entity. An Entrant may contract with a third party for technical assistance to create the Submission provided the Submission components are solely the Entrant’s work product and the result of the Entrant’s ideas and creativity, and the Entrant owns all rights to them. An Entrant may submit a Submission that includes the use of open source software or hardware, provided the Entrant complies with applicable open source licenses and, as part of the Submission, creates software that enhances and builds upon the features and functionality included in the underlying open source product. By entering the Hackathon, you represent, warrant, and agree that your Submission meets these requirements. Financial or Preferential Support: A Project must not have been developed, or derived from a Project developed, with financial or preferential support from the Sponsor or Administrator. Such Projects include, but are not limited to, those that received funding or investment for their development, were developed under contract, or received a commercial license, from the Sponsor or Administrator any time prior to the end of Hackathon Submission Period. The Sponsor, at their sole discretion, may disqualify a Project, if awarding a prize to the Project would create a real or apparent conflict of interest. |
5. Submission Modifications.
A. Draft Submissions: Prior to the end of the Submission Period, you may save draft versions of your submission on Devpost to your portfolio before submitting the submission materials to the Hackathon for evaluation. Once the Submission Period has ended, you may not make any changes or alterations to your submission, but you may continue to update the project in your Devpost portfolio.
B. Modifications After the Submission Period. The Sponsor and Devpost may permit you to modify part of your submission after the Submission Period for the purpose of adding, removing or replacing material that potentially infringes a third party mark or right, discloses personally identifiable information, or is otherwise inappropriate. The modified submission must remain substantively the same as the original submission with the only modification being what the Sponsor and Devpost permits.
6. Judges & Criteria.
Eligible submissions will be evaluated by a panel of judges selected by the Sponsor (the “Judges”). Judges may be employees of the Sponsor or third parties, may or may not be listed individually on the Hackathon Website, and may change before or during the Judging Period. Judging may take place in one or more rounds with one or more panels of Judges, at the discretion of the Sponsor.
Stage One: The first stage will determine via pass/fail whether the Submission meets a baseline level of viability, in that the project reasonably fits the theme and reasonably applies the required APIs/SDKs featured in the Hackathon.
Stage Two: All submissions that pass Stage One will be evaluated in Stage Two based on the following equally weighted criteria (the “Judging Criteria”) according to the sole and absolute discretion of the Judges:
Potential Impact (How will this project impact the growth of the Solana ecosystem?)
Functionality (How well does the project work?)
Novelty (How unique is the project idea and execution?)
Design (Is the user experience and design of the project well thought out?)
The scores from the Judges will determine the potential winners of the applicable prizes. The Entrant(s) that are eligible for a Prize, and whose Submissions earn the highest overall scores based on the applicable Judging Criteria, will become potential winners of that Prize.
Community Choice Voting. During the Judging Period, eligible Submissions will be posted on a public Airtable site for community members to submit their votes via a Typeform link. The Submission with the highest vote count in the Judging Period will be the winner of the Community Choice Award. Participation on Airtable and Typeform is subject to their Terms of Service. Voting results displayed may not reflect an accurate result and the Sponsor in its discretion will determine which Submissions is the winner of the Community Choice Award.
Direct or Indirect Funding. All submissions that pass Stage One will be evaluated by the Sponsor in its sole discretion to be eligible for the Seed Funding Prize.
Tie Breaking. For each Prize listed below, if two or more submissions are tied, the tied submission with the highest score in the first applicable criterion listed above will be considered the higher scoring submission. In the event any ties remain, this process will be repeated, as needed, by comparing the tied Submissions’ scores on the next applicable criterion. If two or more submissions are tied on all applicable criteria, the panel of Judges will vote on the tied submissions.
7. Intellectual Property Rights.
All submissions remain the intellectual property of the individuals or organizations that developed them. By submitting an entry, entrants agree that the Sponsor will have a fully paid, non-exclusive license to use such entry for judging the entry. Entrants agree that the Sponsor and Devpost shall have the right to promote the submission and use the name, likeness, voice and image of all individuals contributing to a submission, in any materials promoting or publicizing the Hackathon and its results, during the Hackathon Period and for three years thereafter. Some Submission components may be displayed to the public. Other Submission materials may be viewed by the Sponsor, Devpost, and Judges for screening and evaluation. By submitting an entry or accepting any prize, entrants represent and warrant that (a) submitted content is not copyrighted, protected by trade secret or otherwise subject to third party intellectual property rights or other proprietary rights, including privacy and publicity rights, unless entrant is the owner of such rights or has permission from their rightful owner to post the content; and (b) the content submitted does not contain any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, spyware or other disabling devices or harmful or malicious code.
8. Prizes.
Winner | Prize | Qty | Eligible Submissions |
Grand Prize Winner | $75,000 USD Tickets to attend and a presentation of your project at the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon. | 1 | All Eligible Submissions |
Community Choice Award | $10,000 USD Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon | 1 | All Eligible Submissions. Determined by voting on the Airtable and Typeform as described above in Section 6. |
Sponsor Prizes | |||
Serum Sponsor Prize | $30,000 USD Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon | 1 | Awarded to the project that best utilizes the Serum DEX protocol in their project. |
Pyth Network Sponsor Prize | $30,000 USD Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon | 1 | Awarded to the team that best utilizes Pyth Network’s technology in their project. |
Wormhole Sponsor Prize | $30,000 USD Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon | 1 | Awarded to the team that best utilizes Wormhole's technology in their project. |
Raydium Sponsor Prize | $30,000 USD Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon | 1 | Awarded to the team that best utilizes Raydium's technology in their project. |
Stardust Sponsor Prize | $30,000 USD Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon | 1 | Awarded to the team that best utilizes Stardust's technology in their project. |
Solend Sponsor Prize | $30,000 USD Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon | 1 | Awarded to the team that best utilizes Solend's technology in their project. |
Mango Sponsor Prize | $30,000 USD Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon | 1 | Awarded to the team that best utilizes Mango's technology in their project. |
Chainlink Sponsor Prize | $5,000 USD Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon | 1 | Awarded to the team that best utilizes Chainlink's technology in their project. |
Track Awards | |||
First Place DeFi Track | $60,000 USD Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon | 1 | All Eligible Submissions within the DeFi Track |
Second Place DeFi Track | $45,000 USD Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon | 1 | All Eligible Submissions within the DeFi Track |
Third Place DeFi Track | $30,000 USD Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon | 1 | All Eligible Submissions within the DeFi Track |
Fourth Place DeFi Track | $25,000 USD Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon | 1 | All Eligible Submissions within the DeFi Track |
Fifth Place DeFi Track | $20,000 USD Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon | 1 | All Eligible Submissions within the DeFi Track |
First Place Gaming Track | $45,000 USD Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon | 1 | All Eligible Submissions within the Gaming Track |
Second Place Gaming Track | $30,000 USD Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon | 1 | All Eligible Submissions within the Gaming Track |
Third Place Gaming Track | $20,000 USD Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon | 1 | All Eligible Submissions within the Gaming Track |
Fourth Place Gaming Track | $15,000 USD Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon | 1 | All Eligible Submissions within the Gaming Track |
Fifth Place Gaming Track | $10,000 USD Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon | 1 | All Eligible Submissions within the Gaming Track |
First Place Web3 Track | $45,000 USD Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon | 1 | All Eligible Submissions within the Web3 Track |
Second Place Web3 Track | $30,000 USD Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon | 1 | All Eligible Submissions within the Web3 Track |
Third Place Web3 Track | $20,000 USD Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon | 1 | All Eligible Submissions within the Web3 Track |
Fourth Place Web3 Track | $15,000 USD Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon | 1 | All Eligible Submissions within the Web3 Track |
Fifth Place Web3 Track | $10,000 USD Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon | 1 | All Eligible Submissions within the Web3 Track |
First Place Digital Art/Collectibles Track | $45,000 USD Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon | 1 | All Eligible Submissions within the Digital Art/Collectibles Track |
Second Place Digital Art/Collectibles Track | $30,000 USD Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon | 1 | All Eligible Submissions within the Digital Art/Collectibles Track |
Third Place Digital Art/Collectibles Track | $20,000 USD Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon | 1 | All Eligible Submissions within the Digital Art/Collectibles Track |
Fourth Place Digital Art/Collectibles Track | $15,000 USD Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon | 1 | All Eligible Submissions within the Digital Art/Collectibles Track |
Fifth Place Digital Art/Collectibles Track | $10,000 USD Tickets to the Solana Breakpoint conference in Lisbon | 1 | All Eligible Submissions within the Digital Art/Collectibles Track |
Direct or Indirect Funding | |||
Seed Funding | Receive a percentage of $4.2M in direct or indirect funding by Solana Capital LLC, its partners, affiliates, associates, and other core contributors to and investors involved with the Hackathon, to be granted within six (6) months from the last date of the Hackathon. | Up to 50 | All Eligible Submissions |
IMPORTANT NOTES ON PRIZE ELIGIBILITY:
Sponsor in its sole discretion has the right to select Eligible Submissions and will allocate the funding in its totality of $4.2M in the percentages they deem appropriate.
Each eligible Submission is limited to winning either one (1) Category prize, the Community Choice Award, and one (1) Sponsor Prize OR the Grand Prize. This means that the project that wins the Grand Prize can not win additional Prizes. A Category Prize winner can also win the Community Choice Award and a Sponsor Prize.
If a submission is eligible for the Grand Prize and multiple other prizes, the prize sum with the most value takes priority.
Entrants can win multiple prizes if they submit multiple Submissions, but each submission needs to include significantly unique Projects.
If there are no Eligible Submissions for a specific Category or Sponsor Prize, that prize will not be awarded.
A. Substitutions & Changes: Prizes are non-transferable by the winner. Sponsor in its sole discretion has the right to make a prize substitution of equivalent or greater value. Sponsor will not award a prize if there are no eligible submissions entered in the Hackathon, or if there are no eligible Entrants or submissions for a specific prize.
B. Verification Requirement: THE AWARD OF A PRIZE TO A POTENTIAL WINNER IS SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION OF THE IDENTITY, QUALIFICATIONS AND ROLE OF THE POTENTIAL WINNER IN THE CREATION OF THE SUBMISSION. No submission or submitter shall be deemed a winning submission or winner until their post-competition prize affidavits have been completed and verified, even if prospective winners have been announced verbally or on the competition website. The final decision to designate a winner shall be made by the Sponsor and/or Administrator.
C. Prize Delivery: Prizes will be payable to the Entrant, if an individual; to the Entrant’s Representative, if a Team; or to the Organization, if the Entrant is an Organization. It will be the responsibility of the winning Entrant’s Representative to allocate the Prize among their Team or Organization’s participating members, as the Representative deems appropriate. A monetary Prize will be mailed to the winning Entrant’s address (if an individual) or the Representative’s address (if a Team or Organization), or sent electronically to the Entrant, Entrant’s Representative, or Organization’s bank account, only after receipt of the completed winner affidavit and other required forms (collectively the “Required Forms”), if applicable. Failure to provide correct information on the Required Forms, or other correct information required for the delivery of a Prize, may result in delayed Prize delivery, disqualification or the Entrant, or forfeiture of a Prize. Prizes will be delivered within 60 days of the Sponsor or Devpost’s receipt of the completed Required Forms.
D. Fees & Taxes: Winners (and in the case of Team or Organization, all participating members) are responsible for any fees associated with receiving or using a prize, including but not limited to, wiring fees or currency exchange fees. Winners (and in the case of Team or Organization, all participating members) are responsible for reporting and paying all applicable taxes in their jurisdiction of residence (federal, state/provincial/territorial and local). Winners may be required to provide certain information to facilitate receipt of the award, including completing and submitting any tax or other forms necessary for compliance with applicable withholding and reporting requirements. United States residents may be required to provide a completed form W-9 and residents of other countries may be required to provide a completed W-8BEN form. Winners are also responsible for complying with foreign exchange and banking regulations in their respective jurisdictions and reporting the receipt of the Prize to relevant government departments/agencies, if necessary. The Sponsor, Devpost, and/or Prize provider reserves the right to withhold a portion of the prize amount to comply with the tax laws of the United States or other Sponsor jurisdiction, or those of a winner’s jurisdiction.
9. Entry Conditions and Release.
A. By entering the Hackathon, you (and, if you are entering on behalf of a Team, Organization each participating members) agree(s) to the following:
(i) The relationship between you, the Entrant, and the Sponsor and Administrator, is not a confidential, fiduciary, or other special relationship.
(ii) You will be bound by and comply with these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor, Administrator, and/or the Hackathon Judges which are binding and final in all matters relating to the Hackathon.
(iii) You release, indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Promotion Entities, and their respective parent, subsidiary, and affiliated companies, the Prize suppliers and any other organizations responsible for sponsoring, fulfilling, administering, advertising or promoting the Hackathon, and all of their respective past and present officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives (hereafter the “Released Parties”) from and against any and all claims, expenses, and liabilities (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), including but not limited to negligence and damages of any kind to persons and property, defamation, slander, libel, violation of right of publicity, infringement of trademark, copyright or other intellectual property rights, property damage, or death or personal injury arising out of or relating to a Entrant’s entry, creation of Submission or entry of a Submission, participation in the Hackathon, acceptance or use or misuse of the Prize (including any travel or activity related thereto) and/or the broadcast, transmission, performance, exploitation or use of the Submission as authorized or licensed by these Official Rules.
B. Without limiting the foregoing, the Released Parties shall have no liability in connection with:
(i) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by the Sponsor or Administrator’s electronic or printing error, or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Hackathon;
(ii) technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines, internet connectivity or electronic transmission errors, or network hardware or software or failure of the Hackathon Website;
(iii) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Hackathon;
(iv) technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Hackathon or the processing of Submissions; or
(v) any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from the Entrant’s participation in the Hackathon or receipt or use or misuse of any Prize.
The Released Parties are not responsible for incomplete, late, misdirected, damaged, lost, illegible, or incomprehensible Submissions or for address or email address changes of the Entrants. Proof of sending or submitting the aforementioned will not be deemed to be proof of receipt by the Sponsor or Administrator. If for any reason any Entrant’s Submission is determined to have not been received or been erroneously deleted, lost, or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, the Entrant’s sole remedy is to request the opportunity to resubmit its Submission. Such a request must be made promptly after the Entrant knows or should have known there was a problem and will be determined at the sole discretion of the Sponsor.
10. Publicity.
By participating in the Hackathon, Entrant consents to the promotion and display of the Entrant’s Submission, and to the use of personal information about themselves for promotional purposes, by the Sponsor, Administrator, and third parties acting on their behalf. Such personal information includes, but is not limited to, your name, likeness, photograph, voice, opinions, comments and hometown and country of residence. It may be used in any existing or newly created media, worldwide without further payment or consideration or right of review, unless prohibited by law. Authorized use includes but is not limited to advertising and promotional purposes.
11. General Conditions.
A. Sponsor and Administrator reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Hackathon, or any part of it, in the event of a technical failure, fraud, or any other factor or event that was not anticipated or is not within their control.
B. Sponsor and Administrator reserve the right in their sole discretion to disqualify any individual or Entrant if it finds to be actually or presenting the appearance of tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Hackathon or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or in a manner that is inappropriate, unsportsmanlike, not in the best interests of this Hackathon, or a violation of any applicable law or regulation.
C. Any attempt by any person to undermine the proper conduct of the Hackathon may be a violation of criminal and civil law. Should the Sponsor or Administrator suspect that such an attempt has been made or is threatened, they reserve the right to take appropriate action including but not limited to requiring an Entrant to cooperate with an investigation and referral to criminal and civil law enforcement authorities.
D. If there is any discrepancy or inconsistency between the terms and conditions of the Official Rules and disclosures or other statements contained in any Hackathon materials, including but not limited to the Hackathon Submission form, Hackathon Website, or advertising, the terms and conditions of the Official Rules shall prevail.
E. The terms and conditions of the Official Rules are subject to change at any time, including the rights or obligations of the Entrant, the Sponsor and Administrator. The Sponsor and Administrator will post the terms and conditions of the amended Official Rules on the Hackathon Website. To the fullest extent permitted by law, any amendment will become effective at the time specified in the posting of the amended Official Rules or, if no time is specified, the time of posting.
F. If at any time prior to the deadline, an Entrant or prospective Entrant believes that any term in the Official Rules is or may be ambiguous, they must submit a written request for clarification.
G. The Sponsor or Administrator’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision. Should any provision of these Official Rules be or become illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction whose laws or regulations may apply to an Entrant, such illegality or unenforceability shall leave the remainder of these Official Rules, including the Rule affected, to the fullest extent permitted by law, unaffected and valid. The illegal or unenforceable provision shall be replaced by a valid and enforceable provision that comes closest and best reflects the Sponsor’s intention in a legal and enforceable manner with respect to the invalid or unenforceable provision.
H. Excluding Submissions, all intellectual property related to this Hackathon, including but not limited to copyrighted material, trademarks, trade-names, logos, designs, promotional materials, web pages, source codes, drawings, illustrations, slogans and representations are owned or used under license by the Sponsor and/or Administrator. All rights are reserved. Unauthorized copying or use of any copyrighted material or intellectual property without the express written consent of its owners is strictly prohibited. Any use in a Submission of Sponsor or Administrator’s intellectual property shall be solely to the extent provided for in these Official Rules.
12. Limitations of Liability.
By entering, all Entrants (including, in the case of a Team or Organization, all participating members) agree to release the Released Parties from any and all liability in connection with the Prizes or Entrant’s participation in the Hackathon. Provided, however, that any liability limitation regarding gross negligence or intentional acts, or events of death or body injury shall not be applicable in jurisdictions where such limitation is not legal.
13. Disputes.
A. Except where prohibited by law, as a condition of participating in this Hackathon, Entrant agrees that:
any and all disputes and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Hackathon, or any Prizes awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action lawsuit, and exclusively by final and binding arbitration under the rules of the American Arbitration Association and held at the AAA regional office nearest the contestant;
the Federal Arbitration Act shall govern the interpretation, enforcement and all proceedings at such arbitration; and
judgment upon such arbitration award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction.
B. Under no circumstances will Entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and Entrant hereby waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, or any other damages, including attorneys’ fees, other than contestant’s actual out-of-pocket expenses (i.e., costs associated with entering this Hackathon), and Entrant further waives all rights to have damages multiplied or increased.
C. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the Entrant and Sponsor in connection with this Hackathon, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the substantive laws of the State of New York, USA without regard to New York choice of law rules.
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
14. Additional Terms.
Please review the Devpost Terms of Service at https://info.devpost.com/terms for additional rules that apply to your participation in the Hackathon and more generally your use of the Hackathon Website. Such Terms of Service are incorporated by reference into these Official Rules, including that the term "Poster" in the Terms of Service shall mean the same as "Sponsor" in these Official rules." If there is a conflict between the Terms of Service and these Official Rules, these Official Rules shall control with respect to this Hackathon only.
15. Entrant’s Personal Information.
Information collected from entrants is subject to the Devpost’s Privacy Policy, which is available at https://info.devpost.com/privacy.
For questions, send an email to support@devpost.com.