2/ The hackathon brought together developers, designers, and business operators from around the world to develop new #Web3, #DeFi, #Gaming, and Digital Art & Collectables #NFTs applications leveraging Solana's speed, low fees, and scalability. ignition.devpost.com/project-gallery
3/ A total of 22 standout projects were selected by judges to receive a prize. An additional 23 projects also showed tremendous potential and earned an Honorable Mention from our judges.
1/ There are prizes for each of the four IGNITION tracks — Web3, DeFi, Gaming, Arts & Collectables — but did you know that there are also several company prizes? solana.com/ignition
2/ The hackathon will run from August 31 through October 8. Each track will have five winners, with a Grand Prize of $75k USDC and 3 passes to the Solana Breakpoint Conference in Lisbon. 🇵🇹
3/ However, one of the hardest problems in censorship resistance is the challenge of getting people to split their stake between many independent validators.
Greater stake distribution increases the superminority, making the network harder to attack.
1/ The Solana Foundation has joined forces with @metaplex and @Audiusproject to launch a Creator Fund aiming to bring in the next wave of musicians, artists and more into crypto!
2/ Crypto networks are now providing infrastructure for creators and artists of all kinds to connect directly with their fans and sidestep extractive networks, management firms, and centralized social media platforms.
3/ We can't afford to wait for creators to discover what blockchains can do for them.
The Solana community needs to bring blockchain to creators. The creator economy should be built on Solana, and initiatives like this will kickstart it.