Delighted to welcome you as a hacker for our 2nd edition of ETHDam, taking place this April 12-14 2024, in Amsterdam at Pakhuis de Zwijger. We’ve put together this guide to help you navigate through the logistics, the events and quirks of this conference and hackathon.
LOGISTICS
Platform
Two platforms to answer all your questions, and ensure a smooth hackathon for all.
Taikai - where all hackers must register and submit their projects
Discord - to chat with the team and ping mentors
Tickets
Hackers do not need to purchase a ticket
Hacker need to apply via Taikai and will be approved in waves, every 2 weeks
Once approved, hackers will be able to redeem their free hacker ticket on Moongate
Regular attendees need to purchase tickets via Moongate
Location address
Pakhuis de Zwijger: Piet Heinkade 179, 1019 HC Amsterdam
Sleeping at the venue
Yes, hackers can spend the night at the venue on Friday and Saturday night, don’t expect anything fancy. We will transform the 2nd stage (5th floor) on both nights, into a chill space for you to rest between intense coding sessions. No showers available. Pack a toothbrush, deodorant and a sleeping bag.
On the ground floor, you can find lockers to safekeep your belongings, a 2EUR coin is required (it is returned to you once you are done using it).
You might prefer to have your own crib, and want to couch surf with the locals? Then head to our P2p housing sheet and fill out your details.
Food
Breakfast, lunch and dinner are provided for the hackers.
We’ve put together this little Amsterdam City Guide to help you make the most of your stay in this city!
We’ve partnered with TravelSwap to offer a 5% discount when booking your trip to Amsterdam using crypto
EVENTS
Hosted online on the 15th of March, for hackers to get to know each other and our hackathon partners.
ETHDam Bootcamp
Hosted online for hackers to dig into certain tech stack from hackathon partners
Oasis Network Workshop (RSVP) - 5th of April
Trail of Bits - TBD
A team building activation which will be hosted in person, on April 12th, right before the launch of the hackathon, to help the hackers to get to know each other and our partners, mentors and judges.
After Party
See you at Capital C on Sunday 14th of April
THE CONFERENCE
Recordings, photos and video
All talks and panels will be recorded and live streamed. We will also have a dedicated photographer.
If you don’t want to be photographed, mark yourself with our “no photography” sticker.
THE HACKATHON
Rules
The hackathon begins at 12:00 on Friday 12th of April and ends at 12:00 sharp on Sunday. All projects must be submitted on Taikai.
ETHDam is taking place IRL - all team members must be hacking in person
You can not copy, use or submit another's team’s source code
All code must be written during ETHDam, do not submit code previously written
The judges decision are final in the determination of the prizes
Bounties are in the hands of our partners
All hackers must hold a valid ticket for ETHDam, to be claimed on Moongate
You must comply with all instructions provided by ETHDam organisers and volunteers, and respect our Code of Conduct
Requirements
Project / Team name.
Short description about the project.
1 Discord username for the team’s person of contact.
Repository with project’s code/ link to open source code
Video demo (90 seconds) and/or Presentation (5 slides max).
The contract address(es) or website URLs of your deployed application, either on a testnet of your choice or mainnet of a platform of choice (NOT mandatory)
Make friends for life, build something incredible in 48 hours
Fill in the Hacker Speed Dating sheet and also join the IRL experience on April 12th to meet all the other hackers.
Quadratic Funding (MACI)
PSE (Privacy Scaling Exploration) 15K
Bounties
Each bounty is individually judged, and handled by our hackathon partners
Battleship: Oasis Network (10K bounty)
JetSki: Secret Network (5K bounty)
Canoe: Waku (2K bounty)
Canoe: Trail of Bits (2K bounty)
Canoe: dRPC (2K bounty)
The OtterTrack
The OtterTrack is a special track during the hackathon dedicated to existing projects.
Project must sign up via Taikai and fill in a separate form.
Projects must add at least one feature during the 48 hour hackathon
Present and pitch on stage a polished product on Sunday 14th of April
Only 1 member needs to be present in person
There are no bounties for this track, they are competing for glory and looking for future investments.
Mentors and Judging
All mentors are present in person and online, via Discord to support the teams throughout the hackathon
The judging will take place on Sunday 14th in the afternoon
The judges will rate all projects from 1 to 5 on these 5 criterias
Technical - "How technical was this to build?"
Use Case - "Is this solving a problem?"
Value proposition - "How unique and innovative is this project?"
Market/business - "Is this interesting for investors? Are the the business model and token economics are appealing?"
Wow factor - "This project is completely out of the box, blew your mind"
ETHDam Hackathon Team
Federico @feder_eth
James @theref_eth
Sterling @SterSchuyler