Aergo will sponsoring the long awaited DApp Contest with Samsung Blockchain and Blocko. The contest will focus on DeFi DApps and other categories. We encourage developers to participate!
On March 11, an article about a new app competition from Blocko, Samsung and Aergo appeared on Aergo’s official Medium page .
We present the content of this article below:
Blocko will host a contest to find and award the best DApps from the developer community. The Samsung Blockchain team will be part of the judging panel. Sponsored by the AERGO Foundation, AERGO will be awarding token prizes to the top DApps.
This collaboration is an effort to increase the number of compellingDApps for both AERGO and Samsung. Through this sponsorship, AERGO hopes to focus more on DApps around DeFi, Social, NFT, and other categories. AERGO has sponsored a total of 500,000 AERGO tokens for the contest. The first place will receive 250,000 AERGO tokens, second place 100,000 AERGO tokens, third place 50,000, fourth place 20,000 AERGO tokens, fifth place 10,000 AERO tokens, and 14 other participants will be chosen at random and awarded 5,000 AERGO tokens each.
Blocko will be providing logistics and technical support to the developers participating in the contest. Samsung Blockchain and AERGO Foundation will be judging the DApps. Emphasis will be given to DeFi DApps and unique B2C DApps. At the end of the contest, Samsung Blockchain will select DApps to be listed on the Samsung Blockchain Wallet DApp Marketplace.
The application deadline to participate in the contest will be April 9, 2021. All DApps must be submitted by July 9, 2021. The judging will take place over a week and winners will be announced on July 16, 2021.
Detailed contest rules can be found here:
Blocko will host a hackathon contest to find and award the best DApps from the developer community. The Samsung Blockchain team will be part of the judging panel and lend support to list the DApps in the millions of Samsung mobile devices. Sponsored by the AERGO Foundation, AERGO will be awarding token prizes to the top DApps.
Prize:
- 500,000 AERGO token purse
- 250,000 First place
- 100,000 Second place
- 50,000 Third place
- 20,000 Fourth place
- 10,000 Fifth place
- 5,000 — 14 random picked participants
Judging:
- Blocko
- AERGO Foundation team
- Samsung Blockchain team
Contest Rules
- DApps need to comply with Samsung Blockchain Wallet requirements. Please refer to the SDK here: https://developer.samsung.com/blockchain
- DApp can be webapp format (mobile optimized) or Android app
Restricted categories:
- No adult themed
- No large investment promising high return type
- No gambling
Encouraged categories:
- DeFi
- Games
- Social
- Other
Teams may submit as many DApps as they would like
Individuals or companies may participate
Samsung will determine which DApps will be listed on the Samsung Blockchain DApp Marketplace
Schedule:
Applications will be accepted starting March 11, 2021
Applications to participate deadline is April 9, 2021
DApp submission deadline is July 9, 2021
Winners will be announced on July 16, 2021
All date and times are Korea Standard Time
Submission:
Any questions regarding the contest, please contact dapp@aergo.io