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    Polygon

    Also appeared as Polygon Studios

    Polygon Labs is a Web3 software company developing Polygon Proof-of-Stake network, the premiere blockchain for payments and RWAs, and Agglayer, a protocol to connect any blockchain or app for a unified cross-chain experience.

    polygon.technology ↗@0xPolygon ↗
    Prize money awarded
    $255,544
    Prizes
    748
    Winning projects
    735
    Hackathons
    29
    Largest prize
    $5,000
    Active
    2021–2025

    What they reward

    Tech their winners favour

    Share of Polygon's winners using it, against all entries at the same hackathons.

    • polygon66% of winners · 27% of entries
    • hardhat16% of winners · 10% of entries
    • ethers11% of winners · 7% of entries
    • solidity29% of winners · 22% of entries

    Recurring prizes

    Tracks offered at more than one hackathon.

    • Polygon7 hackathons · about $17,143 · last 2023
    • Best AI + Onchain App on Polygon2 hackathons · about $4,000 · last 2024
    • Best use of Polygon ID to preserve user privacy2 hackathons · about $3,750 · last 2023
    • Polygon zkEVM DeFi Challenge2 hackathons · about $5,000 · last 2023

    Hackathons

    1. Buenos Aires Nov 21–23, 2025$10KGold5$10K
    2. Taipei Apr 4–6, 2025$10KGold5$10K
    3. Bangkok Nov 15–17, 2024$20KPresenter15$20K
    4. San Francisco Oct 18–20, 2024$20KPresenter16$20K
    5. Brussels Jul 12–14, 2024$20KPresenter16$20K
    6. ETHIndia 2023 Dec 8–10, 2023$20KPresenter17$20K
    7. Istanbul Nov 17–19, 2023$20KPresenter8$20K
    8. ETHOnline 2023 Oct 6–27, 2023$10KPillar10$10K
    9. New York Sep 22–24, 2023$20KPresenter14$20K
    10. Paris Jul 21–23, 2023$20KPresenter18$20K
    11. Waterloo Jun 23–25, 2023$10K–26$10.4K
    12. Lisbon May 12–14, 2023$20K–46$20.5K
    13. Tokyo Apr 14–16, 2023$20K–135$34.7K
    14. Scaling Ethereum 2023 Mar 10–31, 2023$20K–8$20K
    15. ETHIndia 2022 Dec 2–4, 2022––20–
    16. ETHSanFrancisco 2022 Nov 4–6, 2022––10–
    17. ETHBogotá Oct 7–9, 2022––68–
    18. ETHOnline 2022 Sep 2–28, 2022––11–
    19. ETHMexico Aug 19–21, 2022––20–
    20. Metabolism Aug 4–10, 2022––13–
    21. HackFS 2022 Jul 8–29, 2022––8–
    22. ETHNewYork 2022 Jun 24–26, 2022––14–
    23. ETHAmsterdam Apr 22–24, 2022––4–
    24. LFGrow Mar 18–30, 2022––8–
    25. BuildQuest Mar 4–16, 2022––2–
    26. Road to Web3 Feb 3–8, 2022––206–
    27. NFTHack 2022 Jan 14–16, 2022––6–
    28. ETHOnline 2021 Sep 17 – Oct 14, 2021––3–
    29. HackFS 2021 Jul 30 – Aug 20, 2021––3–

    Winners

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    ZKredentials

    +3

    ZKredentials: Decentralized, trustless resume verification for anon devs. Powered by zk-SNARKs, Ethereum & IPFS. Showcase skills, maintain privacy, & prove expertise in a secure ecosystem. Join our mission to revolutionize talent discovery & validation!

    $13,760 · Gnosis Chain · 🥇 Gnosis Chain — Best Use · +6 more

    CatX

    +4

    Instant, tradeable, automated catastrophe bonds to help protect the world from natural disasters

    $11,037 · UMA · 🥇 UMA — Best Use · +7 more

    Cove

    Simple, reliable, open-source contract verification built for an L2 centric Ethereum ecosystem

    $10,500 · Gnosis Chain · 🥇 Gnosis Chain — Most Innovative · +2 more

    SuperPlay

    +2

    Your gateway to web3 gaming. Hassle-free onboarding with email registration and gas-less transactions with Safe and Superfluid. Try out new games today!

    $10,037 · Gnosis Chain · 🥈 Gnosis Chain — Best Use · +5 more

    ZkAlpha

    +3

    zkAlpha connects quant traders and liquidity providers w/o revealing the strategy trustlessly through the use of ZKML.

    $9,733 · Filecoin · Filecoin, IPFS & more · +6 more

    Natural Chain - AI Toolkit for the Blockchain

    +4

    NaturalChain is an AI Toolkit that empowers users to interact with the EVM ecosystem using natural language, facilitating tasks such as the creation and deployment of Smart Contracts, querying subgraphs from The Graph, or using the JSON-RPC API.

    $9,711 · Gnosis Chain · 🥇 Gnosis Chain — Best Use · +7 more

    MINAmal VRF

    A Library that provides developers with Trustless Verifiable Randomness proven by Recursive ZK Technology

    $8,610 · Mina Protocol · 🥈 Mina — Best Use · +3 more

    DeDe

    +4

    DeDe is a trustless scaling infrastructure for e-commerce & delivery platforms. Think of us as an L2 for deliveries like Amazon, DHL, FedEx, etc. We provide trustless deliveries while maintaining integrity and security.

    $7,568 · Base · Build a Consumer Product · +7 more