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    Taiko

    Also appeared as Taiko 🥁

    Prizes on Devfolio and ETHGlobal

    Taiko is building a decentralized Ethereum-equivalent ZK-Rollup (Type-1 ZK-EVM). Taiko enables developers and users to experience Ethereum securely, with lower transaction fees, and without needing to consider any changes. Additionally, Taiko empowers a vibrant community of block proposers, provers, and node runners due to its decentralized design.

    Prize money awarded
    $25,000
    Prizes
    31
    Winning projects
    31
    Hackathons
    4
    Largest prize
    $3,000
    Active
    2023

    What they reward

    Tech their winners favour

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

    • optimism42% of winners · 16% of entries
    • foundry13% of winners · 5% of entries
    • the-graph23% of winners · 10% of entries
    • ethers19% of winners · 10% of entries
    • typescript19% of winners · 10% of entries
    • solidity55% of winners · 29% of entries
    • hardhat23% of winners · 13% of entries
    • ethereum42% of winners · 25% of entries

    Recurring prizes

    Tracks offered at more than one hackathon.

    • Taiko2 hackathons · about $12,500 · last 2023

    Hackathons

    1. Ethereum Kuala Lumpur 2023 Hackathon Oct 13–15, 2023$3K–6$3K
    2. ETHPrague 2023 Jun 9–11, 2023$5K–11–
    3. Tokyo Apr 14–16, 2023$20K–11$19K
    4. Scaling Ethereum 2023 Mar 10–31, 2023$5K–3$3K

    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

    Brian simplifies complex concepts and builds transactions in plain English. Empowering users with accessible Web3 knowledge.

    $10,000 · Aave Grants DAO · Best GHO Hack · +4 more

    Contracts for Difference (CFD) Decentralized Exchange using a novel “Flash Collateral Trillions” borrowing of non-existent funds for efficient liquidations

    $6,509 · Mantle · 🥇 Mantle — Best Use · +5 more

    Turtleshell brings Smart Contract security data on-chain, providing transparency, composability, and programmable on-chai data.

    $5,167 · Mantle · Best NFT or Gaming Project · +3 more

    An RPC cache for 10x faster requests. Save time, money, and the environment!

    $4,610 · Celo · 🌱 Celo — Climate, ReFi · +4 more

    Shima is a decentralized RPC platform that connects anyone who wants to become an RPC provider by making their blockchain infrastructure available to the world and those who use these APIs access to the blockchain networks every day without having to run their own nodes.

    $4,573 · Taiko · 🧱 Taiko — 🥇 Best Infrastructure · +2 more

    Prompt NFT Tree is a service that makes the prompt to be grown with everyone. Making NFT from AI prompts. Rewards are paid to developers each time the prompt is reused. Tracing the prompt's purchase history with blockchain technology makes us to watch the prompt's growth.

    $3,000 · Taiko · 👷 Taiko — 🥇 Best Dapp

    A zero-knowledge Real World Asset (RWA) lending protocol. Use Credentials and private collaterals to borrow money in web3 world.

    $2,610 · Taiko · 🥷 Taiko — 🥇 ZK Zone · +2 more

    Qi is a transaction auction platform that reduces transaction cost for transactions. The cost reduction comes from three places 1. MEV redistribution 2. transaction exeuction 3. and gas fees

    $2,537 · Taiko · 🤖 Taiko — 🥇 Catch MEEEEEEEEEV! · +1 more

    Tag line: Collect Friends, Grow Your Team, Raid Rewards RYB wars is a meshup between Team-based MMORPG and Friend Tech's social-fi elements.

    $2,500 · ETHKL · ETHKL 2023 Grand Prizes for Top 5 Finalist · +1 more