Hello,
We propose starting a new kind of regular hackathon presented by Ready Layer One & NEAR. The goal is not to have generic hackathons but to highlight great ecosystem tools from the community and Pagoda. These hackathons will be judged by RLO, representatives of NEAR, community vote, and Tech owner (if applicable).
Our first one, which this funding is for, is based on KeyPom (GitHub - keypom/keypom). Each “Flex-A-Tech” lasts 3-4 weeks and is heavily focused on social interactions. Our funding request is for 10K USD to support the costs of running, promotion, and prizes.
We have 3 main categories of prizes (7250 USD):
Best use (coded, working):
- 1st - $3000
- 2nd - $1500
- 3rd - $1000
- 4th - $500
Best use non-coded (presentation, slide deck, or mockups):
- $500
Best woman-led use (if not in the top 3):
- $750
Total breakdown of costs:
Prizes: $7250
Content creation (Hosting, digital flyers, videos, audio):$2000
Promotions: $750
Our plan to promote is broken down week by week:
Pre-Competition Social
- 5 days before - Teaser post with projects logo “competition starts in 5 days”
- 4 days before - Kickoff post for Flex-a-tech competition, talk goals and prizes
- 3 days before - overview of Tech Project (maybe like a zoom with creators to talk about their projects.
- 2 days before - Call out to projects to enter and clarify the rules
- 1 day before - Twitter spaces kicking off competition with the “Tech being Flexed” owners and a post (Hosted by RLO on NEAR’s Twitter)
First couple weeks of completion
- Day 1 - Post with a list of projects competing (could be a cool NEAR collab post)
- Day 2 - RLO Twitter spaces with 2-3 projects
- Day 4 - RLO Twitter spaces with 2-3 projects
- Day 7- Twitter spaces weekly round-up (all projects hosted from NEAR twitter spaces)
End of the first 2 weeks
- Setup AstroDAO poll (“Flexing that tech”) to get community votes on the projects as well
Last week of competition
- Presentations
- Possibly Illia or other Pagoda employees can give feedback
- Wrap-up Podcast (Video) with demos and competitors
- Spaces to check-in
- Announce winners and next Flex-a-Tech dates
All spaces recorded and shared with NEARWEEK. RLO weekly news shows will highlight this as well. Also the top presentations we will highlight on our various social outlets (Twitter, YouTube, TikTok)
If this goes well the plan is to do these regularly to highlight building on top of different tech in the ecosystem of NEAR. We have a list of ideas for the next few already.
DAO: ready-layer-one.sputnik-dao.near
Wallet: readylayerone.near - Owned by Jared & Joe