Convergence, the Crosschain DeFi focused global hackathon aims to attract web2 and web3 developers to build on the Solana blockchain and leverage Serum’s liquidity infrastructure and Wormhole’s cross-chain bridge. The submitted projects will be judged by members of the DeFi and CeFi community including, but not limited to, Sam Bankman-Fried from FTX, Raj Gokal from Solana Labs, Kyle Samani from Multicoin Capital, Matthew Graham from Sino Global, Dan Matuszewski from CMS, Paul Veradittakit from Pantera Capital and Chris McCann from Race Capital.

Build or create decentralized apps on the Solana blockchain with Serum’s liquidity infrastructure and Wormhole’s cross-chain bridge.

See Resources for project ideas and more

Youtube Workshop Schedule

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Panels / Workshops	Protocol	Speaker	Date	Time
Hackathon kick off & project ideas	Serum & Wormhole	Jhl, Michelle & Rahul	Jan 5	10-11 AM EST
Wormhole 101: Building the Internet of Blockchains	Wormhole	Evan Gray	Jan 5	2-3 PM EST
Crypto & Defi Trends in 2022	FTX	Sam Bankman-Fried	Jan 6	10-11 AM EST
How to Anchor	Serum	Armani Ferrante	Jan 6	2-3 PM EST
From Hackathon to Mainnet	Friktion Labs Katana 01 Protocol	Dima, Ayush & Uddhav	Jan 7	10-11 AM EST
Basic integrations with Psy American protocol	PsyOptions	Tommy Johnson	Jan 7	1-2 PM EST
Serum x Wormhole panel	Serum & Wormhole	Jhl , Keone Hon	Jan 10	10-11 AM EST
Crosschain Panel	Saber, Terra, Wormhole, Sushi	Ian Macalinao, Evan Gray & Rachel Chu	Jan 10	1-2 PM EST
Pyth: Under the hood	Pyth	Jayant Krishnamurthy	Jan 11	1-2 PM EST
Future of DeFi	Frog Nation, Multicoin, Delphi Digital, Race Capital	Daniele Sesta, Kyle Samani, Yan Liberman, Chris McCann	Jan 12	10-10:45 AM EST
How to Integrate Pools and Farms to UI on Atrix	Atrix	Kaiba	Jan 12	2-3 PM EST
Tradfi in Defi Panel	Jump, TwoSigma, Radkl	Andy Kangpan, Michael Cahill, Aaron Lammer	Jan 14	10-11 AM EST
Building on Serum Core	Solana	Jarry Xiao	Jan 17	1-2PM EST
Building on Terra Luna Ecosystem	Terra	Jason Stallings	Jan 18	10AM-11AM EST
Solana Defi Panel	Zeta, Symmetry, Solrise, PsyOptions	Tristan, Bridges, Vidor, Tommy	Jan 19	10 AM EST
Crypto 2022 Outlook with Jump	Jump Crypto	Peter Johnson, Saurabh Sharma	Jan 19	11:30AM-12:15PM EST
Solana 2022 Outlook	Solana	Bartosz Lipinski	Jan 19	2PM-3PM EST

Requirements

For Prize Sponsors

(See Resources for project ideas and more)

Serum - Defi projects that build innovative solutions on our decentralized liquidity infrastructure and our newly released Serum Core, to increase volume and provide better liquidity to the Solana ecosystem.

Wormhole - Projects that utilize Wormhole’s bridge to build cross-chain solutions to extend the DeFi use-cases in Solana ecosystem and beyond

PsyOptions - Projects contributing to the PSY DAO & Psy ecosystem.
For this category, projects must actively contribute to the Psy Ecosystem and PsyOptionsDAO. Some project suggestions from the PsyOptions Team include, but are not limited to: a Debug Console for the Psy-Platform, DataDog for PsyOptions, Automated Smoke Test for PsyOptions, an Option Planner Interface, an OptionMarket Generator Script, and a PsyOptions Leaderboard. More information about the specifications of these projects can be found in the PsyOptions Discord. PsyOptionsDAO is building an environment where the best and brightest minds can flourish, and with that in mind, aims to reward all contributors, not just those who win the PsyOptions category.

Pyth - Projects that utilize Pyth’s data infrastructure and build new solutions that solve problems in the defi space for individual traders and institutions.

1 winner

$30,000 USDC

Judges

Sam Bankman Fried
CEO of FTX

Raj Gokal
Co-founder of Solana Labs

Kyle Samani
Managing Partner & Cofounder of Multicoin Capital

Matthew Graham
CEO of Sino Global Capital

Dan Matuszewski
Co-founder of CMS Holdings

Evgeny Gaevoy
Founder & CEO at Wintermute

Paul Veradittakit
Partner at Pantera Capital

Chris McCann
Co-founder of Race Capital

Keone Hon
Developer at Jump Crypto

Amy Wu
Partner at Lightspeed Venture

Jhl
Developer at Project Serum

Armani Ferrante
Developer at Project Serum

Hendrik Hofstadt
Core Contributor at Wormhole

Tommy Johnson
Developer at PsyOptions

Jayant Krishnamurthy
Core Contributor at Pyth

Kaiba
Founder of Atrix

Do Kwon
Founder & CEO of Terraform Labs

Jason Stallings
Terraform Labs

Andy Kangpan
Partner at Two Sigma Ventures

Chris Wu
Managing Director at Blue Pool Capital

Brian Lee
Partner at Alameda Research

AlphaRay
Founder of Raydium

Bonfida

Tristan Yver
Head of Strategy at FTX.US

Ian Macalinao
Co-founder of Saber

Vidor Gencel
Founder & CEO of Solrise Finance

Lily Liu
Growth at Solana Foundation

Rachel Chu
Core Contributor at Sushi

Craig Burel
Partner at Reciprocal Ventures

Dario Fischbein
CTO at Radkl

Mike Van Rossum
Founder of Folkvang

Bridges
Developer at Symmetry

Olivier Baurain
Lead Developer at SonarWatch

Bill Cherman
Partner at Solar

Mark Streeter
Cultur3

Tom Shaughnessy
Co-founder and GP of Delphi Digital

Greg Snow
CTC

0xMerlin
Magic Internet Money

Darren Lau
Not3Lau Capital

Peter Johnson
Jump Crypto

Saurabh Sharma
Jump Crypto

Jared Young
Tower Research

Judging Criteria

Matching to submission track
The solution has to match the submission prize track’s requirements.
Execution
The solution has to be working, solve one or more business problems and be economically viable
Code quality, technical documentation
The solution should have a clean code base with documentation.
Project video
The submission includes a demo video of the solution, covering the vision and user experience and value proposition of the project.