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Nethermind is a blockchain research and software engineering company empowering enterprises and developers worldwide to work with and build on decentralized systems. Our work touches every part of the blockchain ecosystem, from fundamental cryptography research through security to application-layer protocol development. Nethermind is a core contributor to the development of Ethereum, and we are active builders of the Starknet ecosystem.

Prizes

🏆 Build Starknet.anything ⸺ $2,000
Nethermind invites you to build on Starknet. Build what? Absolutely anything! Yes, that's right. Absolutely anything! The most useful and creative project wins! Think about a Smart Contract that does something unique, something that doesn't exist on Starknet yet, or an integration of some kind, perhaps a tool that helps others access Starknet data.

Qualification Requirements

- To be considered your project source code must be hosted on a code repository like Github. - The code must be your own work. - You must demonstrate that your project is executable on the Starknet Testnet. The project will be judged based on: - The quality and originality of the cryptography underlying the project. That is, we will value projects that propose cryptographic protocols that are effective and creative in tackling the project’s goals. - The quality of the implementation. - Amount of work done during the event.

🏆 Cryptography for Society ⸺ $2,000
Build a cryptographic tool that supports social good/that benefits society. Your project can focus on areas such as privacy, accessibility, or identity, but is not limited to these fields. Requirements: We welcome any application, provided you can demonstrate how it serves the greater good. Note: For this bounty, it is not required to use any of Nethermind’s libraries or products. Feel free to use your favorite zk DSL, zkVMs and libraries.

Qualification Requirements

Impact on public good: • How ambitious is the problem your project addresses? • How many would benefit from it? • What additional applications could your project enable? The usability of the project and its entry barriers • Economic barriers • Hardware barriers (possible decentralization)

🏆 Build an Opinionated DEX ⸺ $2,000
The design space for decentralized exchanges is vast and often underexplored. We challenge you to rethink the Decentralized Exchange accounting for the future of onchain economies. Valid solutions include: novel approaches to mitigating MEV; building an application specific sequencing layer by leveraging technologies like AVS, TEEs (SUAVE), and pre confirmations; Cross chain shared liquidity technologies like the Valantis Sovereign Vault and interop token standards. The goal is to rethink one of crypto’s most fundamental primitives with strong recognition of the changes occurring in Ethereum’s Order flow market and the advent of new offchain technologies. Fully onchain solutions such as building novel AMM invariants, specialized dynamic fee structures, or single-chain shared liquidity / flash accounting vaults are also valid. We encourage solutions that leverage modular architectures, such as those offered by frameworks like Valantis, to facilitate rapid prototyping and deployment of novel DEX concepts. Valantis offers full control over key components of AMM design including bonding curves, liquidity provisioning, fee incentives, and data verification for seamless integration with off-chain systems.

Qualification Requirements

- Smart contract implementation of an opinionated dex design - Use of Valantis modular stack - Frequent commits on GitHub - Documentation explaining your approach and its benefits

🏆 Cryptography applications and Ethereum ⸺ $4,000
Up to 2 teams will receive $2,000
Design a cryptographic protocol that makes use of the security guarantees brought by the Ethereum blockchain. For example, you may motivate and design a scheme that, among others, verifies cryptographic signatures, zk-proofs, etc., on an Ethereum smart contract. For this bounty, you are welcome to treat the cryptographic part of the protocol in a black box. The main focus is, conceptually, the high-level design of the protocol and, coding-wise, the writing of the Ethereum's smart contracts.

Qualification Requirements

- Originality of how Ethereum is used within a cryptographic protocol. - Quality of the smart contracts. - Efficiency and low cost of the overall scheme.

Workshop

🛠️ Introduction to Based Rollups and Based P...

In this talk, we will go over the basics of rollups, based rollups, and based preconfirmations, then describe some ...

This workshop is happening in-person

03:20 PM UTC+7 — Friday, Nov 15, 2024 in Workshop Room 1

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