About
ApeCoin is an ERC-20 governance and utility token for decentralized communities building at the forefront of culture and web3. Yuga Labs, the company behind the Bored Ape Yacht Club ecosystem, is a contributor to the APE ecosystem and is adopting ApeCoin as the primary token for the BAYC ecosystem as well as upcoming metaverse and gaming experiences. APE adoption will be driven largely by communities who are driving culture forward through NFTs, art, gaming, entertainment, community and events. ApeCoin serves several purposes including: * Governance - allows ApeCoin holders to participate in the ApeCoin DAO * Unification of Spend - shared and open currency across more NFT native communities * Access - exclusive games, merch, events, and services * Incentivization - tool for third-party developers to incorporate APE into their services, games, and other projectsApeCoin is an ERC-20 governance and utility token for decentralized communities building at the forefront of culture and web3. Yuga Labs, the company behind the Bored Ape Yacht Club ecosystem, is a contributor to the APE ecosystem and is adopting ApeCoin as the primary token for the BAYC ecosystem as well as upcoming metaverse and gaming experiences. APE adoption will be driven largely by communities who are driving culture forward through NFTs, art, gaming, entertainment, community and events.
ApeCoin serves several purposes including:
- Governance - allows ApeCoin holders to participate in the ApeCoin DAO
- Unification of Spend - shared and open currency across more NFT native communities
- Access - exclusive games, merch, events, and services
- Incentivization - tool for third-party developers to incorporate APE into their services, games, and other projects
Prizes
Best Consumer Use Case
Best use of ApeCoin in a dApp or application. This includes things like NFTs, payments, gaming, commerce experiences, etc.
🥇 $3,000
🥈 $2,000
Most innovative
Boader scope for projects that are at the cutting edge and building things highly relevant for the ApeCoin community, which centers around NFTs and gaming. This could include things like improved security via ERC-4337, novel NFT games via ERC-6551, or new DAO tooling.
🥇 $3,000
🥈 $2,000
For inspiration
Winners from past hackathons can be viewed here
You must explicitly apply for this prize during the submission process to be eligible to win
Getting Started
- Website
- Testnet ApeCoin
- Discourse
- Contract
- Snapshot
- Snapshot API
- Delegation
- Staking docs
- Open Source Staking App
- IPFS link to BAYC NFT -- not to be used for commercial purposes
