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Prizes

📁 Filecoin Track ⸺ $5,000
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1st place
$2,500
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2nd place
$1,500
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3rd place
$1,000
Build the next generation of decentralized applications using Synapse SDK to access Filecoin’s new warm storage service and payment rails. We are seeking applications that demonstrate real-world utility, a seamless developer experience, and the unique capabilities of services from Filecoin Onchain Cloud, powered by the Synapse SDK. We’re excited to see applications that use storage and USDFC payments seamlessly, from user-generated content and AI datasets to escrow, subscriptions, or pay-per-use services. > Key Primitives to Explore: 1. Build Apps with Innovative Storage Economics: Use Filecoin warm storage service for innovative applications like on-chain governance, Immutable File Sharing, decentralized social or video platform, etc. 2. Boost AI infrastructure: Data storage is the key for AI, and Filecion warm storage is ready to boost any AI use cases, including verifiable AI-training datasets, fair AI training economy, or decentralized Retrieval-Augmented Generation (dRAG), etc. 3. Toolings: Explore other services or toolings added to enrich the capability of Filecoin Onchain Cloud: KYC services, access control, privacy services.

Qualification Requirements

- Your project must use Synapse SDK or Lighthouse in a meaningful way (storage, retrieval, or payment). - Your project must deploy to the Filecoin Calibration Testnet. - Must include a working demo (frontend or CLI). - Open-source code submitted via GitHub.

📚 Build Data DAOs & Tokenised Data Primitives on Lighthouse ⸺ $2,500
Build innovative DataDAOs that showcase the power of Lighthouse as a data tokenisation platform. We want to see Data DAOs, encrypted storage, and real-world data feeds integrated directly into decentralized applications. > Steps: Data DAOs — Create Data DAOs where community members contribute and monetize data via DataCoins. Datastored permanently on Filecoin via Lighthouse. Register data coin on Lighthouse data tokenisation platform. Storage + Token Gating — Use Lighthouse SDK for storage and token-based access control. zkTLS / Verifiable Data Feeds — Use zkTLS or other cryptographic proofs to ingest/validate real-world data (e.g. Social Feed, DeFi oracles, off-chain APIs). On-Chain Deployment — Deploy your DAO and data contracts to Base, Polygon, or Filecoin mainnet. Live Real-World Data — Projects must integrate at least one live real-world dataset or API feed.

Qualification Requirements

Must store data via Lighthouse + Filecoin. Must use Lighthouse SDK meaningfully. Must integrate at least one live real-world dataset with proof/validation (e.g., zkTLS, API → DAO). Must deploy to Base, Polygon, Filecoin mainnet or other supported networks. Must include a working demo (frontend) deployed on vercel, etc. Open-source code submitted via GitHub.

📑 Akave Track ⸺ $2,500
Use Akave O3, an S3-compatible API—keep your familiar S3 workflow while building on decentralized storage. Pick one of the following tracks to build: > AI/ML datasets & checkpoints > Cross-cloud analytics (External Tables) > Iceberg lakehouse on Akave > Edge/DePIN ingest > Immutable backup & DR

Qualification Requirements

- Clarity & completeness: can a newcomer reproduce your README? - Innovation: clever/niche use of decentralized storage. - Realism: O3 use should make sense where it’s used.

Resources

DataDAO and DataCoins Resource
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1z4E8mmmQGj7pwPFtdlJi3mrBSs3gvDHh35vz5Rh0ILo/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.i9ps5cmruybl
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Workshop

🛠️ Filecoin Workshop

In this workshop we will learn about building a decentralized data storage for AI with Filecoin, Akave, and Lightho...

This workshop is happening in-person

05:00 PM IST — Friday, Sep 26, 2025 in Workshop Room 3