TechFlow News, Colosseum announced the winners of Solana Renaissance Hackathon, the 9th hackathon organized by the Solana Foundation. Participants from 95 countries submitted 1,071 projects building products across infrastructure, gaming, DePIN, DeFi, and consumer applications.
The grand prize winner is Ore, enabling anyone to mine on the Solana blockchain using a novel Proof-of-Work (PoW) algorithm.
Consumer Applications
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First: Banger.lol, a marketplace for trading tweets and supporting creators
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Second: Wootz Browser, an encrypted browser that pays users who contribute to AI generation.
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Third: Chomp, a gamified social consensus platform.
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Fourth: Movement, a new trading application designed to help users efficiently discover and trade meme coins.
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Fifth: DePlan, a pay-as-you-go solution.
Crypto Infrastructure
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First: High TPS Solana Client, a new client that increases transaction throughput and block reward yield through efficient scheduling and pipeline optimization.
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Second: Torque, an on-chain protocol for builders and dApps to deploy marketing strategies.
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Third: xCrow, a platform accelerating developer adoption of Solana's hosting program.
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Fourth: Cambrian, a heavyweight platform building a new layer for economic coordination on Solana.
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Fifth: Merit, a comprehensive on-chain reputation-as-a-token protocol.
Gaming Track
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First: Meshmap+City Champ, a novel 3D map network integrated with gaming that incentivizes 3D scans through token rewards.
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Second: Legends of the Sun, a retro-style battle arena where players compete with up to 5 friends or opponents for rewards.
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Third: Mining Badger Game, an on-chain crafting game using the Honeycomb protocol, allowing game developers to integrate it into their unique experiences.
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Fourth: Moon Boi Universe, a web3 fantasy open-world RPG optimized for mobile devices.
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Fifth: ZhaoMao Pets, a simple and fun virtual pet mobile game with a built-in game launcher.
DeFi & Payments Track
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First: Urani, an intent-based swap aggregator providing protection against toxic MEV at the application layer.
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Second: GLAM, a decentralized on-chain asset management protocol on Solana.
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Third: Nomad, a Nigeria-based payment app simplifying the upgrade process.
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Fourth: Ripe, a QR-code-enabled app allowing users to make payments at merchants across Southeast Asia.
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Fifth: Exponent, a derivatives protocol for trading yields on DeFi products on Solana.
DePIN
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First: Blockmesh, an open network that monetizes excess bandwidth.
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Second: DeCharge, an electric vehicle charging network offering globally compatible hardware for affordable access.
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Third: dBunker, a DePIN financial derivatives platform with an open ecosystem aiming to address challenges in broader user participation in DePIN projects.
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Fourth: CHRO+, a decentralized health network aiming to accelerate breakthroughs in predictive, preventive, and personalized medicine.
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Fifth: Pomerene, a DePIN for international trade featuring pallet tracking functionality.
Others
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DeVolt won the University Prize, receiving a $10,000 USDC award.
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Zircon won the Public Goods Prize, receiving a $10,000 USDC award.
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AquaSave won the Climate Prize, receiving a $5,000 USDC award.
