Hackathon Summary
The 'Boundless Hackathon @Stanford', co-hosted by the Stanford Blockchain Accelerator, Nautilus Chain, Zebec, and Rootz Labs, successfully concluded with 318 registered developers participating in 159 projects. This event focused on advancing the construction of Web3 infrastructure through tracks such as decentralized finance (DeFi), gaming, NFTs, and infrastructure development.
This hackathon was supported by DoraHacks, with strategic partners like IOBC Capital, Eclipse, and OKX Wallet making significant contributions. Notably, Aspecta also played an active role in technical collaboration. The event concluded successfully at Stanford University, with top projects receiving rewards from a total prize pool of $300,000. The first prize winners received $10,000 and additional ecosystem and technical prizes, including Amazon cloud credits.
The Boundless Hackathon facilitated collaboration and innovation within the blockchain community, emphasizing the importance of integrating new technologies across blockchain platforms.
Hackathon Winners
Main Prize Winners
• Hexlink: Hexlink launched a modular account layer for Web3, leveraging existing identities for encrypted transactions, simulating a Web2 experience. It eliminates the need for seed phrases, simplifying the onboarding process and security by implementing modular identity authentication in decentralized applications (dApps).
• Defi Board Options Exchange (DBOE): DBOE proposed a new type of on-chain central limit order book (CLOB) combined with advanced risk management strategies. This improved market infrastructure through a dedicated market-making (DMM) system, enhancing price discovery and liquidity.
• Nulink: Nulink integrates privacy-enhancing technologies for dApps, utilizing cryptographic consensus mechanisms to enable secure application development, ensuring advanced data privacy protection.
Sub-Award Winners
• Buff Network: Buff Network is a peer-to-pool derivatives trading platform that provides a user-friendly interface for efficient trade execution. Through innovative trading solutions, it enhances participation in decentralized finance (DeFi).
• PoseiSwap: PoseiSwap enhances the functionality of decentralized exchanges (DEXs) to support various financial instruments, enabling seamless exchange between DeFi and traditional financial assets, thereby improving interoperability between the crypto-native market and traditional markets.
To learn about all projects from this hackathon, please visit: https://dorahacks.io/hackathon/stanfordhack/buidl.
About the Organizers
Stanford Blockchain Accelerator
The Stanford Blockchain Accelerator is a non-dilutive program hosted by Stanford University students and alumni, affiliated with the Stanford Blockchain Club student organization. This accelerator provides a 5-month incubation period for Stanford student and alumni teams, helping them build, fundraise, and launch blockchain projects. Over 90% of the graduating teams have received investments from leading funds (raising over $80 million in total), and more than 60% of the teams achieved revenue within 6 months after completing the accelerator program.