On October 28, the community-driven open source blockchain platform Neo held the Neo Asia Pacific Hackathon Finals in Hong Kong and announced the five final winning teams, each team corresponding to a Web3 track. This also marks the official end of this four-month hackathon competition. These five winning teams will join the Web3.0 Global Acceleration Program jointly launched by Neo and Web3 Labs, and officially begin their journey of entrepreneurship and innovation in Web3.
The Neo Asia Pacific Hackathon was first officially launched on Neos Twitter in July, aiming to provide a grand competition stage for Web3 entrepreneurs and developers from Asia and other regions. Participants will compete for stage prizes and a grand prize totaling more than $120,000, and have the opportunity to join an incubation program totaling $1 million. This move aligns closely with the positive regulatory environment for the Web3 industry in the region and demonstrates Neos commitment to promoting the prosperity of the Web3 space in Asia. In the early stage, the event toured five cities in Asia to hold city station competitions: Tokyo, Ho Chi Minh City, Bangalore, Seoul and Singapore, and finally held the finals in Hong Kong; it also held online seminars, mentorships and other online activities to attract and support the APAC region Web3 talents.
The five winning teams come from five popular Web3 tracks
On the afternoon of the second day of the two-day Neo Asia Pacific Hackathon finals, all 23 shortlisted teams took to the stage to showcase their outstanding performance in their respective Web3 fields. The five tracks are: decentralized finance and payment, NFT and games, AI, social and DAO, infrastructure and general tracks. Among these outstanding teams, five stood out and won the final award. The winning team is:
- Prophet - DeFi and payments;
- magipop - AI, social and DAO;
- NeoCast - infrastructure;
- RΞSPECT - Regular.
*NFT and game prizes are temporarily on hold due to possible violations of the terms of the hackathon competition by participating teams.
Learn more about each project:
Prophet
Prophet is a decentralized platform that enables users to predict event outcomes. By depositing GAS tokens, users receive TRUE and FALSE tokens, allowing them to make predictions about future outcomes. If their predictions are correct, users win rewards. The platform charges a percentage of operating costs. It is built on the Neo ecosystem, runs on the N3 Testnet, utilizes the NeoLine wallet, and the test token is Gas. Transactions are transparent and can be viewed on Neotube.
magipop Forge
magipopis a creator-supportive DAO designed to enable content creators to find a sense of belonging. magipop Forge is a community co-creation platform where fans can participate in and present narrative projects together. Through its engaging Creathon challenges, creators can participate in fun tasks. Magipop Forge integrates AI technology Magiry.AI to connect creators’ ideas into a structured map. It runs on the high-TPS Neo blockchain for transparency, keeping critical data on-chain. Neo support and the introduction of its EVM-compatible sidechains bring new possibilities to magipop, in line with their mission in the Passion Economy.
“magipop would like to thank Neo Asia Pacific Hackathon for its continued support in igniting our creativity. This innovative platform drives us to continue to provide engaging, diverse and socially beneficial co-creation within the creator community. We are excited about the future, Looking forward to continuing to explore and expand in this dynamic space,” said Race Li, co-founder of magipop.
NeoCast
NeoCastIt is an open communication middleware built on Neo that provides cross-chain notifications and messages for dapps, wallets and services. Its protocol allows any smart contract, dApp or backend service to communicate on and off the chain through user wallet addresses, providing an open, free, multi-chain approach without platform restrictions. Wallets can subscribe to topics and use oracle services or backend services to broadcast or send messages from smart contracts through APIs to specific wallets within the topic.
Fabian Ferno, co-founder and CTO of NeoCast, expressed his gratitude to Neo for organizing global hackathons in 5 countries and the grand final held in Hong Kong. He said: We thank Neo for organizing this spectacular global hackathon in 5 countries and the grand final held in Hong Kong! The Neo Asia Pacific Hackathon was so exciting and we had a lot of fun building NeoCast, which is based on Web3 messaging and automation services for the Neo blockchain. We are really looking forward to building and expanding our products with the Neo ecosystem in the future!”
RΞSPECT
RΞSPECT is a customized crypto trading robot that specializes in on-chain quantitative trading, prioritizing security, multi-chain support and multi-language capabilities to provide a rich trading experience.
The winner in each category will receive a final prize of $10,000 and be included in the Web3.0 global acceleration program launched by Neo and Web3 Labs, with $1 million in support provided in part by the Neo Foundation. This accelerator program is dedicated to catalyzing the growth of Web3, in line with active regulatory developments in Hong Kong and the Asia-Pacific region.
Introducing the Neo Star Award to recognize undergraduate participants
Before the Hong Kong finals, seeing many university student teams participating, Neo temporarily decided to add a Neo Star Award to recognize the important participation of university development teams. This special award is given to the best team that includes at least one college student, with SuperSquad emerging as the winner of the coveted Neo Star Award.
Danbee No, chief product officer and co-founder of SuperSquad, said: Its wonderful to see the dynamic atmosphere of Web3 in Hong Kong and how Neo is leading the trend. The SuperSquad team will quickly launch products that the Neo community wants to meet expectations!
Celebrating talent, innovation, and the dawn of Neo EVM-compatible sidechains
Neo said: “We are really happy for the success of the Neo APAC Hackathon. We are deeply encouraged to see many talented teams coming together. This Asia-Pacific themed event highlights Neo’s commitment to the region. Especially the belief in the future development of Hong Kong-centered). With the release of Neos EVM-compatible sidechain in the near future, we expect that a large number of Web3 enthusiasts with different development preferences will join our ecosystem. Neo side The MEV resistance of the chain ensures a safer and more efficient environment, guiding us towards the future of the smart economy with confidence.
