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The story begins at Solana global hackathons

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Solana Global Hackathon Strategy Book

Aug 2024

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Agenda

1. Positioning of this document

2. Important of the Global Hackathon

Solving social problems using web3 infrastructure

Significance of the Solana Global Hackathon initiative

Why should we tackle this at this time?

3. Overview of the Global Hackathon

What does the Global Hackathon entail?

Number of project submissions for the Global Hackathon

Atmosphere of the Global Hackathon

Project submissions

Rules for project submissions

Four processes and support systems for winning awards

May 2024 Global Hackathon prize-winning examples

4. Significance of the Global Hackathon

Process specific benefits

Accelerator details�Winning to accelerator transition rate

5. Preparation for the Global Hackathon

Screening criteria and measures (hypothesis)

Business development approach and criteria(hypothesis)

6. Appeal

Reputation building and value proposition

Steps to effective appeal

How to appeal

Four-quadrant matrix of appeal methods

7. Appendix

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Positioning of this document

This document is aimed at entrepreneurs and developers with knowledge of new business development to understand the significance of the Global Hackathon initiative,

It aims to put them in a position to increase their prize-winning angle.

Entrepreneurs and developers with knowledge of new business development

Understand the key points of the Global Hackathon and

Increase the angle of entry

The action required is clear and serious about winning the prize

Subjects

Objectives・Goals

Post-reading state

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Importance of

the Global Hackathon

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Solving social problems using web3 infrastructure

Solana and its global community,Superteam, use high-performance blockchain technology to provide innovative solutions to social challenges such as equalising financial access and extreme centralisation.

Social problem

web3 infrastructure

Support needed for business promotion

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Significance of the Solana Global Hackathon initiative

The Solana Global Hackathon has become a business event that attracts entrepreneurs and developers from all over the world working together and attracting a great deal of attention from VCc companies.

Winning a hackathon gives you the opportunity to join an accelerator and gain access to funding, talent acquisition, networking opportunities. The aim is to get the Solana ecosystem out into the market and active as quickly as possible.

The Solana Global Hackathon has become Solana's gateway to success in business development.

Solana

Global Hackathon winner

Colosseum

accelerator

Talents

Net

work

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The Solana Global Hackathon is a treasure trove of know-how

The Solana Global Hackathon is optimised to form full-time Solana ecosystem founders.

While it is important to increase the total number of developers, we consider it more important to increase the number of full-time Solana ecosystem founders. As more start-ups launch, competition is likely to lead to a better product experience for end-users and a leap forward in turning the world on-chain.

Place	The Global Hackathon will always be online, not IRL. It provides a level playing field for builders from all over the world to compete and demonstrate their potential to build impactful crypto start-ups.
Term	The Global Hackathon is five weeks long, giving teams enough time to complete a full engineering sprint to reach the Solana devnet. Projects are also judged solely on the work completed during the hackathon, but participants can start building two months before the start date.
Bounty	Builders need to bring their own creative product ideas that they envisage working on in the next decade.
Judging	In keeping with the goal of increasing the number of start-ups in the ecosystem, an award is given to a team that tries to build full-time and develop a product with a potentially viable business model.

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Why should we tackle this at this time?

Community cohesion

Cheapness, speed and technical skills

Support by Superteam Japan

Talent search

Cooperation with enterprises

Evaluation of Solana within the Crypto Industry

Interest in Solana in Japan

Future opportunities for Solana use

For those looking to leverage Solana, now is the time to enter

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Overview of the Global Hackathon

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What does the Global Hackathon entail?

The Solana Global Hackathon (organised by Colosseum Hackathon) is an online event

where business ideas and new technologies are submitted and competed against each other.

Date/method of participation

Hackathon organised by Colosseum
Held twice a year, in spring and autumn
5 weeks for online holding
After registering for the hackathon, Just submit your product within the timeframe of the event

Presentation material
Video (optional)
Source code (optional)

Superteam Japan can support

Discord

Working space

Mentoring programme ※Pre-screened

For common the Global Hackathon

Communication tools available

(Message function and Discord)

Examples of submissions

Support system

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Who will participate?

There are three main targets for global hackathons: learners, contributors and founders. This document targets the 'founders'.

Learner

Developers who participate in hackathons to learn and experiment with blockchain technology.

Contrubutor

Developers who do not intend to become startup founders, but build useful tools to add to their CV and seek adoption by current ecosystem companies.

Founder

Ambitious developers and founding teams who use hackathons as engineering and business sprints to launch new start-ups.

Target of this documen

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Number of project submissions for the Global Hackathon

Reference：Colosseum Hackathon

2024

2020

1071PJ

66PJ

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Atmosphere of the Global Hackathon Build Station

Reference：Superteam Germany

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Project submissions

Hackathon participants must regard their project submission as a pitch to potential investors and an application to the Colosseum accelerator.�Therefore, sufficient time should be allocated to ensure that the presentation is clear, concise and of high quality.

Product name
Maximum 50-character product description
Team member list
Background/past experience of each member
Location of the team
Product logo
Link to Github or GitLab repo�（Multiple is acceptable）

Open source repositories are recommended,

but can also be private.

If you choose to make it private source, so that

the hackathon organisers and judges can review it,

Please share it with hackathon@colosseum.org

so that it can be reviewed by the hackathon organisers

and judges.

Product demo link and testing instructions
Presentation link

Pitch materials are Google Slide slides
Video presentations should be no longer than 3 minutes, and use Loom

Link to the project's X account

Reference：Colosseum Hackathon - FAQ(What is the required information in the project submission form?)

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Structure of submissions

Project Information

Team

(Presentation) Pitch Video

X Account

(Additional Info) Pitch Deck

GitHub Repository

Crypto Infrastructure

2nd Winner Torque

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Recommendation structure for Pitch Deck and Pitch Video

Pitch Deck

Pitch Video

Pitch Deck

Create a full agenda and submit it to “(Additional Information) Pitch Deck”.

Pitch Video

Prepare material for Video and keep it under 3 minutes. If you have a narrative video, play only the first 20 seconds and then Pitch.

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Rules for project submissions

The Colosseum Hackathon is aimed at new projects that are not externally funded.
Projects cannot begin development more than two months prior to the start of the Colosseum Hackathon.
Projects will only be judged on the basis of code and work produced between the start and end dates of the hackathon
If developers want to use existing code※ 1, they can only use existing code in their project submission after notifying the Colosseum team and obtaining approval. The project team is also required to disclose all relevant information in the submission form.

※１'Existing code' does not refer to open source code previously developed by others.�In fact, it is recommended that project founders build using existing Solana protocols.

Reference：Colosseum Hackathon FAQ(Are Colosseum hackathons for new projects, and who is eligible to win?)

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Four processes and support systems for winning awards

Overview	Register for the Global Hackathon Project creation pitch Demo video Program	Project Submissions	Exclusive community interaction for winners ST Japan Discord	Interviews with winners Exclusive community interaction for winners ST Japan Discord	Joining the inner circle with Solana founders and others VC pitching & funding Personnel acquisition Grant
Support by ST Japan	Build Station�Q&A Biz/Dev support Talent referral Working space Mentor support (vetted)	Quality check advice on submissions	Promosion Introduction of qualifying PJs Community provision	Interview support for winning awards Sample scripts Interpreter support FAQ Promosion Community provision	Arrangements for accelerators Grant application support

The Global Hackathon participation

Project Submissions

Shortlist

Win / Honorable Mention

Accelerator

3 weeks

4 ~ 8 weeks

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Judging tracks and number of winners

The May 2024 Renaissance hackathon had a Grand Champion, six tracks and three awards.

Track		Win	Honorable Mention
Grand Champion		1st place only	-
1	Consumer Apps Track	1st-5th	10（no ranking）
2	Crypto Infrastructure Track		7（no ranking）
3	Gaming Track		5（no ranking）
4	DeFi & Payments Track		6（no ranking）
5	DePIN Track		7（no ranking）
6	DAOs & Communities Track		6（no ranking）
Award	University Award	-	1
	Public Goods Award	-	1
	Climate Award	-	1

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May 2024 Global Hackathon prize-winning examples

Grand Champion 　Ore

It is a digital currency that can be mined from anywhere, including home and mobile phones. Using a new proof-of-work algorithm, even casual miners can earn rewards. Grand Champion, $50,000 cash prize�

Best Gaming (Japan)�MeshMap + City Champ

Build 3D maps of the world through community-submitted 3D scans, rewarded by token incentives and fun gameplay�

DePIN 4th（Japan） CHRO+

It provides a platform for the decentralised collection and sharing of health data and accelerates medical research.

Honorable Mention

Gaming　Blockpal

Blockpal is a company that innovates the web3gaming economy through its guildVAULT guild asset management tool, facilitating user acquisition and DeFi on Solana.�

DePIN　BLOOMSKYX

BloomSky is a decentralised AI-centric intelligent weather network. Users buy weather stations, mine the data and receive rewards.

Win

From the Renaissance Hackathon in May 2024

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(Reference) Past global hackathon winning examples

Reference：Colosseum

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Significance of the Global Hackathon

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Process and specific benefits

People	Can find a mate Participants can interact with each other	-	Connections can be made among the qualifiers	Connections can be made among the winners	Availability of quality personnel Build the connections needed for funding and ecosystem collaboration 1-to-1 mentorship
Things	-	Product becomes portfolio	Shortlist Achievements	Win / Honorable Achivements	Accelerator/Grant Achivements
Money	-	-	-	Prize money can be earned� (Top prize $50,000)	Funding and Grant opportunities ($250,000) available
Info	Business development and Solana information gathering	Expanding project awareness Acquisition of business development and Solana expertise	Expanding project awareness Receive Superteam Member status	Expanding project awareness Acquisition of business development	Acquisition of business development and Solana expertise Quality information gathering by accelerators Expanding project awareness

Hackathon participation

Project Submissions

Shortlist

Win / Honorable Mention

Accelerator

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Accelerator details

The Colosseum accelerator is a six-week online programme specifically designed to embed hackathon winners in the Solana ecosystem, get them into the product market quickly and raise seed funding quickly.

To be part of the programme, a person must participate in a global hackathon and be selected as the winner.
Access to a closed founder community, one-to-one mentorship and weekly educational sessions.
Colosseum invests USDC 250 000 in all start-ups on friendly terms.
Founders have access to a dedicated section of the platform provided by Colosseum. This section includes private discussions with ecosystem founders, a knowledge base of content relevant to building a crypto start-up and a directory of investor ratings and connections.

Reference：Colosseum Accelerator

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Winning to accelerator transition rate

8,300

Team

1,071

Project

Hackathon registration

Project Submissions

Submission rate

12%

85 Project

Win / Honorable Mention

award rate

10 Project

Approval rate

11%

Accelerator

Remarks

Actual values of the Solana Renaissance Hackathon held in May 2024
8% award rate for the number of project
1% approval rate for the number of project
Winners of Solana Renaissance
winners into Colosseum's inaugural accelerator

Shortlist

272

Project

Pass rate

25%

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(Reference)Country-specific Prize Winning Rates

Reference：https://x.com/akshaybd/status/1806150129675862138

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Preparation for the Global Hackathon

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WHY SOLANA? (Only Possible on Solana)

Build with mass adoption in mind

The community has strong cohesion

Towards mass adoption, we are trying to go beyond Web2 UI/UX by thoroughly pursuing 'cheap and fast'.

Conversely, Solana may not fit if there are almost no transactions or if the use case is closed to the enterprise only.

Ecosystems and users are more cohesive and can start with a strong footing.

Example of common standards created.

Compressed NFT is a collaboration between Solana Foundation/Labs and Metaplex.
Blinks is a collaboration between Solana Foundation/Anza, Dialect, Backpack, Phantom and hackathon participants

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Best Practices for Consideration

Choose an area of knowledge and strength

In-depth knowledge and insight is required, so areas of experience are recommended wherever possible.�

Select areas of high user interest and concern as industry trends

For example, if it were NFT Marketplace or DePIN, which would be of more interest to users and judges?�

Making cool products

Legacy products such as the NFT Marketplace and the NFT Mint website should not be created.
Even if a product resembles one made previously, there is absolutely no problem if there is a clear path to success.�

Create rather than use (create, make, build)

Due to the popularity of Blinks, it's common to see a lot of time spent on implementing Blinks. However, the important thing is not to use them, but to create them. "Using" has a low barrier to entry and there are increasing alternatives available, so you should not spend too much time there.

Giving the judges big surprises and discoveries they had never known before

Focus on English

Please ensure all communications and documentation are in English. This is necessary because the judges are international, and information not in English will not be understood.
(Hypothetical) If the excitement is only in Japan, it is seen as just making noise locally.

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Trends Among Top 1-2 Finishers

The top 1-2 positions in each track are approved for the accelerator (therefore, aim primarily for the 1-2 positions as benchmarks).�
The 1st and 2nd place winners most frequently reach Stage 2 (User Needs Validation).

The probability of reaching 1st or 2nd place during Stage 1(Generating) is 15%.
The probability of reaching 1st or 2nd place during Stage 2(User Needs validation) is 77％�

Top 1-2 finishers differ from 3-5 place and special award winners in plan quality and stage

The 1st and 2nd place winners clearly have higher quality business plans, are further advanced in stage, possess greater technical skills, and appear to be well-versed in Solana. However, we believe that it is not so much that we cannot win. On the other hand, the level of Grand Champion is quite high and it is honestly difficult to break into this category.�

Active since two months ago (from X and GitHub history).

The Global Hackathon rules state that submissions made within the past two months are evaluated. However, teams with projects developed over two months ago or existing projects have also won.
Preparation periods are considered to have been implemented much earlier (e.g. 6 months in advance).�

Top winners often gain attention prior to the event

Although not active in broadcasting on platform X, they often become a topic of discussion beforehand. This suggests strategic reputation management. Likely, some teams are lobbying through networks such as Superteam and their connections.�

Prepare everything available (pitch, video presentation, demo, source code, X account)

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Screening Criteria(Hypothesis) 1/4

Classification	Screening criteria	Importance	Contents
Business plan	Selected business areas	High	The emphasis is on whether there is marketability, an important problem to solve and WHY SOLANA? (Why Solana instead of Ethereum?).
	Needs hypothesis planning	High	Long-term vision: A business you envision working on for the next decade Business potential: A project with a viable business model
	Proof of Concept	Medium to High	Many 1st and 2nd place winners have projects that are one step closer to PoC, and are often listed on the Pitch Deck as Traction (achievements). However, this is not always necessary, and some teams have won prizes for their projects + prototypes.
	User needs assessment�(MVP)	Small to High	Ideally, it is best to have results from need validation tests for hypotheses, but it is not mandatory. Very few teams are able to submit this.

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Screening Criteria(Hypothesis) 2/4

Classification	Screening criteria	Importance	Contents
Development	Systemization Concept	Middle to High	The technical implementation (e.g. system architecture) is important.
	Specification Documents	Small	No specification-related documentation is required.
	Source code	Small	Business ideas and presentations are emphasized over technical coding. It's fine to write code as an added bonus to a great business idea. However, code is not reviewed during the initial shortlist selection process. However, if you are aiming for the top prize, you must deploy your prototype on Devnet.
	Prototype	Medium to High	It must be deployed on the Devnet and ready to be touched. However, there is only so much that can be developed during the Hackathon, so you will need to be selective about which features to create. Some teams develop modules in advance and assemble them during the Hackathon. However, you will need to check with Colosseum to see if this method is OK. Please thoroughly test your prototype to make sure there are no bugs. If it doesn't work or there are bugs that cause it to stop midway, it will be negatively evaluated.

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Screening Criteria(Hypothesis) 3/4

Classification	Screening criteria	Importance	Contents
Team	Full-time continued development	High	Whether the team intends to continue development full-time even after the Global Hackathon.
	Contribution to the ecosystem	High	Whether it can contribute to the Solana ecosystem.
	Background	small	The companies you have worked for and your career history do not affect the evaluation.

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Screening Criteria(Hypothesis) 4/4

Classification	Screening criteria	Importance	Contents
Presentation	Presentation	High	To communicate clearly and appropriately, it's necessary to organize the structure well. Judges review a vast amount of presentations, so it's important to make them easy to understand, simple, and concise. It is also necessary to present through videos, not just documents, and include a demo that explains the product within the video.
Presentation	Narrative video	High	Videos that effectively convey value are prioritized. The more time it takes to understand a hackathon submission's purpose and value, the more likely it is to be skipped, making concise and clear communication essential.
Marketing	Whether it is recognized	High	It is important that the project has somehow come to the attention of the judges and is recognized prior to evaluation.
Marketing	Social media communication ability (X)	Small	It doesn't matter how many followers X has or who they follow. Among the winners of the May 2024 Renaissance Hackathon, there were projects that did not have X accounts.

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Stages and Evaluation Criteria for New Business Development (Hypothesis)

Phase	Industry domain selection and initial hypothesis formulation	Exploration areas, needs hypothesis	Initial project evaluation	Tech/market validation PoC MVP	Product Development (PoB)	Ops design	Ops
Implementation items	Market analysis, identifying needs, and concept development.	Core concept, Service planning		Prototype testing and on-site POC validation	Busines partnering Feature build Product testing	Ops design Ops Growth
Support by ST Japan	①Business Development Process Management
	② Strategy and concept development.	③ Service planning support		④Stakeholder engagement and collaboration ⑤Tech development support ⑥Promotion support

Stage0

Ideation

Stage1

Generating

Stage3

Business Model Validation

Stage4

Growth

Stage2

User Needs Validation

Valuation object

　Additional Points

Excluded

Judge

PoV: Proof of Value, PoC: Proof of Concept, PoB: Proof of Business

Judge

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Pitch Deckはストーリーが大事

The Pitch Deck serves as a supplement to the story. Slides, pictures, and bullet points do not supplement the story. In particular, the story should include the Vision, Problem, Solutions, and Product.

(Example of an actual story by the data2tx team)

Our vision is for a billion people around the world to collaborate to build AI at scale on Solana. We want to contribute to the development of AI by building large, useful datasets to foster innovation and respect intellectual property through individual contributions.

In recent years, the rapid development of generative AI has highlighted serious issues related to copyright infringement. For example, a major photostock is seeking damages of $150,000 each for 12 million images, for a total of $1.8 trillion, for the unauthorized use of copyright-protected images for training of generative AI.

Such cases pose a significant risk to the development of AI and make it difficult to develop sustainable and ethical AI.

Therefore, based on our knowledge of AI development to date, we spent over a year working with lawyers to find a solution to the laws and regulations, and our patent application was filed along with the conclusion of our work. In order to minimize the risk of copyright infringement and to provide an environment where AI developers can acquire hundreds of millions of units of training data with peace of mind, we are building a marketplace for AI training data using Solana. This mechanism will support highly reliable AI development by providing data providers with reasonable compensation and purchasers with copyright-cleared data.

We plan to handle location-based image data, for which demand is expected to grow. Specifically, we anticipate a wide range of applications, including region-specific generative AI, automated driving, robotics, and image production. In this way, we are contributing to the development of future AI and taking steps toward building a better society.

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Appeal

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Reputation building and value proposition

No matter how great a business plan is, it won't spread if it remains unknown and its value isn't conveyed to the public. Therefore, it is essential to build a reputation in advance and express the value proposition in a way that maximizes its impact.

Reputation building

Expression of value

Business plan

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Steps to effective appeal

Gaining recognition, stirring emotions and finally leading to action.

Awareness acquisition

(Interests)

Emotional acquisition

(Desire, memory)

Purpose	Fan-driven reputation boost	Convey value and vision, appeal to emotions	Logically convey value
Objective	Users (overseas) Judges (overseas)	Users (overseas) Judges (overseas)	Judges (overseas)
Action	Share information on SNS (English)	Narrative videos conveying excitement and product value, without detailing technology or how it works	Video presentation (English)
Support by ST Japan	Stream the business development process as a documentary, focusing on people and teams over output.	Limited teams only Narrative experience video support	Awareness-raising activities (lobbying) for the jury.

Action won

(Judge)

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How to appeal

１．Image + Text description

２．Video description

３．Narrative video

Shooting the best video

Action mode ensures smooth video, even when you are jogging or hiking, holding the iPhone in your hand and moving around.

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Appeal method 1 - Image + text description

Reference：https://www.apple.com/jp/newsroom/2022/09/apple-introduces-iphone-14-and-iphone-14-plus/

Shooting the best video

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Appeal method 2 - Video description

Reference：https://www.apple.com/jp/newsroom/2022/09/apple-introduces-iphone-14-and-iphone-14-plus/

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Appeal method 3 - Narrative experience video

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Four-quadrant matrix of appeal methods

Emotional

Logical

Experience (active)

Immersive (passive)

Image + Text

Video

Narrative

Presentation

Prototype

Conversation

Story

Recommended submissions

Effective appeal methods

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Examples of other narrative experiences

Reference：https://x.com/solana/status/1811462542574911570

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Appendix

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Master Schedule

August

Milestone: Announcement of Solana Global Hackathon schedule (September 2nd - October 8th)
Hackathon participants' activities: Business idea preparation
Superteam Japan Support: (August 19th - 23rd) Super Tokyo - dotHAX Incubation

September

Hackathon participants' activities: Brush up
Superteam Japan Support: (September 2nd - October 8th) Build Station (Q&A support)

October

Milestone: Hackathon submission deadline
Hackathon participants' activities: Project submission (probably until October 8th)
Superteam Japan Support: (September 2nd - October 8th) Build State (Q&A support)

November

Milestone: Shortlist, winners' results announced (date unknown)

December (Tentative)

Superteam Japan Support: VC, ecosystem introduction

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Reference information

Solana Global Hackathon

Renaissance Hackathon/Colosseum Acceralator

Report

Solanaニュース

Soylana Japan[JP]

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