TRON DAO Announces Results of HackaTRON Season 4

Geneva, Switzerland, May 16, 2023, Chainwire

The TRON DAO team, community representatives of the TRON blockchain platform, revealed the results for the fourth season of their popular HackaTRON competition. 500,000 USDD, a TRON-based decentralized, overcollateralized, multi-chain stablecoin, will be shared among the top projects. Judge-selected qualifiers will also be given application accessibility to TRON DAO Ventures and Huobi Ventures for potential capital funding.

Over 625 participants from 172 projects across six tracks, including DeFi, Web3, NFT, and GameFi, alongside the new Builder and Eco-Friendly categories.

“Our thriving community's incredible talent and innovation were on full display for this season’s HackaTRON,” said Ejaz Merchant, Developer Lead with TRON DAO. “I want to express my gratitude to all the outstanding projects who submitted, all the partners, and the committed community members who made this event a success. Together, we are expanding blockchain technology's potential and promoting a cooperative, self-maintained ecosystem.”

Judge-Selected Top Fives

First place in each of the judge-selected categories receives 20,000 USDD, second place entries receive 15,000 USDD, third place 10,000 USDD, and fourth and fifth place 8,000 and 6,000 USDD, respectively.

The new Builder category recognized teams returning to the hackathon that have significantly updated their projects. First place this season went to the "Farming-as-a-Service" project by Elk Finance. This update to Elk Finance's customer offerings will "allow everyone to harness the most advanced farming contracts in DeFi." The projects that placed second through fifth in the Builder track were:

Galaxy Throne by Galaxy Throne
JustMoney Spot by JustMoney
TronNRG by TronNinjas
TronQL by TronQL

In the Eco-Friendly track, which showcased projects working towards sustainability and environmental stewardship via the TRON Climate Initiative, first place went to Ecomarket, an open marketplace for procuring used and recycled plastics. EcoMarket wants to build a platform that incentivizes recycling and clean storage of used plastics while providing companies with reliable and transparent sources of recycled materials. The projects that placed second through fifth in the Eco-Friendly category were:

MusiCoinCity by ElfWeb
CarboEx by CarboEx
ForGreen by ForGreen
BlockForest by BlockForest

Ergon topped the DeFi category. This project aims to simplify user access to TRON Stake 2.0, providing savings on transaction fees by renting energy while earning by staking TRX. The projects that placed second through fifth in the DeFi track were:

Cloak by Cloak
MyFend by Fend Group
Sorrel Banq by Paracosm Labs
Swirl Ads by Team Sudo

In the NFT track, judges selected BobbyBot.Trade for first place. This decentralized application will allow users and players to trade their virtual assets (NFTs) on Steam-based games, such as Team Fortress and Counter-Strike, for TRX, USDT, and USDD on TRON. The projects that placed second through fifth in the NFT category were:

Evoie by Evoie
Samhita DAO by HeritageSpeak
SealKey by TRONNuggetz
Wine Vault by Wine Vault

Duelers led the GameFi category from TRONJoy. Players can choose "duel" or "tournament" mode to engage, create, and conquer the TRON community in the ultimate GameFi showdown! The remaining top five included:

RevoluTRON by Irruption Lab
theRevolt by Spirit-Tower
Cukies: Rush & Run by Cukies World
METASENS by METASENS

In the Web3 track, first place went to TrustSight by The TRONacles. Their project aims to increase decentralized trust on the TRON blockchain via user reviews. It is a crowdsourced reputation platform for on-chain actors, enabling TRON users to navigate the ecosystem securely and confidently. The projects that placed second through fifth in the Web3 category were:

Daren Market by Daren Market
TronSave by TRONSAVE
ProvyLens by LensCrafters
Yinbox by Jeffrey Lewis

The judge-selected qualifiers received 30% of their allocated prize for placing in the top five of their respective category on May 15, 2023. They have until June 1, 2023, to deliver a functional, decentralized application onto the TRON or BitTorrent Chain MainNets to receive the remainder of their prize.

Feroz Lakhani, Enterprise Lead with TRON DAO, commented, "This season has been the best yet! I'm looking forward to connecting more deeply with some of the projects focused on environmental sustainability, as it aligns with our focus on being as eco-friendly as possible. For fun, I also love 'quality testing' all GameFi projects. That's what my next few weekends will be dedicated to, and I can't wait!"

Community Forum Top Fives

The HackaTRON Community Forum also voted to select "community" winners. Here are the top five from each category:

Web3

CryptoDo by CryptoDo
ProvyLens by LensCrafters
ZkTickets by ZKP Tech Solutions
BlockMenu by BlockMenu
Yinbox by Jeffrey Lewis

DeFi

Ergon by USTX
Swirl Ads by Team Sudo
Sorrel Banq by Paracosm Labs
UpDawg by uDawgDAO
Cloak by Cloak

GameFi

Cukies: Rush & Run by Cukies World
Duelers by Tronjoy
RevoluTRON by Irruption Lab
Worlds Hardest Maze by WHM
theRevolt by Spirit-Tower

NFT

TNS Domains by SolidityGods
TNFT Maker by Cubie
Wine Vault by Wine Vault
TronGallery by TronGallery
EnergyNFTs by TRONArmy

Builder

JustMoney Spot by JustMoney
TuruVerse by TuruGlobal
TronNRG by TronNinjas
Deba's Wulf Pack by The Pack
Cukies World Metaverse by Cukies World

Eco-Friendly

TronPower by Lomotey Josephine
AurorAqua by Aurora
MusiCoinCity by ElfWeb
CarboEx by CarboEx
EcoDAO by EcoDAO

This season, three bonus prizes were also for the best performances in project engagement, determination, and community contribution. The project engagement and determination prizes will be announced on June 1, 2023. The community contribution prize recipients included Akainuu, Antonio, fabsltsa, Gordian, HODL, manfred_jr, Nana66419, nweke-nature1, Prince-Onscolo, and Youngyuppie. Each selected community contributor will receive 500 USDD.

The TRON DAO team is thrilled with the quality of projects from Season 4 of the HackaTRON. Hackathons are just one of the ways developers are welcomed to #BUIDLtheFUTURE with TRON. Learn more about all that's happening across the TRON ecosystem at TRONDAO.org.

About TRON DAO

TRON DAO is a community-governed DAO dedicated to accelerating the decentralization of the internet via blockchain technology and dApps.

Founded in September 2017 by H.E. Justin Sun, the TRON network has delivered impressive achievements since MainNet launch in May 2018. July 2018 also marked the ecosystem integration of BitTorrent, a pioneer in decentralized Web3 services boasting over 100 million monthly active users. The TRON network has gained incredible traction in recent years. As of May 2023, it has over 160.0 million user accounts on the blockchain, more than 5.58 billion total transactions, and over $12.2 billion in total value locked (TVL), as reported on TRONSCAN.

In addition, TRON hosts the largest circulating supply of USD Tether (USDT) stablecoin globally, overtaking USDT on Ethereum since April 2021. The TRON network completed full decentralization in December 2021 and is now a community-governed DAO. Most recently, in October 2022, TRON was designated as the national blockchain for the Commonwealth of Dominica, which marks the first time a major public blockchain partnered with a sovereign nation to develop its national blockchain infrastructure. On top of the government's endorsement to issue Dominica Coin ("DMC"), a blockchain-based fan token to help promote Dominica's global fanfare, seven existing TRON-based tokens - TRX, BTT, NFT, JST, USDD, USDT, TUSD, have been granted statutory status as authorized digital currency and medium of exchange in the country.

Press Contact

Hayward Wong
press.hackathon@trondao.org