Create mobile, stablecoin applications for the most downloaded web browser in Africa
The deadline to register and submit your project is on November 5th, 2023 at 11:59 pm PST
MiniPay is a new non-custodial stablecoin wallet built inside Opera Mini. It enables fast transfers with low fees powered by Celo.
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B_WC is a monthly virtual hackathon that invites developers around the globe to design and build an idea for all. Every month comes with a new challenge, use these challenges as an opportunity to iterate and improve on your idea or to bring a new idea to reality.
🏆🏆🏆 10K in prizes up for grabs
Partner
Opera, the global web innovator with over 319M users worldwide, unveils Minipay¹ — a new web3 payments wallet built on Celo. Offering instant and seamless financial transactions, MiniPay is integrated with the Opera Mini browser for Android users, making it easier and more affordable for individuals across the African continent to send and receive funds, all leveraging Celo’s core infrastructure benefits and features, including:
- Sub-cent gas fees (and the ability to pay for gas using ERC-20 tokens, e.g., stablecoins)
- Settlement in seconds (due to 5-second block times)
- Seamless access to Celo’s rich ecosystem of 1,000+ dApps, from locally-focused (e.g., impactMarket) to global decentralized finance (DeFi) blue chips (e.g., Uniswap)
- Celo’s mobile-first compatibility with SocialConnect (a privacy-first naming service protocol that maps wallets to mobile phone numbers) and FiatConnect (an open on-/off-ramp API standard)
- Tapping into Celo’s vibrant Africa community, with a strong focus on regenerative finance (ReFi), grown since mainnet launched on Earth Day 2020
What can you build for MiniPay?
Here are a few examples of what you can build for this hackathon:
Create an innovative way for users to move their value in and out of crypto. Leverage existing technology and local partners to make it easier for users to enjoy MiniPay.
Explore the future of work enabled by web3. Create a payroll app that makes it easy for companies to pay their employees with crypto. Make an application for freelancers to discover and contract jobs. Make it easy for users to find and contract microwork.
Tap into the power of DeFi to create a yield app. Create an dapp that incentivizes savings. Explore zero-collateralized loans and social credit.
Build an application that leverages cUSD on MiniPay.
Create an application that explores the potential in SocialConnect’s name service.
Prizes
$2,500 cUSD
$1,500 cUSD
$1,500 cUSD
$2,000 cUSD
$1,500 cUSD
$1,000 cUSD split among project finalists
Event Flow
Milestone or Event | Date |
Registration Opens | October 9th, 2023 |
October 12th at 7:00am PST / 4pm CET / 7:30p IST | |
October 19th at 7:00am PST/ 4pm CET / 7:30p IST | |
Office Hours on the Celo Discord | October 17th, 24th, 31st, and Nov 7th at 7:30am PST / 4:30pm CET / 8:00pm IST |
Submission Due Date | November 19th, 2023 at 11:59pm PST / Nov 6th at 8:59am CET / 12:29pm IST |
Project Judging | November 20th to 24th |
Winners announcement | November 30th |
Judging Criteria
Projects should be demonstrated using MiniPay to be eligible for prizes. The projects will be also judged according to the following criteria:
- Quality of idea: How original and creative is your idea
- Impact: What is the potential value for users
- Quality of the product: Quality of code and quality of UX/UI
- Use of featured technology: Is your project using the featured technology? Quality of implementation
Judges
Daniel Olarte
Celo Foundation
Daniel is a community designer, architect and technologist. He is a partner at the Celo Foundation working on community development programs.
Anna Alexa
Celo Foundation
Anna is a community lead on the Developer Relations team at the Celo Foundation. Prior to joining the Foundation, Anna led community growth at the Maker Foundation and has played an active role in the transition to MakerDAO.
Eric Nakagawa
Celo Foundation
Eric has a background building consumer mobile and web products. He looks for clean user experienced optimized for simplicity and user experience.
