Phala Network | LensAPI Oracle Challenge
Everything you need to know about our Phala Network LensAPI Oracle Challenge.
OverviewWorkshopChallenge DetailsWhat are you building?LensAPI - Stats AvailableBountiesOverall WinnersCODE RewardsBuilders Program and on-going supportResourcesTechnical Support & Offices HoursHack ideas/inspirationSubmissionsRequirementsGuidelinesHow to submit
Overview
This is Part 1 of a two-part hackathon with Phala Network.
All verified submissions for Part 1 this will be whitelisted for a token airdrop to participate in the second hackathon on mainnet where they’ll be over $12,000 in bounties (+ merch).
This challenge will run for four days, fully remote, starting shortly after the kick-off workshop with Joshua (details below). Your goal during the challenge will be to deploy at least one LensAPI Oracle and leverage the limited set of stats to create a unique dApp.
Challenge Start Date | Thursday 24th August |
Duration | Three days (fully remote) |
Submission Deadline | 11:59 pm UTC - Sunday 27th August |
Submission form |
Workshop
Joshua, Director of Tech Evangelism @ Phala Network, hosted a killer workshop earlier this week to showcase Phala’s LensAPI Oracle. You can watch this back below or via this link.
In the workshop, Joshua showcased how Phala Network's LensAPI Oracle can help reward users on Lens with unique NFTs based on stats retrieved from LensAPI Oracle.
You'll gain insights into:
- The capabilities of LensAPI Oracle include user stats, post stats, and custom JavaScript functionalities.
- How to deploy at least one LensAPI Oracle and leverage the limited set of stats to create a unique dApp.
- The potential applications of LensAPI Oracle in rewarding social media users and creating engaging experiences.
Challenge Details
What are you building?
The requirement is to deploy at least one LensAPI Oracle to leverage the limited set of stats from these to create a unique dApp.
LensAPI - Stats Available
As of the current deployed BluePrint, the LensAPI Oracle supports the following stats from Lens Protocol, which you can query when building your dApp.
As of the current deployed BluePrint, the LensAPI Oracle has the following capabilities:
User Stats | - Total Followers
- Total Following |
Post Stats | - Total Posts
- Total Comments
- Total Mirrors
- Total Publications
- Total Collects |
With custom JavaScript | - Combo of User Stats Only
- Combo of Post Stats Only |
Bounties
Main prize bounties are paid in PHA & will be distributed by Phala after the hackathon. They will require passing KYC and a Polkadot address. CODE bounties will be issued by the Developer DAO to ETH address in Submission forms immediately after the hackathon with no KYC,
Overall Winners
Chosen by our judges for best overall submission to the challenge
1st Prize | 1000 USD in PHA token |
2nd Prize | 600 USD in PHA token |
3rd Prize | 400 USD in PHA token |
All submissions | Enough MATIC & PHA Tokens for 2nd hackathon on main-net |
*PHA is a Polkadot token - it can traded on CEXs such as Binance, Kucion and DEXs such as Uniswap
CODE Rewards
At Developer DAO, we reward builders in elevated Governance in the DAO via our $CODE token. Not only do we reward the winners chosen by the Phala team, but we also ensure all builders with verified submissions are rewarded in CODE 🫡
1st Prize | 1000 CODE Tokens |
2nd Prize | 750 CODE Tokens |
3rd Prize | 500 CODE Tokens |
All verified Submissions | 400 CODE Tokens for all verified submissions |
Builders Program and on-going support
Phala take hacks and supporting builders seriously, amd they’re proactively looking for builders they can have an on-going relationship with to build out their projects.
Opportunuities don’t end with the Hackathon and via their Builders Program, you can receive up to $50,000 in PHA Tokens to continue working on your project.
More info 👇🏻
Resources
Here are the resources you need to get building 🏗️
What is Phala Network?
Computation as it’s meant to be.
https://docs.phala.network/introduction/readme
Technical Support & Offices Hours
Don’t forget, anyone who signs up to the challenge using this form is issued and NFT to attest participation and gain temporary access to the D_D Discord during the hack if you’re not already a member.
There will be ongoing async and peer-to-peer support in Developer DAO’s discord in the
Phala Network | LensAPI Oracle Challenge channel (link) and scheduled “office hours” with Joshua from the Phala Network team that will be announced next week.You’re encourage to hang-out and hack in the Developer DAO Discord either on the hackathon channel below or any of the voice chats. Great place to vibe out, find hacker partners, make friends and get technical support fro your peers.
If you get stuck on something very technical you can reach the Phala team directly on the link below as well.
- Developer DAO Discord Channel - Link - BUILD > Join Hackathons > Phala Network | LensAPI Oracle Challenge channel
- Phala Network Discord Channel - Link - #phat-contract Channel
Hack ideas/inspiration
- Threshold Mints based on an individual stats (i.e. totalFollowers, totalFollowing, totalPosts, totalComments, totalPublications, totalCollects, totalMirrors)
- A game of Stat vs Stat for 2 Lens profiles to compete with the stat total they have on their Lens profile
- Calculate a User Score based on User Stats formula in JS or User Post Stats formula in JS
- Threshold Role Grants for a Consumer Contract with Access Control (i.e. PUBLISHER for having over X totalPublications, COLLECTOR for having over Y `totalCollects, etc.)
- Activity Ranker
Submissions
Requirements
- Deployed at least 1 LensAPI Oracle to testnet
- Created a unique dApp
Guidelines
- Open source repo of project submission
- Contract ID on Polygon of
Consumer Contract
- LensAPI Oracle Endpoint Address
Readmefile with documentation of Project details including with screenshots/videos demoing the project
- (Optional) Blog post of the project submission (Secret Prize for Top Blog)
- (Optional) Social Media hype posts on Lens (Secret Prize for Top Creating Buzz on Lens)
- (Optional) Creative Video Submission of project submission (Secret Prize for Top Video)
How to submit
Winners receiving PHA Tokens - please ensure you’ve created a Polkadot Wallet before you try to submit. You can find a guide on how to do that here.
All submissions must be made via the DeForm link below
