AIA Chain and HackQuest Announce $15k Winners of Inaugural Beginner-Friendly EVM Hackathon
AIA Chain, an EVM-compatible payment blockchain, partnered with Web3 education platform HackQuest to host the AIA Chain Inaugural Hackathon. This beginner-friendly global event encouraged creativity and innovation in blockchain applications, offering a $15,000 USDT prize pool to celebrate standout Web3 projects in Consumer and GameFi tracks while advancing AIA Chain’s ecosystem growth.
Running from September to November 2024, the event engaged 280 participants, resulting in 120 project submissions that pushed the boundaries of decentralized technology. With a $15,000 prize pool, the hackathon rewarded innovation across two primary tracks: Consumer Applications and GameFi, recognizing 11 exceptional winners.
Winner Announcement
Out of 120 submissions, 11 winning projects were selected for their standout quality in innovation, technical complexity, creativity, and impact.
Consumer Track (DeFi and Infrastructure)
Winners ($2,000 USDT each)
Participation Awards ($800 USDT each)
GameFi Track
Winners ($1,000 USDT each)
As Harry Zhang, co-founder at HackQuest, mentioned, "We're excited for AIA to choose HackQuest to host its inaugural hackathon." The winners were selected by a distinguished panel of judges from AIA Chain and HackQuest, based on innovation, technical complexity, creativity, and execution, with projects scored out of 20 points, emphasizing real-world applicability and ecosystem alignment.
Looking Ahead
The AIA Chain Hackathon showcased the potential of decentralized innovation, strengthening AIA Chain’s commitment to driving Web3 adoption. With the success of this event, AIA Chain and HackQuest are planning the next wave of initiatives, including developer workshops, co-learning camps, and additional hackathons aimed at fostering talent and expanding the ecosystem.
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About AIA Chain
AIA Chain is an emerging payment-focused public blockchain that is fully compatible with the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM). Designed to optimize transaction speed and reduce costs while maintaining high security and scalability, AIA Chain utilizes its native token, AIA, and the APoS consensus mechanism to support smart contracts and cross-chain interactions. The platform's mission is to drive widespread blockchain adoption by providing efficient technical solutions for enterprises and developers globally, enabling them to launch innovative blockchain applications.
As a decentralized application platform, AIA Chain operates on a global network of nodes, forming a permissionless, secure protocol layer. This robust and decentralized data layer powers the Web3 world, allowing users access to their funds, identities, and shared data in a safe and decentralized environment. By combining partition-tolerant networks, serverless computing, and distributed storage, AIA Chain emerges as a cutting-edge platform for building and running decentralized applications.
For more information, please visit https://aiachain.org/en.
About HackQuest
HackQuest is a free, one-stop, self-guided developer education platform. HackQuest offers expert-curated learning paths with on-chain certificates co-issued by leading Web3 ecosystems including Mantle, Solana, Arbitrum, Linea, Sui, Vara, Telos and more. Community builders are supported beyond through co-learning camps, meet-ups, hackathons, and accelerator services.
For more information, please visit hackquest.io.