First ever NWC hackathon track has ended!
9 out of 26 projects during nostr:nprofile1qqsxhwmaw842y4zzzk580cfke4l5jr6xyh44v3v6pk59dnyzjm2a7vqcd5flv in Florianópolis integrated Nostr Wallet Connect to let users use bring their own wallets into the created apps.
1 mln sats will be distributed to 3 best projects thanks to nostr:nprofile1qyt8wumn8ghj7etyv4hzumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgtcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qqsyv47lazt9h6ycp2fsw270khje5egjgsrdkrupjg27u796g7f5k0s0pfy4z and Flash (https://paywithflash.com/)
Let's take a look! 👇
Zaplit won 333k sats for creaing a "Splitwise with lightning" where users can connect their own wallets and automatically split bills. 🧾 Very useful tool for conferences!
https://devpost.com/software/zaplit
Money Badger won 333k sats for a gamified wallet for kids & parents, where kids can get rewards for simple tasks parents set for them. Kids' wallets are sub-wallets running on the parents' Alby Hub. Awesome!
They also won 100k sats for best design 🎨
https://devpost.com/software/money-badger-w94srg
Team that integrated bitcoin payments with NWC into a White Noise by nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7ct4w35zumn0wd68yvfwvdhk6qghwaehxw309anxjmr5v4ezumn0wd68ytnhd9hx2qpqzuuajd7u3sx8xu92yav9jwxpr839cs0kc3q6t56vd5u9q033xmhsxjhppf , a hiper private messaging app built on Nostr, won another 333k sats for best existing app integration. They also won a second place overall, which granted them additional 3 mln sats ⚡
https://devpost.com/software/zaps-from-white-noise
The main price of the whole hackathon, 5 mln sats, goes to nostr:nprofile1qqs9qsfhy0e0afv0t0wgssgkmt72gfjw0404cr8vs4nru80dhdrzd3scxkca5 - a solution that's a lightning bridge to Brazil fast payments system Pix. Now you can pay with bitcoin EVERYWHERE in Brazil! And you can deposit sats with your NWC connected wallet 🔌
https://devpost.com/software/zapzappi
nostr:nprofile1qqsfztmtnzt6rqe8mukcmdecnzd6gynqn8uvaanx78cx5yn9qt0rgqq7qmtk5 , won 500k sats for a quirkiest hack, an AI agent that requires zaps to stay alive and shitpost on Nostr 😃 They use NWC to provide the wallet to Sloppy with Alby Hub. https://savesloppy.org/
https://devpost.com/software/ai-scarcity
Other NWC projects that we hope will become great, fully fledge products soon:
🎶 SonicStream - "Spotify but transparent with NWC lightning payouts directly to artists". This has potential!
https://devpost.com/software/sonicstream
Suggestr, a Nostr client where you can suggest Nostr profiles to broadcast certain posts and even bribe them to do so! Bribe payouts are NWC powered, of course.
https://devpost.com/software/suggestr
Finally, two similar projects: Karpatio & Bitcoin Free Market are Nostr-based decentralised product marketplaces, that connects customers directly with local businesses. NWC is enabled by https://bitcoin-connect.com/ integration.
https://devpost.com/software/kartapio
https://devpost.com/software/bitcoin-free-market
Thanks to all projects that chose to build on Nostr Wallet Connect and thanks to nostr:nprofile1qyx8wumn8ghj7cnjvghxjmcpzamhxue69uhk2cmvd9c8xefwwp6kytmjv4kxz7gqyr9utmmtq89arlazew26j48sfsu94ymvr2rwrwuuehev7r6wh6kvkuycn9n and nostr:nprofile1qqsxhwmaw842y4zzzk580cfke4l5jr6xyh44v3v6pk59dnyzjm2a7vqcd5flv for hosting the event and NWC track.
NWC prizes of total 1 mln sats were funded by nostr:nprofile1qyt8wumn8ghj7etyv4hzumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgtcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qqsyv47lazt9h6ycp2fsw270khje5egjgsrdkrupjg27u796g7f5k0s0pfy4z and Flash (https://paywithflash.com/). Kudos!
Zaplit won 333k sats for creaing a "Splitwise with lightning" where users can connect their own wallets and automatically split bills. 🧾 Very useful tool for conferences!
https://devpost.com/software/zaplit
Money Badger won 333k sats for a gamified wallet for kids & parents, where kids can get rewards for simple tasks parents set for them. Kids' wallets are sub-wallets running on the parents' Alby Hub. Awesome!
They also won 100k sats for best design 🎨
https://devpost.com/software/money-badger-w94srg
Team that integrated bitcoin payments with NWC into a White Noise by nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7ct4w35zumn0wd68yvfwvdhk6qghwaehxw309anxjmr5v4ezumn0wd68ytnhd9hx2qpqzuuajd7u3sx8xu92yav9jwxpr839cs0kc3q6t56vd5u9q033xmhsxjhppf , a hiper private messaging app built on Nostr, won another 333k sats for best existing app integration. They also won a second place overall, which granted them additional 3 mln sats ⚡
https://devpost.com/software/zaps-from-white-noise
The main price of the whole hackathon, 5 mln sats, goes to nostr:nprofile1qqs9qsfhy0e0afv0t0wgssgkmt72gfjw0404cr8vs4nru80dhdrzd3scxkca5 - a solution that's a lightning bridge to Brazil fast payments system Pix. Now you can pay with bitcoin EVERYWHERE in Brazil! And you can deposit sats with your NWC connected wallet 🔌
https://devpost.com/software/zapzappi
nostr:nprofile1qqsfztmtnzt6rqe8mukcmdecnzd6gynqn8uvaanx78cx5yn9qt0rgqq7qmtk5 , won 500k sats for a quirkiest hack, an AI agent that requires zaps to stay alive and shitpost on Nostr 😃 They use NWC to provide the wallet to Sloppy with Alby Hub. https://savesloppy.org/
https://devpost.com/software/ai-scarcity
Other NWC projects that we hope will become great, fully fledge products soon:
🎶 SonicStream - "Spotify but transparent with NWC lightning payouts directly to artists". This has potential!
https://devpost.com/software/sonicstream
Suggestr, a Nostr client where you can suggest Nostr profiles to broadcast certain posts and even bribe them to do so! Bribe payouts are NWC powered, of course.
https://devpost.com/software/suggestr
Finally, two similar projects: Karpatio & Bitcoin Free Market are Nostr-based decentralised product marketplaces, that connects customers directly with local businesses. NWC is enabled by https://bitcoin-connect.com/ integration.
https://devpost.com/software/kartapio
https://devpost.com/software/bitcoin-free-market
Thanks to all projects that chose to build on Nostr Wallet Connect and thanks to nostr:nprofile1qyx8wumn8ghj7cnjvghxjmcpzamhxue69uhk2cmvd9c8xefwwp6kytmjv4kxz7gqyr9utmmtq89arlazew26j48sfsu94ymvr2rwrwuuehev7r6wh6kvkuycn9n and nostr:nprofile1qqsxhwmaw842y4zzzk580cfke4l5jr6xyh44v3v6pk59dnyzjm2a7vqcd5flv for hosting the event and NWC track.
NWC prizes of total 1 mln sats were funded by nostr:nprofile1qyt8wumn8ghj7etyv4hzumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgtcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qqsyv47lazt9h6ycp2fsw270khje5egjgsrdkrupjg27u796g7f5k0s0pfy4z and Flash (https://paywithflash.com/). Kudos!
