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Sick of 404s? Help revolutionize the web by building decentralized apps

We are increasingly losing control of our personal information by placing ownership of data in the hands of just a few. History has shown us time and time again how problematic centralization is, and today, monolithic power structures have dominated the infrastructure of the web, turning open networks into a place where information and freedom of speech are vulnerable to censorship and loss. In response to the increasing centralization of the web, Arweave is on a mission to build a new web -- the permaweb.

The permaweb is a decentralized, immutable new web, built on top of a globally distributed, permanent hard drive -- the Arweave network. We want the decentralized permaweb to be accessible to everyone, but we want you to be a part of making that a reality. That’s why we’re looking for talented developers to build decentralized apps on the permaweb.

How to participate in the Arweave build the permaweb hackathon

• Register on Devpost (https://arweave-hackathon.devpost.com/) for this hackathon
• Join the hackathon channel (https://discord.gg/QDkbB8T) on our Discord server
• Before getting started, read the following documentation. (https://docs.arweave.org/developers/tools/arweave-deploy)
• Be sure to read the documentation on how to read from and write to the permaweb here. (https://github.com/ArweaveTeam/arweave-js)
• Get your free tokens (https://tokens.arweave.org/devpostopenhackathon) so you can easily build and deploy your application onto the permaweb. [For guidance on how to use the Chrome web extension wallet, check out this user guide (https://docs.arweave.org/info/wallets/arweave-web-extension-wallet)]

Submission period (7 weeks): September 22 - November 11
Winner announcement: November 22 

View official hackathon page here:


Submission requirements

• The permaweb app must interact with Arweave using ArweaveJS and must be published on the permaweb using Arweave Deploy.
• Your permaweb app must be fully decentralized without the use of centralized plugins. There should be no need to use a centralized login approach while you have a fully decentralized approach directly with Arweave.
• Your submission must include an arweave.net link to a live, functioning, and running instance of the app itself, as well as a link to the repository it is stored within.
• Please ensure you join the Discord channel (https://discord.gg/QDkbB8T) to ask questions if you are unsure.

Rules

• Submissions must be your own original work
• No duplicate accounts allowed. If we suspect of you doing this all of your accounts will be disqualified.
• Apps must be open source, with the full source code available on Github. Feel free to use whatever OSS license you prefer.
• Applications should be sufficiently complex, as evaluated by the core judges. For example, a simple ‘hello world’ app is not complex enough to receive a reward.
• Broken/non-functional submissions will also be rejected. You should aim for a product that an end-user could reasonably start to use.
• Your submission must include an arweave.net link to a live, functioning, and running instance of the app itself, as well as a link to the repository it is stored within.
• All applicants must join our Discord Dev server (https://discord.gg/QDkbB8T) and share your submission in the #devpost-hackathon channel upon completion
• All submissions must include a screenshot, a brief description and usage instructions of the application and functionalities in the GitHub repo.

Reward details

• All prizes will be paid in ETH
• The value of ETH to USD will be pegged at the time of transfer, which follows the successful submission and provision of recipients’ ETH addresses.
• Only submissions that are judged by the core judges and meet the submission criteria will receive a prize.

Contact

team@arweave.org
Discord (https://discord.gg/QDkbB8T)
Twitter (https://twitter.com/ArweaveTeam)
Reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/Arweave/)
Website (https://www.arweave.org/)