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The group behind Sonic Blockchain, the agency is placing up $250,000 in prizes for members within the hackathon. The competitors will final 4 weeks, and the aim is to create novel AI brokers that carry out social and on-chain actions.
This goals to additional speed up the event of DeFAI (decentralized finance and AI) on Sonic, the highest-performing EVM L1 blockchain.
DeFAI combines decentralized blockchain expertise with AI to perform duties comparable to bridging belongings, swapping tokens, and depositing liquidity autonomously in a single step. Such combos may also be used to handle social media, which could be helpful for implementing advertising methods.
Not too long ago, there was a fast progress within the recognition of AI brokers, inserting them on the reducing fringe of innovation. The hackathon goals to discover and harness the usage of AI brokers together with blockchain expertise for various functions.
 
With Sonic’s excessive transaction pace of 10,000 TPS and sub-second finality, AI brokers can carry out duties seamlessly and in real-time, opening the door to infinite prospects. Luis Fausto, Content material Lead, Sonic Labs, stated:
“The Sonic DeFAI Hackathon is a groundbreaking initiative that merges cutting-edge AI capabilities with the transformative energy of blockchain. With $250,000 in prizes, we goal to encourage creators worldwide to redefine DeFi by AI brokers.”
Easy methods to take part
builders can go to the Sonic DeFAI Hackathon web page on DoraHacks, the place they will apply by following the rules under earlier than February 21.
Every group should present a three-minute demo video showcasing their agent by way of YouTube, Vimeo, or Google Drive. They need to additionally present a repository hyperlink to their venture code.
A panel consisting of Michael Kong (CEO, Sonic Labs), Seg (Developer Relations, Sonic Labs), Jeffy Yu (Founder, Zerebro), Ayoub (Lead Engineer, Zerebro), and Daniele Sesta (Founder, Hey Anon) will consider and decide the submissions utilizing the next standards.
- Technological Implementation judges how the AI agent integrates with Sonic and demonstrates high quality software program growth.
- Design will decide the venture’s consumer expertise and intuitiveness of the design.
- Potential Affect judges the potential of the venture to scale and affect the blockchain business.
- High quality of the Thought will decide the creativity and uniqueness of the venture.
Prizes and Awards
A complete of $250,000 in prizes shall be distributed to profitable tasks throughout a number of classes. For the highest 3 brokers, the primary place will get $60,000, the second place will get $55,000, the third place will get $45,000, and the 2 honorable mentions will earn $15,000 every.
There can even be a number of bonus prizes for all members. The highest 3 winners are eligible for bonus prizes if their brokers fall into specified classes.
The most effective social agent winner will get $12,500, whereas the runner-up receives $7,500. Likewise, the very best DeFAI agent winner will get $12,500, and the runner-up receives $7,500. Lastly, the very best Tooling Agent winner will get $12,500, and the runner-up receives $7,500.
Individuals can even have entry to complete steerage on thought growth, AI frameworks, and venture setup. There shall be technical assist for ZerePy, an open-source Python framework absolutely built-in with Sonic Chain for straightforward agent constructing.
Further perks for the profitable groups will embody advertising publicity by way of official Sonic Labs social media channels and different promotional alternatives to assist carry their brokers to a bigger viewers.
