A decentralized blockchain project has launched a new contest as it vies to build the next Wikipedia. Free TON says there are a number of issues that are holding the online encyclopedia project back. It claims that the current rules and social mechanics of Wikipedia actively discourage people from making a contribution — and all this means the community is much smaller than it potentially could be. Because of this, the site misses out on experienced potential contributors who could have added valuable knowledge. Some of the issues that Free TON wants to resolve in Freecyclopedia contest include the fact …

A new contest has been launched that gives participants the chance to get their hands on exceedingly rare nonfungible tokens — including a CryptoPunk and Bored Apes. Liquidifty.io says its latest collector contest also boasts works by Pak, XCOPY, Steven Baltay, x0r, Steve Aoki and a plethora of other talented artists. The top prize is CryptoPunk #6691, one of the 10,000 uniquely generated characters from the beloved series. This particular punk sports a front beard, earring, horned-rimmed glasses and a knitted cap — a proper hipster if ever there was one. A look at the transaction history for this NFT …

A platform that allows blockchain applications to be built using JavaScript has invited developers and entrepreneurs with bright ideas to take place in an online hackathon. HackOnLisk aims to support innovation on the Lisk network as it moves to the Sapphire phase of its roadmap — marking the moment where different blockchains within its ecosystem can communicate with each other for the very first time. In order to enter, participants need to build a blockchain application using Lisk SDK 5.1.0, the latest release, and provide a URL to an open-source repository. Last but by no means least, a 10-minute video …

A crypto exchange has launched a brand-new contest to find the ultimate trading masters. Bityard, which is based in Singapore, says a maximum price pool of up to 60,000 USDT is up for grabs — rising incrementally from 5,000 USDT depending on how many participants decide to get involved. Competitors have the chance to band together in teams as they put strategies through their paces in the choppy crypto markets. The team that comes in first place will share 30% of the total prize pool between them, with 20% earmarked for the group in second place, and 10% for those …

Champagne corks are flying as a blockchain network with decentralization at its heart celebrates its first anniversary. Free TON is holding a series of contests to mark its launch date on May 7, 2020 — and has invited passionate community members and newcomers to come together to build something special. As events are held online and offline to reflect on the past 12 months, one sub-governance group is encouraging artistically minded crypto enthusiasts to help design some of the first NFTs to be minted on this blockchain. Known as Numiz, these NFTs are designed to commemorate interesting events and historic …

A new contest is taking place that aims to test a node written in the Rust programming language — with the ambition of breaking the world record for the bandwidth of blockchain protocols in a real network. Free TON's current node is written in C++ and already has the ability to process thousands of transactions per second. Sharding plays an instrumental role in this network, as this means that smart contracts can be processed in parallel. It’s believed that a node written in Rust would be dramatically quicker due to better process parallelization, and organizers of the Rust Cup believe …

Last month, Tradelize and Cointelegraph teamed up for a contest to hear your craziest crypto stories — casting a spotlight on some of your biggest successes and fails. You didn’t disappoint… and selecting one winner was impossible. Because of this, we chose two — with the lucky raconteurs sharing a 5,000 USDT prize between them. The first tale came from Timofei, who received a $100 gift from his grandmother in Russia. He decided to invest it in cryptocurrency — all while he followed his dreams of becoming a director in film school. Timofei was able to use the profits he …

Free TON, a decentralized blockchain network derived from Telegram’s TON blockchain, is launching the first community contests to power its network. Starting Monday, users, developers and validators are invited to participate in three separate contests, with Free TON planning to distribute thousands of TON Crystals, or Tons, as rewards. On Monday, the Free TON Community officially introduced proposals for the first community contests on the Free TON forum. Each contest aims to distribute at least 50,000 Tons among winners, participants and juries. The three contests are expected to close on May 25. Free TON contests are the only way to …

Open-source project Celo is calling on blockchain innovators to participate in CeloCamp, an entrepreneurial initiative that seeks to highlight the potential of global financial inclusion, mass adoption of digital money and the acceleration of blockchain startups. With its new phase announced on March 20, the initiative is reportedly backed by more than 80 companies, venture firms, experts and individuals. CeloCamp aims to help decentralized technology entrepreneurs, speeding up their projects and supporting them through funding. The “CeloCamp Blockchain Accelerator” website says that they will distribute $25,000 in contest prizes during the eight weeks of the virtual boot camp, which is …

The Guangzhou government has announced a $140 million subsidy fund to encourage the development of blockchain initiatives. The local authorities are reportedly planning to spend 1 billion yuan ($141 million) to selectively sponsor two blockchain-related projects per year, according to a tweet of a senior exec at crypto investment holding firm Primitive Ventures. “No-coin” public chains Citing a report by Beijing-based media outlet Caijing on Oct. 30, Primitive Ventures’ co-founder Dovey Wan emphasized that the government is specifically planning to support two types of blockchain-related projects: federated chain projects and “no-coin” public chains. Wan elaborated that the announcement defines a …

The United Arab Emirates’ Ministry of Community Development (MOCD) will host a competition for developing blockchain software in the social sector. Driving blockchain for awareness and social care The MOCD announced its “Social Blockathon” competition with a total prize fund of $16,300 to encourage the development of blockchain-based applications for educational, social and recreational purposes, the country’s official news agency, Emirates News Agency, reported on Oct. 6. According to the report, the contest submissions are open till Feb. 20, 2020, with the Blockathon inviting programmers, graphic and interface designers to compete in building blockchain software in the areas of awareness …

Global messaging app Telegram announced a coding competition for building smart contracts for the Telegram Open Network (TON) Blockchain. 5 types of smart contracts The contest includes three parts with a prize fund for all included tasks ranging from $200,000 to $400,000, according to an announcement posted on the Telegram Contests channel on Sept. 24. The contest will end on Oct. 15. The primary part of the competition is the task to build one or more smart contracts, using the tools provided in the TON Blockchain distribution, as described in the attached TON Contest document. The two other optional tasks …