zkIgnite Cohort 0 Begins with 250K MINA Prize Pool and Zero Knowledge Tutorials

Mina is inviting you to co-build the zkApps Era with us by being a part of zkIgnite, Cohort 0.

Sign up to join zkIgnite, Cohort 0 now to complete tutorials, build zkApps and win rewards from a 250K MINA prize pool. 

AVAILABLE PRIZES

         - The first 1000 people who complete zkApp Tutorial 4 and makes a submission will be eligible to each receive 50 MINA

         - All high-quality zkApps submitted will be eligible to receive 5K MINA 

         - Plus there will be 3 top prizes:

                  - 1st prize: 20K MINA

                  - 2nd prize: 12K MINA

                  - 3rd prize: 8K MINA

         - Bonus: Build an oracle that pulls on-chain data for zkApp usage and receive 1 – 1.5K MINA

HOW TO SUBMIT:

Submit your zkApp Tutorial 4 via Github Pages, and share the link via this form. 

Submit your zkApp and/or oracle project via this form. 

Please make sure your zkApp submission follows these guidelines:

         - Includes a user interface 

         - Has been deployed to Berkeley Testnet Alpha

         - Has proof of multiple transactions sent to it 

         - Includes a link to a Github Repo

         - Pre-existing zkApps or ongoing projects that pre-date this context will not be considered

         - There can only be one ‘basic’ zkApp submission per builder

For those building and submitting oracles, please share a link to your Github Repo that includes: 

         - A demo zkApp of using the oracle (deployed to the github pages for that repo)

         - A README that includes:

                  - Instructions on how to launch the oracle server

                  - Explanation of where to find the oracle server code (in the repo)

                  - Instructions on how to use the oracle from a zkApp

                  - Explanation of where to find the demo code (in the repo)

You will also have the option to present your zkApp to a panel of judges on Demo Day on December 16th.

TIMING

         - Tues, November 22, 2022: zkIgnite, Cohort 0 is live

         - Thurs, December 15, 2022: All submissions due by 11:59 PM UTC-8

         - Fri, December 16, 2022: Demo Day (optional)

         - Thurs, December 22, 2022: Winners announced

HOW TO GET STARTED:

         - Step 1: Read up on what zkApps are and what new use cases they enable here

         - Step 2: Get started building your first zkApp by following this easy Hello-World tutorial here

         - Step 3: Consider completing Tutorials 1 – 4 so that you have a good basic understanding of the core functionalities of snarkyJS, the typescript library you can use to build zkApps

                  - Tutorials 5 – 8 are also handy if you want to make use of additional common types, off-chain storage, oracles or custom tokens

         - Step 4: Build, ask questions, and learn together!

                  - #zkApps-developers channel on Mina’s Discord is your hub to ask questions, exchange tips with other builders, form teams

                           - Attend weekly ‘Builder Hangouts’ every Thursday on Discord, details shared weekly in #zkAps-developers channel

                           - Check out the zkIgnite Questions forum on Mina’s Discord for answers to popular questions that developers have raised

                  - Attend weekly office hours every Wednesday at 9AM UTC-8 for technical support on your zkApp project.

                  - Check out zkApps for Mina for a community-curated list of previous zkApps deployed

         - Step 5: Submit your zkApp through this form by 11:59 PM UTC-8 on Thursday, December 15, 2022

Additional video resources to help get you started:

         - Evan Shapiro Light chat: Privacy-Enabled Identity Verification with a Mina Community zkApp Builder

         - Jack Servia: Mina zkApps