BlockBeats News, February 26, the Solana-based perpetual contract trading platform Pacifica announced the launch of a one-month online hackathon, targeting developers, quant analysts, and builders to innovate applications based on its perpetual contract infrastructure. Participants can choose to participate as individuals or in teams (up to 5 people).
This hackathon focuses on 4 tracks, specifically:
⁃ Track 1: Trading Applications and Bots, including algorithmic trading, execution optimization
⁃ Track 2: Analysis and Data, including market intelligence, P&L tracking, risk dashboard
⁃ Track 3: Social and Gamification, including leaderboards, copy trading, competitions
⁃ Track 4: DeFi Composability, including building protocols and applications based on the Pacifica perpetual contract infrastructure
The hackathon offers a total of $15,000 in cash prizes and 100,000 points. The overall winner will receive a $5,000 cash prize and 25,000 points. There are also awards for the four tracks and two special awards (Most Innovative Application, Best User Experience), with prizes of $2,000 and 12,500 points, $1,000 and 7,500 points, respectively.
The event timeline is mainly divided into three stages: March 16 to April 16 is the development period, during which teams are required to complete project construction; April 16 is the submission deadline, and teams must submit code, demo videos, and documentation; then Demo Day will be held to showcase the results.
