The Open League Summer: Europe Highlights
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From May 24 to June 9, over the course of three weeks, TON Society hosted 13 IRL bootcamps worldwide to support The Open League Hackathon organized by TON Foundation.
The European hub pulled out all the stops, organizing 5 energetic bootcamps in Prague, Berlin, Belgrade, Warsaw, and Kyiv.
Over 550 hackers from across Europe came together for three days filled with development, learning, networking, pitching, new friendships, and a lot of fun.
For three intensive days, passionate TON developers mingled, formed teams, absorbed insightful presentations from expert speakers, invested countless hours in creating their products, and finally showcased their work to a jury which selected the top 3 projects in each city to share the prize pool.
Participants tackled developing Telegram Mini Apps across four tracks — the same ones featured in the global TON hackathon: GameFi, SocialFi, DeFi, and eCommerce.
After the winners were announced, it was time to let loose and celebrate at a well-deserved party, capping off the intense and rewarding days of development.
Let's relive the excitement by diving into the highlights of each bootcamp!
Prague
94 hackers, 12 projects pitched
Speakers:
Inal Kardan - Head of Gaming @ TON Foundation
Gleb Vorontsov - Head of Mini Apps @ TON Foundation
Alena Shmalko - Head of Ecosystem @ TON Foundation
Valeriy Bukharkov - CBDO @ TONStarter / Notcoin
Alex Sudeikin - Evaa Protocol
Rostislav Rudakov - CBDO @ Tonkeeper
Winners:
SettleTON - This platform enables users to benefit from the growth of the TON ecosystem effortlessly, without the need to actively select tokens or time the market.
GymTON - A scalable casual game built on the TON blockchain featuring clicker mechanics. Players can engage with a character named Pumpe, enhancing their gameplay experience.
Globula - a world-class geolocation-based sci-fi MMORPG game that offers a deep Sci-Fi storyline, a massive array of NFT items, and unique geolocation quest-construction.
Berlin
80 hackers, 20 projects
Speakers:
Valeriy Bukharkov - CBDO @ Notcoin/Tonstarter
Alena Shmalko - Head of Ecosystem @ TF
Vladislav Blizniuk - Evaa Protocol
Inal Kardanov - Head of Gaming @ TF
Gleb Vorontsov - Head of Mini Apps @ TF
Vlad Kamyshov - Evaa Protocol
$NOT Exclusive
Notcoin team rewarded one project selected by Valeriy Bukharkov, Open Builders CBDO, with $2,000.
Winners:
FOLK - Developed by a dedicated team from Berlin, this game allows players to influence the rarity of their collectibles through competition.
ChatPay - ChatPay, securing second place, utilizes the TON blockchain to empower users to monetize their Telegram chat data.
BuzzTrade - BuzzTrade took third place by focusing on transparent and collaborative social trading within the Telegram community. Their comprehensive approach can be seen here.
Belgrade
In Belgrade, TON Society presented a special track for Telegram Mini Apps developers at the largest crypto event in the Balkans — EthBelgrade.
We’ve got 23 projects submitted to the TON track, which is more than 50% of the total EthBelgrade hackathon submissions this year.
Winners:
TonTeeTon - an oracle solution enhancing the capabilities of TON DApps by enabling trusted off-chain computations using secure memory enclaves.
LOOT BOX - a tool for getting airdrops through executing tasks.
DAOgram - a solution consolidating DAOs into Telegram, enhancing UX and eliminating the need for multiple dApps to governance processes.
Crazy Numbers:
— 46 hours of coding
— 15 mentoring sessions
— $10K shared by 3 winners
— Serbian rakija degustation right on the ETH Belgrade stage
— Pitching session with a hive of hundreds of bees!
Warsaw
183 hackers, 24 projects presented, 3 winners selected — everything because of an amazing builders community we have in Poland.
Speakers:
Inal Kardan - Head of Gaming @ TON Foundation
Gleb Vorontsov - Head of Mini Apps @TON Foundation
Alena Shmalko - Head of Ecosystem @TON Foundation
Roman Krutovoy - Head of Onboarding @ TON Foundation
Vlad Kamyshov - Evaa Protocol
Michal Dabrowski - CEO @ Elympics
Viktor - Someone U Know - Content Manager @ TON Foundation
Winners:
Overleap - a Telegram bot that allows you to receive paid messages from people outside of your contact list.
Fiva - a yield management protocol that creates a token representing your future yield, allowing you to trade and use it immediately.
Planetor - a cosmic journey P2E game where you manage your very own planet
Kyiv
95 hackers, 19 projects
Speakers:
Falco Pangkey, Co-Founder and CEO @ Xircus
Mikey Molina, Co-Founder and CTO @ Xircus
Peskar, Developer @ bemo and Tonlink
Vlad Alexenko, CMO @ BOLT Foundation, DeDust & Scaleton ambassador
Winners:
Parroton - a decentralized, permission-less, open-source yield optimization protocol.
Chessio - more than just chess in a Telegram Mini App.
LinguoTON - a Telegram Mini App that helps you to learn new languages by engaging in a fun educational process and rewarding active users with tokens.
Highlights:
- 38 hours of travel for speaker Falco Pangkey (CEO and Founder of Xircus) to support and mentor the builders in Kyiv
- The online streams were interrupted twice due to 90% of the Ukrainian electricity being down, but the streaming continued nonetheless!
- One workshop "How to create a Telegram Mini App in 5 minutes" by Gleb Vorontsov (Telegram Mini Apps Lead), and dozens of secrets for creating successful apps!
- 6 air raid alerts during three days, which did not stop our builders from working on their projects!
- 2.5 hours of project pitching with the involvement of a translator
- AMA session with Peskar, where he revealed when Toncoin would reach $10, and where he prefers to keep his money
Here are some of the fantastic presentations from the TON Foundation representatives at The Open League Summer Bootcamps:
- Inal Kardan - How to create a game with millions of users?
- Alena Shmalko - Life after hackathon: tips on growing fast and getting support from TON Foundation
- Gleb Vorontsov - Creating Mini App in 1 hour & TON & Telegram Ecosystem best practices
Here are all the photos from the European Bootcamps:
We were absolutely happy to see so many creative minds united by the idea of Web3 at our bootcamps! Some participants even brought their entire families, including their pets. Without a doubt, the TON community is the coolest ever. This was massive. Thank you all and see you at the future TON Society events!