Weekly Digest: $300K+ in Hackathons, Video Contest, and AI Tools for Developers | Issue 50
Hello, amazing person,
Glory Praise here, your buddy in the Web3 space.
If you’re new here, welcome to my weekly newsletter, your go-to source for the latest Web3 events, grants, hackathons, and the best learning and earning opportunities in tech. Whether you’re a developer, builder, crypto investor, or just Web3-curious, you’re in the right place!
To my returning community members, how have you been? It’s always great to have you back.
It’s always a joy to have you here, and today’s extra special because... this is our 50th issue! 🎉 I am so excited to hit this milestone with you. Thank you for being part of the journey so far!
As always, check back regularly for fresh drops. And if you spot any exciting opportunities, please send them my way. I’d love to feature them and share them with the community!
Alright, let’s dive into what’s going on this week—trust me, there’s a lot of cool stuff you don’t want to miss.
ICYMI - This Week's Highlights
💰 Hot Opportunities
Grants
1. Base Batch Global Buildathons:
Details: Base Batches is a global program for builders creating the next wave of onchain apps. First, builders will take part in buildathons. Then, the top builders will move to incubators where they’ll refine their ideas with new levels of support. Finally, they’ll take the stage at Demo Day, pitching for funding to take their projects further. Check it out here.
2. Gooddollar Launches $250K Ecosystem Fund on Celo:
Details: The GoodDollar Ecosystem Fund aims to drive innovation and growth with the GoodBuilders Program ($220K) - Year-long support for building dApps, G$ integrations, and platform enhancements, including Gitcoin QF rounds, mentorship, and engagement rewards. $30K for Community Initiatives – Funding for community-driven projects. Check it out here.
3. The Seed Grant Program:
Details: It is designed to provide teams with grants up to $25,000 in USDC in non-dilutive funding to enhance the growth of the Starknet ecosystem. Check it out here.
4. Questbook Compound Grants
Details: The Compound Grants Program empowers innovative projects by providing funding to builders, researchers, and developers within the Compound ecosystem. It aims to support cutting-edge dapps, security tooling, cross-chain initiatives, and DAO operations, ensuring a transparent, decentralized, and efficient allocation of resources. Check it out here.
Video Contest
5. Globachain Video Contest:
Details: This bounty invites creative videographers and content creators to produce a compelling 60-90-second teaser video that captures "The Future of Finance" through GlobaChain's innovative payment platform with a prize pool of $350. Check it out here.
Others
6. Bitcoin AI Pre-Accelerator:
Details: Build an Investment-Ready Startup in Record Time, From Just an Idea. Check it out here.
7. Ethereum on Tour - For University Campuses/Communities:
Details: Austin Griffin & Build Guidl are visiting campuses, building dapps, and helping devs all around. If you’re in a uni blockchain club or community builder. Check it out here.
Educative.io (Collaboration)
Educative.io is my favorite resource for interview preparation, and I’ve already recommended their “Grokking the Coding Interview Patterns” course a lot of times before.
Educative.io is launching the "AI April" campaign to support developers navigating industry changes, including recent performance-based layoffs. You can check it out using the button below.
🎓 Learning & Training Programs
1. Ethereum Protocol Fellowship Cohort 6
Details: The EPF provides a pathway for aspiring protocol developers to make meaningful contributions to Ethereum. Register today!
2. MGS_Web3 Cohort 2
Details: MGS_Web3 is dedicated to equipping passionate individuals with the skills, knowledge, and networks they need to thrive in the rapidly evolving Web3 space.. Enhance your skills, contribute to exciting projects, and get paid in crypto. Register today!
3. Web3 Data Science Bootcamp
Details: Your gateway to mastering cutting-edge skills at the intersection of Data Science, Python, and Web3 is here! Register today!
4. Web3Bridge Cohort XIII
Details: Be a part of the next cohort of Web3 developers. This cohort has 3 tracks - Solidity (Web3 basics), React, Node.js (Web2 Advanced), HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (Web2 beginner course). Register today!
5. Web3Ladies Mentorship Cohort V
Details: This cohort has two tracks: web development and blockchain development. This initiative offers various tasks and projects that reward you with cryptocurrency. Enhance your skills, contribute to exciting projects, and get paid in crypto. Register today!
6. DLT Talents
Details: Want to break into blockchain & Web3? Join DLT Talents, a FREE 18-week program designed to mentor & empower women in this fast-growing space. Register today!
Bootcamps
4. Cairo Bootcamp IV
Registration Deadline: May 6th, 2025
Details: Cairo Bootcamp IV is a 10-week program to help developers learn and build on Starknet using Cairo.
Link: Reserve Your Spot
🌍 Major Events Spotlight
1. TOKEN2049
Date: April 30th - May 1st, 2025
Location: Dubai
Details: TOKEN2049 is a global conference series that brings together the crypto ecosystem's decision-makers to connect, exchange ideas, network, and shape the industry.
Link: Reserve Your Spot
2. Skills and Sourcing(S.a.S Port Harcourt)
Date: May 3rd, 2025
Location: Port Harcourt
Details: Creaitz is hosting its first-ever in-person plus recruitment event this May in Port Harcourt. Learn, get hired, and onboard.
Link: Reserve Your Spot
3. One Dev City Tour: Nigeria Edition
Date: May 3rd, 2025
Location: Lagos
Details: Join Nigeria’s vibrant tech ecosystem for an experience designed to empower, educate, and connect. The event features hands-on protocol workshops, fireside chats with ecosystem leaders, networking sessions, and more, building momentum ahead of Code Africa 2025 in Nairobi.
Link: Reserve Your Spot
4. Build Afrika: Code, Collaborate, and Scale!
Date: May 10th, 2025
Location: Lagos
Details: A gathering of Africa's brightest minds for an unforgettable day of connection, creation, and community of builders in the heart of Lagos.
Link: Reserve Your Spot
5. Code Africa Conf.
Date: May 19th - 23rd, 2025
Location: Nairobi
Details: Join a diverse ecosystem of developers, founders, product designers, VCs, KoLs, and industry players in blockchain, AI, and beyond for an immersive experience that shapes the future of technology.
Link: Reserve Your Spot
6. Let's build meet-up: conTour
Date: May 24th & 31st, 2025
Location: Port Harcourt & Uyo
Details: This isn’t just another meetup, it’s a movement. A chance to connect, collaborate, and co-create the future of Web3, Africa, and beyond.
Link: Reserve Your Spot
💼 Career Corner
Work & Earn
1. Superteam Earn:
Details: Dive into the world of crypto and blockchain by participating in Superteam Earn's work-to-earn platform. This initiative offers various tasks and projects that reward you with cryptocurrency. Enhance your skills, contribute to exciting projects, and get paid in crypto. Start earning today!
2. OnlyDust:
Details: For developers, join OnlyDust and become part of a community dedicated to forging a legacy in decentralized development. Whether you're a seasoned developer or just starting, OnlyDust provides resources and projects to help you make your mark in the blockchain world. Forge your developer legacy now!
Job Openings
Atlas is hiring for several roles
Arbitrium is hiring for several roles
OctantApp is hiring for several roles
Base is hiring for several roles
🎯 Growth Opportunities
Open Source
1. Celo & Scout Game
Details: Celo is partnering with Scout Game to support developers who contribute to the ecosystem. Celo has a prize pool of 5000 cUSD to distribute to talented developers! This is the chance for you to learn and grow, and make connections, even if you are new to open source.
Link: Start here
Fellowship
2. The Next Billion Fellowship
Details: The program seeks to enable the flourishing of populations, communities, or individuals underrepresented in the Ethereum ecosystem today. Fellows receive support from the Foundation to complete a small quest inside a big narrative.
Link: Start here
Bounties
3. Ethereum Foundation Bug Bounty
Details: Earn up to 250,000 USD and place on the leaderboard by finding protocol, client, and language compiler bugs affecting the Ethereum network.
Link: Register Now
Hackathons
1. Breakout Online Hackathon
Details: Colosseum hackathons are not traditional hackathons. They are global, online competitions where talented developers and founding teams sprint over multiple weeks to start building impactful products with scalable business models.
Link: Register here and here
2. CodeSprint v3
Details: The CodeSprint Hackathon is a challenge designed to encourage developers to compete and build zero-knowledge dApps that address important use cases. Create a team of 1-5 members, choose a category, and start building.
Link: Register Now
3. Pharos Builder Base Camp
Details: Pharos Builder Base Camp is a global initiative designed to empower developers, startups, and institutions to build the next generation of Real-World Asset (RWA) applications, decentralized payments, and financial innovations on Pharos Network—a modular and full-stack parallel Layer 1 blockchain—$300K prize pool.
Link: Register Now
4. TON Global BTCFi Hackathon
Details: The BTCFi Hackathon, hosted by TONX, TonBit, TON Foundation, TON Society, and TON Core, brings together innovators worldwide to revolutionize how Bitcoin integrates with the TON and Telegram ecosystems with a pool prize of $1,000,000,000.
Link: Register Now
Builders Camp
1. Divvi Builder Camp
Details: Divvi is a system that automatically and fairly shares earnings between app creators and the blockchain networks they use. What are some apps you can build? Stablecoin earning app (integrating multiple backend protocols), Memecoin app (using Aerodrome), Savings circle app, Fonbnk mobile onramp/offramp app.
Link: Register Now
📺 Featured Content
10 MIND-BLOWING Ways Developers Can Use AI
Overview: Is AI really going to take our jobs? That’s the question everyone seems to be asking these days. In this video, I’ll show you 10 powerful ways to use AI effectively as a developer. Whether you’re just starting or a seasoned pro, these tips will change how you code, collaborate, and innovate.
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🐦 Tweet of the Week
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