Contests by TON the programme of competitions and hackathons organised by TON Society for developers, designers and ecosystem researchers TONThe purpose is to involve engineers in working with specific protocol nodes (FunC compiler, Tact, DEX interfaces, bridge,wallet) through game challenges and monetary rewards.
The main announcement channel @toncontests- Submitting reports and registering through a bot @toncontests_bot.
Types of competitions#
Technical
Optimization of smart contracts and infrastructure code. TON Smart Challenge #1 optimizing contracts on FunC, the prize pool 17 777 TON.
Frontend contests
Creating interfaces and web applications. Frontend contest: TON status page web application and backend for the network status dashboard, fund $ 30,000 in the Toncoin.
Education
Explaining blockchain technologies in simple terms to a broad audience. Non-technical Contest: Explanation of the blockchain the fund 1 000 TON.
The hackathons
Intensive prototyping activities, such as: Hack-a-TON first hackathon, prize pool 40 000 TON.
Chronicle of the biggest contests#
| The contest | The period | The Foundation |
|---|---|---|
| TON Smart Challenge #1 | March and April 2022 | 17 777 TON |
| Hack-a-TON #1 | July 2022 | 40 000 TON |
| TON Smart Challenge #2 | August 2022 | 30 000 TON |
| Frontend Contest: DEX with Liquidity Pools | October of 2022 | $ 30,000 in the Toncoin |
| Frontend contest: TON status page | November of 2022 | $ 30,000 in the Toncoin |
| TON Smart Challenge #3 | December of 2022 | $80 000 |
| Hack-a-TON × DWF × AWS | July 2023 | >$415 000 |
| TON Smart Challenge #4 | July and August 2023 | $100 000 |
| TON Tact Challenge | September and October 2023 | $30 000 |
| GameOn TON (global game hackathon) | September to December 2023 | $4 000 000 |
| MaraTON Challenge 1 (Codeforces) | December 2024 | >$50 000 (First place is $ 8,000) |
MaraTON Challenge algorithmic contest on Codeforces, challenges inspired by real challenges of high-loaded blockchain systems. Prize fund distributed among top participants; bonuses for leadership in the intermediate stages.
Bug Bounty Program#
A separate long-term initiative within Contests by TON Bug Bounty Program- Looking for vulnerabilities in:
- In the C++ repository of the TON kernel;
- It 's standard .wallet;
- Bridges between networks;
- We're going to use these key smart contracts.
Maximum reward for critical vulnerability to $100,000 in ToncoinNetworked thematic episodes:
- Liquid Staking Bug Bounty Looking for holes in the smart contracts of liquidity .staking, the fund up to 50 000 TON;
- Telegram Smart Contract Cracking Competition security analysis of contracts in the Telegram environment.
Resources of the participant#
- Catalogue of active and past contests —
society.ton.org/activities/active; - Announcements — @toncontests;
- Discussions — @toncontests_chat;
- Support for developers — @tondev_eng (EN), @tondev (RU);
- Bug Bounty repository —
github.com/ton-blockchain/bug-bounty.
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-: the current maximum reward in the Bug Bounty Program whether $100K is left or raised.