At the ABCDE ZK Hacker Camp, we gather ZKP developers, hackers, researchers, open-source project contributors to bring in-depth discussions and boost innovation.
It is the first Asian ZK Hacker Camp organized by ABCDE Labs, from July 15th to September 15th, 2023. Our mission is to inspire the next game-changing ZK leaders.
It is a two-month hybrid program consisting of ZK curriculum, ZK Hackathon and Demo Day.
Central to the program are world-renowned advisers, a rigorous and innovative study of global ZK application and hands-on exploration of coding and entrepreneurships. ABCDE ZK Hacker Camp offers a combined prize pool of $30,000 to $50,000 to the winning team of the Hackathon.
Central to the program are world-renowned advisers, a rigorous and innovative study of global ZK application and hands-on exploration of coding and entrepreneurships. Details of ZK curriculum, ZK Hackathon and Demo Day are below:
Grants
- In recognition of outstanding projects presented on Demo Day, ABCDE, partnered with sponsors, offers a combined prize pool of $30,000 to $50,000.
- The competition results will be announced on the Demo Day (September 15th) after the end of the Hackathon. The prize pool will be divided between the five different primary tracks: ZK Scalability, ZK Interoperability, ZKML, ZK Tooling, and On-chain Gaming.
- Judges' Choice: 1st place ($20,000 USD), 2nd place ($10,000 USD) 3rd place ($2,500 USD).
- * Details will be announced.
Co-hosts
Confirmed Mentors
Jason Morton
CEO of Zkonduit
Associate Professor at Penn State
Shumo Chu
Core contributor at Manta Network
Gnana Lakshm
DevRel at Starknet
Yi Sun
Founder of Axiom
Assistant Professor at The University of Chicago
Leo Fan
Assistant Professor at Rutgers University
Co-Founder of Cysic
Jiaheng Zhang
Assistant Professorat NUS
Co-founder and chief scientistof Polyhedra Network
Mamy Ratsimbazafy
ZK Engineering Lead at Taiko
ZK engineering lead at Taiko. Previously Ethereum consensus core dev for 5 years
Ismail Khoffi
Co-Founder and CTO of Celestia Labs
Previously, he was a Senior Software Engineer at Informal Systems and earned his Masters degree from the University of Bonn
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Workshops have limited seats on a first-come-first-served basis