BlockBeats News, February 26 — The Solana on-chain perpetual contract trading platform Pacifica announced the launch of a one-month online hackathon, open to developers, quantitative analysts, and builders, to develop innovative applications based on its perpetual contract infrastructure. Participants can choose to compete individually or in teams (up to 5 people).
This hackathon focuses on four tracks:
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Track 1: Trading applications and bots, including algorithmic trading and execution optimization
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Track 2: Analysis and data, including market intelligence, profit and loss tracking, and risk dashboards
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Track 3: Social and gamification, including leaderboards, copy trading, and competitions
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Track 4: DeFi composability, including building protocols and applications based on Pacifica’s perpetual contract infrastructure
The event offers a total of $15,000 in cash prizes and 100,000 points. The overall grand prize winner will receive $5,000 and 25,000 points. There are also four track-specific awards and two special awards (most innovative application and best user experience), each with $2,000 and 12,500 points, and $1,000 and 7,500 points, respectively.
The event is divided into three main phases: from March 16 to April 16 is the development period, during which teams must complete their projects; April 16 is the submission deadline, when teams must submit their code, demo videos, and documentation; followed by Demo Day to showcase the results.
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