The Build Better on Stellar Smart Contract Challenge concluded with winners across tutorial and dApp categories, featuring projects like Entry•X (decentralized ticketing), DVILLA (sustainable e-commerce), and Soroban by Example. Winners received up to $13,000 USD and invitations to Meridian 2024, with next steps including SCF Kickstart and the Stellar Community Fund.
The 6-week Build Better on Stellar Smart Contract Challenge wrapped up with impressive submissions spanning gamified recycling dApps, video tutorials, and anonymous reporting platforms. Tutorial winners included Soroban by Example by Andrew Miracle (overall), The Ultimate Stellar Supreme Tutorial by Morpheus (written category), and 100 Seconds of Stellar by Cyril Kurmann (video category). DApp winners featured Entry•X decentralized ticketing platform by Jose Carlos Toscano (overall), DVILLA e-commerce promoting healthy living by Chieloka Madubugwu (sustainability), and Snake Game by Dhokai Raj B (gaming). Overall winners received $13,000 USD gift cards, all-expenses-paid trips to Meridian 2024 in London, and exclusive badges. The article also outlined pathways for winners to advance their projects through SCF Kickstart (up to $15K XLM), the Stellar Community Fund (up to $150K XLM), Hack Meridian hackathon ($50K prize pool), and Meridian conference.
