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@ DoraHacks
2025-01-16 15:12:06
# **Hackathon Summary**
The [Funding the Commons & Earth Commons Hackathon](https://dorahacks.io/hackathon/ftc-2024) concluded successfully, with 356 participants and 116 projects registered from various regions worldwide. Occurring from October 7 to November 7, 2024, the event targeted developing solutions for public goods funding through a hybrid format that combined online activities with optional in-person collaboration in Bangkok.
Participants engaged in both ideation and prototyping stages, focusing on tracks such as regenerative finance, decentralized governance, and climate innovation. With the support of workshops and mentorship, the hackathon aimed to generate tools and methods for managing shared resources more effectively.
Project evaluation criteria included innovation, impact, feasibility, functionality, collaboration, and presentation. The hackathon promoted global collaboration and creativity, aligning with its objective to enhance blockchain-based infrastructure and transform governance related to common resources, impacting sectors like ecosystems, academia, and public institutions.
In summary, the hackathon provided an opportunity for interdisciplinary collaboration, contributing to the development of solutions for global challenges in public goods and environmental sustainability.
# **Hackathon Winners**
### **Financial Inclusion by Stellar Prize Winners**
- [**Freelii**](https://dorahacks.io/buidl/18601) - Facilitates financial inclusion through cost-efficient remittances using Stellar's blockchain, integrating with Telegram to simplify transactions for the unbanked in the Global South.
- [**Ask Billy**](https://dorahacks.io/buidl/18911) - Supports humanitarian efforts with blockchain-secured cash transfers and AI chatbots, enhancing aid distribution through community insights.
- [**Stellar Mobile Money Bridge**](https://dorahacks.io/buidl/18913) - Connects mobile money systems with the Stellar blockchain, enhancing financial inclusion via seamless mobile money integration.
### **Decentralized AI by NEAR Prize Winners**
- [**VielNetFL**](https://dorahacks.io/buidl/18948) - Offers a federated learning platform with Fully Homomorphic Encryption for secure, decentralized machine learning, coordinated via NEAR smart contracts.
- [**FederNear**](https://dorahacks.io/buidl/18965) - Utilizes the NEAR blockchain for federated learning, encrypting model parameters to ensure secure, privacy-preserving decentralized training.
- [**Delta**](https://dorahacks.io/buidl/18962) - A decentralized platform using AI to predict climate disasters, employing blockchain for fund allocation transparency and disaster relief.
### **Decentralized Storage by Filecoin Prize Winners**
- [**ZkResolution**](https://dorahacks.io/buidl/18096) - Enhances DNS resolution privacy through a protocol using zero-knowledge proofs, supporting cross-chain compatibility and geographic optimization.
- [**SovereignSearch**](https://dorahacks.io/buidl/18722) - A decentralized search engine prioritizing user data sovereignty, leveraging Storcha and Filecoin for immutable data storage and retrieval.
- [**VielNetFL**](https://dorahacks.io/buidl/18948) - See detailed description under Decentralized AI by NEAR Prize Winners.
### **Environmental Impact by KlimaDAO Prize Winners**
- [**Proof of Change**](https://dorahacks.io/buidl/17989) - Connects funds to environmental impacts using Ethereum attestations and satellite data for accountable climate finance.
- [**PGAtlas**](https://dorahacks.io/buidl/18897) - An interactive platform that displays public goods projects with geolocation and blockchain attestation for better visibility and support.
- [**0xFarms**](https://dorahacks.io/buidl/18749) - Integrates rural farming with urban AI-driven technology, utilizing blockchain for enhanced food security and transparency.
- [**GreenLink**](https://dorahacks.io/buidl/18912) - No additional details provided.
### **Public Goods Funding Infrastructure Prize Winners**
- [**Doogly**](https://dorahacks.io/buidl/18960) - A multichain donation platform that enhances crypto donation flexibility and tracking with blockchain certificates.
- [**Dead Project Snipper**](https://dorahacks.io/buidl/18384) - Tool for evaluating blockchain project activity to aid grant allocation through automated data analysis.
- [**IES (Impact Evaluation Service)**](https://dorahacks.io/buidl/18262) - Evaluates project impact using a blockchain platform, enabling retroactive funding and outcome measurement.
- [**Counterfactually**](https://dorahacks.io/buidl/18929) - Utilizes synthetic control methodology to analyze intervention impacts in web3 for optimized capital allocation.
- [**Ecosystem Vision**](https://dorahacks.io/buidl/17862) - Centralized dashboard providing AI-powered grant finder and standardized data integration for crypto funding opportunities.
- [**GrantScan**](https://dorahacks.io/buidl/18899) - Indexes Web3 grant applications, offering a standardized, searchable database.
- [**findabuilder**](https://dorahacks.io/buidl/18850) - AI-driven platform for locating builders with Talent Protocol data and smart query processing.
- [**Buildooor**](https://dorahacks.io/buidl/18984) - Facilitates hackathon collaborations using a swipe-based interface for connecting builders.
- [**Engagement.Vision**](https://dorahacks.io/buidl/18844) - Analyzes community engagement by integrating on-chain and off-chain data for comprehensive metrics.
### **Identity and Privacy by Holonym Prize Winners**
- [**Refugee Identity Issuer**](https://dorahacks.io/buidl/18941) - Provides decentralized identity verification for refugees with blockchain and zero-knowledge proofs.
- [**Trufy**](https://dorahacks.io/buidl/18798) - A decentralized voting tool enhancing DAO governance with credential verification for secure voting.
### **Fullstack Decentralizations by Layer Prize Winners**
- [**Builder's Dollar**](https://dorahacks.io/buidl/18381) - A stablecoin initiative for sustainable funding, integrating blockchain for project eligibility verification.
### **Trust and Authenticity by Numbers Protocol Prize Winners**
- [**Jurdil**](https://dorahacks.io/buidl/18970) - Enhances election transparency in Indonesia through blockchain-secured image capture and smart contracts.
- [**Infinity Book: Pet Heroes**](https://dorahacks.io/buidl/18704) - Collaborative digital book platform that uses blockchain for authenticity and unique digital asset generation.
For more details, view all projects at the [Funding the Commons SEA Hackathon 2024](https://dorahacks.io/hackathon/ftc-2024/buidl).
# **About the Organizer**
### **Funding the Commons**
Funding the Commons focuses on accelerating blockchain-based infrastructure for public goods funding by connecting researchers, builders, and funders. The organization creates an ecosystem that bridges Web2, Web3, and academia, achieving impact through international conferences, builder residencies, and hackathons. Their initiatives include experimental funding rounds designed to support open-source public goods developers. Currently, their mission emphasizes fostering scaled human coordination that prioritizes the commons, supported by rigorous impact evaluations and continuous capital flows.