Introducing Connected 2023, a Web3 Social Hackathon in partnership with BNB Chain

The social media experience has remained essentially unchanged for the past decade. For users and creators, there is little or no incentive to continue producing more content or expand their networks. They know that, ultimately, the platform owns their identity, content, and social graph - all of which can be taken away from them at any time. The cost of switching to another platform and recreating their network or audience is also high because their social data lives behind walled gardens. This walled garden is guarded carefully to prevent platform competitors from building a better service, preventing innovation in this space. Web3 and its composable and interoperable tech stack unlock a new future of social networking that is user-centric and developer-friendly.

We are thrilled to announce Connected 2023, a Web3 social hackathon, cohosted by CyberConnect the decentralized social graph protocol, in partnership with BNB Chain, the world’s largest smart contract blockchain in terms of daily active users. With over $50,000 in prizes, seed funding, and mentorship, Connected 2023 will run from Feb 7 - March 13 and is open to hackers around the globe.

Connected 2023 aims to empower a new generation of innovators by helping them bring their Web3 social ideas to life and then to market. With this event, co-hosts BNB Chain and CyberConnect hope to support passionate builders to kickstart their journey and grow their hacks into fundable companies.

With an impressive lineup of co-sponsors, including Notifi, Lit, Livepeer, and XMTP, participating hackers will have access to a rich and diverse technology stack to draw from as they strive to incorporate cutting-edge Web3-native features into their decentralized social applications.

Throughout the next month, hackers will also have an opportunity to attend a complete programming series, including dedicated workshops with each participating protocol, developer info sessions, team-matching sessions, and mentor hours with some of the most notable investors, builders, and visionaries in Web3.

Mentors and judges from BNBChain, Multicoin Capital, CoinMarketCap, Protocol Labs, Lattice Capital, Sky9, IOSG, and more will join Connected 2023 to evaluate submitted hacks on a variety of key factors, including functionality, novelty, impact, business plan, etc.

Hackers are all invited to join now

Applications are open and will be accepted until Feb 20, 2023, 11:59 PM EST. Interested hackers and teams can apply here. Rules and guidelines for Connected 2023 can be viewed here.

Users can also participate and win prizes

Every user can be part of #Connected2023 hackathon as well - Web3 social is built for you.

There are 200 Link3 Mystery Boxes (worth a total of $50,000-$100,000) for lucky users.

Head to connected.cc.me to follow the three steps to join.

For more details, please refer to our blog post, Introducing the Project Leaderboard and Voting at Connected 2023

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About CyberConnect

CyberConnect is a decentralized social graph protocol with identity sovereignty for mass adoption and network effects. It enables users to create profiles as the anchor of users’ decentralized identities. With CyberConnect, users own their social graph, content, monetization channels, and social data allowing them to travel across several dApps seamlessly without having to recreate their network on every new platform. As of February 2023, CyberConnect has 123k+ user profiles and 200k monthly active users who have done more than 1M transactions.