COLOSSEUM announced the winning projects of the SOLANA RENAISSANCE hackathon, with the ORE project taking the grand prize. This hackathon attracted over 8,300 participants from 95 countries, submitting 1,071 projects across various fields including infrastructure, gaming, DEPIN, DEFI, and consumer applications. The winning projects included the crypto-supported browser WOOTZ BROWSER, the gamified social consensus platform CHOMP, and the trading application MOVEMENT. In the crypto infrastructure category, HIGH TPS SOLANA CLIENT won first place, with other winners including the on-chain protocol TORQUE and the developer platform XCROW. The gaming track winners included MESHMAP+CITY CHAMP and LEGENDS OF THE SUN. DEFI and payment track winners included URANI and GLAM. DEPIN field winners included BLOCKMESH and DECHARGE. Additionally, the university award went to DEVOLT, the public goods award to ZIRCON, and the climate award to AQUASAVE.

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Deep Tide TechFlow News: Colosseum announced the winners of the 9th Solana Hackathon, Solana Renaissance, organized by the Solana Foundation. Over 8,300 participants from 95 countries submitted 1,071 projects, building products that cover infrastructure, gaming, DePIN, DeFi, and consumer applications.

The grand champion is Ore, where anyone can mine using a novel POW algorithm on the Solana blockchain.

Consumer Applications

1. First: Banger.lol, a marketplace for trading tweets and supporting creators.
2. Second: Wootz Browser, a crypto-enabled browser that pays users who help generate AI.
3. Third: Chomp, a gamified social consensus platform.
4. Fourth: Movement, a new trading app designed to help users efficiently discover and trade meme coins.
5. Fifth: DePlan, a pay-as-you-go solution.

Crypto Infrastructure

1. First: High TPS Solana Client, a new client that uses efficient scheduling and pipeline optimization to increase transaction capacity and block reward yield.
2. Second: Torque, an on-chain protocol for builders and dApp deployment marketing strategies.
3. Third: xCrow, a platform to accelerate developers using Solana hosting plans.
4. Fourth: Cambrian, a re-materialization platform building a new economic coordination layer on Solana.
5. Fifth: Merit, a comprehensive on-chain points-as-tokens protocol.

Gaming Track

1. First: Meshmap+City Champ, a new 3D map network integrated with games that generates 3D scans incentivized by token rewards.
2. Second: Legends of the Sun, a vintage battle arena where players can compete against up to 5 friends or foes for rewards.
3. Third: Mining Badger Game, an on-chain crafting game using the Honeycomb protocol that game developers can integrate into their unique experiences.
4. Fourth: Moon Boi Universe, a web3 network fantasy open-world RPG optimized for mobile devices.
5. Fifth: Pet Cat, a simple and fun digital pet mobile game with a built-in game launcher.

DeFi and Payments Track

1. First: Urani, an intent-based swap aggregator that provides protection against toxic MEV at the application layer.
2. Second: GLAM, a decentralized on-chain asset management protocol on Solana.
3. Third: Nomad, a Nigeria-based payment application that simplifies the upgrade process.
4. Fourth: Ripe, a QR code-enabled application that allows users to make payments among merchants in Southeast Asia.
5. Fifth: Exponent, a derivatives protocol for trading DeFi product yields on Solana.

DePIN

1. First: Blockmesh, an open network that monetizes excess bandwidth.
2. Second: DeCharge, an electric vehicle charging network providing globally compatible hardware for affordable access.
3. Third: dBunker, a DePIN financial derivatives platform with an open ecosystem designed to address the challenges of broader user participation in DePIN projects.
4. Fourth: CHRO+, a decentralized health network aimed at accelerating breakthroughs in predictive, preventive, and personalized medicine.
5. Fifth: Pomerene, a DePIN for international trade with pallet tracking capabilities.

Others

1. DeVolt won the University Award, receiving a 10,000 USDC prize.
2. Zircon won the Public Goods Award, receiving a 10,000 USDC prize.
3. AquaSave won the Climate Award, receiving a 5,000 USDC prize.

The winning projects of the SOLANA RENAISSANCE Hackathon have been announced, with the ORE project taking the top spot.