The IGNITION Global Hackathon is almost coming to an end.   When asked what projects you are watching?

For those who missed the details, IGNITION is a virtual hackathon with up to $5 million in prizes and seed funding. It is about launching the future with Solana.

Solana is the world’s most performant blockchain. With high speeds and low fees, it’s designed to help projects take off and quickly scale to billions of users around the world. Solana is already used for a plethora of projects, including DeFi (decentralized finance) apps, games, Web3 products, art projects, collectables, and much more. The sky’s the limit. What will you launch?

The hackathon offers up to $5 million in global prizes and seed funding.  The event covered for Web3 Track, DeFi Track, Gaming Track, Art and Collectibles.

Web3 Track is presented by Microsoft to Launch the web of tomorrow. Build decentralized apps, DAOs, and other infrastructure to cut the middleman out of popular Web2 platforms.

DeFi Track presented by Jump Trading and Standard Chartered, focused on Leaving traditional finance behind. Design DEXs, lending platforms, and new decentralized applications to free consumers.

Gaming Track presented by FORTE to create the future of gaming. Shape blockchain-based games, NFTs, and more to allow players to directly interact with p2p markets.

Art and Collectibles track presented by Metaplex to make something beautiful. Create NFTs and platforms that directly connect artists with their fans around the world.

Each track will have five winners, with a Grand Prize of $75k USDC and 3 passes to the Solana Breakpoint Conference in Lisbon.

The Solana Ignition Hackathon is a competition where projects will be evaluated by judges on their technological merits without consideration of legal viability. All participants were requested to comply with applicable laws and regulations when releasing any software that they develop as part of the Hackathon.

The ideas and developer resources were for inspirational and educational purposes. And, Solana Capital LLC does not sanction deployment of any of such applications in violation of laws or regulations.

Ultimately, Solana is about Building Crypto Apps that Scale. Solana is a fast, secure, censorship-resistant blockchain built for global adoption.

Community response:  Element4ls are ready to take over the world.  Meanfinance is a good project to keep watch on. Meanfinance is where money flows like water.

Where can we find a list of submissions? They will be available for the community vote. The only ones anyone would know about are the ones that have self-announced.