What to expect next week from #NostrHack?

Hey folks, we had our last stream last night and what a 2 weeks it's been! Big props to the makers out there, thanks so much for taking part. After some much needed sleep I just wanted to give a run down of what went on yesterday and what's to be expected next week while the judges enter their scores.

TLDR;

1. We had Live Pitches where 15 projects presented. It was optional but the written pitches are HIGHLY encouraged!

2. Make sure you fill in your profile and project details including Nostr keys for yourself or your projects so we and the judges can follow along.

3. Judges will start scoring the projects between now and March 28th

4. On March 29th the winners will be announced (on a live stream)

So we tried a new format for pitches where we'd make space for folks in Asia/Oceania which are often left out of US centric calls. Out of the 4 projects which presented in this stream there were 2 from Asia so that's a success for me 🙌

Bumi from the GetAlby.com team joined me on this one as co-host. Watch the recording of the Live Pitches: Eastern Hemisphere 👇

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As a community I think it's super important we keep motivating each other and celebrate victories together. Show your fellow makers some love in the comments on their pitches when you get a chance.

• Ding from the Nossence team pitched their Nostr people/content recommendation engine

• Kwinten's pitch for Nygma a social recovery method over Nostr

• Anipy created a pretty cool multi-player game called Nostr Wars

• Christoph showed off Nosta, a beautiful mico app for creating and updating your profile

Marina and Erik joined me to host Live Pitches: Western Hemisphere Pitches!

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Send some love to the projects which presented!

• https://makers.bolt.fun/story/colighter-pitch--736

• https://makers.bolt.fun/story/pitch-camelus-gossip-implementation--723

• https://makers.bolt.fun/story/introducing-growrs-social-layer-on-nostr-enabling-it-to-become-a-peer-to-peer-kiva-alternative-for-bitcoin--728

• https://makers.bolt.fun/story/nostr-hack-pitch--733

• https://makers.bolt.fun/story/nme-multiverse--727

• https://makers.bolt.fun/story/pitch-onosendai--712

• https://makers.bolt.fun/story/pitch-nostr-ui-design--722

• https://makers.bolt.fun/story/goodstr-nostrica-hackatons-pitch--732

  • Colighter - A pitch for a platform that helps you create and join meaningful group events in your community.

  • Camelus Gossip Implementation - A pitch for a gossip protocol implementation for Camelus, a blockchain platform.

  • Growrs Social Layer on Nostr - An introduction to Growrs, a social layer on Nostr that enables it to become a peer-to-peer Kiva alternative for Bitcoin.

  • Nostr Hack Pitch - A pitch for a hackathon project that uses Nostr's platform to enable grassroots political campaigning.

  • NME Multiverse - A pitch for NME Multiverse, a platform that creates a shared universe for creators and fans to collaborate and connect.

  • Onosendai - A pitch for a project that uses Nostr's platform to create a decentralized prediction market for sports.

  • Nostr UI Design - A pitch for a UI redesign of Nostr's platform to improve the user experience.

  • Goodstr Nostrica Hackatons Pitch - A pitch for a project that uses Nostr's platform to create a decentralized supply chain for goods.