Team Sonar sharing their demo on an easy way to create and exchange your own tokens via the 0x protocol.

Fun 0x statistics for the weekend:

24% of all teams used 0x in some shape or form (17 out of 70 total teams)

of all teams used 0x in some shape or form (17 out of 70 total teams) 8 teams competed for 0x API prizes

teams competed for 0x API prizes 87 ETH addresses for hackathon participants that registered via MetaMask received a 50 ZRX airdrop (use them for trades on RadarRelay or KinAlpha!)

ETH addresses for hackathon participants that registered via MetaMask received a 50 ZRX airdrop (use them for trades on RadarRelay or KinAlpha!) 2 API prize winners

The user interface for the 0xchange.me relayer, developed in 36 hours.

0xchange.me won our grand prize for Best Product Execution for building a functional relayer, running on the Ethereum mainnet, in a mere 36 hours. Their dApp offers a registry of user generated tokens and an API for market makers to provide liquidity. The team plans to continue iterating on their relayer for an official public release soon, but you can check out the hackathon progress here.

t0x won our grand prize for Most Innovative Product for developing a decentralized Shapeshift-like exchange that may be accessed through the Toshi mobile app. The team used 0x.js and Toshi’s API to provide this service via a chatbot within Toshi. Check out their project here.

0x Tech Talk

Amir Bandeali took the stage for a tech talk discussing the various relayer strategies that are possible using 0x protocol to create a monetizable decentralized application— we are excited to see a diversity of new and creative business models emerge using 0x protocol. Interested readers can learn more in the 0x Wiki.

Amir Bandeali presenting relayer strategies using the 0x protocol.

Key Takeaways

We were blown away by the level of energy and excitement at ETHWaterloo as well as the overwhelming interest that hackers had for building on 0x. While the teams who used our tools/documentation had very positive feedback overall, there is certainly room for improvement. A common request was for access to better tutorials to get started on 0x. A series of tutorials is now on our priority list, along with making changes and improvements to 0x.js. Thank you to all the hackers who provided valuable feedback!

0x Hackathon

0x was fortunate to have a high turnout of teams hacking on the 0x protocol at ETHWaterloo. We walked away with a checklist of improvements that can be made to our developer tools. After careful consideration, we’ve decided to work on these improvements and hold the 0x Hackathon in Q1-Q2 of 2018, which was originally scheduled for November. This allows time for the team to work on 0x tools and documentation in preparation for our own hackathon.

Join the 0x team

If hacking on 0x was — or sounds — fun, consider joining the core team! We have ambitious goals to transform how value in the world is exchanged. Our team is growing and we’re hiring for talented developers in San Francisco who are driven by the 0x vision.