Walking into the Palais Brongniart, the neoclassical Roman temple which formerly housed the Paris Stock Exchange, a notable weight lifted from your shoulders. Look left, look right – hackers and builders posted up in every corner. You were amongst friends and partners, all gathered for a singular goal: to hack.
The EthGlobal Paris Hackathon welcomed participants and collaborators from across the globe. Flashbots hosted three prizes during the hackathon and we are pleased to announce the winners below!
$2500 - most useful onboarding site for Flashbots Protect with MEV-Share
Congratulations to @cryptowanderer!
The prize for the most useful onboarding site for Flashbots Protect with MEV-Share was awarded to the applicant who demonstrated both creativity and innovation, while maintaining a simple user experience with additional educational content for programmable privacy.
Flashbots Protect by @cryptowanderer is a smooth, simple onboarding site for Flashbots Protect and MEV-Share. Check out the demo here.
$1500 - building the coolest bot searching on MEV-Share
Congratulations to @rpal_!
The prize for the coolest searcher bot on MEV-Share was awarded to the applicant who not only was able to develop a functional bot that can search on MEV-Share, but also to the applicant who could demonstrate a clear understanding of the benefits of programmable privacy through MEV-Share.
MEV-Share Uni-Sushi Arb Bot by @rpal_ is a probabilistic searching bot for Uniswap / Sushiswap arbitrage using MEV-Share! Built in Rust - checkout the bot here.
$1000 - best design for using MEV-Share and programmable privacy in another application
Congratulations to Charlie Taylor!
The prize for the best application design using MEV-Share was awarded to the applicant who was able to configure default hints in an innovative and creative way and integrate MEV-Share into a relevant and user-centric application.
Intentful 4337 Plug-in by Charlie Taylor is an integration for a good-after-time order type swap into a 4337 compliant smart wallet as plug-in which includes a default MEV rebate functionality enabled by MEV-Share.
We want to thank all the participants in the hackathon and everyone that submitted projects to Flashbots prizes. Please stay in touch through the Flashbots discord and the Forum! We’ll have some exciting new events coming soon for hackers interested in the MEV space!