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ℹ️ Want to join?
Register for Proof-of-Ship now on our event platform. Don't forget to claim your collectible.
Proof-of-Ship is a monthly contest that rewards builders for actively contributing on Celo, sharing progress, and improving their projects. AI Agents track your updates on KarmaGAP and Farcaster, making it easy to prove your work and earn rewards as you build!
Learn more about the contest here.
Here’s how it works:
- ✅ Submit your project KarmaGap for what you plan to ship this month. Follow this GUIDE to add your project to the latest Proof of Ship Season.
- ✅ Sign up to the Monthly Proof of Ship contest
- ✅ Ship code, share updates on GitHub & Farcaster, and let AI track your progress.
- ✅ The Top projects are selected for the Jokerace contest and invited to present at the live Builder Showcase.
- ✅ Winner announced live at the end of the Builder Showcase.
- ✅ Keep building & keep earning each month—returning builders unlock bigger rewards over time!
ℹ️ Read the full rules and agenda to understand how to be successful in this contest.
ℹ️ Important Information:
This information will need to be provided for your project to be eligible for the main prize.
Your Project should have the following information:
- Short Description (that fits into a tweet)
- A link to all assets you provide, e.g., logo, screenshots etc.
- Link to Video explaining your work (4 min max)
- Link to your Presentation (not more than 10 slides)
- Milestones: Detailed description of the work you did this month during the contest, with links to PRs
- Problem
- Mention the competitors and how you are offering a different solution
- Solution
- Go as much in detail as possible
- Architecture
- Mention all libraries and frameworks used
- Provide feedback to any issues you encountered with the implementation
- If you are building something more complex, make sure to add visuals to explain the architecture of your project.
- 33% - AI Agent vote:
- Technical implementation
- Builders commit activity
- Completeness of submission
- 33% - Celo Team judging
- 33% - Community Vote
- 1% - Luck
📆 Key Dates:
- March 1st - 24th: Submissions open
- Register your project on KarmaGAP
- Apply for Proof of Ship
- Ongoing: Share updates on KarmaGAP & Farcaster, and let AI track your progress.
- March 24th: Project Submission Deadline.
- March 24th: 9 AM GMT - Submission Close. The later you submit the less we can guarantee that we got all your information
- March 24th - 25th: Internal evaluation.
- March 26th: Top 10 projects will be contacted and their project will be uploaded for the JokeRace competition.
- March 26th - 28th: JokeRace community voting is open.
- March 28th: 3 PM GMT - Builders Showcase - and final voting hour (this is when most people vote so this will be fun)
- March 28th: 4 PM GMT - Winners Announcement
🚖 Tracks:
While any project on Celo is eligible, we highly encourage projects that fit into the following tracks:
- MiniApps: build a mobile-first mini app on Minipay that solves a local, practical challenge. See quickstart here.
- AI Powered Apps & Agents: build AI Agents that interact with smart contract on Celo. See tutorials here.
- DeFi & Stablecoin Payments: use Mento stablecoins (cUSD, cEUR, cCOP) in your app.
- Infra & Dev Tools: Improve developer tooling (such as Celo Composer or Composer Kit) or create projects and tutorials that leverage existing developer tooling (such as Thirdweb).
Find FAQ and more details on timeline, eligibility, and judging creteria, on the Proof of Ship Notion.