KU HackFest 2023

Best Domain Name from GoDaddy Registry

GoDaddy Registry is giving you everything you need to be the best hacker no matter where you are. Register your domain name with GoDaddy Registry for a chance to win a Hack from Home Kit! Each Kit contains an assortment of awesome swag along with a tote for easy transport.<br>

Best Use of Auth0

Auth0 wants your applications to be secure! Why spend hours building features like social sign-in, Multi-Factor Authentication, and passwordless log-in when you can enable them through Auth0 straight out of the box? Auth0 is free to try, doesn’t require a credit card, and allows for up to 7,000 free active users and unlimited log-ins. <a href="https://mlh.link/auth0-signup" target="_blank">Make your new account today</a> and use any of <a href="https://mlh.link/auth0-docs" target="_blank">the Auth0 APIs</a> for a chance to win a pair of wireless headphones for you and each member of your team!<br>

Best Use of Hedera

Hedera is a next generation blockchain technology that’s accessible from familiar programming languages like Java and JavaScript. Their goal? To make Web3 development even more accessible to hackers like you! Build a project on Hedera's test network for a chance to win amazing Compact Mechanical Keyboards for you and your team!<br><ul> <li>Build a decentralized application on Hedera using our JavaScript SDK.<br> </li> <li>Build applications that never sleep using EVM compatible smart contract service.<br> </li> <li>Say goodbye to cumbersome databases and hello to seamless scalability of Hedera Consensus Service. With no need for writing your own APIs your data is securely stored and easily retrieved.<br> </li> </ul><br>

Best Use of Soroban

Soroban is an open-source Rust-based developer-friendly smart contracts platform built for scalability. It is interoperable with the layer-1 Stellar blockchain and benefits from the network’s existing global reach and access. With Soroban, developers have the freedom to create applications as borderless as the internet.<br><br>Learning how to build Decentralized Applications (DAPPs) using Soroban is easy and fun. Simply follow along with the <a href="https://hackp.ac/soroban-challenge" target="_blank">DAPPs on Soroban challenge</a> by forking either of the Crowdfund or Payment repositories, and make the project your own with personalized customizations! The challenge link even has some simple walk-throughs available to help you get started.<br><br>Remember to customize your DAPP using Soroban this weekend for a chance to win a Power Bank for you and each of your teammates!<br><br>

Most Creative Use of Redis Cloud

<a href="https://hackp.ac/redis-cloud-free" target="_blank">Redis Cloud</a> is the easiest way to build and scale real-time applications - Period! It includes Redis Stack, adding indexing, querying, full-text search, JSON, time-series, and probabilistic data structures to the already-rich set of features of Redis. <br><br>Redis Stack works with all of your favorite programming languages and can be added to any existing application. It’s the easiest way to build real-time applications that scale and perform.<br><br>Show us how you’ve used Redis Cloud in a way that showcases your unique and specific data structure needs and each member of your team could win a personal, portable Redis Stack server IOT hardware unit to keep developing on the go. Find out why Stack Overflow Developers have voted Redis their “most loved and admired” noSQL database for years-running by rolling Redis into your MLH Hackathon project.<br><br><a href="http://hackp.ac/redis-cloud-free" target="_blank">Sign up for your free Redis Cloud account</a>, and head over to <a href="https://hackp.ac/redis-university-mlh" target="_blank">the MLH jump off page</a> on <a href="http://hackp.ac/redis-university" target="_blank">Redis University</a> for more info and docs links. Enter coupon code MLHFall2023 to claim your Redis Cloud credits and get started for free!<br>

Best Use of Auth0

Best Domain Name from GoDaddy Registry

NewBie Project

Blockchain Track Winner

Imported Challenge from Devpost Prize Winner

Winner of KU HackFest 2023

Imported Challenge from Devpost Prize Winner

1st Runner Up

Imported Challenge from Devpost Prize Winner

2nd Runner Up

Imported Challenge from Devpost Prize Winner

ML/AI Track Winner

ML/AI track winner will be awarded with NPR 35000 sponsored by GritFeat Solutions.

Blockchain Track Runner-up

Blockchain track runner-up will be awarded with NPR 30000 sponsored by Cedro Finance.

Category Winner

Every category winner (except Out-Of-The-Box) will be rewarded with a gift hamper sponsored by HiLife worth NPR 2095.

Out-Of-The-Box Category Winner

The winner of Out-Of-The-Box category will be rewarded with NPR 2095.

Track Winner

Every track winner (except ML/AI and Blockchain) will be awarded with an Ultima Earbud and a smart watch sponsored by Hukut.