Magic Eden launches $1 million dollar hackathon

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• Magic Eden launches $1 million dollar hackathon

• ZED RUN soccer-inspired horserace World Cup

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Magic Eden launches $1 million dollar hackathon

The NFT space is torn between buyers willing to get the best prices for their investments and artists needing royalties to live and keep creating. It takes two to tango, and Magic Eden, one of the leading Solana NFT marketplaces, will reward those who find the perfect beat.

While the market constrains the platform to introduce optional royalty fees, Magic Eden announced a mind-blowing hackathon to innovate in the future of creator monetization. A hackathon is a social coding event. Winners will get $ 1,000,000. Yes, baby! One million!

Count me in, Dr. Evil! What do I have to do? Develop solutions for both royalty enforcement and alternative business models. Uh...As Magic Eden reluctantly changes its model, they want to ensure it is only temporary and that the community will find solutions to develop better pro-royalty and alternative creator monetization tools. They know that royalties keep projects motivated to keep building.

Seven judges have been appointed as the platform eagerly hopes for a better future for creators. So let's code and tango! And don't hold your horses!

ZED RUN soccer inspired horserace World Cup

World Cup is 33 days away. All eyes will turn on the opening game Qatar-Equator on November 20.

Fortunately, ZED CUP has taken off our blinders. The play-to-earn horse-racing game will run a unique world-cup tournament from November 19 to December 20 to celebrate and support global soccer fan communities. They have created custom horse-racing skins inspired by each nation participating in the World Cup.

Want the Seleçao's skin?You'll need to get on the allowlist, mint it (starting November 2) and attach it to your in-game racehorses. Winning community contests (Twitter, Discord) or partner contests (Footium, Anomura, Human Park, ZED Token) will put you on the list. You're also in if you are a Genesis racehorse owner or a Budweiser or NASCAR pass holder. Who knows, an American racehorse may run as fast as Kyle Larson's car after a couple of beers.

A total of $37K, 100K ZED tokens, and various NFT packs are up for grabs.

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