Rewards and criteria

Details about how rewards are structured, what makes a submission eligible, and how winners are chosen.

Rewards overview

Every month, the program distributes rewards to participants:

  • Top 5 Project rewards

    • The top 5 projects selected by the Zama team each month will share a pool of rewards.

  • Community Favourite bonus

    • Awarded to the project that receives the most votes from other participants in the community voting process.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Zama reserves the right to determine the eligibility of any submission, the selection of winning projects, and the distribution of rewards.

This program is in BETA, and rules, requirements, and rewards may be iterated based on feedbacks.

Evaluation criteria

Your submission is evaluated against these dimensions:

  • Technical execution: Correct, secure use of FHEVM and Solidity best practices.

  • Completeness: End-to-end workflow from smart contract to front end.

  • Innovation: Originality and potential impact of the project.

  • Usability & Clarity: Clear documentation, clean user interface, and easy-to-follow testing instructions.

  • Presentation (Optional): A clear demo video or walkthrough that explains the project.

Timeline & process

Step
Timeline
Process

Program opens

00:00 AOE, 1st of each month

  • Program starts.

Submission deadline

23:59 AOE, last day of the month

  • Submit your project before the deadline to be considered for review.

Submission review

1st–7th of the following month

  • Qualifying projects are added to the Level 4 Champion role and invited to the #developer-program channel on Discord.

  • The top 5 projects selected by the Zama team are added to the Level 5 Developer Program Winner.

Community voting

Starts after the top 5 projects are chosen.

  • All Level 4. Developer Champion vote for the Community Favourite.

Rewards announcement & distribution

After voting ends and submissions are verified

  • Final rewards are announced in #developer-program and distributed to winners.

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