Counting down the 18 new projects that made it to the finals of ETHDenver

Author: BlockBeats

The ETHDenver 2023 conference has reached its conclusion, and the official announcement has just been made regarding the 18 projects selected for BUIDLWeek by the judging panel. The panel selected 3 projects each in the categories of DeFi, DAO, public goods, and NFT metaverse, while infrastructure projects were the largest category with 6 projects selected. Based on the project list shared by Mike Stepanovic from The New York Times, BlockBeats has compiled a brief overview of these 18 projects as follows.

Public Goods

Sesame -- Top 5

Sesame is a wallet project designed for emerging markets with low bandwidth internet, featuring an "offline-first" capability that allows transactions to be cached without an internet connection and automatically submitted when the user's device reconnects.

Testing Interface

Fundpg -- Top 5

It establishes a no-loss donation pool for users, allowing them to allocate a portion of their earnings directly to public goods. The project is currently collaborating with Gitcoin and Creature World to launch commemorative t-shirts, with all proceeds going to public goods.

Krypto Kredit

Krypto Kredit is a Web3 credit scoring platform built specifically for emerging markets, particularly in Asia and Africa.

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Infrastructure

Bitcoin Vitalik's Vision (BVV)

Also known as "Satoshi's Stack," it aims to help the Bitcoin network achieve more functionality.

Swappy -- Top 5

Swappy is a cross-chain interoperability protocol based on large language models (LLM), envisioning a way for humans to perform cross-chain swaps as if conversing with a voice assistant. (Imagine commanding "ChatGPT" to help you with cross-chain operations.)

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Rhinestone

A wallet project based on zero-knowledge proofs, account abstraction, and the erc-4337 standard. More accurately, this project resembles a wallet plugin manager, allowing users to customize their wallet experience using preferred features from various wallets.

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Slang

Slang is a developer tool designed to simplify interactions with decentralized databases.

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Inheritable

Inheritable is a will verification mechanism compliant with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), helping users smoothly inherit on-chain assets, currently built on Coinbase's new Layer 2---Base.

(Note: The Reentrancy Proxy project has not yet been demonstrated, and project information is currently unknown.)

DAO & Community

GovBlocks

Enhances DAO governance through abstract membership verification. Allows DAO members to propose and vote on initiatives using any standard desired by the DAO.

M3mber

A cross-chain domain wrapper for ENS, allowing access control for various NFT-gated or permissioned communities. The team also developed an organizational management tool based on ENS subdomains called ORG3.

Denoted

A Notion-like product that allows users to easily access blockchain data by entering the "/" symbol.

Metalance (NFT + Games + Metaverse)

Bazaark -- Top 5

A dedicated marketplace for game NFTs, enabling ownership and management through the input of ZK attributes into NFTs. Suitable for widespread use in MMO games and allows for selective display.

Mymule

An on-chain virtual pet styled like Pokémon (themed around mules), requiring interactions similar to electronic pet care, such as petting and feeding. The issued Mymule Token will serve as a means of collecting rewards.

Synesthesia

A music NFT project planning to integrate with Spotify.

DeFi

zkPoEx -- Top 5

zkPoEx is a ZK-based tool designed to reward hackers for discovering vulnerabilities. With this tool, white-hat hackers can establish evidence of attacks and prove the type of attack, obtaining bug rewards without exposing the attack itself.

Tribe.credit

Tribe.credit is a peer-to-peer lending protocol that authorizes anyone to provide or receive credit, aiming to enhance and implement a DeFi credit system.

Gasly

Gasly expands the token options for paying gas fees, enabling gas payments on any chain in any manner.

From the selected projects, it is evident that the crypto and Web3 sectors are focusing on attracting more users from outside the industry through ease of use in finance, gaming, and the metaverse. Although the innovative aspects of the selected projects are not very clear, they still reflect the direction of the crypto world and the narrative thread for the next bull market in the foreseeable future.