Pi Community’s first Open Community hackathon topped Blind_Lounge and different utility-focused Mainnet apps, highlighting progress however with clear threat disclaimers for customers.
Abstract
- Pi Community’s Core Group picked Blind_Lounge as the highest Mainnet app, with Starmax and RUN FOR PI taking second and third in a 215-submission hackathon.
- Honorable mentions like Kindrek, Workflet For Pi, PallyPay, SimpleJoy, and Agora Pulse present a push towards funds, work instruments, and social use circumstances.
- The Core Group pressured these are unbiased initiatives, warning customers to count on bugs and use all third-party Pi apps at their very own threat.
Pi Community’s Core Group introduced the winners of its first hackathon occasion held through the Open Community period, concluding a contest that resulted in mid-October however noticed outcomes delayed till this week.
The hackathon, which launched on August 21, acquired greater than 215 Mainnet app submissions by October that met ecosystem necessities, based on the Core Group’s announcement Thursday.
Pi Community goes privacy-first
Blind_Lounge, described as a privacy-first social and courting platform enabling nameless connections with elective identification reveals, claimed first place and 75,000 PI tokens. The platform permits customers to attach anonymously and reveal identities solely by mutual selection.
Second place and 45,000 PI (PI) tokens went to Starmax, a loyalty program utility that permits customers to spend Pi at collaborating companies and earn rewards for engagement. Third place winner RUN FOR PI, a runner sport incorporating Pi into its in-game economic system, acquired 15,000 tokens.
5 honorable mentions—Kindrek, Workflet For Pi, PallyPay, SimpleJoy, and Agora Pulse—every acquired 5,000 PI tokens, based on the announcement.
The hackathon included an elective midpoint check-in in mid-September and concluded October 15. The Core Group acknowledged the submissions display builders’ motivation to construct utility-oriented, production-ready functions on the Pi Mainnet.
The Core Group issued a disclaimer noting that some utility options could stay in growth and will include bugs or limitations as community-built initiatives proceed evolving post-hackathon. The crew clarified it doesn’t formally develop the functions and maintains no affiliation with them.
“All choices, options, and limitations of those apps are decided solely by their respective app groups,” the announcement acknowledged. “Use of those apps is at your personal discretion and threat, and through the use of such apps you acknowledge and agree that Pi Community will not be answerable for any points you might encounter.”
The Core Group directed customers experiencing points or wishing to supply suggestions to make the most of utility reporting channels or related group areas.