Weekly Digest: $1M Hackathon, FREE 1-Year Subscription Giveaway, $30K Bug Bounty, Superdev Fellowship, Devconnect Scholarship | Issue 56
Hello, amazing person,
I’m Glory Praise, your buddy in the Web3 space.
Welcome to your weekly plug for the best opportunities in Web3. From grants and hackathons to events and upskilling resources, everything here is curated to help you grow and thrive in the space.
If you come across any exciting opportunities, send them my way. I’d love to feature them and share them with the community.
Now, let’s dive into what’s hot this week!
ICYMI - This Week's Highlights
💰 Hot Opportunities
1. $30k INTMAX Bug Bounty :
Details: INTMAX just launched a bug bounty program, and there's up to $30K in rewards available. Check it out here.
2. Devconnect ARG Scholars Program:
Details: The Scholars Program will welcome 100 leaders who are expanding Ethereum's reach by connecting it to new communities, industries, and ideas. Scholars will co-learn and co-create, building bridges between Ethereum and other worlds... Check it out here.
3. 3 Percent Club Summer Program 2025:
Details: Founders can pitch to 20+ investors for $50K–$3M+ in funding while also receiving coaching and grant support through the 3 Percent Club at the MVP and Ideation stages. Check it out here.
4. Speak at Web3Lagos Conference:
Details: Whether you’re a seasoned dev or a curious learner, there’s a seat for you. Call for Speakers is open. Check it out here.
5. #500kIntern drive:
Details: This is for interns only. Apply if you're looking for any form of paid tech internship. Check it out here.
Educative.io (Collaboration)
Educative is turning 10, and to celebrate, I am partnering with them to give 3 of you a FREE 1-Year Subscription to their platform! Whether you want to level up in tech, switch careers, or sharpen your skills, this is your chance.
To enter:
1️⃣ Like this post
2️⃣ Follow me + @educativeinc on IG
3️⃣ Tag 3 friends in the comment section of the post who’d love to learn too!
This giveaway will be open for two weeks starting today, June 9, 2025, and I will randomly select 3 winners who meet all the requirements after the contest closes at 11:59 PM WAT on Sunday, June 22, 2025.
Big thanks to Educative for 10 years of helping devs grow.
Good luck, everyone! 🚀
🎓 Bootcamps, Learning & Training Programs
1. Rust Blockchain Protocol Development
Details: The first-ever Web3Bridge Rust class is live and open for everyone to register. For just $100, you’ll get expert training, a $5,000+ build grant, and real hands-on experience. Register today!
2. Smart Contract Auditing Training
Details: This is a bootcamp, a four-month intensive program designed to equip participants with the skills and knowledge needed for a successful career in smart contract auditing. They provide food and accommodation, 24-hour electricity, unlimited internet, learning resources, and world-class instructors. Register today!
3. The Mirror Cohort 1 Training 2025
Details: This is a 6-week hands-on bootcamp to kickstart your journey into Web3. Register today!
4. Intro to DeFi Squad 3.0
Details: This is for the ladies who are passionate about learning DeFi. If you're willing to commit to learning, then this is for you!. Register today!
🌍 Major Events Spotlight
1. Crypto & DeFi Forum
Date: June 11th, 2025
Location: Lagos
Link: Reserve Your Spot
2. Kenya Blockchain & Crypto Conference
Date: June 12th-13th, 2025
Location: Kenya
Link: Reserve Your Spot
3. One Dev x Protocol Labs
Date: June 13th, 2025
Location: Nairobi
Link: Reserve Your Spot
4. The Nirvana Village Square 2.0
Date: June 14th, 2025
Location: Lagos
Link: Reserve Your Spot
5. Quai Network Nigeria Campus Tour
Date: June 14th, 2025
Location: Lagos
Link: Reserve Your Spot
6. Solana Allstars UniLag Campus Meetup
Date: June 14th, 2025
Location: Lagos
Link: Reserve Your Spot
7. Akiverse Unilag Meetup 2.0
Date: June 21st, 2025
Location: Lagos
Link: Reserve Your Spot
8. 0G Road to Mainnet
Date: June 21st, 2025
Location: Lagos
Link: Reserve Your Spot
9. Akash Accelerate 2025
Date: June 23rd, 2025
Location: Lagos
Link: Reserve Your Spot
10. Base Pop-Up City
Date: July 15th, 2025
Location: Lagos
Link: Reserve Your Spot
11. ETH Enugu
Date: August 4th - 16th, 2025
Location: Enugu
Link: Reserve Your Spot
12. ProdFest: Web3 Products Festival and Hackathon
Date: August 19th -24th, 2025
Location: Jos
Link: Reserve Your Spot
13. Web3Lagos Conference 4.0
Date: August 28th -30th, 2025
Location: Lagos
Link: Reserve Your Spot
💼 Career Corner
Work & Earn
1. Superteam Earn:
Details: Dive into the world of crypto and blockchain by participating in Superteam Earn's work-to-earn platform. This initiative offers various tasks and projects that reward you with cryptocurrency. Enhance your skills, contribute to exciting projects, and get paid in crypto. Start earning today!
2. OnlyDust:
Details: For developers, join OnlyDust and become part of a community dedicated to forging a legacy in decentralized development. Whether you're a seasoned developer or just starting, OnlyDust provides resources and projects to help you make your mark in the blockchain world. Forge your developer legacy now!
Job Openings
Superr is hiring several roles
🎯 Growth Opportunities
Grants
1. The Seed Grant Program:
Details: It is designed to provide teams with grants up to $25,000 in USDC in non-dilutive funding to enhance the growth of the Starknet ecosystem. Check it out here.
2. Questbook Compound Grants
Details: The Compound Grants Program empowers innovative projects by providing funding to builders, researchers, and developers within the Compound ecosystem. It aims to support cutting-edge dapps, security tooling, cross-chain initiatives, and DAO operations, ensuring a transparent, decentralized, and efficient allocation of resources. Check it out here.
Open Source
3. Ethereum Foundation Bug Bounty
Details: Earn up to 250,000 USD and place on the leaderboard by finding protocol, client, and language compiler bugs affecting the Ethereum network.
Link: Register Now
4. Celo & Scout Game
Details: Celo is partnering with Scout Game to support developers who contribute to the ecosystem. Celo has a prize pool of 5000 cUSD to distribute to talented developers! This is the chance for you to learn and grow and make connections, even if you are new to open source.
Link: Start here
Fellowship
5. The Next Billion Fellowship
Details: The program seeks to enable the flourishing of populations, communities, or individuals underrepresented in the Ethereum ecosystem today. Fellows receive support from the Foundation to complete a small quest inside a big narrative.
Link: Start here
6. yAcademy Fellowship Block 7:
Details: Applications are now open for yAcademy’s Block 7 Fellowship, offering tracks in Smart Contracts and Zero Knowledge. The fellowship is a public good designed to train top security talent and strengthen the Ethereum ecosystem. Register here.
7. Superdev Fellowship:
Details: Superdev Fellowship is an 8-week fellowship program free to attend and fully remote, open to anyone in the world with a laptop, internet connection, and proof of work. The top 20 graduates win a $2500 stipend. Register here.
Internship
8. Ethereum Season of Internships
Details: The Ethereum Season of Internships directly addresses this retention gap by creating a coordinated collection of internship opportunities across the ecosystem. Registration is opening soon.
Link: Start here
Bounties/Contests
9. $20K Circle Developer Bounties
Details: Circle Developer Bounties invite you to build real-world solutions with Circle's suite of smart contracts, APIs, and SDKs.
Link: Register Now
10. $1000 Twitter Thread on Yield Trading Using Asgard:
Details: This bounty invites creatives to write a Twitter thread that leaves an impression. Check it out here.
11. $350 The Saylor Prophecy Meme Challenge:
Details: Take the legendary photo of Michael Saylor at Bitcoin 2025 and turn it into the meme of the decade. Check it out here.
Hackathons
12. MetaMask Card Dev Cook-Off
Details: The MetaMask Card Hackathon is designed to inspire developers, designers, and innovators to build innovative applications that integrate the MetaMask Card, LI.FI and USDC.
Link: Register here
13. Modular Worlds Hackathon
Details: A global hackathon from Protocol Labs to accelerate breakthroughs in the foundational layers of the internet. From secure, censorship-resistant infrastructure to AI grounded in verifiable truth and economic systems that reward open collaboration, this hackathon challenges you to reimagine the digital stack for a freer, more intelligent world.
Link: Register here
14. $1 Million Bolt Hackathon
Details: Bolt just officially kicked off one of the World's Largest hackathons, an awesome competition with over $1,000,000 in prizes. Bolt is a powerful AI platform that enables anyone with an idea to build production-ready applications without traditional coding skills.
Link: Register here
📺 Featured Content
What Is Web3? Why Should You Care?
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Glory Praise Emmanuel