The Defi Writing Contest: Final Round Results Announced!

Hackers, the final round results of the DeFi Writing Contest by SORA & HackerNoon are here.

Cheers to the HackerNoon community for participating with great enthusiasm in the contest! On average, we published 70 stories every month during the contest. That’s Awesomeeeee!!!

The Defi Writing Contest by SORA: Final Round Nominees and Winners

Like all other contests, we pick our winners by selecting the top 10 story submissions using 60:30:10 weightage, respectively, to the number of hours read, the number of people reached, and the freshness of the content.

The HackerNoon’s editorial team then votes, picking the top three stories among them and deciding which order to place the winners.

Here are the top 10 nominations

1. How to Research New Crypto Projects by @cryptoengineer
2. The Dummies Guide to Earning While Learning Web3: 12+ Learn to Earn Platforms by @thezainabowolabi
3. Problems With Blockchain and Why We Need the Internet Computer by @lucidsamuel
4. 5 Best Polygon Wallets For NFTs in 2022 by @gchimelu
5. The Nakamoto Coefficient and How it Can Impact the Robustness of a Blockchain by @anormaljourney
6. What Is Looping in DeFi and How Does It Work by @hunais
7. Discussing Perpetuals in DeFi and Making Them Accessible to the Masses by @danstein
8. The Real Culprit Behind Web3’s Usability Problem by @asafkirobo
9. The Future of DeFi for Bitcoin by @alexeizamyatin
10. The Future of Personal Finance  by @RamaTarun

The first prize goes to:

HACKERNOON

How to Research New Crypto Projects | HackerNoon

How to Research New Crypto Projects using Selection Framework. Supply & Demand | Valuation, Financial & Real Utility | Resources, Problem & Solution

Congratulations @cryptoengineer , you have won 2500 XSTUSD.

In the second place, we have

@hunais has won 1500 XSTUSD!

Third prize goes to:

Congratulations, @asafkirobo! You have won 1000 XSTUSD.

Once again, congratulations to all the Winners! We will contact all the winners shortly. The rewards for this contest will be distributed in XSTUSD. Here’s a complete guideline for you to get acquainted with XSTUSD. For contests updates, keep an eye on contests.hackernoon.com!