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Ethereum Argentina Hackathon

November 19-20, 2024

Welcome to the Vetra hacker page for the Ethereum Argentina Hackathon! We're excited to support developers building with Powerhouse during this event.

Overview​

Join us for two days of intensive development support as you build decentralized applications using the Vetra framework. Our team will be available online and at the mentor's table to help you navigate the builder platform, answer questions, and guide you through best practices.

📅 Event Details​

  • Dates: November 19-20, 2024
  • Format: Online & IRL Developer Support
  • Time Zone: Argentina Time (ART)
  • Support Hours at Mentor Table @ la Rural: Please get in touch on Discord to schedule
  • Hackathon informations: Taiki Hackathon

🚀 Getting Started​

Vetra Introduction & Follow Along Demo

Please Rewatch our Hackathon introduction & follow along tutorial.

Find a complete overview of how to use the Vetra Studio for you project here

Quick Start Summary

  • Step 1: Install the powerhouse-CLI: pnpm install -g ph-cmd
  • Step 2: Initialize a project & directory ph init my-project-name
  • Step 3: CD into you project directory
  • Step 4: Launch Vetra Studio with the ph vetracommand
  • Step 5: Add the necessary document models & editors for your intended solution in Vetra Studio
  • Step 6: If you're well versed in schema creation or graphql. Just talk with an agent about your imagined solution.
  • Step 7: Start your preferred agent to help you with the initial scaffolding of your schema, operations and reducers.
  • Step 8: Test your implementation in the "Vetra Preview Drive" with the ph vetra --watchcommand.
  • Step 9: Run pnpm build and push your project to a remote repository. Follow the package publishing Tutorial

Basic tips

  • 1️⃣ Write a detailed description of your intented functionality inside the document model specification manifest
  • 2️⃣ Ask your agent to ask for clarifying questions before starting any ideation process.
  • 3️⃣ For each document model you'll want to create an accompanying editor in vetra studio.
  • 4️⃣ An 'App' specifcation is an drive that can act as an app because of the specific interface you create for it.

Before the Hackathon​

  1. Set Up Your Environment

    • Install the Powerhouse CLI
    • Set up your development environment
    • Review the Get Started Guide

  2. Explore the Platform

  3. Join Our Community

Use your preferred AI agent

Vetra studio is compatible with Cursor, Claude and Gemini. Find the dedicated markdown files to guide your agent with the correct instruction in your directory. Your agent should also have access to the MCP's available.

Hackathon Project Ideas​

Powerhouse is perfect for building:

  • Real World Use-cases: Every document can act as a mini ledger/blockchain.
  • Decentralized Applications: Create apps with built-in version control and collaboration.
  • Document-Based Systems: Build structured data applications.
  • Collaborative Tools: Enable real-time multi-user editing.
  • Data Management Platforms: Create systems with queryable, structured data.

Coordination & DAO Design​

  • 🧩 What if DAOs weren't chaotic? What documents would you need to make them coordinate like space X and ship like stripe?
  • 🎯 What if making decisions as a group felt like playing a co-op strategy game. With a clearly aligned vision, instant dashboards and a way to capture hard won knowledge in expertise into custom software for the Dao?
IDEA

The ultimate DAO Template toolkit where vision & mission documents influence guidelines & onboarding for contributors.

GovTech & Public Infrastructure​

  • 🗳 What if local governments had to reach consensus with residents before making a decision? How would that look like?
  • 🚧 What if you could submit pothole fixes or transit complaints into a civic DAO, and track the response like GitHub issues?
  • 🧾 What if municipal budgets were editable public documents with community feedback loops?
IDEA

An Open Source Enterprise Resource Planning-suite for municipalities & governments

Education & Group Work​

  • 📝 What if your group project auto-divided work, tracked contributions, and paid out in real-time?
  • 👾 What if "homework" was a multiplayer quest, and grades came from the DAO?
  • 🏫 What if we DAO-ified a classroom and let the students vote on rules, roles, and rewards?
IDEA

The remote classroom SAAS back-end that fosters connection, gives purpose to bullies and empowers younger generation to dream big again.

💸 Grants, Crypto, and Incentive Design​

  • 💰 What if grant tooling felt like bounty hunting across a galaxy of projects?
  • 📊 What if every grant had a live budget dashboard, contributor feed, and impact score?
  • 🎮 What if you could stake on coordination itself, betting that people will work together well?
IDEA

The future of grant platforms that dares to imagine grants in new ways. With follow up, tracking and impact visualisations of teams, time, risk & resources invested.

💸 Lawmaking, Legislation & Legal​

  • 🧑‍⚖️ What if any government or DAO could fork a legal template, customize it, and track changes in a public, composable way?
  • 🎨 What if legislation could be transparently co-created by citizens, NGOs, and governments all with aligned incentives?
  • 💻 What if legislation, contracts & templates could exist on an open-source market place like software?
  • 🤖 What if a network agent could create a legal vehicle by simply inputing set of requirements and risk preferences (in non legalese)?
  • 🤝 What if 2 agents in a network could negotiate terms of an agreement according to predefined functions and risk parameters, without lawyers?
IDEA

Build a Decentralized Lawmaking Engine using Reactive Document Models

🛠️ Resources​

Documentation​

Tutorials​

🏆 Judging Criteria​

Projects will be evaluated based on:

  • Usefulness & Impact: How well does it solve a certain job or problem?
  • Composability/Structure: How are the different document models and / or drive apps collaborating?
  • Clarity of the developer or user experience: Did you unlock the secret sauce of UX & reactive documents?
  • Alignment with Vetra/Powerhouse principles: Local-first, auditable, usefull for common good.

📋 Submission Guidelines​

What to Submit​

  • GitHub repository with your code
  • (Video) presentation (2-3 minutes)
  • README with:
    • Project description
    • Setup instructions
    • Screenshots/demos
    • Technologies used

The Powerhouse team will add you as a builder on the Vetra platform and host your application and drive.

Tips for Success​

Development Tips​

  1. Start Simple: Begin with a basic implementation and iterate
  2. Use Templates: Leverage existing examples and templates
  3. Ask Questions: Don't hesitate to reach out for help
  4. Test Early: Test your application frequently during development
  5. Document: Keep notes on your decisions and implementations

Presentation Tips​

  1. Show, Don't Tell: Live demos are more impactful than slides
  2. Tell a Story: Explain the problem you're solving
  3. Highlight Innovation: Show what makes your solution unique
  4. Be Concise: Respect the time limits for presentations
  5. Prepare Backup: Have screenshots/video in case of technical issues

Good luck, and happy hacking! 🚀

Last updated: November 17, 2025