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Canton Construct Ideathon

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Reimagine Finance with Daml
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Status
Ongoing
Participants
938
Prize Pool
$20,000USD
Format
Virtual
Submissions Deadline
05 Dec, 2025, 11:59PM(EST)

About

Canton Core Academy aims to onboard developers to the innovative Canton Network, a platform designed to transform the financial system using Daml, creating a more regulated and private blockchain ecosystem.


Once you’ve mastered the fundamentals of Canton, it’s time to innovate. Pitch your bold ideas, showcase working prototypes, and take the first steps toward creating impactful solutions within the Canton ecosystem.



What is Canton Academy?

From Learners to Builders: Your Pathway into Canton

This programme is a guided journey that takes developers from mastering the fundamentals of Daml, through practical challenges and ideation, to prototyping and mentorship. The goal is to equip participants with the skills, experience, and guidance needed to build and thrive within the Canton ecosystem.

  1. Learn & Earn: Participants begin with quests that incentivize learning, supported by supplementary modules to deepen understanding. High-performing participants can pursue the FREE Daml certification (worth $150), validating their knowledge and preparing them for the next stage.
  2. Ideathon: Armed with their new skills, participants enter the ideathon, where creativity and innovation take center stage. Here, they can develop prototypes and explore a wide range of possibilities. The best submissions—both in idea quality and technical execution—are selected for the next stage.
  3. Mentorship & Incubation: Selected teams move into a focused mentorship programme, where they receive guidance to refine and scale their prototypes into viable products. This phase ensures that the most promising ideas have the support needed to succeed.

Eligibility Criteria

  • Ages16+
  • GenderAll genders
  • Teams
    1 - 5 members
  • ProfileAll Profiles
  • Regions
    All countries/territories, excluding standard exceptions

Challenge Theme

Each theme has its own challenge statements, and picking one is required for submission. So choose your favourite, and let's get innovating!

Theme: Canton Construct Ideathon

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Challenge Statements

  1. Lending, Borrowing & Yield Applications

    Build protocols that allow users to lend, borrow, or earn yield.

  2. AMM Swaps & DEXes

    Build decentralized trading platforms on Canton, including AMMs, DEXes, and perpetual trading solutions.

  3. Prediction Markets

    Design a system that integrates real-world data into prediction markets, ensuring that outcomes are determined based on verifiable information.

  4. Tokenized Real-World Assets

    New asset classes and workflows for tokenization.

  5. Collateral & Margin Tools

    Privacy-preserving settlement and risk tools.

Timeline

Hacking Period: 13 November - 05 December

  • November 13, 10:00 AM ET — Ideathon Opening Ceremony
  • November 17, 10:00 AM ET — AMA 1
  • November 24, 10:00 AM ET — Basics of AMM Swaps and DEXes
  • November 27, 10:00 AM ET [To be rescheduled] — Workshop - Lending, Borrowing & Yield Applications
  • December 01, 10:00 AM ET — AMA 2
  • December 05, 11:59 AM ET — Submission Deadline
  • December 10 – January 5 — Judging Phase
  • January 12, 2026, 10:00 AM ET — Closing Ceremony / Winners Announcement


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Submissions Requirements

1. Project Details

Include the following:

  • Selected Ideathon track
  • Project Title & Description (max 100 words)
  • Key problem being addressed
  • Proposed solution and concept highlights
  • Tools, technologies, or methods (if any) the team envisions using to further develop the idea


2. Project-Prototype Demo Link
  • Provide the URL to your prototype, working proof of concept, a concept mockup, or demo environment to help judges better visualise your solution.


3. Project’s GitHub Repo Link
  • The team leader must create the project’s GitHub repository and share access with the rest of the team for collaboration.
  • The repository should contain:
  • Application’s code (if a prototype was developed)
  • README file (project overview, problem statement, and setup/use instructions)
  • Testing instructions (guidelines for judges to review or test the prototype, if applicable)
  • Any other deployment files (mockups, diagrams, or technical notes supporting the solution)
  • Ensure your GitHub repository link is accessible to the organizing team. Please do not set it to private.

Judging Criteria

Innovation (20%)

How unique, original, and creative is the idea compared to existing solutions? Does it introduce a fresh perspective?


Relevance & Problem Fit (15%)

How well does the idea address the problem statement or theme of the ideathon?


Feasibility (15%)

Is the idea realistically implementable with current tools, resources, or tech?


Impact Potential (20%)

What positive change could this idea create? (e.g., for users, communities, or industries)


Market Validation (10%)

Is there evidence of need or interest in this idea (research, user insights, logical reasoning)?


Clarity of Presentation (20%)

How clearly and persuasively is the idea communicated (pitch, slides, storytelling)?

Prizes

$20,000 divided equally across 10 best submissions



Click here to access Canton Construct AI Buddy!


Resources

1. How to build Canton Network Applications

2. Canton Network Application Quick Start

3. Daml Tools

  • PQS (Participant Query Store) [here] and the Daml Shell [here]

4. Other Useful Resources

5. Daml SDK Version

  • Recommended Version: 3.3.0-snapshot.20250502.13767.0.v2fc6c7e2
  • Quickstart Build: You can also build the SDK directly from the Quickstart repository: cn-quickstart GitHub

6. Learning modules

7. Canton Improvement Proposals (CIPs) Repository Important


Documentation Sites


Daml language


Canton Network application Quick Start


Important topics


LAPI JSON API

Use the JSON API to create language bindings for the Ledger API (LAPI) from the OpenAPI spec. Then the payload sent and received is JSON format with the Daml <-> JSON encodings described in this section


📹 Canton Construct Ideathon 2025 AMA sessions and Workshops Recording


AMA

AMA Session 1 Recording > https://youtu.be/xyjKBrZQuK4

AMA Session 2 Recording > https://youtu.be/RkozM7oX-3c


Workshops:

[Canton Construct] Workshop Basics of AMM Swaps and DEXes > https://youtu.be/FGv5IAg8RaQ

[Canton Construct] Lending, Borrowing, and Yield Application > https://youtu.be/Hy1I2HARLF0