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From YouTube: How I won $4000USD (3rd Place) in a Hackathon building a privacy App on Mina Blockchain (Part 1)
Description
#zeroknowledge #blockchaindeveloper #hackathon
This is part 1 of a series where I walk you through (maybe a bit haphazardly) the steps one might take when competing in an online programming competition or hackathon.
In this episode, I walk you through the ideation phase.
This was for a program called zk ignite (cohort 0) where you create blockchain apps utilising zero knowledge proofs (zk apps) on the Mina Blockchain.
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:07 Context
00:42 ZK App Idea Evaluation Sheet
01:07 Explaining an Private (ZK) App Idea
01:43 The App Idea that I chose
01:53 Reason for choosing this idea
02:40 Evaluating my zk app idea
04:49 What is Mina Protocol
05:05 Competition Details
05:30 Ironic Outro
Connect with me here:
https://links.alysia.tech
https://lenster.xyz/u/alysiatech
A
Hello,
if
you
click
this
video
because
of
the
title
then
check
the
timestamps
in
the
description
below.
As
you
know,
the
space
is
very
new
and
very
experimental,
so
there's
so
many
new
things
to
test
out
and
currently
I've
been
spending.
My
time
writing
ZK
apps
with
Mina
I,
learned
how
to
write
a
ZK
app
during
their
Builders
program,
which
just
concluded
and
right
now.
A
I
am
doing
this
competition
that
I
committed
to
today,
December
10th,
where
you
have
to
build
a
ZK
app
and
the
deadline
is
December
16th,
so
I
will
explain
more
about
zks
as
we
go,
but
really
and
truly
I'm
trying
to
make
this
deadline
either
way.
Zeke
is
on
this,
your
knowledge,
proofs
and
we're
using
ZK
technology
within
blockchain
to
allow
things
for,
like
private
inputs
on
private
transactions.
Let's
jump
to
it.
I
have
this
document
here
with
ideas.
Maybe
I
wouldn't
walk
through
all
of
them.
A
For
this
video,
the
way
I
thought
about
the
idea
was
with
various
properties
I'm
like
what
is
a
private
input.
What
is
the
data
required?
Which
industry
does
this?
You
know
fall
into?
What
are
some
questions?
I
have
about
even
the
idea
and
the
solution.
What
are
some
issues
I
can
run
into
and
then
what's
the
impact
and
use
cases?
A
Another
idea
that
I
had
was
a
private
voting
system
and
the
industry
that
this
would
impact
would
be
like
darves
and
even
government
elections.
What
would
be
the
private
input
in
this
case
because,
of
course,
we're
thinking
we're
using
a
DK
app
because
we
want
to
create?
We
want
an
application
that
requires
private
input
and
I.
Think
your
vote
should
be
private.
No
one
should
know
who
you
voted
for
and
maybe
even
your
identity.
A
So
this
does
not
only
mean
I'm
speaking
about
your
digital
property.
So
what?
If
you
had
an
nft
that
represents
your
house
in
the
real
world,
and
this
nft
is
a
part
of
a
collection
of
all
the
people
who
own
houses
within
a
particular
area.
But
because
this
address
is
linked
to
your
house,
you
probably
have
other
transactions
associated
with
such
with
this
address,
so
maybe
there's
another
service
that
allows
you
to
get
a
lower
insurance.
A
If
you
have
a
house
in
a
particular
area
now
you
don't
want
them
to
exactly
know
which
house
you
own.
Therefore,
and
also
how
much
money
you
have
how
much
money
you've
been
transacting,
you
just
want
to
prove
that
yes,
I
have
a
house
there.
So
what
would
be
private
here
like
you,
would
prove
that
you
are
a
part
of
this
collection,
but
you
don't
exactly
know
or
the
the
application
doesn't
exactly
know
who
you
are
or
which
item
you
own.
So
in
this
case
your
input
would
be
your
blockchain
address.
A
So,
lastly,
we
tailored
for
the
ethereum
blockchain,
where
we
know
that
already
a
lot
of
people
digitizing
their
assets
on
there.
Let's
say
you
supply
your
eth
blockchain
address,
and
that
is
your
private
input.
So
no
one
knows
who
is
this
person
on
the
ethereum
blockchain?
All
we
know
is
that
this
user
is
authenticating
that
they
own
a
crypto
plan,
for
example,
that
would
be
a
private
input.
A
The
industries
that
that's
going
to
impart
is
Access
Control,
just
giving
you
access
to
particular
Things
based
on
some
truth,
then
the
truth
is,
you
are
an
owner
of
something
the
use
cases
I
thought
of
immediately
because
I'm
a
content
creator
is
about
2.5
patreon.
So,
let's
say,
for
example,
you
own
an
nft
which
gives
you
access
to
like
news,
monthly
or
perks
or
discounts
monthly,
or
let's
say
you
even
own-
a
subscription
which
gives
you
access
to
receiving
a
file
monthly,
a
newsletter
monthly
trading
tips
monthly.
A
Then
you
may
not
want
the
platform
to
know
exactly
who
you
are.
You
just
want
them
to
know
whether
you
are
an
owner,
so
you
can
receive
it,
especially
if
you're
going
to
then
enter
your
email
address.
If
you're
entering
your
email
address
and
your
crypto
address
now,
we
know
who
you
are
now
we
know
about
Alicia
hi
alicia.tech
is
now
associated
with
this
address.
You're
labeled
and
most
people
want
to
keep
their
financial
transactions
more
on
the
private
side.
A
So
that
is
what
I
thought
and
second
reason
why
I
thought
it
would
be
good
to
start
with
this
project.
First
is
because
my
other
idea
is
like
let's
say
a
private
message
board
a
private
rating
system,
the
way
that
I
conceptualize.
The
idea
is
that
you
do
have
to
prove
that
you
own
something
to
prove
that
you
can
vote
or
to
prove
that
you
kind
of
rate
a
product.
A
Let's
say
you
purchase
a
product
and
you
want
to
give
a
rating
for
it
or
you
have
to
prove
that
you
purchase
the
product,
so
I
thought,
starting
with
the
ownership
proof,
would
be
a
good
place
to
start
and
then,
depending
on
how
these
six
days
go.
Because,
as
you
know,
the
deadline
is
December.
16Th
I
can
then
you
know
I
can
then
build
up
on
it.
So
this
is
Mina.
A
A
So
they
have
prizes
and
they
had
a
simple
price
or
if
he
even
just
completed
a
tutorial,
you
got
50
Amino,
which
is
quite
decent,
and
then
there
are
top
prizes,
three
top
prizes,
20K
12K
and
8K
Mina,
and
then
all
high
quality
apps
will
be
eligible
to
receive
5K
Mina,
so
I'm,
hoping
that
for
the
very
minimum
I
can
receive
this,
but
of
course,
I'm
aiming
for
free
spies.
Because
of
course
that's
what
we
do
over
here.
Well,
that's
it!
Yeah
anyway,.