Building a Winning Project and Lasting Product With Dynamic I Matthew Foyle

Thu, Oct 2, 2025, 12:00 AM

Matthew Foyle, representing Dynamic, shares insights from judging 300-400 hackathon projects, offering practical tips for building winning projects and lasting products. He emphasizes focusing on core functionality, self-documenting demos, and product polish. Dynamic is presented as a seamless authentication and wallet solution for web3 apps, supporting social logins, embedded wallets, and integrations like Coinbase On-Ramp. Foyle highlights the importance of clear documentation, live doc integrations (MCP server), and using oneshot prompts for AI-assisted development. He showcases standout hackathon projects, discusses best practices for partner bounties, and demonstrates Dynamic’s quick integration process, including customizable onboarding and payment flows. Final advice includes leveraging office hours, prioritizing fun, and iterating based on feedback. Keywords include hackathon, Dynamic, web3, authentication, wallet, Coinbase, documentation, AI, onboarding, partner bounty, and product polish. 00:00 Introduction 00:36 Judging Hackathons & Dynamic Overview 01:15 Dynamic as Authentication & Wallet Solution 02:22 Real-World Integrations & Winning Tips 03:30 Demo Best Practices & Product Focus 04:28 Importance of Polish & Simplicity 05:05 Partner Bounty Strategies 06:00 Standout Hackathon Projects 07:23 Quick Start with Dynamic 08:49 Live Documentation & MCP Server 10:04 Oneshot Prompts & Documentation Features 11:14 Implementation Guides & Integration Tips 11:55 Coinbase On-Ramp Integration 13:24 Pay with Dynamic: Unified Payment Flow 14:25 Judging Realities & Final Advice 15:20 Conclusion _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 🇺🇸 *ETHGlobal New York* This workshop is specifically for ETHGlobal New York, a 3-day hackathon held August 15-17, bringing together the most skilled web3 developers, designers and product builders from all around the globe for a weekend-long adventure to advance the Ethereum ecosystem! Watch the full ETHGlobal New York 2025 playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXzKMXK2aHh4Xze0ZeSWCSGsw25clPpvZ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ✅ *Follow Dynamic* X: https://x.com/dynamic_xyz ✅ *Follow ETHGlobal* X: https://x.com/ETHGlobal​ Warpcast: https://warpcast.com/ethglobal Website: https://ethglobal.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ETHGlobal _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Are you interested in Ethereum development and entrepreneurship?_ 👉 Sign up for the next ETHGlobal event: https://ethglobal.com/events 🎁 Get exclusive access and perks with ETHGlobal Plus! https://ethglobal.com/plus 📣 Want us to throw an event in your city? Tell us where! https://ethglobal.com/city _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _