Flow Bounties & Builder Support Deep Dive I Ali Serag

Thu, Oct 2, 2025, 12:00 AM

Get ready for ETHGlobal NYC with Flow’s $20,000 bounty pool—the largest at the hackathon! In this deep dive, Ali Serag shares how builders can win prizes, tap into Flow’s massive user base, and get unparalleled builder support. Learn about the three core bounty streams: 1) Best Killer App on Flow – Consumer-oriented apps that can define industries (gaming, AI, DeFi, RWA, social apps). 2) Best Cross-Chain DeFi Protocol – Creative, interoperable solutions with user-friendly features like walletless onboarding and gasless transactions. 3) Find Your Flow State – A $10,000 split prize for everyone deploying on Flow. Discover why Flow is the “consumer chain” with 50M+ accounts and major brands like Disney, Ticketmaster, and the NBA building on it. Ali also covers Flow’s dual VM support (EVM + Cadence), funding opportunities, builder perks, and the Flow Store—a distribution channel to get your app in front of millions. Perfect for hackathon participants, Web3 developers, and startup founders looking for funding, mentorship, and scale. 00:00 Walking to ETHGlobal NYC 00:42 $20K bounty pool overview 01:04 Best Killer App on Flow 01:46 Best Cross-Chain DeFi Protocol 02:12 Find Your Flow State prize pool 02:36 What is Flow blockchain 03:05 Dual VM: EVM & Cadence 03:40 Flow’s consumer app ecosystem 03:57 Builder funding opportunities 04:19 Personalized builder support 04:46 Rising TVL and liquidity access 05:03 Founder-focused mentorship 05:22 Disney’s 50M mint on Flow 05:41 Ticketmaster on Flow 06:02 Flow World Tour & builder perks 06:27 Hackathon builder airdrops 06:50 Introducing the Flow Store 07:17 Why distribution matters 07:51 Pump.flow hackathon success story 08:18 Other ecosystem success stories 08:44 Closing call to action _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 🇺🇸 *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 Ali Serag* X: https://x.com/AliSerag0 ✅ *Follow Flow* X: https://x.com/flow_blockchain ✅ *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 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _