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What's it all about?

Are you ready for your next challenge? We are excited to announce a new community bounty challenge using Programmable Banking APIs and Cards!

  • Explore and build innovative solutions using the Programmable Banking API and Card.

  • Spark your creativity, collaborate and share with the community

  • Showcase your skills and win rewards.

What do I need to know?

The challenges are designed to be short and fun, something you can build on weekends, by yourself or working with friends (give a shout if you're looking for a new buddy ). There are three different challenges in total, each running for two weekends:

  • ✊ Challenge 1: Linking Things | Friday 24 Feb - Monday 6 March 2023

  • ✊ Challenge 2: Build Something Simple | Friday 10 March - Wednesday 22 March 2023

  • Challenge 3: Building for a Social Good | Friday 24 March - Monday 3 April 2023

The challenges are open to developers of all skill levels and backgrounds. You can participate as an individual or as a team.

Your final bounty builds can be by the deadlines indicated above.

What are the challenges?

Challenge
Description
Things to consider

Linking Things

Integrate the Programmable Banking API and/or Card into an existing product or service.

Level of integration and impact on user experience.

Build Something Simple

Create and share a simple code snippet or connector for Programmable Banking API and/or Card.

Level of integration and impact on user experience.

Building for a Social Good

Build a solution that uses the Programmable Banking API and/or Card for social good.

Level of impact, originality and feasibility.

Challenge
Build Examples

Linking Things

Integrate the Programmable Banking Card with a gym membership app to allow users to pay for their memberships and track their progress in one convenient place.

Build Something Simple

Building for a Social Good

Build a crowdfunding platform that uses the Programmable Banking Card or API to allow people to donate to social causes and track the impact of their donations.

How do I get started?

😜 Don’t worry, having issues is good! We are actually more interested in things that don’t work than things that do. 🤫

Where do I get support?

  • We'll also explain the details of the bounty challenges and the criteria for winning rewards in that channel.

What are the submission criteria?

Great question!

  • This will give us easy access to your project, and it will allow other members of the community to review and comment on your work. 🥳

We will also be providing more detailed instructions on how to submit your projects closer to the submission deadline.

FAQs:

Q: Can I participate in more than one challenge?

A: Yes! You are welcome to participate in all three challenges.\

Q: Do I need to have a team to participate?

A: No, you can participate as an individual or as a team.\

Q: Can I submit an existing project for the bounty challenge?

Q: Do I need to be an expert in Programmable Banking to participate?

A: No, the challenges are open to developers of all skill levels and backgrounds. And we are here to support and help you!\

Q: Will I need to do a demo on this?

A: We would love it if you can! Your project will be added to a list of awesome things built by the community, and we might use it in some marketing materials and use cases. \

Q: Who owns the solution?

must have the minimum of documentation on; what it is, how it works and how to install it. As well as a link to the code demonstrating the build. Some challenges might have additional requirements - so watch out for them

A few example projects for each challenge to ponder

A Community Example:

Create a simple connector for Programmable Banking to another system. I.e. Connecting Programmable Banking to an Azure/ AWS/ Google Cloud instance. Community Examples: - Ruby and - - - - Or if you want to create something more fun: - .

Example:

💡 Note: Participants can choose to use either the Programmable Banking API, the Programmable Banking Card, or both in their for each challenge.

What do I get - a part from some serious community , of course?

1️⃣ To get started, simply let us know you’re in for the bounty challenge on our with an “I’m In!”.

2️⃣ If you have any questions, need any build support or are just looking to have build buddies to chat with - ping us in the and an awesome champ will be happy to jump in.

3️⃣Submit your final builds for each challenge by its due date via .

In the , you can connect with other participants, ask questions, and share ideas.

💡 ProTip: If you learn something interesting while building, be sure to add it in a ./knowledge file to your , so everyone can benefit!

We recommend using to share your code with the community.

You can create a public repository and share the link with us via .

We hope this helps! If you have any more questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to reach out on our .

A: Yes, you can update and clean up any existing build you might have worked on or . \

A: You and your team are the credited ‘owners’ of your ideas, code, and content. However, in the spirit of the community, you are required to open-source your code under the.\

We hope you're excited about this new challenge! We can't wait to see what you come up with. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask on our . Let's build for the future with Programmable Banking!

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