OpenBuild Dev Digest #53 | What’s Next in Crypto x AI?
May 31 - June 6
Welcome to OpenBuild Dev Digest #53!
In this issue, we look at what's next for the crypto and AI intersection, explore a deep thesis on Ethereum's role as the world's root chain, and introduce zkPyTorch, a new compiler for verifiable machine learning. As you dive into these insights, you'll also find the latest opportunities to build, compete, and earn rewards in the ecosystem.
GUI INU Ideathon: Build with $GUI
📅 June 6 - August 1📍Online 💸 10,000 USD Apply
The GUI INU Ideathon is a two-month online event organized by the GUI INU community to generate innovative application ideas centered around the $GUI token on the Aptos ecosystem. Running from June 6th to August 1st, 2025, the competition invites developers and crypto enthusiasts to compete for a $10,000 prize pool in $GUI tokens by expanding the token's utility. Participants are encouraged to submit ideas in categories like DeFi, Social & Community, and Consumer AI Apps, with a clear explanation of how the $GUI token functions as the core utility and extra points awarded for visual mockups or prototypes.
Cere Network Builder's Forge
📅 June 1📍Online 💸 5,000 USD Apply
Cere Network Builder's Forge '25 is an ongoing, open initiative inviting the community to develop and improve essential tooling for the Cere Network through a series of targeted bounties. The program is structured with new, clearly defined bounty challenges added every two weeks, each with a maximum budget allocation to ensure focused development. Crucially, before any coding begins, participants must submit a comprehensive proposal via a pull request to a specific grant repository, as only one proposal is selected per bounty with full payment made upon successful completion.
Integrate Civic Auth into Your Application
📅 May 22 – June 14 📍Online 💸 2,300 USD Apply
The "Start Building with Civic Auth" challenge invites developers to integrate the Civic Auth Web3 SDK, specifically its embedded wallets feature, into their applications. With a submission deadline of June 13, 2025, the competition offers a $2,300 USDC prize pool to be distributed among the top three projects, which will be judged primarily on the quality of the integration and go-to-market readiness. To qualify, participants must provide a publicly viewable working demo, a well-documented GitHub repository, and a short video showcasing their project.
✍️ What’s Next in Crypto x AI? 👉Read(EN)
The crypto x AI space is still incredibly nascent. Despite countless agents and tokens, most projects in the space just sum up to a numbers game, where teams have been trying to take as many shots on goal as possible. Where does the next big opportunity in crypto x AI come from? What types of applications or infrastructure will actually create value or product-market-fit?
✍️ Ethereum Thesis — Root Chain for the World Computer 👉Read(EN)
Polyhedra Network introduces zkPyTorch, a revolutionary compiler explicitly engineered to streamline Zero-Knowledge Machine Learning. zkPyTorch effectively bridges the robust capabilities of the widely-used PyTorch ML framework with advanced ZKP engines. This integration enables AI developers to write standard ML code in familiar environments without needing to learn new ZKP-specific programming paradigms.
✍️ zkPyTorch: Verifiable PyTorch with Zero-Knowledge Proofs 👉Read(EN)
Polyhedra Network introduces zkPyTorch, a revolutionary compiler explicitly engineered to streamline Zero-Knowledge Machine Learning. zkPyTorch effectively bridges the robust capabilities of the widely-used PyTorch ML framework with advanced ZKP engines. This integration enables AI developers to write standard ML code in familiar environments without needing to learn new ZKP-specific programming paradigms.
💸 Sei Bug Bounty
Maximum Bounty $500,000 👉 Apply
Sei is the fastest Layer 1 blockchain, designed to scale with the industry. Rewards are distributed according to the impact of the vulnerability based on the Immunefi Vulnerability Severity Classification System V2.2.
💸 IPOR Bug Bounty
Maximum Bounty $100,000 👉 Apply
IPOR refers to a set of protocols, smart contracts, and software that forms a set of Decentralized Applications (DApps) for Decentralized Finance (DeFi) focused on interest rate derivatives. Rewards are distributed according to the impact of the vulnerability based on the Immunefi Vulnerability Severity Classification System V2.2.
💸 Babylon Labs Bug Bounty
Maximum Bounty $2,000,000 👉 Apply
Babylon introduces a new major utility for Bitcoin: trustless and self-custodial staking.Rewards are distributed according to the impact of the vulnerability based on the Immunefi Vulnerability Severity Classification System V2.2.
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