FLOW's Path To Decentralization
Nov 12, 2022 - Flow is becoming more permissionless! Flow’s long-term vision is to optimize for security and scalability and move toward decentralization over time. With the release of permissionless contract deployment and new nodes for staking, build an analysis around the state of staking on Flow. Display the progress toward decentralization, answering questions like (but not limited to): how much total $FLOW is staked? How much $FLOW is staked/unstaked per day? How many unique stakers there are? What is the amount of $FLOW staked vs. $FLOW circulating?
NEAR Path to Decentralization
Jan 28, 2023 - NEAR has expressed its goals to decentralize in 2023. Simply put: are these efforts working? Create a stylish, refined dashboard that enables viewers to assess both individual validators on NEAR, and validation as a whole (bonus points if you find a way to enable parameters or dropdowns that display different validators). As ever, you are welcome to draw on past/existing work that explores governance on NEAR, as long as you provide credit to your original sources. Ensure your dashboard can answer the question: is NEAR becoming more decentralized, or less?
New Addresses (Polygon Bounty)
May 27, 2022 - Hello and Welcome! in this submission, we are going to chart the number of new addresses every day on Polygon (Matic) network.
USDC Depegging Crisis After SVB Bankruptcy
Mar 12, 2023 - What's going on with USDC on the Ethereum chain after the Circle announcement and Silicon Valley Bankruptcy?
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Aptos Projects Performance
Apr 10, 2024 - Explore Aptos blockchain projects' performance and sections insights, providing key metrics and analysis for informed decision-making.
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Cosmos & Delegation
Dec 14, 2022 - Let's explore movement of delegation on Cosmos. When delegators un-stake from one validator and move to another, is there any pattern to where they re-stake? Are users more likely to re-delegate after their validator votes in a way they disagree with? Do they re-align their stake with validators whose values reflect their own? How do validator votes change over the course of a proposal? Share any interesting voting statistics you find. Examine any voting propositions here (example: Prop 82) as a use case to explore these questions.
USDC Activity on Optimism During Binance Conversation Announcement and Circle Announcement
Oct 1, 2022 - Analyse the USDC activity on Optimism network during 2 weeks prior to the Binance Conversation Announcenemnt about delisting this token from its platform and converting it to BUSD and also during Circle announcement to launch USDC natively on Optimism.
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Cryptopunk Sales and Traders
Aug 27, 2022 - Which 10 wallets are the most successful Cryptopunk traders? Successful could either mean the wallet has accumulated a large balance from sales or has accumulated a large number of Punks. Explain your methodology and findings.
Everyone Needs a 1-of-1
Jan 21, 2023 - Exchange Art is the leading digital art marketplace on Solana for 1-of-1 art and fine digital art. This category has been rising on Solana as more artists have realized the ease and low costs of launching digital art on Solana. Create a dashboard diving into the key growth metrics of Exchange Art over time. How has the marketplace grown over time and how does that compare to the general NFT growth on Solana? Does it appear that 1-of-1 art is popular among many users on Solana, or is it primarily collected by select individuals? Are most users on Exchange Art whales or art lovers or both? Are there any unique purchasing behavior patterns that you see out of wallets that buy art on Exchange Art? What does the average price look like on Exchange Art and is there more of an appetite for high end pieces? How does the holding period of NFTs bought on Exchange Art compare to that of Magic Eden? Are users truly collecting or are they still interested in short term flipping? What wallets have been most profitable on Exchange Art and what has their strategy been so far?
Uniswap Phishing Attack on July 2022
Jul 26, 2022 - On July 2022, there was a phishing attack on Uniswap using a fake airdrop announcement. Describe anything interesting about this attack and its victims.
NFTs FloorPrice in the FLOW Ecosystem
Oct 26, 2022 - Let’s sweep some floors. Build a dashboard that tracks the floor by contract for various NFT projects in the FLOW ecosystem. We’re interested to see how you come up with your own methodology. Include at least five projects in your dashboard, as well as any interesting metrics, notes, trends, or outliers that you see
Avalanche Gas Fees
Mar 6, 2024 - A dynamic dashboard to analyze gas usage on the Avalanche network, breakdown by contracts and dApps.
Impact of "Base" Announcement & The Activity of "Meet Base" NFT on Optimism
Mar 4, 2023 - What Has Happened on Optimism During The Announcement of Coinbase's "Base" Launch on Optimism?
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FLOW Speed (redux)
Dec 9, 2022 - Flow is fast, but how fast? 6 months ago, we asked for a comparative analysis on blockchain speed - how has Flow increased its speed in transaction per minute since? Compare Flow and other L1 blockchains in terms of speed: identify the monthly average for transactions per minute, and how that's improved or worsened since the beginning of 2022. What types of events have raised or decreased the blockchain's performance over that time period? Are there bursts of transaction volume or interest on the chain? Compare Flow's speed to at least two other blockchains.
Are Crypto-backed Stablecoins Broken?
Sep 8, 2023 - This dashboard offers a comprehensive comparison between crypto-backed stablecoins and the dominant players, USDT and USDC, within the Avalanche chain. We delve into their activity, adoption, and user trends to provide a clear picture of their respective positions in the stablecoin landscape. Join us in uncovering which stablecoin model truly reigns supreme.
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Solana Outages
Jun 4, 2022 - Solana experienced another outage on 6/1 where validators were forced to restart the network. The network experienced a similar problem back on 5/1. After the restart happens during these outages, how do users on the network generally respond? Does the price of SOL drop because users lose confidence in the network? Is there more swapping behavior and more stablecoin activity? What protocols seem to have more activity after these types of events that on the average day in the Solana ecosystem? Is there more fear from defi Solana users than NFT enjoyers?
User Behavior (redux)
Oct 21, 2022 - How is user behavior different on Optimism compared to L1? Specifically, create a comparison between swaps and transactions on ETH mainnet vs Optimism, looking for things like daily swap volume, daily active users, and average volume swapped (use a single DEX for your comparison, either Uniswap or Sushiswap). L2 is far cheaper, but by how much? What are the average fees for a swap on Optimism compared to ETH Mainnet?
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Blur.io NFT marketplace
Dec 7, 2022 - Blur is a recently launched NFT marketplace built for pro traders with 0% marketplace fees and flexible royalty payments. There are multiple rounds of airdrops based on user activity on the platform. Compare the activity on blur with other NFT marketplaces (like Opensea).
Staking goBTC and goETH for Rewards
May 18, 2022 - Hello and Welcome! AlgoMint launch rewards programs with multiple protocols throughout the Algorand ecosystem so we want to understand where is the best place to stake goBTC and goETH to earn rewards? Let’s look at where other wallets are staking their goETH and goBTC to get an understanding where we should stake ours. Look at items such as mint and burn actions over time as well as the amount of goBTC and goETH being staked over time to help us determine where the most popular place to stake your goETH and goBTC. Additionally, are there any places not listed that you can stake your goETH and goBTC for rewards and are users staking them there?
Blur Analysis
Feb 22, 2023 - Recently, Blur launched its native ERC-20 governance token, $BLUR, with a maximum supply of three billion. The token's launch has been eagerly anticipated, with airdrops given to platform users who traded NFTs on Ethereum in the months before Blur's launch and users who listed NFTs on Blur.Why was the airdrop so successful? How did it affect the NFT activity? Did the recipients sell the token?
LUNA Price Run Investigation (Terra)
Jan 12, 2023 - Beginning in the wee hours of Monday, January 9 (ET), the price of LUNA skyrocketed, from $1.37 to a high of nearly $2 before settling down at roughly $1.60. Identify some of the major reasons for this recent upshot in price, and back up your assertions with data. Why did the price jump so suddenly on Monday night? Will prices remain at, or above, current marks in the coming weeks or will it return to at or near $1? Why?
Average Optimism Portfolio
Oct 9, 2022 - What does the average Optimism user's portfolio look like and how has that changed over time? What % of a user's activity (in OP terms) is staked, unstaked, in liquidity pools/farms, in NFTs? How has this trend changed over time?
Decentralizing Power: Governance & the Active Set (Part 1)
Oct 29, 2022 - Props 114, 196 & 337 were all passed in an effort to promote decentralization within the ecosystem. How did the voting power of the top 66% of the active set validators change after these proposals were passed? How did the nakamoto coefficient change after these events? Did time play a factor? Analyze both voting power & the nakamoto coefficient t+30,+60,&+90 days after these proposals.
Euro Stablecoin (EUROC) on Avalanche
Sep 25, 2023 - An in-depth examination of EUROC (Circle's euro-pegged stablecoin) on the Avalanche chain.
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Pooly NFTs (Pool Together Bounty)
Jun 19, 2022 - Q2. How many Pooly NFTs have been minted thus far, and by how many unique wallets? How many Pooly NFTs does the average collector hold?
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Aave - 10. Aave Transaction Explorer
Aug 9, 2022 - Create a transaction explorer similar to Etherscan but for Aave.
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Quixotic NFT Dashboard (Optimism Bounty)
Jul 30, 2022 - Q7. Create a secondary market dashboard for NFT sales on Quixotic, the largest NFT marketplace on Optimism! Include any data you think is relevant in our Optimism tables and tell us the most interesting trends you can find with the secondary NFT market.
DEX Change (Osmosis)
Nov 12, 2022 - This week has highlighted the need for transparency & decentralization in crypto markets. Let's see how users have reacted to this wild week in Web3. Have behaviors changed? Analyze growth in Osmosis Volumes & User Count this week. Has more money flowed into Osmosis this week compared to the past few weeks/months? Where is this money coming from? Centralized Exchanges? Have wallets moved more into stables?
Topshot and FLOW during the NBA Playoffs
May 7, 2023 - An analysis of NBA Playoffs' 2023 impact on the TopShot NFT sales and Flow blockchain's activity.
LaLiga Golazos
Dec 3, 2022 - LaLiga Golazos has entered the arena! LaLiga is Dapper Labs latest marketplace for digital moments of players; this past month, Dapper dropped the first LaLiga packs and opened up the secondary marketplace. For this round, create an analysis looking at LaLiga’s first few weeks of action, comparing against the first few weeks of other Flow darlings like NBA TopShot & NFL All Day, as well as Algorand’s FIFA Collect+. How does La Liga compare in terms of overall sales on pack drops? What about on the secondary marketplace? How many users participated in LaLiga in its first few weeks compared to other relevant marketplaces?
Derivative Daze (GMX vs Gains Network)
Feb 1, 2023 - Derivatives DEX Gains Network recently crossed a major milestone, with more than $1.5 million in trading volume on Arbitrum, fueling further interest in derivatives trading on the platform. create a dashboard that shows some data for Gains Network and any other derivatives trading markets you can find.
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Aave - 7. AAVE and stAAVE movements
Aug 6, 2022 - Create visualizations showing the following: Daily AAVE supplied and withdrawn on Aave protocol. Daily AAVE staked and unstaked.
Avalanche's TraderJoe vs Blast's Thruster
Jun 24, 2024 - A Comparative Analysis of Avalanche's Pioneer DEX "Trader Joe" Vs. Blast's Pioneer DEX (Thruster)
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USDC Deposits (PoolTogether Bounty)
Jun 20, 2022 - In the last month, how much USDC did users deposit into PoolTogether (Ethereum)? What’s the average deposit amount per user?
Solana Staking Madness
Nov 11, 2022 - How has staking pool behavior on Solana responded to recent events? Analyze Flipside's new staking pools data to analyze staking behavior in the Solana ecosystem over the past week. How are stakers responding to recent events? Have there been any notable inflows or outflows to staking pools? What staking pools have seen the most notable behavior? Can you link any staking behavior to other defi activity or other accounts on Solana? Note any trends or outliers you see.
Solana NFT Championship
Oct 8, 2022 - There’s no shortage of sports-related NFTs on Solana, from Collectorz Club and Suites to Laidback Lions and Aaron Jones’ Showtime collection — but who can lay claim to the title of Solana sports NFT champion? Create a dashboard that shows off the top collections. Include at least these metrics, along with any others you find notable or interesting: Sales volume (daily/weekly/monthly) Total Sales Volume Daily Average Sales Price and 7-day moving average Total Unique Buyers Average Buyers/Day
$OP Airdrop (Redux)
Nov 12, 2022 - Earlier this year, Optimism offered an airdrop to users. Let’s examine the airdrop after a few months. How many users claimed optimism airdrop? How much of total airdrop was claimed? How many wallets are still holding tokens from airdrop? How much of users delegated their OPs? Feel free to provide any information that you think is related to token price.
NFT crosschain showdown: y00ts vs Art Gobblers
Nov 23, 2022 - Two freshly launched NFT projects are going viral: the Art Globbers (on Ethereum) and yOOts (on Solana). Create a dashboard that compares the two projects.
Merry Christmas?
Jan 6, 2023 - The holidays and New Year are often chaotic in the crypto and defi space, as users make a spree of new transactions and wallets as they receive (and give) some cash and coins as holiday gifts. How has this activity impacted the broader Ethereum ecosystems? Are users creating new wallets or buying tokens with their newfound holiday wealth? Are they staking all these new tokens once they get them? Or are they selling tokens to pay for their own gifts and holiday travel?