Zilliqa began its journey in 2016 to create a scalable and secure blockchain platform that would host decentralised applications. On 19 June 2018, Zilliqa initiated a grant programme with the objective of supporting and encouraging projects, teams and individuals to develop tools, libraries and dApps within the Zilliqa ecosystem and Scilla. The total grant pool was equivalent to $5 M with 30% of the grant being distributed via the ZIL token and the remainder in USD/ETH.
Zilliqa CEO, Xinshu Dong, announced the first batch of grant awardees in a Medium post today, that would be contributing to their scalable, secure and truly decentralised blockchain application ecosystem. The CEO emphasised how the decision behind who was to be awarded the Zilliqa ecosystem grant required, “weeks of rigorous selection and active conversations”.
Out of the many entries they received, the Zilliqa team has selected 12 teams/developers that would also work side by side the Zilliqa team. Below mentioned are the grant awardees based on different projects they will be working.
Web3
1.Web3.js by FireStack
What it is: Web3.js is a collection of libraries which will allow you to interact with a local or delegated Zilliqa node.
Public Repo: https://github.com/FireStack-Lab/webz.js
2. Web3.go by Ginco
What it is: Go version of Web3 libraries
Public Repo: https://github.com/GincoInc/zillean
Wallets
1.Swift Wallet by Alexander Cyon
What it is: An iOS wallet for sending/receiving ZIL native tokens and interacting with smart contracts
Public Repos: https://github.com/OpenZesame/Zilliqa-Swift-SDK
https://github.com/OpenZesame/Zilliqa-Wallet-iOS
https://github.com/Sajjon/SwiftCrypto
2. A Secure Multi-party Computation (SMPC) Protocol Wallet by Kzen Networks (Ouriel Ohayon, Omer Shlomovits, Tal Be’ery, Gary Benattar)
What it is: A wallet based on applying Secure Multi-party Computation to distribute key generation and transaction signing to multiple parties with no change to the Zilliqa protocol
Public Repo: https://github.com/KZen-networks
3. Unity Wallet by Jonas Jia
What it is: A Unity3D gaming engine wallet for game developers to utilise in order to create blockchain-based games
Public Repo: https://github.com/jonas0110/unity3d-zilliqa-wallet
Extensions
1.Browser Extension by Greenrain (Qaidjohar Jawadwala and Patil Kailas)
What it is: A Chrome Web extension for sending/receiving ZIL native tokens and interacting with smart contracts on the Zilliqa blockchain
Public Repo: https://github.com/qaidjohar/Zilliqa-Browser-Extension
2.Web Extension by Appberry
What it is: A Chrome Web extension for sending/receiving ZIL native tokens and interacting with smart contracts on the Zilliqa blockchain
Public Repo: https://github.com/appbery/Zilliqa-Chrome-Wallet
Libraries
1.Smart contract libraries by Merkalize
What it is: A repository of reusable smart contracts for smart contract developers to utilise in their dApp development
Public Repo: https://github.com/vaibhavchellani/scilla-vanilla
Scilla Language Server
1.Scilla Language Server implementation (http://langserver.org/) by Deblock
What it is: A language analyzer for Scilla that enables code completion/hover/diagnostics etc., for your favorite IDE
Public Repo: https://github.com/czarly/scilla-language-server
Games
1.EMONT Frenzy by EMONT Alliance
What it is: A decentralised underwater game where players enter as fish to collect tokens and battle with others
Public Repo: https://github.com/Etheremonn/emont-frenzy
What it is: Relive the ancient Chinese dynasty as warriors in this fantasy MMORPG game. Collectibles like secret manuals and weapons are tradeable in tokenized form and your legacy is etched forever on the Zilliqa blockchain.
Public Repo: https://github.com/jonas0110/zilwuxia
Other Applications
1.BTCT Futures by Swingby
What it is: A cross-chain protocol for BTC Token issuance on the Ethereum network and Zilliqa network. Zilliqa’s smart contracts to be utilised to fully support Swingby’s Futures contracts and atomic swaps.
Public Repo: https://github.com/DRI-network/
The applications mentioned above are just the first batch of developers that have received a grant from the Zilliqa team. If you or someone you know would be interested in building an application or would be interesting in exploring how your idea could be implemented on Zilliqa, contact the Zilliqa team on Gitter.
