Telegram Contests

Here's a sneak peak of the data format you'll have to parse in order to compete in the Data Clustering Contest that starts in 2 days.

The results of the blockchain contest are ready. The total prize fund of $235,000 will be distributed among 41 winners. We are impressed by the skill of the participants and congratulate all the winners. You will find the details of the judging process in the file attached below. 🥇Sexy Chameleon – $28,750 1st place in Asynchronous Payment Channels, 2nd place MultiSig Wallet, GitHub issues: 1xB+, 2xC 🥈Classy Bee – $19,000 2nd place in MultiSig Wallets, 3rd place in Synchronous Payment Channels, GitHub issues: 2xC, 2xB, 1xA 🥇Keen Gnat – $16,000 1st place in Synchronous Payment Channels 🥇Mellow Squid – $14,000 1st place in MultiSig Wallets, 2nd place in DNS Resolvers (completed both resolvers) 🥇Shiny Giraffe – $12,500 1st place in DNS Resolvers (completed both resolvers), GitHub issues: 1xC 🥈Merry Ant – $11,000 2nd place in Synchronous Payment Channels, 3rd place in DNS Resolvers (completed both resolvers) 🥉Mad Crow – $8,000 3rd place in Asynchronous Payment Channels, 3rd place in DNS Resolvers, 4th place in MultiSig Wallets 🥇Hip Hyena – $8,000 1st place in MultiSig Wallets 🥇Dreamy Crab – $8,000 1st place in MultiSig Wallets 🥇Suave Giraffe – $8,000 1st place in MultiSig Wallets 🥈Big Elk – $7,750 2nd place in DNS Resolvers, GitHub issues: 1xB+ 🎖Shiny Shrimp – $7,500 GitHub issues: 3xB 🥉Earnest Gnu – $7,000 3rd place in MultiSig Wallets, GitHub issues: 1xA 🎖Nimble Dodo – $6,500 GitHub issues: 1xA, 1xB- 🎖Desert Tiger – $5,000 GitHub issues: 1xA 🥉Night Turkey – $5,000 3rd place in Asynchronous Payment Channels 🥈Bold Wolf – $4,500 2nd place in MultiSig Wallets, GitHub issues: 1xC 🥉Cuddly Hamster – $4,000 3rd place in Synchronous Payment Channels 🥈Keen Fox – $4,000 2nd place in MultiSig Wallets 🥈Dreamy Snail – $4,000 2nd place in MultiSig Wallets 🥈Gentle Gnat – $4,000 2nd place in MultiSig Wallets 🥈Huge Giraffe – $4,000 2nd place in DNS Resolvers 🥈Groovy Fly – $4,000 2nd place in DNS Resolvers 🥉Crazy Gnu – $3,000 3rd place in DNS Resolvers (completed both resolvers) 🎖Slim Dodo – $2,500 GitHub issues: 1xB 🎖Rich Pigeon – $2,500 Bonus award. Submitted no smart contracts, but reported an A+ issue. 🥉Funny Owl – $2,000 3rd place in DNS Resolvers 🥉Nice Llama – $2,000 3rd place in DNS Resolvers 🥉Small Kitten – $2,000 3rd place in DNS Resolvers 🥉Dreamy Pug – $2,000 3rd place in DNS Resolvers 🥉Dreamy Chicken – $2,000 3rd place in DNS Resolvers (only Manual DNS gets a prize, hence no 1,5x bonus) 🥉Eager Boar – $2,000 3rd place in MultiSig Wallets 🥉Cool Duck – $2,000 3rd place in MultiSig Wallets 🥉Desert Falcon – $2,000 3rd place in MultiSig Wallets 🥉Dashing Racoon – $2,000 3rd place in MultiSig Wallets 🥉Funny Deer – $2,000 3rd place in MultiSig Wallets 🥉Grim Duck – $2,000 3rd place in MultiSig Wallets 🥉Earnest Cow – $2,000 3rd place in MultiSig Wallets 🎖Gentle Clam – $1,000 4th place in MultiSig Wallets 🎖Chic Dolphin – $1,000 4th place in MultiSig Wallets 🎖Mad Panda – $500 GitHub issues: 1xC We are grateful for all the suggested fixes to TVM and FunC. Most of those have been implemented, and the TON TestNet has been restarted today. We will announce Stage 2 of the blockchain competition in the next few weeks. Please note that the TON security bug bounty program is extended – we will be accepting and rewarding security bug reports even though this stage of the contest has ended.

The JavaScript contest ends on Nov 17, 23:50 Dubai time. You can now submit your files to @jobs_bot. After the end of the contest, we will release all submissions for public testing, each entry on its own subdomain. Please note that we expect a .ZIP file containing an index.html file in the root folder. The archive must include unobfuscated code (this includes minify). UPD: - You may include two versions in your archive, src (unobfuscated) and dist – each in its own folder. - If you do that, put index.html into the dist folder. - Only dist will then be hosted for public testing. Also, stay tuned for the Data Clustering Contest which will start on November, 18.

We are excited to announce the results of the VoIP contest. The goal of the contest was to automate the process of testing sound transmission under various networking conditions. To identify the winners, we measured how close their suggested automated solutions were to human-generated ratings for the same data. As a result, we were able to select the best submissions, listed below. I PLACE 🥇Mindful Pug $11,000 https://contest.com/voip-contest/entry997 II PLACE 🥈Holy Cobra $6,000 https://contest.com/voip-contest/entry1010 🥈Classy Bee $6,000 https://contest.com/voip-contest/entry1012 🥈Sleek Eagle $5,000 (-$1000 penalty for using Python and Docker) https://contest.com/voip-contest/entry1007 III PLACE 🥉Fancy Beetle $3,000 https://contest.com/voip-contest/entry1013 🥉Sturdy Butterfly $3,000 https://contest.com/voip-contest/entry988 🥉Fair Goat $3,000 https://contest.com/voip-contest/entry1002 🥉Night Sloth $3,000 https://contest.com/voip-contest/entry987 🥉Stout Bull $3,000 https://contest.com/voip-contest/entry1009 🥉Busy Turkey $3,000 https://contest.com/voip-contest/entry994 🥉Groovy Cow $3,000 https://contest.com/voip-contest/entry995 IV PLACE 🎖Jolly Shrimp $1,000 https://contest.com/voip-contest/entry1006 You can find our detailed comments on the submissions on the contest platform. The data set used and detailed rankings are available here. Stay tuned for the next stage of the competition, which will start within the next 3 weeks.

1) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry675 t.me/addstickers/IrinkaGirl 2) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry505 t.me/addstickers/ChummyAlien 3) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry571 t.me/addstickers/CuteBrain 4) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry442 t.me/addstickers/Apollon4455 5) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry471 t.me/addstickers/Caterpilly 6) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry650 t.me/addstickers/grumpy_tiger 7) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry460 t.me/addstickers/animaxolotl 8) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry510 t.me/addstickers/Angry_look 9) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry541 t.me/addstickers/Spacewalkmoods 10) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry469 t.me/addstickers/KariSticker 11) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry523 t.me/addstickers/HelloweenTrick 12) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry575 t.me/addstickers/PancakeShibaInu 13) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry516 t.me/addstickers/QueenieKitty 14) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry488 t.me/addstickers/paggy_the_grebe 15) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry492 t.me/addstickers/TheCheshireOne 16) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry607 t.me/addstickers/cat_Teftel_animated 17) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry479 t.me/addstickers/cat_vasyan 18)contest.com/animated-stickers/entry468 t.me/addstickers/BarrryBear 19) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry580 t.me/addstickers/FitSweet 20) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry443 t.me/addstickers/skullskeleton 21) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry625 t.me/addstickers/AgriMony 22) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry628 t.me/addstickers/pangolinpeter 23) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry478 t.me/addstickers/friedrichanimdemo 24) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry550 t.me/addstickers/GentleSnails 25) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry591 t.me/addstickers/payotecactus 26) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry620 t.me/addstickers/Birdgie 27) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry490 t.me/addstickers/Pchelkina 28) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry584 t.me/addstickers/Christmasball 29) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry674 t.me/addstickers/KlevDY 30) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry512 t.me/addstickers/Lennypigginson 31) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry623 t.me/addstickers/funnymarshmallow 32) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry569 t.me/addstickers/MountainSheep 33) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry694 t.me/addstickers/ShoebillStork 34) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry579 t.me/addstickers/dogturbo 35) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry982 t.me/addstickers/StickySquares 36) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry448 t.me/addstickers/bubocat 37) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry640 t.me/addstickers/Stickersbystastaa 38) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry680 t.me/addstickers/PokyTibetanFox 39) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry423 t.me/addstickers/text_animated 40) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry472 t.me/addstickers/Pink_Bella Congratulations! The winners will soon receive further details from a verified Telegram account.

The results of the sticker design contest are ready! 🎉 We have 29 first prize winners who will receive $1000 each – and an opportunity to work with Telegram on completing their sets (up to $200 per extra sticker). In addition, 40 stickers designers have been awarded the second prize and will receive $500 each. I PLACE 1) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry598 t.me/addstickers/Cat2O 2) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry553 t.me/addstickers/Maya_set 3) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry428 t.me/addstickers/Funky_goose 4) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry450 t.me/addstickers/SkullOOO 5) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry486 t.me/addstickers/SabretoothCat 6) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry502 t.me/addstickers/CatculaO 7) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry530 t.me/addstickers/wild_elephant 8) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry604 t.me/addstickers/Gagik_the_Duck 9) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry699 t.me/addstickers/SnegirBird 10)contest.com/animated-stickers/entry503 t.me/addstickers/pugathedog 11) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry685 t.me/addstickers/TonyStar 12) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry454 t.me/addstickers/Mooncalfanimation 13) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry538 t.me/addstickers/Crazy_the_Lemur 14) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry595 t.me/addstickers/Bear_Boris 15) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry564 t.me/addstickers/HarryGorilla 16) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry594 t.me/addstickers/MuffinMan 17) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry477 t.me/addstickers/CrocOrange 18) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry473 t.me/addstickers/SeaKingdom 19) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry635 t.me/addstickers/TheCoffeeCup 20) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry494 t.me/addstickers/pkhart 21) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry682 t.me/addstickers/Arachnid 22) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry618 t.me/addstickers/HolyPoop 23) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry573 t.me/addstickers/Reddiavol 24) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry668 t.me/addstickers/owleddidi 25) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry449 t.me/addstickers/Squirrel_Otis 26) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry608 t.me/addstickers/secretive_dog 27) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry556 t.me/addstickers/MimeGirl 28) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry588 t.me/addstickers/Plastic_cup 29) contest.com/animated-stickers/entry517 t.me/addstickers/animatedrobocat II PLACE

The Telegram contest for JavaScript developers is starting today. Prize fund of the first stage: $80,000+. Prize fund of all 3 stages: $200,000+. Dates: Nov 3 - Nov 17 (23:50 Dubai time). The goal is create a simplified web version of Telegram without using third-party UI frameworks. The app should include login/signup flows and allow viewing chat and message lists. The design implementation should be identical to the mockups attached below. You are welcome to view the API docs and inspect the source code of existing Telegram apps to get an idea of where to start. The main criteria for us to identify the winners will be the speed, size and attention to detail of their apps. Implementation of additional screens from the mockups (e.g. message creation, media viewer, shared media, settings etc) will be counted as bonus points. Apps without basic functionality (i.e. login/signup and chat/message lists) will not be awarded. All the paths in the scripts should be relative. For avoidance of doubt, using UI frameworks such as React and Angular is not allowed. Using data frameworks such as tdlib is possible in theory, but is likely to result in unacceptable increase in loading times compared to plain JS solutions. The authors of the best apps will share the $80,000+ prize fund and will be able to take part in stage 2. We will publish the instruction on how to submit the apps soon. Good luck!

Stay tuned for the Telegram JavaScript competition, which will start tomorrow. As for the other recent Telegram competitions, we are planning to announce their results over the next few days.

We received 30 submissions for the first round of the VoIP contest. All entries are available for public testing on contest.com/voip-contest Everybody's welcome to check them out while we're getting ready to announce the results of the design competitions.

The VoIP competition ends tomorrow. To submit your apps, send /start to @jobs_bot, then choose Voice Calls Contest and answer the bot's questions. It will accept a .ZIP archive with your submission. All entries will be published on contest.com on Sunday.

Please note that the 👍 / 👎 buttons on contest.com mostly influence which submissions our judges see first. User ratings will not affect the outcome of the contests. Our judges only consider quality, not the amount of 'likes'. All submissions will be thoroughly checked – and the best ones will win. If you see a problem with any of the entries, you are welcome to direct our attention to it by submitting an issue with supporting screenshots/videos.

The Theme Design and Animated Stickers competitions are over. We received a total of 340 themes from 278 participants and 296 animated sticker sets. While the fate of the $50,000 prize fund is being decided, everyone is welcome to check out the submitted themes and animated stickers on contest.com. Our judges will take note of your feedback when tallying up the results. All works participating in the contest are locked and can't be edited until the results are announced on October 27. Good luck!

By popular demand, we have extended the number of themes you can submit for the Theme Design Competition. @jobs_bot now accepts up to 5 themes from one account. If you would like to add more themes, you are welcome to resubmit your work.

The design competition ends soon. You can already submit a link to your work to @jobs_bot by sending /start and choosing either Animated Stickers Contest or Theme Design Contest. We recommend registering the link to your stickers or theme with the bot now. Once submitted, you can continue working on your project until the deadline. Note that each Telegram account can only submit one theme and one sticker pack.

All submissions for the blockchain contest are now available on https://contest.com/blockchain Everyone is welcome to test the work submitted by others and leave feedback. Our judges will take note of the comments when evaluating the submissions.

The blockchain competition is now over. We have received a total of 66 submissions, all of which will be published tomorrow on contest.com Congratulations and best of luck to all participants!

We’re launching a new coding competition today. The task is to create two C++ applications for testing and rating the quality of VoIP calls. Check out the complete description of the task here: contest.com/docs/voip The prize fund for the first round of the VoIP contest is $50,000. The contest ends on October, 26 at 20:59 UTC. We’ll publish how to submit your code in this channel soon.

We copied the docs for the design contests to the contest platform: https://contest.com/docs/animated_stickers https://contest.com/docs/themes The theme editor is now also available at https://themes.contest.com/