TLDR: We made a hackathon as part of the recruitment process. Results were mixed. The learnings are that prequalification cannot be skipped, that real-world code challenges can be great but are hard to rank. On The Merits of Hackathons: At Peanut Protocol, we decided to experiment with a new hiring model: a real stakes hackathon.Fair Play Over Fancy Play:When it comes to hiring, one might argue that the act of doing often speaks louder than a paper qualification. A hackathon prioritizes outpu...

TLDR: We made a hackathon as part of the recruitment process. Results were mixed. The learnings are that prequalification cannot be skipped, that real-world code challenges can be great but are hard to rank. On The Merits of Hackathons: At Peanut Protocol, we decided to experiment with a new hiring model: a real stakes hackathon.Fair Play Over Fancy Play:When it comes to hiring, one might argue that the act of doing often speaks louder than a paper qualification. A hackathon prioritizes outpu...

@0xkkonrad TLDR: Identity is hard. It’s going to get much worse in a multichain world of altchains and L2s. Currently, token transfers rely on chats where Alice and Bob exchange onchain identity information, along with chain and token preferences. This is offchain and interactive. One solution relies on storing these preferences in a keystore contract. We propose an alternative solution that relies on offchain communication through links. Links make payments non-interactive: Alice pushes fund...

@0xkkonrad TLDR: Identity is hard. It’s going to get much worse in a multichain world of altchains and L2s. Currently, token transfers rely on chats where Alice and Bob exchange onchain identity information, along with chain and token preferences. This is offchain and interactive. One solution relies on storing these preferences in a keystore contract. We propose an alternative solution that relies on offchain communication through links. Links make payments non-interactive: Alice pushes fund...