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Education Tasks

Produce blog posts, videos or infographics that explain and share knowledge about Autonity. You can produce as much or as little collateral as you want and you can submit each of your creations to the competition. Create content in as many of the thematic categories as you want…

Synopsis

You compete in this challenge by creating educational content relevant to briefs deep-diving into Autonity platform functionality and use case themes.

There are eight education award tasks for Round #4 in three categories:

Create an explainer video
Author a blog article
Create a visual infographic

Entries can be submitted at any point between the start time of the Games and the end time of the final Game Round #6. Entries submitted between the start and end dates of a Game Round will be judged at the end of that round. Entries submitted between game rounds will be carried forward as an entry to the next round. A participant can submit multiple entries for Education Tasks in the Games.

How to enter

How to submit entries to Education Tasks

Ready to take part? Complete the Games Registration Form if you haven’t done so already.

Education task entries are submitted in a 2-step process:

Author content – Create content and publish to a resolvable URL. Content must follow the theme described in the task’s brief on this page.
Submit – Use Education awards Form to submit the entry to the Games. In the award entry form provide a URL from which the content can be received. For example: Google Drive, YouTube public or unlisted link, other hosting method IPFS etc..

Submissions are judged by a community panel made up of pre-selected members from the Autonity Community. Award entries that are copies of entries already submitted by another user (i.e. already published publicly, for example on the Web) will not be considered valid entries. Winners will be announced at round end with other award winners.

Awards

The Education challenge for Round #4 has eight awards:

Content creation:
- Explainer Video: Create a short explainer video (30 seconds - 2 minutes) outlining or diving deep into a theme and topic(s).
  
  There are three explainer video awards:
  - Create a video on Theme 1 node operations
  - Create a video on Theme 2 liquid staking
  - Create a video on Theme 3 trading
- Blog Post: Author blog content for the Autonity community.
  
  There are three blog awards:
  - Write a blog on Theme 1 node operations
  - Write a blog on Theme 2 liquid staking
  - Write a blog on Theme 3 trading
- Infographic: Create a visual graphic exploring the what, why, and how of Autonity usage and concepts. Remember an infographic can take any form - it’s up to you. For example, it could show a user journey, operational workflow/procedure, checklist, or explore a key concept, to name just a few…
  
  There are two infographic awards:
  - Create a visual infographic on node concepts and workflows - see Theme 4
  - Create a visual infographic on liquid staking concepts and workflows - see Theme 5
Roulette: If you enter for an Education award task but are not a winner, you still have a chance to win an award through the Roulette!

The roulette is run at the end of the Game’s Final Round #6 and randomly selects 5 game participants who have entered for an education award task but have not been chosen as a winner. 5 roulette winners are chosen, winning 1,000 Award Tributes each.

Upon completion of Round #4, the content creation winners will win Award Tributes per the table beneath. Submissions published using a decentralised mechanism (such as IPFS) will attract a bonus.

Task	Award Tributes	Winners
Explainer video - Theme 1, Theme 2, Theme 3	Up to 2,000 Tributes: basic 1800, bonus 200	3 winners
Blog post - Theme 1, Theme 2, Theme 3	Up to 1,000 Tributes: basic 800, bonus 200	3 winners
Infographic - Theme 4, Theme 5	Up to 1,000 Tributes: basic 800, bonus 200	2 winners

Scoring rule

Entries are judged by a community panel using task-specific rubrics:

The award amount is broken down into basic and bonus components:

Basic: the floor amount for a winning entry
Bonus: an additional amount for an entry published in a decentralised medium

Briefs

Theme 1 - Node operations

Create a video or write an article exploring the theme of node and validator operations, including one or more of the following topics:

Best practice for node setup and resilient BAU operations
Describe your own validation or public RPC node setup and hosting infrastructure, exploring design tradeoffs
Setting up an Observability stack for a node - metrics and monitoring using standard open source solutions
Testing resilience of a node’s setup
Validator deployment architecture for failover scenarios
Performance testing and frameworks for node operators
Managing transaction volume on public nodes by mechanisms such as API rate limiting
Staying within the theme, any subject of your own choosing…

Theme 2 - Staking

Create a video or write an article exploring the theme of staking in Autonity and proof-of-stake systems, including one or more of the following topics:

Native liquid staking vs. non-liquid or L2 liquid staking models, pros and cons
Capital efficiency and liquid staking
Choosing between staking service providers from a delegator perspective, due diligence and what to look for
Delegate directly or via a staking service?
Best practice for resilient validator operations
Offering and managing staking services as a staking service provider
Describe your own validation node setup and managing resilience
Staying within the theme, any subject of your own choosing…

Theme 3 - Trading

Create a video or write an article exploring the theme of trading and DeFi on Autonity, including one or more of the following topics:

Trading on Autonity in the Piccadilly Circus Games Competition (PCGC): code, strategy, and execution on the Round 4 DEX and off-chain exchanges.
Automated trading agents. Using bots agents to develop and execute trading strategies on an Autonity network.
Staying within the theme, any subject of your own choosing…

Theme 4 - Node concepts and workflows

Create a visual exploring concepts, workflows, or decision paths in node and validator operations, including one or more of the following topics:

A workflow for node setup and BAU operations
A journey through key concepts for validator node operations
A decision tree for design choices and tradeoffs during validation or public RPC node setup and hosting infrastructure
Staying within the theme, any subject of your own choosing…

Theme 5 - Liquid staking concepts and workflows

Create a visual exploring concepts, workflows, or decision paths as a stake delegator liquid staking, including one or more of the following topics:

A workflow for stake delegation
A journey through key concepts of staking, liquid staking, and the capital efficiency of liquid stake
A decision-tree for due diligence before staking to a validator
Staying within the theme, any subject of your own choosing…