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Education Tasks

Produce blog posts, videos or infographics that explain and share knowledge about Autonity. Contribute resources to the awesome-autonity GitHub repo. You can submit as many entries and create content in as many of the thematic categories as you want…

Synopsis

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

There are multiple education award tasks for Round #6 in four categories:

  • Create an explainer video
  • Author a blog article
  • Create a visual infographic
  • Contribute community resource entries to the awesome-autonity GitHub

A roulette award is also run at the end of the round, giving game participants who have entered for an Education task but not yet won an award an opportunity to win.

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 simple process:

  1. Author content – Create your content.

    1. If you are creating a video, infographic, or blog publish to a resolvable URL. Content must follow the theme described in the task’s brief on this page. 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..

    2. If you are contributing to awesome-autonity, then create a PR with your proposed addition. In the award entry form provide a URL to the PR on GitHub.

    3. Use the “Notes” field in the form to include additional information about your submission that you want to bring to the judging panel’s attention.

  2. Submit – Use Education awards Form to submit the entry to the Games. In the award entry form provide a URL for your content submission.

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.

Submitted content must be in the public domain and open sourced if licensed. See Licensing for award submissions for accepted licenses.

Awards

The Education challenge for Round #6 has 3 sub-tasks across which a total award pool of 36000 Award Tributes is distributed:

Sub-task Task award pool share Award Tributes
Content creation 72% 26,000
awesome-autonity contributor 14% 5,000
Roulette Award 14% 5,000

Upon completion of Round #6, selected winners will win Award Tributes per the table beneath. Content creation submissions published using a decentralised mechanism (such as IPFS) will attract a bonus.

Task Award Tributes Winners
Content creation: Explainer video - Theme 1, Theme 2, Theme 3, Theme 4, Theme 5, Theme 6, Theme 7 Up to 2,000 Tributes: basic 1800, bonus 200 7 winners
Content creation: Blog post - Theme 1, Theme 2, Theme 3, Theme 4, Theme 5, Theme 6, Theme 7 Up to 1,000 Tributes: basic 800, bonus 200 7 winners
Content creation: Infographic - Theme 8, Theme 9, Theme 10, Theme 11, Theme 12 Up to 1,000 Tributes: basic 800, bonus 200 5 winners
Contribute to awesome-autonity - see the guidelines for contributing Up to 100 Tributes per entrant: 20 Tributes for each new resource entry accepted, capped at 5 new resource entries per entrant 50 winners
The Roulette Award 1000 Tributes per winner 5 winners

Task: Content creation

This task is allocated 26,000 Award Tributes and up to 19 winners.

To take part, create content in any of the following categories:

  • Explainer Video: Create a short explainer video (30 seconds - 2 minutes) outlining or diving deep into a theme and topic(s).

    There are seven explainer video awards:

    • Create a video on Theme 1 node operations
    • Create a video on Theme 2 resilient node infrastructure
    • Create a video on Theme 3 liquid staking
    • Create a video on Theme 4 best practice guides
    • Create a video on Theme 5 Autonity economics and tokenomics
    • Create a video on Theme 6 trading
    • Create a video on Theme 7 staking on Autonity and the Validator Stake Delegation Program (SDP)

  • Blog Post: Author blog content for the Autonity community.

    There are seven blog awards:

    • Write a blog on Theme 1 node operations
    • Write a blog on Theme 2 resilient node infrastructure
    • Write a blog on Theme 3 liquid staking
    • Create a video on Theme 4 best practice guides
    • Write a blog on Theme 5 Autonity economics and tokenomics
    • Write a blog on Theme 6 trading
    • Write a blog on Theme 7 staking on Autonity and the Validator Stake Delegation Program (SDP)

  • 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 five infographic awards:

    • Create a visual infographic on node concepts and workflows - see Theme 8 (2 award2)
    • Create a visual infographic on resilient hosting concepts and workflows - see Theme 9 (2 awards)
    • Create a visual infographic on liquid staking concepts and workflows - see Theme 10 (2 awards)
    • Create a visual infographic on tokenomic and economic concepts - see Theme 11 (2 awards)
    • Create a visual infographic on the Autonity validator stake delegation program - see Theme 12 (2 awards)

Task: Contribute to awesome-autonity

This task is allocated 5,000 Award Tributes and up to 50 winners.

Enhance awareness of Autonity community resources by contributing new resource entries to the awesome-autonity GitHub repo!

Create a PR adding your suggested resource(s) - see Guidelines for contributing to awesome-autonity and put a link to your PR when entering!

Roulette Award

The award is allocated 5,000 Award Tributes and up to 5 winners.

The roulette gives every game participant that has made a valid submission for an Education Task but not won an Education task prize a chance to win an award!

Every valid non-winning submission made in this or an earlier game round is included in the Education Tasks challenge roulette.

The roulette is run after Round #6 Education Task submissions have been judged. It randomly selects 5 participants who have entered for an Education award task during the PCGC but have not been chosen as a winner.

5 roulette winners are chosen, winning 1,000 Award Tributes each.

Scoring rule

Content creation scoring

Entries for video, blog, and infographic content creation are judged by a community panel using task-specific rubrics:

Winning submissions are those with the highest score (see scoreboard ranking).

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

See Guidelines for content creators on this page for entry guidelines.

awesome-autonity entry scoring

Entries submitting PR’s contributing additional resource(s) to the awesome-autonity GitHub are judged by a community panel including the repo owner according to:

The award amount depends on the number of resource entries accepted from PR’s:

  • 20: Tributes for each accepted resource entry
  • Capped at 5 resource entries per entrant giving a maximum of 100 Tributes for accepted contributions.

See Guidelines for contributing to awesome-autonity on this page for entry guidelines.

Roulette Award scoring

Every valid non-winning submission for any Education Task submitted during PCGC Game Rounds 1 to 6 inclusive is auto-enrolled in the Education Tasks challenge roulette award.

The roulette randomly selects 5 roulette winners, winning 1,000 Award Tributes each.

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:

  • 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
  • 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 - Resilient node infrastructure

Write an article exploring the theme of set up and operation of resilient L1 infrastructure, including one or more of the following topics:

  • Testing resilience of a node’s setup
  • Validator deployment architecture for failover scenarios
  • Performance testing and frameworks
  • Simulation of transaction workloads
  • Managing transaction volume on public nodes by mechanisms such as API rate limiting
  • Best practice for node or validator setup and resilient BAU operations
  • Staying within the theme, any subject of your own choosing…

Theme 3 - 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?
  • 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 4 - Best practice guides

Create a video or write an article providing best practice guides for node and validator operations, including one or more of the following topics:

  • A node operator’s guide for setting up monitoring and alerting for an Autonity node
  • A validator node operator’s guide for setting up monitoring and alerting for an Autonity validator node
  • A validator node operator’s guide for managing the validator lifecycle - registration, pause, reactivate, decommission
  • A stake delegator’s guide for due diligence of validators before staking
  • Staying within the theme, any subject of your own choosing…

Theme 5 - Autonity economics and tokenomics

Create a video or write an article exploring the theme of economics and tokenomics in Autonity, including one or more of the following topics: - Capital efficiency in Autonity’s liquid staking model - Native liquid staking vs. non-liquid or L2 liquid staking models, pros and cons - Autonity tokenomics - native coins ATN, NTN, LNTN, and their purpose and use - Autonity’s Auton Stabilization Mechanism (ASM) - how it functions, its purpose and use - Autonity’s Auton Currency Unit (ACU) - how it functions, its purpose and use - Use cases that can be built on Autonity’s native coins ATN, NTN, LNTN, and the ASM - Staying within the theme, any subject of your own choosing…

Theme 6 - 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 games’ on- 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 7 - Staking on Autonity and the Validator Stake Delegation Program (SDP)

Create a video or write an article exploring the theme of staking on Autonity and Autonity’s Validator Stake Delegation Program (SDP), including one or more of the following topics:

  • Staking on Autonity
  • Autonity’s Validator Stake Delegation Program (SDP): its purpose, how it works, how to take part.
  • Staying within the theme, any subject of your own choosing…

Theme 8 - 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 node or validator node operations
  • A decision tree for design choices and tradeoffs when setting up validator or public RPC node hosting infrastructure
  • Staying within the theme, any subject of your own choosing…

Theme 9 - Resilient hosting concepts and workflows

Create a visual exploring concepts, workflows, or decision paths for setting up and validating the resilience of node and validator operations, including one or more of the following topics:

  • A workflow for identifying resilience requirements, setting up resilient infrastructure, and implementing monitoring and alerting operations
  • A journey through key concepts for resilient node infrastructure provision
  • A decision tree for design choices and tradeoffs when designing a resilient hosting infrastructure
  • Staying within the theme, any subject of your own choosing…

Theme 10 - 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…

Theme 11 - Autonity economics and tokenomic concepts

Create a visual exploring economic and tokenomic concepts in Autonity, including one or more of the following topics:

  • A workflow for borrowing by opening a CDP in Autonity’s Auton Stabilization Mechanism (ASM)
  • A journey through key concepts of Autonity tokenomic and economic mechanisms:
    • Autonity’s native coins ATN, NTN, LNTN: their purpose and use
    • Autonity’s Auton Stabilization Mechanism (ASM): how the mechanism functions to maintain Auton price stability
    • Autonity’s Auton Currency Unit (ACU): its structure, how it functions, its purpose and use
  • Staying within the theme, any subject of your own choosing…

Theme 12 - Autonity Validator Stake Delegation Program (SDP)

Create a visual exploring economic allocation and qualification criteria and concepts of the Autonity Validator Stake Delegation Program (SDP), including one or more of the following topics:

  • A workflow for applying to and participating in the SDP
  • Autonity’s Validator Stake Delegation Program (SDP): its structure, how it functions, its purpose and use
  • A journey through key concepts of the Validator Stake Delegation Program (SDP):
    • How to apply and take part
    • Qualification criteria
    • Allocation criteria
    • How the SDP rebalances stake delegations at periodic intervals
  • Staying within the theme of SDP, any drill-down of your own choosing…

Contributor Guidelines

Guidelines for content creators

The quality and accuracy of content produced and submitted is the key concern.

Simple policy guidelines to follow when creating content are:

  • Attribution: Cite any sources used. Acknowledge and provide references to any sources you have taken content from. For example, existing Autonity community documentation. Unacknowledged reuse - i.e. plagiarism - of content is not acceptable.

If AI has been used to assist content creation, then the entrant should make this clear in their submission and follow these simple policy guidelines.

  • Transparency: Be clear that Generative AI was used.
  • Reproducibility: Provide the prompts used with the Generative AI to research and generate content.

To ensure attribution, transparency and reproducibility be sure to:

  • Clearly acknowledge sources in your created content. For example, by footnotes citing sources in a blog, verbally acknowledging sources in a video introduction, if AI has been used stating this and the AI prompts used.
  • Use the “Notes” field in the Education Task Award submission form to provide additional information on attribution, transparency and reproducibility you want to bring to the judging panel’s attention.

See the Rubrics page for how video, blog, and infographic content entries are scored by the judging panel.

For detail on the criteria used by the judging panel to score content creation entries, see the Explainer Video Rubric, Blog Post Rubric, and Infographic Rubric on the Rubrics page.

Guidelines for contributing to awesome-autonity

awesome-autonity is a simple README listing out public resources relevant to the Autonity community and vision. Take a look at the GitHub and if you have new resources to add, create a PR adding them in.

Submissions need to be made in accordance with the repo’s contribution guidelines.

For detail on the criteria used by the judging panel to score entries, see the awesome-autonity Rubric.