The Web3 Writing Contest: Results Announced!

Another day, another winner announcement for the HackerNoon fam! Welcome to the results announcement of the Web3 Writing Contest by HackerNoon and Coinsbee.

But first, let’s have an overview of the contest -

The Web3 Writing Contest is a part of our one-month mini-contests series in April. HackerNoon’s goal is to get every tag on the website sponsored so we can reward our best stories and best writers here. We thank Coinsbee for sponsoring the #web3 tag. During April, we published 150+ stories generating 70,000+ reads 🔥 That’s the power of the HackerNoon web3 community!

Here’s the message from the sponsor:

👏 "Big thanks to everyone who participated in the Web3 Writing Contest! 👏 Reading all the fascinating insights about the future of crypto and web3 was an absolute delight.

As one of the pioneering companies that are accelerating the widespread adoption of crypto, we are thrilled to be enabling millions of people around the globe to live their lives using crypto. Our commitment to this transformative technology is unwavering, and we're excited to keep pushing forward, one step at a time. Onwards and upwards! " 🐝 - Felix Billert, Head of Operations and Special Projects, Coinsbee

The Web3 Writing Contest, April 2023: Top 10 Stories

For selecting the top 10 nominations, we picked all the stories with the web3tag on HackerNoon, published in April. Then we chose the top stories using a 60:30:10 weightage ratio for:

1. Number of hours read
2. The number of people reached
3. The freshness of the content

Here are the top ten stories:

1. The Potential Impact of the Metaverse on Education by @lomitpatel
2. Andrew Carnegie’s Advice From Over 150 Years Ago Applies to Bitcoin More Than Ever by @ssaurel
3. The Future of Cloud Infrastructure; The Promise of Decentralization by @jamesking
4. Building on Linea: A Step-By-Step Guide by @MichaelB
5. Become a Web3 Developer by Exploring the Web3 Stack by @MichaelB
6. Are You Building an Incredibly Complicated Piece of Engineering Just to Squeeze... Ketchup? by @michelecanzi
7. Web 3.0 and the Future Metaverse: Decentralization and Interoperability by @induction
8. Coinbase is the Puppet That Will Rule Over the Crypto Few by @moderneremite
9. NFT 2.0: the Era of Programmable Assets by @menaskop
10. Let's Disrupt Ticketmaster by Building a Web3 Ticketing System by @MichaelB

With 4400+ reads and the highest number of votes, the winner is

Some say that while traveling by train, Andrew Carnegie noticed a man next to him doing a lot of calculations on a piece of paper.

Andrew Carnegie said, “What are you working on?”

The man replied, “I have an investment opportunity and I'm considering whether to invest my life savings in it.”

Andrew Carnegie listened carefully to the man who had a full-time job as a telegraph operator. He then gave him the following advice:

“Put all your eggs in one basket, and then watch that basket closely.”

Congratulations, @ssaurel. You’ve won $1000! We will contact you shortly for the next steps to claim your reward.

A HUGE shoutout to the top nominations and all the writers who participated in the contest. Keep writing; HackerNoon is bringing y’all more writing contests!