Frequentlyasked questions

Yes. There are no entry fees, subscriptions, or costs to participate.

Anyone 18 or older with a public GitHub profile and a Nimiq wallet. Participation is open globally, except where prohibited by applicable laws or sanctions.Prizes cannot be paid to participants in OFAC-sanctioned jurisdictions. Winners will be required to provide proof that they are citizens of an eligible country.

Yes. Teams of up to 5 people can enter together. Each team must designate one lead for communication and prize payouts. Each individual or team can submit one Mini App per competition cycle.

Most builders treat this like a focused side project over the four-week competition cycle. You don’t need to go full-time, but you need to submit a working Mini App by the deadline.

Anything that integrates with at least one supported token (USDT, NIM, or both) and that someone can actually use. Submissions are scored on design, functionality, usefulness and originality, and marketing, so the strongest entries tend to solve a real problem, serve a clear audience, and feel polished. Games, utilities, social tools, payment flows, and creative experiments are all fair game.

Yes. You can use any AI coding tools, including Cursor, Claude, GitHub Copilot, v0, or any other assistant. There are no restrictions on how you write your code, only that the final Mini App works and meets the submission requirements.

Yes. Mini Apps cannot use direct native Google Pay API payments, but they can use other third-party payment providers like Stripe, subscriptions, fiat on-ramps, or credit card payment systems. To qualify for the competition, your Mini App still needs to meaningfully use the Nimiq Pay Mini Apps Framework as part of the core experience.

Yes. Marketing and community engagement are part of the scoring criteria. Builders are encouraged to share progress publicly, attract users, collect feedback, and actively participate in the community. You do not need an existing audience or social following to compete. What matters is your effort to promote your Mini App and attract real users during the competition.

Yes. A focused, polished, and useful Mini App can score higher than a large but unfinished project.

Yes. Builders are encouraged to improve their Mini Apps throughout the competition. In Week 3, submissions enter an early access period during which the community can interact with them before final judging, making it a particularly good time to push updates and improvements.

Using NIM or the wider Nimiq ecosystem beyond simply accepting a payment is worth 5 points inside the Nimiq Pay and Nimiq integration category.

No. All Mini Apps must be submitted before the official deadline for that competition cycle. Late submissions will not be reviewed or scored, but you’re welcome to continue improving your Mini App and submit it in the next cycle.

Yes. Previous winners can enter future cycles with a new Mini App but cannot resubmit a winning Mini App. Non-winning Mini Apps may be resubmitted in a future cycle if they demonstrate significant improvements or new functionality since the last submission.

Yes. Mini Apps can include payments, subscriptions, tipping, digital purchases, premium features, marketplaces, and other monetization models as long as they comply with the competition rules and applicable laws.

Builders retain full ownership of their Mini App, code, and intellectual property. All competition submissions must be released under the MIT License, which allows others to use, modify, and distribute the code with attribution.

Yes. Winning and non-winning Mini Apps can continue evolving after the competition ends. Builders are encouraged to keep improving, growing, and maintaining their Mini Apps beyond the competition cycle. The goal of the competition is to encourage real, usable products, not temporary demos. Mini Apps that become abandoned, outdated, or non-functional may eventually be removed from featured listings or discovery surfaces.