Telegram Contests

2022-10-31 17:35:55 An important update on submissions for the iOS Contest.

Entries without the required .ipa files will still be considered for the contest – but will receive a penalty in the final scoring for building from source.

If you have already submitted your archive, @ContestBot allows you to freely update your submission up to the deadline. Open / Comment

2022-10-28 22:38:46 ContestBot is also ready to accept submissions for the iOS Contest.

Choose “iOS Contest 2022”, answer the bot’s questions, then send it a .zip archive that contains the following:

1. The source code of your app, together with a step-by-step guide for the build process. Tools like brew and similar are allowed, just make sure you properly indicate this.
2. An .ipa file for your app signed with any certificate.

Note: You must make sure your app can be built from your provided sources and enclosed build instructions – on a clean instance of macOS 12.6 or 13 with only Xcode installed. Entries that fail to do so will not be considered for the competition. Open / Comment

2022-10-28 21:52:43 Contestants are now welcome to send their submissions for the Second Round of the Telegram X Android Competition to @ContestBot.

Please make sure that:
1. You are based on the last commit inside of main.
2. You didn't modify contents inside any of the submodule folders.
3. You didn't change the submodule commit and rely on the same ones as the last commit in main.
4. All flavors of the app can build and run successfully.

Choose “Telegram X Android Competition”, answer the bot’s questions, then send it a link to your ready-to-merge pull request(s) for this repository on GitHub. Each of your PR names and descriptions must contain #235 (for Comments + Message Threads) or #236 (for Send As) or #237 (for Improved Search).

Your submission must contain a brief description in your GitHub pull request:
• Whether you fully accomplished the task
• What part you are most proud of
• Whether you added anything extra
• Any other info you consider useful

After submission, you are allowed to contribute additional bug fixes. While the main evaluation will be based on the initial commit, further improving your submission will be considered a bonus. Open / Comment

2022-10-26 18:44:36 Smart Contract Cracking Competition: Results

While the contest offered a challenging task with a tight deadline, we were pleased that many developers seized this opportunity to thoroughly research and test the smart contract for the Telegram Auction Platform. Their accepted discoveries have already been merged into the main code branch.

As nobody cracked the smart contract, there is no winner in this competition.

Kooky Swallow, Chic Dolphin and Shiny Giraffe independently spotted the same issue that required several conditions to be exploited. Each of the three participants will get $10,000. Shiny Giraffe also receives an extra $500 for pointing out an issue with a missing check in one function.

We are happy to announce that the following contestants are also eligible for rewards – for suggesting useful optimizations and minor code tweaks. For identical issues, the earliest submitted pull requests are considered eligible for a reward.

Honorable Mentions
• Wise Pony is awarded $2,500 for discovering a theoretical scenario where a party could empty the smart contract's balance of 1 TON by sending a large number of internal messages. Though it lacked practical application, as the attacker had to spend an order of magnitude more TON than the targeted address had on its balance.

• Gifted Lemur is awarded $1,000 for a bug they discovered (a fix for outbid messages that may contain incorrect data).

• Slim Elk is awarded $500 for finding an issue in a deprecated function.

• Fairy Horse and Sharp Butterfly are awarded $250 each for their minor optimizations and adjustments.

Congratulations to the winners!

P.S. We will soon contact each winner to coordinate their payouts. To check your animal alias, kindly log in on contest.com using the account from your submission. Open / Comment

2022-10-22 18:06:15 Smart Contract Cracking Competition

Prize fund: Up to $100,000
Deadline: 18:00 on October 25th (Dubai time)
Who can participate: Everyone

The Task is to identify potential vulnerabilities and issues in the smart contract that would form the basis of the Telegram Auction Platform.

Evaluation Criteria and Prize Fund Distribution:
Bounties are dependent on the severity of the discovered issues and could potentially range from $200 for minor code adjustments to $50,000 for major flaws – like behavior that could bypass the smart contract's logic and conditions in order to reassign ownership of assets.

Details:
For a complete description and technical details, see this document.

Submissions:
1. Submit an archive containing your source code, a how-to manual, and a build script (if necessary) to @ContestBot (choose Smart Contract Cracking Competition).

Or:

2. Submit a pull request on GitHub. Describe the issue as a comment to the pull request. Submit a link to the pull request via @ContestBot . Open / Comment

2022-10-11 23:12:45 Telegram announces the First Round of the iOS Contest 2022 Prize fund for Round 1: $50,000 Deadline: 23:59 on October 31th (Dubai time) Who can participate: Everyone Results: November 10th, 2022 The task is to create a standalone media editing app in Swift… Open / Comment

2022-10-09 20:16:29 Open / Comment

2022-10-09 20:10:37 Telegram announces the First Round of the iOS Contest 2022 Prize fund for Round 1: $50,000 Deadline: 23:59 on October 31th (Dubai time) Who can participate: Everyone Results: November 10th, 2022 The task is to create a standalone media editing app in Swift… Open / Comment

2022-10-09 20:10:13 Telegram announces the First Round of the iOS Contest 2022

Prize fund for Round 1: $50,000
Deadline: 23:59 on October 31th (Dubai time)
Who can participate: Everyone
Results: November 10th, 2022

The task is to create a standalone media editing app in Swift without using third-party UI frameworks. Submissions must include a variety of tools to add drawings and edit text based on the provided mockups.

Details:
For a complete description of the required features, see this document.

Contest Requirements:
• No third-party UI frameworks are allowed.
• Your app should be compatible with iOS 13 and above.
• The contest features and interfaces must be built from scratch. Using third-party implementations of media editors with similar features is strictly prohibited. Such entries will be disqualified.

Evaluation Criteria:
During the evaluation stage, Telegram judges will test the submissions on a broad range of iOS devices from the iPhone 6s to 14 Pro. The key factors in determining the best apps are:

- The general aesthetics of the app.
- Adherence to the provided mockups and design elements.
- Attention to the tiniest details in the user’s experience.

The smoothness of animations and the overall stability of the app will play a major role. Last but not least is the absence of significant flaws (including crashes, performance issues, visual glitches, noticeable element blinking, layout imperfections and more).

To be evaluated, all submitted apps must include the minumum required features. Winners may be offered a chance to join the Telegram team in Dubai.

Submissions:
Contestants will be able to submit their entries to @ContestBot at the end of this round. We will further clarify the submission instructions closer to the deadline. Open / Comment

2022-10-07 15:46:45 Telegram X Android Competition: Round 2 Prize fund for Round 2: $20,000. Deadline: 23:59 on October 30th (Dubai time). Who can participate: Everyone! Even if you didn't participate in Round 1. Results announcement: November 9th, 2022. While the upcoming… Open / Comment