{"slug": "500-challenge-drop", "title": "$500 Challenge Drop", "summary": "The article announces a $500 prize draw for participants in the 100 Days of Solana program who complete the Day 36 or 37 challenge. The program, created by MLH and Solana, is a daily hands-on learning series for Web2 developers to build on Solana using JavaScript, progressing from basic concepts to programmable token extensions. To enter, participants must complete the challenge and submit their work.", "body_md": "If you’re taking part in 100 Days of Solana, look out for the $500 Challenge Drop.\nComplete Monday’s or Tuesday’s challenge (Day 36 or 37) and you’ll be entered for a random chance to win $500.\nThat’s it: complete the challenge, submit your work, and you’re in the draw.\n100 Days of Solana is a daily, hands-on learning challenge from MLH and Solana for Web2 developers who want to understand Solana by building with it.\nEach challenge introduces one practical concept at a time, using familiar JavaScript tooling while gradually moving from fundamentals like keypairs and transactions into tokens, accounts, and programmable assets.\nThis week’s challenges continue the move into Token Extensions, where Solana tokens start to feel less like static assets and more like programmable building blocks.\nTo be entered for the $500 Challenge Drop:\nStart here: mlh.link/solana-100\nComplete the challenge, submit your work, and you’re in.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/500-challenge-drop", "canonical_source": "https://dev.to/100daysofsolana/500-challenge-drop-o9", "published_at": "2026-05-22 14:54:18+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-05-22 15:04:11.889805+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["web3", "developer-tools", "open-source"], "entities": ["Solana", "MLH", "100 Days of Solana"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/500-challenge-drop", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/500-challenge-drop.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/500-challenge-drop.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/500-challenge-drop.jsonld"}}