During the BGA x Masverse Joint Fund Hackathon, a team of university students from the Asia Pacific University’s Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Club (APUBCC) created something remarkable: DevSpace — a blockchain-powered platform that lets developers prove their contributions, build digital reputation, and earn rewards — all on-chain.

Winning the only prize in the Student & University Track, and receiving USDT 1,000, the DevSpace team proved that blockchain infrastructure like MasChain is not just enterprise-ready — it’s student-accessible. And more importantly, that it can power a new kind of verified ecosystem: one built on real work, not inflated résumés.

The Problem: Real Skills, No Proof

In today’s developer landscape:

• 50% of employers report encountering fake or unverifiable certifications
• Developers use 5–7 different platforms to prove their capabilities
• Contributions like bug fixes, bounty completions, and open-source work are often unrecorded and unrewarded
• Learners are more motivated when rewarded, yet existing platforms offer little recognition

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The DevSpace Solution: “Build. Prove. Get Paid. All On-Chain.”

DevSpace is not about issuing traditional credentials. It’s about capturing real developer contributions, rewarding them, and storing them immutably on MasChain.

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Key Features:

• Escrow-backed bounties from companies and protocols
• Verified task completion with on-chain proof
• Gamified leaderboard for weekly top contributors
• Developer profiles that show real-time reputation based on verifiable work — not self-claimed skills

It’s GitHub meets LinkedIn meets bounty board — but decentralised, transparent, and anchored on MasChain.

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Why MasChain Matters?

The true power of DevSpace comes from its integration with MasChain, Malaysia’s national blockchain infrastructure.

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What MasChain Enables:

• Verifiable on-chain records for each completed bounty, contribution, or achievement
• Immutable task history, viewable by employers, collaborators, and partners
• Secure, pseudonymous profiles — developers own their work, not the platform
• Trustless escrow ensures fair reward distribution with no manual processing

With MasChain, DevSpace transforms developer activities into a public, auditable, and tamper-proof proof-of-skill layer — a major step forward from portfolios and certificates.

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Why It Matters to Governments, SMEs, and Industry?

DevSpace isn’t just for students. It’s a blueprint for how blockchain can verify real contributions in any ecosystem:

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Government & Public Sector

Governments can leverage DevSpace to run national hackathons, reskilling initiatives, or coding bootcamps with on-chain proof of participation and completion. This ensures transparency, improves public trust, and enables scalable digital talent development.

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SMEs & Startups

Small businesses and startups can reduce hiring risks by identifying developers based on real, verifiable work — not just CVs or claims. DevSpace profiles show actual contributions, completed bounties, and on-chain activity, making talent discovery both fair and trustworthy.

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Universities & NGOs

Academic institutions and non-profits can use DevSpace to recognise student and volunteer contributions to open-source, research, or community-driven projects. Every contribution is logged, timestamped, and secured via blockchain — creating an honest, decentralised record of impact.

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Enterprises & Protocols

Larger organisations and blockchain protocols can host bounty programs on DevSpace with automated payouts, contributor reputation tracking, and tamper-proof audit trails. This reduces admin overhead while building strong developer ecosystems around their platforms.

With just a wallet, a developer can begin contributing, building, and earning — all while proving their worth publicly without disclosing sensitive data.

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DevSpace Is Just Getting Started

The platform includes:

• A freemium model for developers
• Premium tools for employers (talent search, branded space)
• A community leaderboard to drive engagement
• Plans for in-platform transactions and government collaboration

What began as a student project is quickly shaping into a scalable developer economy layer, powered by blockchain.

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Final Thoughts: If Students Can Build This, What Could You Build?

The DevSpace story shows what’s possible when young innovators are empowered with the right tools.

With MasChain, they built a working system that solves a real problem: how to reward and recognise developer work transparently and trustlessly.

This isn’t just a student win — it’s a national use case for how blockchain can restore trust, motivation, and fairness in digital participation.

Build. Prove. Get Paid. All On-Chain.
That’s DevSpace — made possible by MasChain. And it’s just the beginning.

Kudos to Angelina Leanore, Harrison Matthew, Kelvin Guinawa, Kenneth Mardiyo and Bryan Christopher Pradibta.

Learn more at: https://linktr.ee/apublockchaincryptoclub

Blockchain infrastructure by: https://www.maschain.com/

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