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Student Demos: Payum, Melon, Parley Company - BuidlGuidl's Builder Bootcamp

Duration: 00:38:26

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Event: Devcon

Date: Jul 2026

A showcase of innovative projects from student developers connecting with companies in the ecosystem. Demos include: - Payum, an on-chain Earned Wage Access (EWA) solution focused on better economics - Melon, a protocol using cryptography and hardware to create Verifiable Media and combat deepfakes - Parley Company, a project building advanced parlay functionality on existing prediction markets 👉 To learn everything about building on Ethereum, go to https://speedrunethereum.com/ ------- 0:00 - Introduction: Students and Company Connect 0:00:19 - Session Goal and Format 0:00:57 - Event Agenda Overview (Demos, AMA, Networking) 0:02:45 - Start of Student Demos: Presenter 1 (Adden) 0:03:57 - Project 1: Payum (On-Chain Earned Wage Access) 0:04:19 - The Problem: Cash Flow and Payday Loans (EWA) 0:05:15 - Problems with Traditional EWA (High APR, Low Profit) 0:06:53 - Payum's Solution: Bringing EWA On-Chain 0:07:15 - Payum's Technical/Liquidity Structure 0:08:36 - Economics: Reduced APR, LP Yield, and Profit Margin 0:09:40 - Risk Mitigation (KYC, Plaid, Bank Account Pull) 0:11:22 - Payum MVP Live Demo 0:15:35 - Introduction of Presenter 2 (Danjay) 0:18:32 - Project 2: Melon (Protocol for Verifiable Media) 0:18:46 - The Problem: Rise of AI-Generated Content 0:19:48 - Limitations of Existing Solutions (Worldcoin, Sony Chip, Synth ID) 0:20:37 - Melon's Protocol: Hardware, Firmware, and Cryptographic Signature 0:23:35 - Demo: Whitelisting Hardware ID and Image Verification 0:26:20 - About the Creator and Background 0:28:37 - Project 3: Parley Company (Parlays on Prediction Markets) 0:29:23 - The Opportunity: Prediction Markets vs. Fixed Events 0:31:36 - Parley Company Demo 0:34:34 - Business Model: Calculating Odds and Take Rate ("Vig") 0:36:28 - Future Plans (Caching and Airdrop/TGE) 0:37:26 - Closing Remarks and Break -------