Contest and Competition Service Setup

[Mkalbani]

Location: microservices/contest-service
Labels: microservice, competition, NESTJS
Estimated Time: 7 hours
Difficulty: Medium

Description

Build a contest service managing time-boxed competitions with entry fees, prize pools, and winner determination.

Tasks

• Initialize NestJS project in microservices/contest-service
• Set up Contest, Entry, Prize entities
• Implement contest creation and configuration
• Add entry fee collection and prize pool
• Create time-based contest windows
• Implement automatic winner calculation
• Add prize distribution logic
• Create contest history and stats
• Implement contest categories
• Set up Docker configuration

Acceptance Criteria

• Contests created with time windows
• Entry fees collected correctly
• Winners determined automatically
• Prizes distributed fairly
• History tracked
• Service runs independently

[somgoli]

@somgoli has applied to work on this issue as part of the Stellar Wave Program's 5th wave.

Hi maintainer, i have gone through the task description and will like to work on this please. ETA: 5hours. Thank you

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