List of hackathons organized by the blockchain society in 2018

Hello Fellow hackers!  The Blockchain Society together with Telekom Innovation Laboratories (T- Labs) presents the #T-LabsHACK! T-Labs is the research and innovation unit of Deutsche Telekom, mother company of T-Mobile US. Learn more about T-Labs: https://laboratories.telekom.com/ What is the #T-LabsHACK you may ask? Well, with the increasing popularity of blockchain technology in the industry today, there comes a desire to always be ahead of the curve; with this event, we will bring you up to speed on some of the hottest tech to hit the blockchain space, which you can then use directly in your Hackathon projects to win great prizes! A Learnathon will be included with a workshop that will introduce hashstaX. To learn more about hashstaX check out this article. The hackathon will be held at Create33 which is a startup hub, where budding entrepreneurs can learn from mentors and network with peers. It’s the brainchild of Madrona Venture Group, one of the largest venture capital firms in the Pacific Northwest. There will be over $5000 in prizes! See more details on DevPost. Teams We suggest teams of no more than 6 individuals. You can organize teams prior to the event, and we will be sending around a teams signup form on the day of the Hackathon. Rules We know some rules are meant to be broken, but you should probably (read: definitely) stick by these: 1. Fresh Code - We all start coding at the same time. It’s cool to work on designs beforehand, digital mockups, open source frameworks, and anything else available to everyone, but keep things within fair limits. 2. Code Review - Winning teams may be subject to a code-review at some point following the event or immediately before winning. This is to ensure that all code used is in fact fresh. 3. Ownership and IP - You own your IP and whatever you create. Simple as that. 4. Team Size - No more than five people. 5. Submissions - More info at the event. You’ll receive an email with instructions on how to do just that. 6. Demos - You’ll have 10 minutes to demo the functionality of your project and talk through your idea, and 1 minute for Q&A from judges. Judging How is the hackathon judged?Projects will be judged based on the following criteria: Technical Deployment - 25% Consumer Centric - 25% Usefulness - 25% Innovation - 25% Judges Include: Alexander Renz has been involved in the Internet of Things (IoT) since its humble beginnings at the MIT Auto-ID Center, where Kevin Ashton coined the term in 1999. He is interested in exploring applications and new business models in IoT and the machine-to-machine economy. He is interested in applications across industries, even though his focus over the last few years has been on the future of mobility including connected and autonomous vehicles, shared and electric mobility as well as urban mobility and smart cities. Alex is an advisor to the IOTA foundation, a next generation blockchainless architecture based on a Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) that promises infinite scalability and zero transaction fees. Precia Carraway started as an entrepreneur in her late teens, continuing to explore and deploy disruptive innovations in emerging technology verticals. Her mechanical engineering training allowed her to wear many hats: software architect, system engineering, product management and general Swiss army knife deploying domestic and EMEA market smart-home, -city, -car product lines. Her previous position crossed B2C, B2B, B2G vehicle OEM strategic alliances and partnership collaborations. These days you can find her in the autonomous vehicle or drone space, watching the market, placing technology bets, nurturing networks, and speaking to the community at large, encouraging investments in frontier technologies. To break out of her echo chamber, you can find her leading Habitat for Humanity volunteers, riding mountain bikes or sailing the deep blue seas any given weekend. Chris Jones is a long-time entrepreneur and an expert in strategy, product marketing and user acquisition. He is adept at translating complex, technical features and functionalities into easy to understand concepts. Previously Chris held executive roles with adidas America, Mattel and Boost Mobile. Currently he is the President of Dragonscale, the Dragonchain incubator project and Co-founder of the inaugural Blockchain Seattle 2018 Conference held on September 10-11th. Chris is an evangelist for blockchain technology and the people and projects here in the Pacific NW. In addition, he has consulted other blockchain & technology companies including Storm, a gamified microtasks platform and Sirqul, a leader in the IoT space. He holds a B.S.B.A. from Georgetown University and an MBA from Northwestern University. John Calian is a Senior Vice President at Deutsche Telekom AG, and the Head of the Telekom Innovation Laboratories (T-Labs) in Berlin, a group of some 300 experts & scientists (+ entrepreneurs) from a variety of disciplines, from more than 25 nations all working together at T-Labs. Additionally, John co-founded and leads all product development for the T-Labs Blockchain Group, a team dedicated to decentralization research and development. In this dual role, John is responsible for developing and leading innovation topics, including blockchain strategies and initiatives, machine learning techniques and customer experiences, for Deutsche Telekom and its partners. Prior to joining T-Labs, John held numerous technology leadership roles and was the founder and COO of multiple startup software firms in the Seattle area. Mr. Calian holds an MBA in Technology Management from the University of Washington. Chris Spanton Jack Donahue Tentative Event Schedule: October 27th 8:30am: Registration & team formation; breakfast 9:15am: Opening Remarks from T-Labs 9:45: Opening Remarks from The Blockchain Society 10.00am: hashstaX Workshop by T-Labs 12:00: Lunch 12:45am: Workshop by Blockstack 1:30pm: KeyNote by T-Labs. 2:15pm: Hackathon starts 7pm: Dinner with Sponsors October 28th 12:00am: Hacking Continues 9:00 am: Breakfast served 12:00pm: Lunch with Judges 2:00pm: Hacking concluded 230pm: Presentations and judging to begin 4:00pm: Winners Announced 4:15pm: Final remarks by T-Labs 4:30pm: More information 6:00pm: Termination of Hackathon / Learnathon Prizes are too be announced soon! Thank you to our Sponsors! Presenting Sponsor: Community Partner: Venue Sponsor:

#shyhftHACK is the first Hackathon hosted by Shyft.Network! This event’s theme? Games. Join us! Create something fun. Meet great people. Win great prizes. CHALLENGE & PRIZES Your challenge: Build a cool gamer score infrastructure incorporating Shyft's creditability score and attestation layer. We’re looking for solutions that are creative. Bonus points for ones that allow interoperability between games! Your prize: 1st place - $1500 in ETH, 500 SHYFT Tokens, & 2 year access to Blockgeeks 2nd place - $500 in ETH and 500 SHYFT Tokens Surprise! We’d be also giving away 1000 SHYFT tokens during the event! All teams who particpate will get 50% Blockgeeks memberships! WHO CAN HACK? SKILL REQUIREMENTS Intermediate to advanced Understand how to set up a developer environment Language: Solidity Ability to run a test version Want to get involved in another way? We’d love to chat with potential mentors, and judges! Just email karla@shyft.network to get connected. If you are a developer group or organization and wish to get involved! Just email sales@theentrepreneurshipsociety.com to get connected. WHAT WE EXPECT FROM YOU? Your submission should include a set of smart contracts that utilize the ERC721 (non-fungible token) interface for any in-game items that would be associated to the gamerscore (badges for example), a set of smart contracts that work with the Shyft attestation layer to provide a gamerscore/attribution connector, the front end and UX, and user stories. We all start coding at the same time, and there shouldn’t be a pre-existing smart contracts. ***** For Submissions: Please prepare a github repo that hasn't been created before. ie. no pre-existing smart contracts & the like. More details for submission will be provided at the event. ***** TENTATIVE SCHEDULE *This is a day event* 12:30 pm - 12:30: Orientation PWP and team formation 12:30 pm - 1:00: Lunch 1:00 pm - 2:00: Workshop on Shyft Blockchain and how to build a gaming dApp 2:00 pm - 6:00: Coding kick off & Hacking 6:00 pm - 6:15: Refreshment Break 7:30 pm: Code Freeze & Submission Deadline 7:30 pm - 8:15: Demos 8:15 pm: Winners are announced & Prizes! JUDGES AND MENTORS Chris Forrester - CTO @ Shyft Niloo Ravaei - Technical Instructor @ Blockgeeks Chinmay Patel - CEO @ BlockX Labs Gold Sponsor: Bronze Sponsor: Edit Community Partners:  .  We are partnered with BUNZ, to buy tickets with BTZ please transfer the final total in Universe x 100 to the address (QR Code) below. E.g. If final total is $63.78, then (63.78 x 100 = 6378) transfer 6378 BTZ. Then please email sales@theentrepreneurshipsociety.com with your name, the time you transferred the BTZ, and for what event. Thank you.

Hello Fellow hackers!  The Blockchain Society is back, and this time with a blockchain Hackathon + Learnathon! What is a Hackathon + Learnathon you may ask? Well, with the increasing popularity of blockchain technology in the industry today, there comes a desire to always be ahead of the curve; with this event, we will bring you up to speed on some of the hottest tech to hit the blockchain space, which you can then use directly in your Hackathon projects to win great prizes! The Learnathon will commence in the morning on June 24th, and will continue in the afternoon. Once attendees have a firm grasp on the blockchain stack, the Hackathon will begin! We hope that this format will allow newcomers to the blockchain space to learn something new, and allow the veterans to hone their skills on the tech stack we are going to be working with during the event. Who can hack This hackathon/learnathon is exclusively for developers who fit the below criteria. The Blockchain Society reserves the right to decline entry of any Blockchain developers who do not fit our hackathon/learnathon criteria. Note: Refunds will be issued if a ticket has already been purchased and the criteria has not been met. The Criteria 1. 2+ years of prior development experience2. A valid GitHub account with adequate commit history3. Professionally affiliated with the technology community in Toronto or surrounding cities Teams We suggest teams of no more than 6 individuals. You can organize teams prior to the event, and we will be sending around a teams signup form on the day of the Hackathon. Schedule 23 Jun Activity 8.30am Registration & team formation; breakfast 9am Opening Remarks from Nobul Corporation 9.30am Microsoft Workshop 11.30am *Workshop Opportunity* 12pm Lunch with Sponsors 1pm *Workshop Opportunity* 1.30pm *Workshop Opportunity* 2pm KeyNote by Nobul Corporation 3pm Hackathon starts 7pm Dinner with Sponsors 24 Jun Activity 12am Hacking Continues  9am Breakfast served 12pm Lunch with Judges 2.30pm Hacking concluded and judging to begin 5pm Winners Announced 5.30pm Final remarks by Nobul Rules We know some rules are meant to be broken, but you should probably (read: definitely) stick by these: 1. Fresh Code - We all start coding at the same time. It’s cool to work on designs beforehand, digital mockups, open source frameworks, and anything else available to everyone, but keep things within fair limits. 2. Code Review - Winning teams may be subject to a code-review at some point following the event or immediately before winning. This is to ensure that all code used is in fact fresh. 3. Ownership and IP - You own your IP and whatever you create. Simple as that. 4. Team Size - No more than five people. 5. Submissions - Each team will have a designated google drive folder where projects need to be submitted by the designated time. You’ll receive an email with instructions on how to do just that. 6. Demos - You’ll have 2 minutes to demo the functionality of your project and talk through your idea, and 1 minute for Q&A from judges. Judging How is the hackathon judged?Projects will be judged based on the following criteria, with a total of 5 points per criteria: Fundability: How fundable is this idea? Is there potential for a sustainable business model? Execution: How well was the project executed and explained? Did it work? UI/UX: Beyond design, was the end-to-end user experience for the solution considered? Originality: How original, creative or unique is the idea? Scalability: How scalable is the solution? Will it make an impact? Ambassadors - Will Mero (marketing@theblockchainsociety,ca) - Bill Hennessey Lead Sponsor Silver Sponsors Community Partners