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(This event is part of Consensus 2016.)
Join us for a weekend of non-stop hacking, hustling, and deep-diving into the blockchain industry's most cutting edge developer tools.
You can walk away with new contacts, prizes of up to $5,000 plus other sponsor goodies and in-kind awards, coverage for your new creation on CoinDesk, and who knows...maybe even the spark that leads to the first blockchain unicorn.
About the Hackathon
Today's most exciting use cases for blockchain technology extend far beyond payments and digital currency. New protocols that offer much more robust programming capabilities than bitcoin have ushered in the era of the "smart contract," and expectations are sky-high for what that could mean in industries ranging from capital markets trading, digital rights management, new peer-to-peer insurance models, and the internet of things.
This year's Building Blocks Hackathon at Consensus will convene many of the world's top blockchain developers vying to build the next killer smart contract app.
Participants can build on top of any blockchain protocol they choose: bitcoin, ethereum, hyperledger or otherwise. And through various sponsor challenges, they'll be encouraged to leverage the software and support made available by our world-class mentors in order to deliver these solutions.
Who should participate
You don't have to be a core bitcoin developer to to participate (although some of them likely will :)), but you must have experience either as a developer or designer.
More details on the detailed agenda and sponsor challenges will be made available in the coming days, but we encourage all of our participants to think outside of the box as they approach their hacks.
Need inspiration? Here are some of the areas we'd love to see new products:
Escrow solutions
Metered, autonomous device payments
Digital rights management
Peer-to-peer insurance applications
Automated interest and dividend payments
Corporate governance solutions
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