Beyond Blockchain. Bristol Holochain Hackathon
Calling all coders, designers and social/environmental activists..
Join us for an ethical hackathon!
Make distributed computing apps and develop ideas for decentralised power structures.
Use a next-gen platform, better than blockchain, with easy tools for Rapid App Development. Weave new patterns of community with truly peer-to-peer self-governance. Secure personal data ownership & privacy
Holochain is designed from the ground up to support community development on any scale.
Attend to find:
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Technical development support: Expert technologists and Holochain Core developers teaching rapid prototyping and available for support throughout the event.
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Community Solutions: a participative exploration of how distributed computing can support community projects. Local community developers and Village Lab, major partners of Holochain bringing their wealth of experience in participatory community work.
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Refreshments and prizes
Tickets
Hackathon Ticket
Build an App, with support over the weekend.
. All weekend, from the get-go
A Technical Introduction to Distributed Computing
Holochain: the how and why it solves some of the technical issues with other Blockchain solutions
. Saturday Morning 10:00-12:00
Symposium for Community Developers
How can distributed computing support community projects
. Saturday Afternoon 14:30-17:30
Sunday Show and Tell
Coffee, cake and project/app presentations
. Sunday Afternoon 14:00-16:30
Looking for ideas? extensions to the Bristol Pound; local news and social feeds; loyalty cards shared between independent retailers; “FairBnB”; cryptovoting; ridesharing; social activism; and community development - Collaboration in all forms!
See our Ideation board for further inspirations for a distributed app ecosystem
Location
Dates
to 10th December 2017 - 04:30 PM