BlockHacksMTL

BlockHacks is a blockchain hackathon for entrepreneurs, enthusiasts, designers and developers. The hackathon will take place over a 24-hour period and will include workshops by blockchain industry professionals. The focus is on inspiring the next generation of blockchain entrepreneurs to build decentralized applications, contribute to code at the infrastructure level and create cool new ways to introduce people to blockchains and digital currency. The judges of blockhacks are professionals in the blockchain industry who are actively looking to make blockchain investments and who can help take projects that were ideated during BlockHacks to market. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Judges:  Laurent Féral-Pierssens, Inception Block Ventures  Ethan Wilding, L4 Ventures  Isaac Souweine, Real Ventures   Sam Kawthrani, Corl.io  Manu Varghese,Greenstream Technologies Scott Moore, GitToken  Aidan Hyman, Chainsafe ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Workshop:  Solidity and EVM Workshop at BlockHacksMTL Led by Stu Peters & Priom Chowdhury Stu Peters is a co-founder and CTO of ChainSafe Systems. His journey into Blockchain began as an early adopter of Bitcoin in 2012 and as an Ethereum Developer in 2015. As an instructor at BlockchainHub, an innovation centre based out of York University; Stu has taught on multiple topics including ethereum and solidity development to some of Canada’s largest consulting firms. Stu has led and executed projects at some of the most innovative emerging projects in the Blockchain space as the Chief Technical Officer of ChainSafe Systems. Priom Chowdhury is a co-founder and Chief Security Officer of ChainSafe Systems. He first got interested in Cryptocurrency back in 2009 when Bitcoin was first initially released. Priom is a full-stack developer with a strong focus on devops and system infrastructure of ChainSafe Systems and it’s clients. He has true passion, dedication and thrive for building innovative products using cutting-edge technologies like Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence and Augmented Reality. During the workshop we will start with an overview on the EVM with a focus on Parity. We will then explore Solidity, write a smart contract, deploy and interact with it. Development tools specific to Ethereum will be discussed and used throughout the workshop. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Many Prizes to be won. Full selection to be announced shortly. There will be a Blockmason BCPT Token Airdrop available for all participants. Schedule: March 23rd 5pm:  Hackathon opening and Challenge Revealed March 24th 10am -11am : One hour coding workshop  7pm-8:30pm: Presentations and Judging  8:30pm - 9pm : Deliberation  9pm: Winners announced 9pm- End: Networks and Drinks. **Food will be served the 24th, there will be light snacks in AM, lunch and dinner*** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Please ensure that everyone on your team has purchased a ticket.  For more information please visit: https://blockhacks.org/