Bluzelle Decentralized World Hackathon

Jan 9, 2019 - We are postponing the event and will post the new date shortly.  If you purchased tickets you will be emailed directly and given the option to get a refund or use it when we have a new date.  We had to postpone it because of logistical challenges with providing a positive experience for all.  Use the "Contact" button at the bottom if you have any questions. We appreciate your patience and look forward to seeing you at our hackathon and workshops! Team Bluzelle Compete to build applications within the decentralized ecosytem, using your native language and the Bluzelle team on standby to help! Not ready to compete but want to learn? - Take part in workshops to learn how you can apply your business and technical skills in the field of decentralization and blockchain! What????: When was the last time you heard of a data breach?  Developers have been using cloud-hosted database backends that have been failing for a variety of reasons - the world is generating much too much data for the traditional cloud providers to handle. Bluzelle is building a decentralized NoSQL database backend that anybody can use and provides enterprise-quality experience.  It is self-managed, blockchain-grade secure and implements PBFT level tolerance. This hackathon is an opportunity for you to build your application and host your data in the global swarm.  You can build an AI, ML, robotic or even a traditional payment system - the sky is the limit, but you'll have only 2 days to do it! Video of what Decentralized Database technology is all about: https://youtu.be/tYQk5vWc83o Our Github is here https://github.com/bluzelle/swarmDB. Note: By registering for this event, you agree to our Hackathon Participation Agreement below Totally new to the space or don't see where you fit in? - we've got workshops for you: Confirmed: (1) CryptoKitties - How much do CryptoKitties' players make? How long do they play?Covalent's Ganesh Swami will explain the CryptoKitties project and provide insights to it's success by using data visualization tools based on data from the Ethereum blockchain and smart contracts - especially relevant for data scientists, UX specialists and tech specialists. (2) Pros/cons and how to integrate decentralization/blockchain into a business(3) How to lead a lunch n learn at your company on decentralization and blockchain TBD: - Evolution of decentralization/blockchain by looking at milestone platforms- Intro to using Go / JS / Python / PHP to develop your own decentralized project- Pros/cons and how to integrate decentralization/blockchain into a business- How to lead a lunch n learn at your company on decentralization and blockchain- Intro to Ethereum and smart contracts- Round-table discussion on how big data, AI, ML and other burgeoning tech integrates with decentralization- Bluzelle partners sharing and demonstrating their technology Time: Saturday, January 19th, 830am to 8pm Sunday, January 20th, 9am to 7pm Schedule: Saturday - Hackathon Room Roll-in and get comfy - breakfast provided 9am - Introductions, Acknowledgements, Logistics 930am - The theme: Decentralized World - Where do you fit? 10am - Form teams 12-1pm - Lunch 2pm - Team registration closes 5pm - Dinner Saturday - Workshops Room Roll-in and get comfy 10am - Workshops start 12-1pm - Lunch Sunday - Hackathon Room 9am - Breakfast 12-1pm - Lunch 5pm - Presentations and judging 6pm - Awards and Appreciation Judges (More to come!): Charles Krempeaux has held titles such as CTO, Director of Engineering, Director of Technology, Engineering Manager, Principal Software Engineer, and Chief Architect. He has built 6 companies in his career and helped 5 others build theirs. He has been involved in open source projects since 1996 and has co-authored “The Mono Handbook” book as well contributing to the mono project itself. He is one of the 4 original senior members of the Hootsuite engineering team. As well as having done work for Electronic Arts (EA), and had a startup acquired by Microsoft, and later sold to Facebook. Through his illustrious career, he has gathered a wealth of knowledge in and around the area of Software Engineering, Data Science, AI, Machine Learning, Management, Entrepreneurialism, Product Development, and Software Architecture. Neeraj Murarka is a software engineer and computer systems architect with over 20 years expertise in cutting edge technology. He has worked on projects for Google, IBM, Hewlett Packard, Lufthansa, Thales Avionics, and Zynga. Some of Neeraj's largest projects include: locking down of modi ed Android OS for retail markets; multicast UDP satellite-based music streaming systems, mobile app for blockchain startup "Zeroblock"; design and development of secure and FFA-approved systems for Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft. Prizes: Hardware wallets filled with crypto! 1st prize: $500 CAD of crypto currency spread across max 3 devices 2nd prize: $250 CAD of crypto currency spread across max 2 devices 3rd prize: $100 CAD of crypto currency  spread across max 2 devices Every participant gets a t-shirt What are hardware wallets?: The Trezor Wallet: https://trezor.io/ Hackathon Participation Agreement Bluzelle is pleased to present the Decentralized World Hackathon (“Hackathon”) hosted by SFU Harbor Centre. The Hackathon is governed by this Hackathon Participation Agreement (“Agreement”). By entering the Hackathon, you (“Participant”) agree to abide by the Agreement which is a binding legal agreement between Participant and Bluzelle with respect to the Hackathon. Participation in the Hackathon Participant must be at least 18 years of age and be present at the hackathon with their team for the duration of the hackathon. In addition to the Agreement, Participant agrees to abide by SFU Harbor Centre's Code of Conduct and additional documents, if any, provided in connection with the Hackathon (collectively “Additional Documents”). Bluzelle has the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any Participant for breach of the Agreement or Additional Documents. Bluzelle has the right to cancel or suspend the Hackathon with or without notice and for any or no reason. Bluzelle is not responsible for any damage or inconvenience caused by a cancellation or suspension of the Hackathon. Teams Participants can work as an individual (team of one) or in groups of two to six Participants (each group of 1-6 Participants is a “Team”). Submission Teams of Participants are expected to provide submissions leveraging Distributed Database Technology. While suggested areas relate to how this new database solution can be used to host globally distributed data, teams of Participants are not restricted to this area. Team submissions can range from a rudimentary application demonstrating their initiative to a full-blown complete app. By providing a submission in the Hackathon, each Participant represents and warrants that the submission does not violate any applicable law or any third party intellectual property rights. Judging The Hackathon winners will be chosen from the teams of Participants by a panel of judges selected by Bluzelle. The judges’ decisions are final, binding and uncontestable. Judgment will be based on: (i) Identifying a real-world problem (30%) (ii) Utilization of Bluzelle's technology into the solution (10%) (iii) Developing a complete working solution (30%) (iv) Suggesting an innovative approach to solving the real world problem in (i) (30%) A total of three winning Entries will be chosen on the above criteria, for which the hardware wallets and crypto will be given as prizes. Prizes The prizes will be divided evenly amongst Participant team members unless otherwise noted. Bluzelle reserves the right not to award a prize in the event of an insufficient number of eligible entries meeting the minimum judging criteria as determined in Bluzelle’s sole discretion. Bluzelle is not responsible for any dispute among teams or team Participants related to prizes. Publicity and Privacy Participant understands that the Hackathon may be photographed, videotaped, recorded, live streamed, etc. and hereby grants Bluzelle and/or SFU Harbor Centre the right to use or refrain from using Participant’s name and/or likeness any and all footage about Participant’s participation in the Hackathon and Participant’s Hackathon submission in any manner or media that Bluzelle and/or SFU Harbor Centre sees fit without Participant’s review or approval and without compensation. By participating in the Hackathon, Participants agree that their personal data provided as part of the Hackathon may be used for the purposes of the Hackathon. Licensing and Intellectual Property Rights Bluzelle does not claim any license or any intellectual property rights in Participant’s submission, except for the limited license to review the submission as part of Hackathon judging and awarding of prizes. Software produced should be licensed in a permissive fashion. Approved licenses include the MIT License, new BSD License (preferred), or the Apache license. For a template of the 3-Clause BSD License, please refer to: https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause. Liability Release and Indemnity UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL Bluzelle BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES IN CONNECTION WITH, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING IN ANY WAY TO THE HACKATHON AND/OR THIS AGREEMENT. Participant shall indemnify and hold Bluzelle and its officers, directors, employees, successors and assigns harmless against any claims, losses, damages, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ and other professionals’ fees) incurred by Bluzelle in connection with, arising out of or relating in any way to the Hackathon and/or this Agreement. Governing Law and Severability This Agreement and the Hackathon will be governed by the laws of British Columbia and the laws of Canada applicable therein and the courts of British Columbia will have sole jurisdiction over any disputes relating to this Agreement.