EOS Hackathon: London

The EOS Global Hackathon series is a first-of-its-kind event in the world of blockchain, with the continued goal of supporting a decentralized global community from the ground up.

Get involved and you will be joining hackers, product developers, marketers, and business leaders in creating a new wave of blockchain dApps that secure life, liberty, and property.

From June through the end of 2018, Block.one will be hosting a series of initiatives designed to find and give a platform to the most visionary architects of decentralization out there.

Four in-person events will be followed by a Grand Finale Pitch Competition that puts the best applications under the spotlight.  

EOSIO: The Most Powerful Infrastructure for Decentralized Applications

(All prizes are in USD)

Those placing 1st - 3rd in the Hong Kong event will receive $2,000 USD per winning team member for travel and lodging to the Grand Finale in TBA.

• 1st Place:  $100,000 (Cash + Travel)
• 2nd Place: $25,000 (Cash + Travel)
• 3rd Place: $10,000 (Cash + Travel)
• Superlative: Three (3) $3,000 cash prizes delivered to superlative winners

Announcement Coming Soon

*Schedule is subject to change

Wednesday, September 12th

• 18:30 - 20:00 |EOSIO Global Hackathon Virtual Session via Zoom
• Webinar Link: https://zoom.us/j/181643957
• Meeting Number: 181 643 957

Saturday, September 22nd

• 08:30 - 10:00 | Doors Open & Breakfast Served
• 10:00 - 11:00 | Opening Ceremony/Presentations from Partners
• 11:00 | Coding Begins
• 12:00 | Lunch Served
• 12:00 | Breakout Session 1 - Technical Breakout (C++)
• 13:00 | Breakout Session 2 - Technical Breakout (Web/UX)
• 14:00 | Breakout Session 3 - Entrepreneurial
• 18:00 | Dinner Served
• 20:00 - 20:30 | Breakout Session 4 - Pitch Workshop
• 24:00 | Midnight Snack / Hack through the Night*
• *The venue will be open and staffed overnight if you’d like to hack through the night.

Sunday, September 23rd

• 07:30 | Breakfast Served
• 09:00 | Breakout Session 5 - Pitch Practice
• 12:00 | Lunch Served
• 13:00 | Submission Deadline
• 14:00 | Round 1 Judging (3 min pitches)
• 16:00 | Doors Open for Individuals with Spectator Ticket
• 16:30 | Closing Ceremony & Top 10 teams announced
• 16:45 | Round 2 Judging
• 18:15 | Winners announced
• 18:30 | Networking Drinks & Dinner

Each submission will be scored in each round based on the following criteria, with a minimum score of 0 and maximum score of 20 points, and the final score being the average of the judges’ scores:

• Utilization of Blockchain Technology (5 points): How well suited is the concept for blockchain? Is there a clear need for a token, smart contract, and distributed ledger technology? Was an EOSIO smart contract successfully implemented?
• Creativity (5 points): How creative was the team in developing an innovative solution for the challenge? Is the idea defensible or unique?
• Impact (5 points): Did the team create an application that can have a real and valuable impact? Is the idea feasible / if pursued could it actually work in the real world?
• Scalability (5 points): What is the growth potential of this application?  What impact can it have on the world as a whole?

• Teams of up to 5 participants are allowed. All team members must have completed the participation agreement to compete.

• You may not begin your project until the competition officially begins. Please don’t come in and build on top of previous projects if you want to win.  

• Teams have full ownership of everything they build and are free to do with it as they wish whether they win or not.

• Winning teams will be subject to a code-review at some point following the event or immediately before the competition ends.