IBM Blockchain NYC Hackathon

IBM is proud to announce the Blockchain NY Hackathon in New York City. The event is scheduled for Friday, October 7th (evening) through Sunday, October 9th (afternoon) at Galvanize’s new campus at 315 Hudson Street in New York City’s SoHo neighborhood, an area which in recent years has become a mecca for startups. The event is open to all blockchain developers!! IBM anticipates participation from local corporate enterprises, startups, students, and fintech enthusiasts. The participants will work in teams of 4 and will have access to Industry, blockchain and design thinking mentors who will be available for consultation over the 3 days. On Sunday afternoon, the teams will present and show, their demos to a panel of judges - and prizes and publicity will follow.

At the hackathon, developers will have access to a cutting-edge blockchain development environment. They will have access to the crucial tools necessary to build a real enterprise-class cloud application at scale, today! The developer-friendly, open-standards-based Bluemix catalog includes over 100 tools and services of the most prominent open-source technologies combined with IBM and third-party services like Watson, Internet of Things, Big Data & Analytics, and Mobile, among many others.

Blockchain is a technology for a new generation of transactional applications that establishes trust, accountability and transparency while streamlining business processes. Originally made famous by bitcoin, this technology has significant disruptive potential. With it, the world's most fundamental business interactions can be re-imagined and new styles of digital interactions can be facilitated. Blockchain has the potential to vastly reduce the cost and complexity of cross-enterprise business processes. The technology makes it easier to create cost-efficient business networks where virtually anything of value can be tracked and traded—without requiring a central point of control.

The Proposed Agenda is:

• Oct 7- 5:30pm for 6:pm start - 9pm
• Friday evening : presentations & goals & judging criteria & getting started
•  Activities include

• Blockchain Explained
• Blockchain Use Cases
• Step by Step - Blockchain on Bluemix
• Introductions to all the mentors & the judging criteria
• Start work in teams  and ideation process

• Oct 8 - 10am-9pm
• Saturday Hacking day
• One or two special guests - Local or Remore

• Oct 9 - 10am-4pm
• Sunday morning - Get presentation & demo ready
• Sunday afternoon - Final presentations & judging