NYU Hackathon Heralds New Generation of Bitcoin Apps
The Blockchain team with prize winners at the NYU hackathon. A bitcoin-themed hackathon held at New York University (NYU) over the weekend hinted at the kinds of applications new developers are creating, showcasing everything from new games to shopping research and trading tools. The two-day event, titled HackBit, culminated in eight teams pitching their ideas to a panel of judges. Each team had three minutes of presentation time, followed by two minutes of questions. About 75 attended the hackathon, mainly university students from the north east and at least one from Ohio. Also....
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The Virtual Accelerator, currently the second generation version of the hackathon platform, launched a new token - Hacker Gold (HKG). The Virtual Accelerator, currently the second generation version of the hackathon platform, launched a new token – Hacker Gold (HKG). HKG allows people to be involved and also signifies their appreciation of the best projects participating in the event. It is the official token of the Virtual Accelerator. It is only through HKG that the tokens issued by the start-ups can be acquired. And the start-ups issued tokens help one gain the voting rights on the way....
The NYC Bitcoin Center held its first hackathon over the weekend. An educational hub for the cryptocurrency, the Center hosted a developer event to further educate the technically inclined about the power of distributed money. James V Barcia, the Center's Communications Director, said: "Hackathon participants worked on ways to improve cryptocurrency exchanges and streamline bitcoin-related apps, making them more efficient and user friendly." Some of the featured projects included various types of wallets for bitcoins and altcoins, including Coinbase. A walkthrough of what it takes to build....
“ARE YOU A BLOCKCHAIN ENTHUSIAST, A HARD-CORE CODER, A DESIGNER OR JUST A HACKATHON OBSESSOR? IF SO, JOIN THE DBS BLOCKCHAIN HACK FOR AN INNOVATIVE TWO DAYS OF EXCLUSIVE BLOCKCHAIN CHALLENGES AND API ACCESS FROM TOP FINANCIAL INSTITUTES – AND SOME SERIOUS HACKING.” If you visit the DBS Blockchain Hackathon web page, this is exactly what you are greeted with. The hackathon will have a meeting on April 16, 2015 to where attendees can discus ideas and get acquainted with one another. The main event will be on May 8-May 9 — 48 hours of pure blockchain innovation.