Developers Start Competing for $50K in Second EtherCamp Event

Developers Start Competing for $50K in Second EtherCamp Event

Today, November 17, 2016, the second-annual EtherCamp hackathon begins. Developers and entrepreneurs around the world will go head-to-head in this five-week event, creating Ethereum-based applications and presenting them to a panel of high-profile judges. EtherCamp Hackathon Begins. At the end of the five-week competition, the judges — including names such as Erik Voorhees, Adam Draper and Jaan Tallinnn — will decide which project deserves the $50,000 USD grand prize, made payable in a cryptocurrency of the winning team’s choice. Coinciding with the hackathon’s launch is the initial....


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