UK’s first Hackathon ready to hit London in HackCoin
HackCoin hopes to drum up local support for the digital currency movement with the two-day event giving a platform to entrepreneurs and coders alike, whether participants want to “build a business in digital currency or just want to have fun coding over a weekend,” according to a press release. Following in the footsteps of its highly successful counterparts in the USA and Canada, HackCoin will be pioneering for the UK and organizers, hailing from Diacle, Nascence and IamSatoshi, are confident of a “highly sought-after event.”
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