October 17: The First Blockchain Hackathon In Greece

October 17: The First Blockchain Hackathon In Greece

The Hellenic Bitcoin Community (HBC) is hosting its first Blockchain Hackathon in Athens, Greece on October 17, 2015. The Chainthon — as it’s called — will be hosted at Orange Grove (Leoforos Vasileos Konstantinou 5), offering a fun-filled coding experience and discussions for everyone involved. The theme of the event is called “We Hack Crisis,” derived from the economic crisis happening in the region. The HBC members said: “The event is aims to increase awareness locally and tackling the more prevalent issue of value transfer in situations of socioeconomic crises. We will try to hack....


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