Coinbase Bitcoin Competition Accepting Submissions
Coinbase recently announced the start of its bitcoin competition, geared towards finding applications that could make the cryptocurrency more approachable. The company is offering up to $70,000 in prizes, with the first place garnering $10,000 until the fifth place with $500, which can be converted to their bitcoin equivalent. Submissions must be made before May 19 and these will be judged by bitcoin company investors Adam Draper, Chris Dixon, and Fred Wilson. In addition, chief scientist at Bitcoin Foundation Gavin Andresen will also be part of the panel of judges. Bitcoin Competition and....
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Coinbase announced the BitHack v2 Hackathon a few weeks ago. With this Hackathon, the company was trying to get developers to design new applications using Coinbase API. Anyone from anywhere in the world could submit a Bitcoin project to BitHack v2, as long as it met our simple guidelines. Over 300 teams registered, and we received 84 qualified submissions from twelve different countries. Many of these submissions came from people who were not able to build payment applications before Bitcoin. Today, Coinbase finally announced the BitHack v2 winners who will collectively receive over....
Coinbase, a Bitcoin payment processing company, has announced the winners of BitHack v2, a global Bitcoin Hackathon. The winners of the contest will receive over $70,000 worth of prizes. BitHack is designed to generate new innovations with Bitcoin technology. The contest was open to anyone in the world that wanted to participate. Overall, over 300 teams registered for the event, and 84 qualified submissions from twelve countries were accepted. Many of the participants were not able to build payment applications before Bitcoin. Streamium entered but was disqualified from the competition due....
Coinbase has announced details of its second hackathon competition, including $70,000 in bitcoin prizes and an all-star judging panel. The company, which offers a number of developer tools, says it is seeking apps that will find new use cases for bitcoin and make it more approachable. Prizes range from $10,000 (1st place) to $500 (5th place) in bitcoin at the time the awards are delivered. Judging the submissions will be investors Adam Draper, Chris Dixon, and Fred Wilson, alongside Gavin Andresen, chief scientist at the Bitcoin Foundation. Developers that make it into the judge's top five....
San Francisco-based bitcoin wallet Coinbase has launched a hackathon contest for developers who want to "create something great" with bitcoin. The BitHack competition winner will receive a $10,000 prize, while runners up will take home $5,000 and $3,000 respectively. These amounts will then converted into their bitcoin equivalent once the winners have been decided. Coinbase co-founder Fred Ehrsam said: "Bitcoin is the world's most used alternative currency, and we want to inspire developers to build exciting solutions around it." The company is conducting the contest via its Bithackathon....