Hackathon in India to Focus on Bitcoin and Blockchain Technology
The first hackathon to be held in India will reportedly focus on bitcoin and blockchain technology. Multinational tech company IBM is one of the sponsors of the event, which aims to highlight developments in the fintech sector. The two-day event called HackCoin will be held in the Bombay Stock Exchange in August 1 and 2. It will be presented by Zone Startups and local bitcoin advocacy company BitStreet. Blockchain Technology in India. "When planning the event in India, I managed to secure the Bombay Stock Exchange as a venue, this detail along with the value add of bringing together the....
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Zone Startups India, BitStreet and Block Chain University are hosting India's first bitcoin hackathon at the Bombay Stock Exchange in India named "HackCoin Mumbai." The hackathon will be joined by over a hundred developers looking to build blockchain-based applications for payments, big data and digital experience. "There are three problem statements - one for each theme," explained Ajay Ramasubramanian, project head of Zone Startups India. "There are possibilities for the winning outputs to be rolled out into full-scale projects." The hackathon is sponsored by Microsoft, IBM and....
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Multinational technology firm IBM is among the partners of a forthcoming India-based hackathon set to focus on bitcoin, the blockchain and FinTech. Called HackCoin, the two-day event is scheduled for 1st and 2nd August at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). Presented by Zone Startups and local bitcoin advocate Raunaq Vaisoha, the event will engage participants on themes including Big Data, payments and the digital experience. The aim, according to event press materials, is to introduce more developers to the bitcoin and wider blockchain ecosystem, as well as the available APIs from major....
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