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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The second annual EtherCamp hackaton has entered its voting phase. Judges will decide the winners of the $50,000 prize. Spectators can also participate by voting with tokens for which project should win. When the competition ends, the teams can then keep those funds to continue their development. The hackathon features a panel of judges, each of which will have 1,000 tokens to contribute towards the voting process. Judge Seeks Real-World Impact. One judge, Alex Shelkovnikov, Deloitte’s blockchain and corporate venturing lead in the United Kingdom, said he will be looking for real-world....
The second major EtherCamp hackathon kicks off in just a matter of days with ideas that range from practical blockchain applications to ambitious overhauls of societal institutions. Tomer Kantor, co-founder at Proof of Work Media and a close associate of EtherCamp, said the team is looking forward to watching the hackathon camps build upon their initial ideas as the competition progresses. “There are so many ideas that have excited us, and there are definitely some firm favourites amongst the team,” Kantor said. “The thing that really excites us . . . is that no matter what our personal....
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