THELOGICALINDIAN - The Academy Cryptocurrency Network CCN is accepting a monthlong hackathon starting November 1st which is abiding to be a coding fiesta for acceptance Participants in the hackathon will be encouraged to use their adroitness and abstruse abilities to advice body the abutting bearing of solutions utilizing both bitcoin and blockchain technologies The Borderless Block Party maintained online will acquiesce any aerial academy or academy apprentice about the apple to analysis APIs from featured companies
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The acceptance complex with the Borderless Block Party (BBP) will accept admission to some of the hottest crypto-companies’ products, accessible antecedent toolkits, and advice from abounding innovators in the industry. Applicants for the hackathon can assurance up at hackcollegecrypto.com now, and the challenge will end with final projects submitted by November 30th. The challenge will be advised by veterans in the crypto-environment afterward the aftermost submissions for BBP’s prizes. First award-winning is $1,000 and a six-day cruise to Ibiza, an island in the Mediterranean Sea.
New controlling director, Dean Masley and added CCN acceptance appetite to accommodate advice in the crypto-environment, industry connections, and bookish analysis to actualize a arrangement of acceptance accessible for different careers in banking technology. The arrangement has grown to able-bodied over 100 capacity beyond the globe, from average academy to Ph.D. programs. Bitcoin.com chatted with the organizer of the Block Party, Dean Masley of CCN, and got some acumen to what’s accident with the event.
Bitcoin.com (BC): What gave you the abstraction to alpha the Hackathon?
Dean Masley (DM): CCN has adapted to abutment hackathons for absolutely awhile. Last academy year, we accurate bristles apprentice clubs who capital to host a blockchain hackathon on their campus (under their brand, not “CCN Hackathons”, we accord abutment and abetment but the student’s club takes acclaim for hosting and acclimation the event). This year we were extensive out to acceptance who were planning this years hackathon alone to apprehend a lot of acceptance capital to participate but wouldn’t be able to travel. Thus, we capital to try and actualize a archetypal that accustomed all CCN acceptance to participate and get their talents accustomed and accomplish relationships with the industry. That’s why we are creating a all-around monthlong hackathon archetypal with abounding assets to advice affected not actuality concrete (we action advice & acquiescence platforms, admiral to advice you cipher during the event, chargeless admission to assertive exceptional API services, and fun prizes.)
BC: How are bodies able to admission appearance from Ethereum, Augur and so on?
DM: Students are chargeless to use Ethereum, Augur, and any added belvedere in the blockchain industry. If assertive companies appetite to incentivize acceptance to use their platform, we acquiesce companies to accompany if they action commonly paid casework for chargeless to participants who ambition to use the platform.
BC: Who’s anticipation the competition?
DM: Vitalik Buterin, Paul Puey, Piotr Piasecki, and a few added in discussions.
BC: What’s the all-embracing ambition with the Hackathon?
DM:
Thank you, Dean, for speaking with us about the accident — it sounds exciting. Student readers can arch over to hackcollegecrypto.com to access for the hackathon. The startups Ethereum, Rise, Blockchain, Bitcoin Wednesday, Clef, Tally Capital, Chloregy, Augur, and Consensys will all be allotment the event. Bitcoin.com readers will be kept up to date with any accessible developments and back the official prizes are won.
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