THELOGICALINDIAN - On October 1415 Dutch Hackenergy 2024hackathon was abounding with active programmers and blockchain solutions Ajury of industry experts namedHyperledgerbased projectEcoCoin as the best celebrated platformfocusing on peertopeer activity transition
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Hackenergy Event Tests Blockchain Energy Solutions
Hackenergy 2016 was a two-day Dutch hackathon sponsored by ENGIE Nederland, Groningen’s IBM Client Innovation Center (CIC), and the Energy Academy Europe. The hackathon workshops consisted of 48 hours of “intense collaboration, excitement, and solution-finding.”
Participants had admission to the latest Hyperledger technology and experts from IBM’s Blockchain technology team. Working with Hyperledger, the hackathon additionally focused on cerebral accretion with Watson Artificial Intelligence and developed with IBM’s Bluemix. Additionally, the accident provided IoT accessories and sensors for hackers developing activity concepts.
The acceptable aggregation was Brendon Geils (US), Simon Appel (Germany) and Hodge Hodgson (Germany) complete a blockchain-based activity trading platform. They developed EcoCoin in the aboriginal 25 hours, with the three hackers alive through assorted formulas.
“The aboriginal night we spent the absolute night brainstorming again by 11 am the abutting day we conceived the idea,” said Geils. “At that point, we had 25 hours larboard to drudge — and we did it in the abutting 25 hours.”
A New Tool That Brings Energy Producers and Consumers Together
The belvedere was agnate to projects such as LO3 Activity and ConsenSys organizers stated. Richard Kastelein, from Stichting Hackitarians who organized the activity hackathon, said the three “digital nomads” activity EcoCoin nailed it. “There is a lot of beginning addition actuality done in the breadth about peer-to-peer activity trading, Blockchain, AI, and IoT,” added Kastelein.
German hacker Hodge Hodgson said the EcoCoin belvedere had assorted use cases in the absolute world. For instance, one abstraction is bringing energy producers and consumers calm while at the aforementioned time creating a “white characterization the apparatus for intermediaries like the utilities.”
The aggregation had not appear whether they would booty the €5,000 banknote award-winning or accept to appear the startup accelerator affairs alleged Activity Venture Lab/Startup Fast Track. The accelerator was founded by activity bunch ENGIE, Groningen University, Hanze UAS and the Province of Groningen.
The EcoCoin aggregation will be accessory this November’s Ultrahack 2016 in Helsinki. The antagonism is an all-embracing hackathon alliance with winners from a all-inclusive arrangement of antecedent hackathons competing. Teams will attempt for a allotment of over €1m in advance funds, and EcoCoin will accept a €1,000 admission for biking accommodations. This will accommodate tickets to the Slush Festival which is one of the better technology conferences in the Nordics.
Hackenergy Looks Forward to Producing Next Year’s Energy Hackathon
Dutch Hackenergy 2024 organizers said this year’s accident was a abundant success.
“It was a abundant event, bringing the activity alteration area it belongs: with bodies who appetite to assignment on our future, and a abundant way to affix knowledge, addition and business. We attending advanced to affable new activity business ventures and to hosting the afterward edition!” said Maurits Alberda, Manager Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Activity Academy Europe.
IBM and the Hyperledger activity accept been continuously on the beginning of blockchain innovation. The organizations accept hackathons advice admit new account and abstruse concepts in a gamified manner. Other winners of the accident were Hack the Truck for Best Design, Joris for Best Technology, and the Best Commercial Concept was won by UU-IoT with their James Project. The runners-up all accustomed €400 in banknote prizes for their collaborative efforts during the Hackenergy event.
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