26 May - 25 June 2023
Shifting Paradigms with Hedera’s Hashgraph
Welcome to Beyond Blockchain: Hashgraph Hackathon a virtual hackathon designed for creative experimentation, with an aim to rally developers, entrepreneurs, and innovators to build high-performance decentralized applications with the Hedera Hashgraph Network. With fast, secure, and affordable transactions and easy-to-use developer tools, the Hedera Hashgraph Network is the perfect platform to build solutions to transform industries.
This is your chance to explore the potential of Hedera and build innovative solutions that can help address real-world challenges and shape the future.
Themes
Focusing on three main hackathon themes – Sustainability, DeFi, and Tokenizing the future, you’ll have the opportunity to build solutions that can transform industries that leverage the power of Hedera’s Hashgraph technology.
Our expert community of mentors, sponsors, and developer advocates will be there to support and can turn your ideas into reality and build something truly awesome.
Sustainability
Build sustainability-focused solutions for a greener, equitable, and transparent world with the DLT of the future
DeFi
Build blazingly fast and efficient financial service platforms with DLT tech trusted by major fintech companies around the world
Overall Prizes
Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity to win from our $80K USD prize pool! Take a shot at multiple prizes and increase your chances of winning.
Best of Tracks
*First 25 project submissions will also be awarded exclusive
Hedera SWAG!
Judges
Meet our esteemed panel of judges for Beyond Blockchain: Hashgraph Hackathon
Duncan Moir
Senior Investment Manager
abrdn
Saiprasad Raut
Director, Technology Strategy
Worldpay – FIS
Andy Gastwirth
Chief Innovation Officer
DLA Piper
Alex Popowycz
Chief Information & Chief Information Security Officer
Hedera
Mentors
At Beyond Blockchain: Hashgraph Hackathon, you will be surrounded by a talented pool of mentors who will be there to help you every step of the way.
Ed Marquez
Developer Relations Engineer, Marketing
Swirlds Labs
Niko Leontakianakos
Ecosystem Acceleration
The HBAR Foundation
Abi Castro
Developer Relations Engineer, Marketing
Swirlds Labs
Brendan Graetz
Developer Relations Engineer, Marketing
Swirlds Labs
Matt Woodward
Head of Developer Relations, Marketing
Swirlds Labs
Raphael Messian
Developer Advocate, Product
Swirlds Labs
Justin Atwell
Developer Advocate, Product
Swirlds Labs
Michiel Mulders
Developer Advocate, Product
Swirlds Labs
Michael Garber
Developer Advocate, Product
Swirlds Labs
Speakers
Learn from our expert panel on how to develop on the Hedera Hashgraph Network and gain insights into navigating the web3 space.
Ryan Arndt
Developer Relations Evangelist (Education), Marketing
Swirlds Labs
Michiel Mulders
Developer Advocate, Product
Swirlds Labs
Daniel Costa
CTO
Arkhia
Varun Singh
Lead Developer
Arkhia
Brendan Graetz
Developer Relations Engineer (Success), Marketing
Swirlds Labs
Matt Woodward
Head of Developer Relations, Marketing
Swirlds Labs
Christian Hasker
Chief Marketing Officer
Swirlds Labs
FAQ
This virtual hackathon will be held from May 26 to June 25, 2023.
This event is open to all!
Whether you’re an experienced developer, or are entirely new to the tech space, we welcome you. As long as you are a legitimate citizen within our list of eligible countries, with an internet connection and is 18 years old and above – you’re free to participate. Please refer to the eligibility restrictions section on Participation Agreement.
You’ll get everything you need to know about forming your team in our Participants’ Guide. Here’s how you can get access:
- Sign up for Beyond Blockchain: Hashgraph Hackathon, you’ll receive a link to join the Official Hedera Beyond Blockchain: Hashgraph Hackathon Discord Server.
- Once you have joined the server head to the “#enter-hackathon” channel
- React to the message in the channel to get access to all our exclusive channels for this hackathon and network with other participants.
- Retrieve your Hackathon Participant Guide via the “#participants-guide” channel.
Yes! Only registered individuals are eligible to participate. Please ensure that all members of your team have registered their teams accordingly.
The minimum number of participants in a team is 1. Hence, we encourage everyone to form teams (of up to a maximum of 5 members) where possible to make the ideation and development process more enjoyable!
Please refer to the Submission Requirements Page in the Participants’ Guide (available upon signing up for the hackathon and joining the Official Hedera Beyond Blockchain: Hashgraph Hackathon Discord Server.)
Contact the AngelHack team on the official Event Discord for further clarifications or reach out to us at [email protected].
