Are you a blockchain enthusiast looking into bringing your skills to practical use, or a newbie to the field wanting to explore the basics needed to get started. Then look no more IEEE lums in collaboration with stacks Pakistan is organizing the perfect blockchain hackathon for you.
The Stacks Hack4Impact 2.0 Prompt will be announced in the Updates tab of Devpost and on Slack at 6:00 pm 7th August.
Register before 5th August for the Hackathon using this form if you haven't already: https://forms.gle/AiSAji6Rg87WmibLA
Deadline to submit your project: 8th August Sunday 2 pm PKT
Winners will get 700 USD and the top teams will get a chance to be part of the next STACKS Clarity Cohort to learn Smart Contract deployment.
For further details, visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/850818292516562/
Tentative Schedule:
Note: Please keep updated with the Slack channel, and this page since there might be slight changes in timings for some lectures / office hours
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Event |
Time |
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6th August |
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Overview/Opening |
6:00 pm - 6:15 pm |
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Opening Keynote by Mr. Ali Farid, CEO KTrade |
6:15 pm - 6:45 pm |
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Blockchain 101 by Dr. Taha Ali |
7:00 pm - 8: 15 pm |
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LUMS Blockchain by Dr. Zartash Afzal Uzmi |
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm |
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Closing remarks + QnAs regarding the hackathon |
9:20 pm- 9:50 pm |
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7th August |
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Properties of Blockchain by Dr. Basit Shafiq |
11:00 am - 12:15 pm |
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Introduction to Smart Contracts by Ahmed Zubair and Ummar Ikram |
12:35 pm - 1:50 pm |
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Prompt of Hackathon Released |
6:00 pm |
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Office Hours by Musa (Stacks Pakistan, Clarity Cohort Graduate) |
7:00 pm- 8:00 pm |
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Office Hours by Suleman (Stacks Pakistan, Clarity Cohort Graduate) |
9:00 pm - 10:00 pm |
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8th August |
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Office Hours by Suleman (Stacks Pakistan, Clarity Cohort Graduate) |
10:00 am - 11:00 am |
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Project Submission Deadline |
2:00 pm |
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9th August |
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Closing Ceremony, teams shortlisted for Clarity Cohort and top 5 winner teams will be announced |
8:00 pm |
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15th August |
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Stacks Xplore 1.0 - Top five teams will get a chance to present their code in-person at Colabs Lahore - Winners will be announced and cash prizes will be given |
TBA |
*The time between lectures is for QnA sessions and for small breaks
Requirements
- The entire submission process will be carried out on Devpost (My Projects tab).
- A link to GitHub repository will be required with the completed code, module files (if any), and a README file (Make sure it is public).
- Teams will also be required to make a short video presentation, giving an overview of their code and showing a running instance of the solution, along with explaining how it implements/mimics the concepts of blockchain taught in the earlier lectures (The maximum length of this video is 4 mins).
Prizes
First Place
Second Place
Third Place
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Suleman Mahmood
Smart Contract Developer
Muhammad Musa
Smart Contract Developer
Ahmad Zubair
Smart Contract Developer
Judging Criteria
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Code Completion
Your submission will be judged on whether you have implemented the features you have described in your video presentation -
Blockchain Implementation
The concept/s of Blockchain implemented in your solution along with their relevance will be judged under this criteria. -
Prompt Relevancy
Your submission will be judged on the relevancy of your solution with the prompt provided (7th August Saturday 6:00 pm PKT)
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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