Note: All the resources mentioned below are entirely optional and the hackathon does not require any information related to the following resources. These are just mentioned here to provide more advanced knowledge about the Blockchain if someone is interested in knowing them. However, these resources may help you with the ideas for your solution of the prompt but again it is not required and depends entirely on your curiosity!

• Deep Dive into the #Hack4Impact Philosophy: https://youtu.be/8MjkNbDeiH4
• Sample Project (the prompt is mentioned in README) for the first Stacks Hack4Impact: https://github.com/suleman-mahmood/robusta
• Sample Prompt: Build a digital vending machine using the language of your choice. Possible blockchain implementations include: mining transactions in blocks, using tokens for different transactions, allowing transfer of tokens between different clients (wallets), giving incentives.

Learn to use git:

• Beginner's Tutorial to Github (using Github Desktop): https://youtu.be/RPagOAUx2SQ
• Advanced Tutorial to Github (using Command Line and VS Code - like a real programmer xD): https://youtu.be/HkdAHXoRtos

Optional readings for the curious ones:

• Understanding Blockchain Fundamentals, Part 1: Byzantine Fault Tolerance: https://medium.com/loom-network/understanding-blockchain-fundamentals-part-1-byzantine-fault-tolerance-245f46fe8419
• The Meaning of Decentralization: https://medium.com/@VitalikButerin/the-meaning-of-decentralization-a0c92b76a274
• The Blockchain Economy: A beginner's guide to institutional cryptoecnonomics: https://medium.com/cryptoeconomics-australia/the-blockchain-economy-a-beginners-guide-to-institutional-cryptoeconomics-64bf2f2beec4
• DAOs (Decentralized Autonomous Organizations): https://blog.ethereum.org/2014/05/06/daos-dacs-das-and-more-an-incomplete-terminology-guide/
• What is a Smart Contract? : https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/smart-contracts-for-dummies-a1ba1e0b9575/
• Complete guide on Blockchain Forks: https://steemit.com/blockchain/@khaleelkazi/complete-guide-on-bitcoin-and-blockchain-forks
• Deterministic Wallets: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/technical/deterministic-wallets-advantages-flaw-1385450276
• Making sense of Bitcoin: https://tribune.com.pk/story/1613000/making-sense-bitcoin
• Bitcoin: Perils of an Unregulated Global P2P Currency: https://eprints.ncl.ac.uk/file_store/production/213785/7FD5FD57-A19B-4A9C-9E79-C16966C46708.pdf

• DAO attack (this is really an interesting read): https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2017-the-ether-thief/
• How to Time Stamp a Digital Document: http://anf.es/pdf/Haber_Stornetta.pdf
• What Bitcoin really is? : https://hackernoon.com/this-time-is-different-part-2-what-bitcoin-really-is-ae58c69b3bf0
• Bitcoin Mining 101: https://www.coindesk.com/how-are-bitcoins-mined
• 51% Attack, Mining with GPUs and ASICS, Proof of Work: https://blog.sia.tech/choosing-asics-for-sia-b318505b5b51
• Understanding Block Sizes and Segwit Block size: https://jimmysong.medium.com/understanding-segwit-block-size-fd901b87c9d4
• What is an ICO? https://hackernoon.com/what-the-heck-is-an-ico-6f3736d5f5a

• Learn Smart Contract Development using Clarity in Stacks - Stacks Documentation: https://docs.stacks.co
• Watch transactions being made in realtime or the history of all the transactions made on Stacks Blockchain: https://explorer.stacks.co/?chain=mainnet
• Satoshi Nakmoto's (Founder/s of Bitcoin) Email Conversations: https://www.mail-archive.com/cryptography@metzdowd.com/msg09997.html
• Explore various charts about Bitcoin Statistics (Hashrate, Miner's Difficulty, Transaction Fees etc): https://www.blockchain.com/charts

• Why the web 3.0 matters and you should know about it: https://medium.com/@essentia1/why-the-web-3-0-matters-and-you-should-know-about-it-a5851d63c949
• How crypto tokens will enable the disruption of businesses like uber and airbnb? : https://finnscave.com/2018/02/07/how-crypto-tokens-will-enable-the-disruption-of-businesses-like-uber-and-airbnb/

Some Dapps (Decentralized Application) startups:

• Own your DNA: https://ryder.id
• Pravica - privacy and security focused communication suite: https://pravica.io
• BlockSurey - Collect and share form data with guaranteed privacy: https://blocksurvey.io
• Nomie - Free and open-source tracker for your mood and life: https://nomie.app
• Supply Chain: https://www.provenance.org
• Decentralized Social Media like Twitter: https://steemit.com
• Decentralized Storage: https://sia.tech
• Energy Trading platform for housholds, organizations, grid: https://www.powerledger.io