Last year’s Consensus hackathon featured 75+ participants working on solutions in financial infrastructure and financial inclusion. This year we’re seeking fresh and interesting ways to use blockchain technology to solve problems in several new end markets.

We're looking for top blockchain developer talent to join us for a weekend of hacking and hustling. Come build new products and tinker with some of the latest and greatest blockchain infrastructure. Apply to join us in Times Square, and earn the chance to walk away with cash prizes, new contacts, and the respect and admiration of our awesome sponsors and mentors — who you will inevitably wow with your project.

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ConsenSys/BlockApps/MSFT Challenge Mentors:

Victor Wong

John Crain

Kristoffer Jossefson

ConsenSys/Truffle Challenge Mentors:

Joseph Chow

Karl Floersch

Jesse Grushack

IBM Mentors:

Anya Derbakova, Software Engineer, Blockchain

Sheehan Anderson, Software Developer, Blockchain

Dale Avery, Software Engineer, Blockchain

Wolfgang Kulhanek, Cloud Architect

Remko De Knikker, Cloud Technology Evangelist

Nitin Gaur, Director, Blockchain Labs

Sean Barclay, Creative Director and Offering Management, Blockchain

Eligibility

Participants must be 18 years of age or older, to qualify to win.

Team size is 1 - 4 participants.

Requirements

Signup to rehearse on Saturday.

Rehearse on Sunday morning.

Submit project and team to Devpost by 1 pm Sunday at the latest.

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$8,850 in prizes

Consensus2016 Building Blocks Hackathon Grand Prize

Consensus2016 Building Blocks Hackathon Second Prize

Consensus2016 Building Blocks Hackathon Honorable mention

Deloitte: App with highest potential for commercialization

Half-day session with Deloitte’s iLab and global innovation group, followed by dinner with Deloitte blockchain leaders and executives. Includes roundtrip airfare (with a maximum value of $500 each) and a one night stay in Atlanta for each team member.

ConsenSys/BlockApps/MSFT Challenge

BlockApps will send you 100 Ether via the Ethereum blockchain

ConsenSys/Truffle Challenge

Raspberry Pi2 Kit & 4 Truffle T-Shirts

Most innovative use of IBM Blockchain Services Challenge

Each team member will receive GoPro HERO4 Silver Camera (up to five per team), recognition on ibm.com/blockchain for 30 days and a half-day IBM Garage Session with IBM Blockchain architects. An additional team will receive GoPro HERO4 Silver Camera (up to five per team).

Most innovative use of IBM Blockchain Services Challenge - Runner Up

GoPro HERO4 Silver Camera

Best use of use live.ether.camp blockchain explorer & Ethereum Studio development system

Prize: 200 Eth

Best use of Tierion technology

One Bitcoin for best use of Tierion technology

Microsoft Best Use of Azure Platform for Blockchain

3 years of Azure Biz Sparks $150/month

How to enter

Apply here: http://www.coindesk.com/events/consensus-2016/hackathon/

Hackathon participants will form teams on the first day to tackle briefs that we will develop in partnership with our sponsors. More details will follow, but these briefs will be broadly focused on the agenda themes at Consensus 2016 of identifying real and useful applications for blockchain technology.

The hackathon will take place the weekend prior to the main Consensus 2016 sessions. Winning teams will receive comped registration passes, and all participants will receive the option to purchase discounted passes.

Last year’s hackathon was a huge success. Check out coverage of the event, the winners' presentation and a full photo gallery of the event here.

Judges

Eric Piscini
Principal at Deloitte

Gari Singh
Chief Technology Officer at IBM

Samuel Cassatt
Chief Strategy Officer at ConsenSys

Andrew Keys
Co-Founder at ConsenSys Enterprise

Wayne Vaughan
Chief Executive Officer at Tierion

Fei Zhang
Head of Blockchain Innovation Lab at Allianz

Hadley Stern
Senior Vice President at Fidelity Labs

Muneeb Ali
Co-founder at Blockstack Labs

Christine Avanessians
Senior Program Manager at Microsoft Azure

Judging Criteria

Deloitte: App with highest potential for commercialization
Prize: 1/2 session with Deloitte’s iLab and global innovation group, followed by dinner with Deloitte blockchain leaders & executives. Includes roundtrip airfare (with max value of $500 each) & one night stay in Atlanta for each team member.
ConsenSys/BlockApps/MSFT Challenge
Best app using the MSFT Visual Studio Block Azure Stack
ConsenSys/Truffle Challenge
Best app using Truffle Stack
IBM Most innovative use of IBM Blockchain Services
Prize: Each team member will receive GoPro HERO4 Silver Camera, recognition on ibm.com/blockchain for 30 days and a half-day IBM Garage Session with IBM Blockchain architects. An additional team will receive GoPro HERO4 Silver Camera.
Consensus2016 Grand Prize
Prize: $5,000. Runner-up $1,000. Criteria includes: Unique idea, market readiness, tech complexity & presentation.