USC Blockathon is the University of Southern California's first blockchain hackathon aimed at bringing non-blockchain and blockchain-oriented developers together to develop blockchain use cases and solve this spaces tough problems. USC is evolving around Los Angeles's ever glowing blockchain ecosystem and aims to churn the brightest and most promising hackers of the community. We aspire to create a welcoming experience that promotes creativity, novelty and innovation.
16th of February
8 AM: Registration begins
9.30 AM: Welcome remarks/logistics
9.45 AM: IOTA Technical Session
10.45 AM: Hyperledger Fabric Technical Session
11:30 AM: CyberMiles Technical Session
12 PM: Hacking begins (plus Lunch)
7 PM: Dinner
17th of February
8 AM: Breakfast
9 AM: Devpost site closes for the teams
9.30 AM: Judging begins
12 PM: Judging concludes (plus Lunch)
1 PM: Top teams are invited to present their project (6 min/team)
1:30 PM: Overview of blockchain research at USC
2:00 PM: Closing ceremony and prize distribution
2.30 PM: Event ends
Prizes
$1,000 in prizes
First Place
Gift Card + Blockathon Specialized T-shirt
Second Place
Gift Card + Blockathon Specialized T-shirt
Third Place
Gift Card + Blockathon Specialized T-shirt
CyberMiles Special Price
Winning Team to get special prize(CMT) from Cybermiles.
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Mark Harvilla
OBEN
Dan Fang
OBEN
Veronica Zheng
ConsenSys
Bhaskar Krishnamachari
USC CCI
Gowri Ramachandran
USC CCI
Lewis Freiberg
IOTA
Sam Kazemian
Everipedia
Stephanie Hurder
Prysm Group
Eric Chung
DApperNetwork
Judging Criteria
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USC Blockathon Judging Criteria
A. Concept/Idea (25%) B. Design (30%) C. Development (25%) D. Presentation/Demo (20%)
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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