XueDAO CONNECT Hackathon Introduction

Dedicated to "Show the world that Taiwanese students CAN BUILD", XueDAO organized Taiwan's first blockchain hackathon limited to student participation. In the past two months, XueDAO has actively held a number of keynote speeches and technical workshops, and promoted them on campuses across Taiwan. It has successfully attracted many students to invest in development and participate in Taiwan's unprecedented student blockchain hackathon! In addition, the two-day CONNECT Hackathon Sprint Camp (development sprint camp) also officially started on June 28th and 29th at Taipei Ark. Next up will be the most exciting Demo-day. XueDAO joins hands with student developers to show the audience the explosive moment of Taiwanese student development energy!

CONNECT Hackathon Demo Day & After Party is now open for registration

XueDAO will provide a stage for students to present their final results on June 30 (Sunday), and the event will be held in Taipei Ark. A number of heavyweight judges will be invited on the day to use their rich experience and professional knowledge to ask questions and give feedback on the works of student developers. We sincerely invite industry partners, invited guests, and everyone who is interested in blockchain development to attend Demo Day for free to cheer for young developers and witness Taiwan’s first student blockchain hackathon! Register now for CONNECT Hackathon Demo Day: https://lu.ma/p6te9f4o

In addition, the Blockchain For Good Alliance (BGA) team from Singapore will come to Taiwan that day. In addition to interacting with students in person, they also hope to take this opportunity to establish connections with Taiwan's blockchain industry partners. At the same time, BGA will join hands with BuZhiDAO to host a Panel Lecture – “Blockchain Education and Public Welfare, Rebuilding Transparency and Trust” at the After Party on the night of Demo-day. In addition to having the opportunity to communicate with the BGA team in person, XueDAO will also prepare drinks, snacks, and DJ performances at the After Party. The After Party event will officially start at 18:30. Everyone is very welcome to come to Taipei Ark to participate in the grand event!

Event Details

  • Date: 2024/6/30 (Sunday)

  • Time: Demo day 13:00-17:00 | After Party 18:30-21:00

  • Location: Taipei Ark (No. 100, Section 7, Citizen Avenue, Nangang District, Taipei City)

For the event agenda and latest information, please go to the event registration page to learn more!

New addition to the track—Cathay Financial Holdings (2K)

XueDAO CONNECT Hackathon received support from Cathay Financial Holdings and added a new track! In addition to the total competition prize of US$2,000, the winning team will also have the opportunity to join the blockchain team of Cathay Financial Holdings' Digital Development Center for internship!

Cathay Financial Holdings track introduction:

This track will be based on Ideathon. If you have smart contract deployment, blockchain application development, or use Cathay BDK chain building tools, you will get extra points. Participants can come up with relevant blockchain applications on the following popular topics: Artificial Intelligence (AI) with Blockchain, Zero Knowledge (ZK), Real World Assets (RWA), Decentralized Identifier (DID), Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG).

Please refer to CONNECT Hackathon Notion for details.

Cathay Financial Holdings blockchain team introduction:

Cathay Financial Holdings' blockchain team is committed to becoming a blockchain pioneer among financial institutions in Taiwan. In recent years, it has continued to focus on the development of the alliance chain and Web3 ecosystem, and hopes to use blockchain technology to solve the bottlenecks of traditional financial services. It also uses the self-developed "BDK chain building tool" to help major domestic industries quickly build Hyperledger Fabric and Quorum alliance blockchains, assist developers in developing financial business-related scenario applications, promote the development of the blockchain ecosystem, and actively Expand industry-university cooperation channels, provide multiple resources such as internship opportunities and professional training for students from colleges and universities in Taiwan, and stimulate the enthusiasm and energy of young talents for industrial development.

GLHF International Hackathon Student Scholarship Application Opens Now

From the blockchain and education circles Jacky Wang, Vivian Chen, Changwu Chen, Martinet Lee,

Xu Mingen, a new project jointly launched by XueDAO - GLHF - Global Learning Hackathon Fund, will fully subsidize students to go abroad to participate in the International Hackathon, and provide Mentorship!

From the initial selection to the subsequent professional training and coaching, and at the end of the journey leading students to go abroad to compete together, this project aims to give Taiwanese students more opportunities to communicate and learn with international talents, and we hope that during this period Be inspired by the journey. In addition, this program creates a positive cycle. If students win awards in the International Hackathon, part of them will be donated back to the program to help the next generation of students pass on the spirit of giving back to the next generation.

This program officially opens for registration on the first day of CONNECT Hackathon Sprint Camp on 6/28. The first wave of submissions will close on 7/9. A physical workshop will be arranged on 7/13 for final screening, and the selected candidates will be announced on 7/15. Candidates and waitlists. Admitted students will participate in the ETH Tokyo Hackathon on 8/23-26 and the Dev Con ETH Global Hackathon (Bangkok) on 11/15-17. For detailed registration information, please refer to the official GLHF Twitter information!

This article CONNECT Hackathon Demo-day registration is open! Cathay Financial Holdings joins the Hackathon track, and GLHF International Hackathon student scholarship applications are now open! First appeared in Chain News ABMedia.