Internet Computer Protocol (ICP) DecaHack Empowers Nigerian Youth in Blockchain Innovation!

#BinanceTurns7 #SOFR_Spike #BinanceTournament #Megadrop #EarnFreeCrypto2024 The Internet Computer Protocol (ICP) ecosystem held its DecaHack in Nigeria, offering a hackathon, online bootcamps, and pitch competitions to the country’s aspiring entrepreneurs.Industry leaders from ICP and other blockchain ecosystems such as Arbitrum interacted with the participants, offered advice and tips, and gave keynote presentations.

Nigeria was ranked second globally for cryptocurrency adoption by Chainalysis last year, with the country’s youth championing blockchain use in several spheres of their life, as we have reported. This made the country a perfect destination for the latest Internet Computer Protocol (ICP) DecaHack, an initiative that combines education, networking, hackathon, and more.

the DecaHack awarded the first five startups with up to $25,000 in non-equity grants and an even bigger opportunity when they compete in the grand national finale. It also connected the finalists with mentors and consultants to help them with their ideas and resources for building on ICP.

One speaker after another talked about the massive opportunity blockchain presents for Nigeria and Africa at large. Arbitrum’s Ucheena Agams was one of the speakers, and in his presentation, he delved into interoperability in the blockchain world. He called on the Nigerian developers to solve the interoperability challenge by building dApps that can connect the various blockchains and unlock billions of dollars in value.

Agams also dove into the importance of user interface in taking blockchain to the masses. While the underlying technology must be secure, scalable, and stable, users will not adopt it if they can’t use it easily and intuitively, he told the young developers. Agams highlighted the growing importance of front-end developers to the success of blockchain and called on aspiring developers to focus just as much on UI as the backend technology.