It is increasingly difficult to have a conversation on disruptive technology without referencing blockchain and the cryptocurrency industry. The WCEF Crypto Hackathon encourages development of this field by providing talented crypto and blockchain app developers with the opportunity and platform to share their ideas with top entrepreneurs, industry experts, and members of the greater tech community. 

Backed by a $~200,000 prize from Propy (50k Propy tokens), this Hackathon offers a unique opportunity for hackers to pursue their wildest ideas to the fullest, developing the next generation of ideas that will transform the crypto industry.

Who Should Attend: Any developer, designer, architect, or even project manager who wishes to roll up their sleeves and dive into an immersive project making use of blockchain and/or cryptocurrency technologies. Come by yourself, come with a friend, or a whole team. We'll work to match you up with teammates to build something to show off to the judges on Sunday. Place in the top 3 teams and you'll get to present at the WCEF Conference before the opening keynote on Tuesday in front of 1000+ attendees.

If you want to help mentor, feel free to swing by the venue for several hours and sign up for a mentor ticket.

What is the WCEF?

The World Crypto Economic Forum in the San Francisco Bay Area is an event centered around supporting the current blockchain community and creating a global network of entrepreneurs and developers in today’s fast-evolving blockchain economy. The two-day conference features best-in-class leaders from the entire blockchain and token ecosystem, including core software development, startups, law, business, and much more.

Sponsors

Propy - 50K Propy tokens - Title Sponsor

Propy aims to solve the problems facing international real estate transactions by creating a novel unified property store and asset transfer platform for the global real estate industry. Initially the Propy Registry will mirror official land registry records in which transfers of real estate are recorded. Ultimately, however, Propy’s vision is that jurisdictions will adopt the Propy Registry as their official ledger of record such that the transfer of a property on the Propy Registry constitutes the legal transfer of the property and the legal registration of that transfer.

Nucypher -  12 Ether

Proxy re-encryption for distributed systems.

POA Network - 6000 USD in POA Tokens

POA Network is the first Ethereum-based public network with Proof of Authority consensus, reached by independent validators. We are building a public network for smart contracts that combines speed, security, and cost efficiency.

Loopring - 2500 USD in Loopring Tokens

Loopring is not only a protocol but also a decentralized automated execution system that trades across the crypto-token exchanges, shielding users from counterparty risk and reducing the cost of trading. By pooling the liquidity of cryptocurrencies, we are building the financial system of the future.

Amberdata.io

Amberdata builds SaaS platform for monitoring, searching, analyzing, and securing public and private blockchains. Amberdata enables operational intelligence for blockchain infrastructure, applications, and transactions helping to instrument and operationalize their platforms.

Well - 5 ETH + $10,000 in Well tokens

WELL is globalizing healthcare and eliminating country borders to directly connect doctors, therapists, psychologists and other healthcare specialists to patients worldwide. We are creating WELL tokens to solve the world’s biggest healthcare issues surrounding cross-border payments, data accessibility and payment risk. We’re making it possible for the highest quality healthcare providers to serve anyone, anywhere.

If you want to sponsor the event, reach out to WCEF@blockchain.berkeley.edu

Schedule (Sat - Sun)

10 AM (Sat) doors open

11 AM Intro Key Notes and Workshops

12 PM Hacking starts

12 PM (Sun) Hacking ends

1 PM Judging

3 PM Final Presentations

4 PM Round Up and Close

Judges

MacLane Wilkison - CEO and co-Founder, NuCyher

Natalia Karayaneva - CEO and Founder, Propy

Lily Liu - CFO earn.com

Greg Gopman - Co-Founder, Photon and AngelHack

Jeremy Gardner - Co-Founder Augur

Grant Hummer - SV Ethereum Dev

Zane Witherspoon - CTO, Dispatch Labs

Christian Peel - SV Ethereum

Shawn Douglass - CEO, Amberdata

Benedict Chan - Director of Engineering, BitGo

Haseeb Qureshi - Bancor is Flawed co-Author, SWE Earn.com

Ivan Bogatyy - Bancor is Flawed co-Author, SWE Google

Kira Noodleman - Investor @ Bee Partners

Tim Siwula - Engineer, Consensys

Jay Zhou - CMO, Loopring

Tongtong Gong - CEO, Amberdata.io

Igor Banirov - CEO, POA Network

Dr. Jeff Flowers - Validator, POA Network

Transportation

Car/Parking

Driving directions are here: https://www.ssfconf.com/directions-top

With respect to parking, the South San Francisco Conference Center has an agreement to share parking with both neighboring hotels – the Holiday Inn to the south and the CitiGarden Hotel to the north. Additional parking is available diagonally across the street in the lot located between the Travelodge and the BEST WESTERN PLUS Grosvernor Hotel.

Public Transportation
The center is conveniently located near the  South San Francisco Bart Station with either bus service (check weekend schedule) or a short Uber/Lyft ride away. Please see this link for details.
https://www.ssfconf.com/public-transportation-top

Thank Yous

Blockchain at Berkeley

SV Ethereum

SV Ethereum Dev

SF Ethereum Dev

BeMyApp

GoSF

AngularSF

SF Cryptocurrency Devs

FAQs 

Are there ID or minimum age requirements to enter the event?

18 Years old 

Is there a maximum team size?

5 people max

What can I bring into the event?

Computers and chargers and warm clothes and nothing illegal

How can I contact the organizer with any questions?

Reach out to wcef@blockchain.berkeley.edu

Link to slides (More Information): http://bit.ly/2musPpH

$274,000 in prizes

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