About
The 2019 Qtum & Beam Privacy Hackathon is jointly hosted by Qtum and Beam. The Hackathon provides developers around the world with an open community and support for realizing their technological dreams. There will also be an opportunity to engage with top experts in privacy technology and to win cash prizes!
Don’t miss the 2019 Qtum & Beam Privacy Hackathon to see the future of privacy technology, develop privacy projects, and learn from top privacy technology experts! In addition, the winning team will have the opportunity to receive incubation resources from the Qtum Foundation which will provide up to 500,000 US dollars for start-up funding and referrals to top angel investors and VCs.
Come and join the challenge!
Topics
Background
Several privacy projects are based on Mimblewimble such as Beam and Grin. MimbleWimble also can applied to Qtum.
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Background
Dai is a stable coin on Ethereum. It's implemented through the smart contract. So, it also can be ported to Qtum to realize a stable coin backed by Qtum.
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Background
Lightning Network enables blockchain payments without worrying about block confirmation times. Qtum has several PoCs. Besides, there are other implementations, like Ind and Breez. The goal of this topic is to enable the latest Lightning Network on the latest version of Qtum.
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Background
Mobile wallets are an important tool for using Qtum as a payment method. we find there are several open-source implementations on other blockchains, like Multy and Trust Wallet. They can be applied to Qtum to improve the ecosystem. It's also recommended to support Beam and Grin in the mobile wallet.
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Background
Web wallets allow holding, sending and receiving coins right from your browser, and are especially convenient for online payments.
Web wallets can be developed in the form of a website or as a browser extension.
We welcome innovation in this space for both Qtum and Beam.
Qtum already has a beautiful Web Wallet, while Beam does no not have one yet.
This category is for the developers to dream, invent and innovate.
Any projects related to Qtum or Beam can be submitted in this category - no rules or limits here.
Put your imagination to work and win!
Judges
Prizes
Milestone Prizes
Schedule
Registraion open
First Webinar via Zoom Video Rreplay
Challenge Explanation
Final submission starts
Final submission ends
Award announcement
Registraion open
First Webinar via Zoom Video Rreplay
Challenge Explanation
Final submission starts
Final submission ends
Award announcement
Cautions
Note: After registration, teams can begin development, testing and debugging. Projects should be submitted online before 12:00am UTC on September 8, 2019 (updated). If a team submits the code and technical data multiple times, only the latest upload is counted.
The event will invite privacy and security technology experts and the Qtum core development team to answer questions online. Please pay attention to our official website and the Qtum official community channels. The live webcast information and award information will be released there for the first time.
Rules
In each round of judging, the judges will score each entry based on the following rules:with a score of 100, divided into 5 scoring dimensions, with a total score of 20 for each dimension:
Projects using Qtum technology reasonably and innovatively will be viewed more favorably by the judges.
The degree of innovation of the product.
Is this technology practical to use?
What is the technical difficulty level of the project and was it professionally executed?
Does the application have real application scenarios and influence?
Qualification
- The Hackathon can be registered for an individual or team up to five people (2-5 people per team). It is necessary to ensure that the registration information is accurate and valid, otherwise, the qualifications and rewards will be canceled. All team members must sign the participation form for this Hackathon.
- Entries may not participate in any other activities or for other commercial purposes.
- The participating teams will retain follow-up development rights for the participating projects.
- Event organizers will conduct code reviews of all winning teams to prevent cheating.
- All participating members represent the acceptance of the competition rules and conditions.
