We believe the Ethereum blockchain can provide value to the business community. Therefore, the ETHMemphis Hackathon will team Ethereum developers with business professionals to explore blockchain solutions in the following industries: Supply Chain, Travel, Healthcare, Education, and Legal. 

This is a free event. Food and lodging will be provided to all approved applicants. 

Eligibility

  • No age or educational restrictions on hackers
  • Applicants will be notified if they are accepted to participate in the hackathon. 

Requirements

  • Your hack must be related to Ethereum
  • You cannot steal another team's source code
  • All code required to run your project must be submitted
  • Submissions are only permitted from teams which have been previously Accepted.  

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$9,300 in prizes
Best Solution in Supply Chain
1 winner

Solve challenges in Supply Chain.

(See sub-bounties for additional prizes).

Travel Solutions
1 winner

Solve challenges in Travel, Hospitality, Tourism.

(See sub-bounty for more prizes).

Healthcare Solutions
1 winner

Solve challenges in Healthcare.

(See Sub-Bounty for additional prizes).

Legal Solutions
1 winner

Solve challenges in the legal field.

Education
1 winner

Solve challenges in Education.

(See sub-bounty for more prizes).

Sub-Bounty for BookLocal PoC
2 winners

[Not for judging]

1) Add uPort integration for guest interface for Guest Login (uPort Connect) and transaction signing for reservation bookings, check-in, & check-out.

2) Messaging Feature between guest and hotel operator interfaces

3) Task Management (housekeeping interface) - upon check-out room is marked "dirty/unavailable" until changed by hotel operator

$2,000 Sub-Bounty for BookLocal PoC (not qualified for judging):

1) Add uPort integration for guest interface for Guest Login (uPort Connect) and transaction signing for reservation bookings, check-in, & check-out.

2) Messaging Feature between guest and hotel operator interfaces

3) Task Management (housekeeping interface) - upon check-out room is marked "dirty/unavailable" until changed by hotel operator

$1,000 prize for each, pick any 2.

Amentum Sub-Bounty Prize: Lowering Barriers for affordable Healthcare / Education
1 winner

Projects that lowers the barriers for affordable healthcare or education solutions. Per Steven McKie's talk.

Sweetbridge Sub-Bounty: Digitizing Invoices Challenge
1 winner

Sweetbridge Challenge. See Melvin Petties (Sweetbridge) for guidelines.

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

How to enter

Visit the Applications Page and select your category.

The developers application page writes to the Rinkeby test network, so please check it out using your favorite web3 connected browser. Also note that select developers will be chosen to book a free room for the event using a proof-of-concept version of the BookLocal travel dApp. This will let you reserve, check-in, and check-out of your room using the Rinkeby testnet.

You will need Test ETH to apply, please request it from: https://faucet.rinkeby.io/

Judges

Mark Beylin

Mark Beylin
Creator, Bounties Network

Elena Nadolinski

Elena Nadolinski
Software Engineer, Airbnb

Steven McKie

Steven McKie
Founding Partner, Amentum

Ariel Barmat

Ariel Barmat
Engineering Manager, Decentraland

John Packel

John Packel
Travel Solutions Lead, ConsenSys

Judging Criteria

  • Industry Utility
    What problem does the project solve - is it a helpful replacement to existing stack? We will look for Technical Complexity, Originality, User Interface / Simplicity in Design, WOW factor.

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