Block-Sprint Hackathon Information Evening

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Come and discover more about Block-Sprint, the two week Hackathon organised by the UCL CBT, Capital Enterprise, and Ripple.

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What breakthrough can you make in two weeks?Block-Sprint is a hackathon run over multiple events over two weeks, fostering rapid innovation in the payments and decentralised finance spaces utilising blockchain and AI. Run by the UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies in partnership with Ripple and supported by Capital Enterprise, join us to build, create and innovate!About the Information EveningCome and learn what Block-Sprint is all about a month before the actual event over pizza and beer. Learn about the use cases and pain points in the payments and decentralised finance areas, and how you’ll get support in solving them; hear about the infrastructure and data you’ll be supplied with; and meet other like-minded individuals to form a team!Applications to join must be made up of multiple individuals of at least four people from at least two different groups (i.e. individuals from more than one company, or one company plus students etc).About Block-SprintThe UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies are running the blockchain technology hackathon of the year this November, in partnership with Ripple and supported by Capital Enterprise. Join us at multiple events from the 11th – 22nd November to help accelerate innovation in the areas of Payments and Decentralised Finance utilising DLT and AI, supported by experts in these domains.Who is Block-Sprint aimed at?The hackathon is aimed at companies using blockchain technologies and AI with an interest in payments and decentralised finance; blockchain developers; data scientists; and students.Block-Sprint Use Cases &amp; TechnologiesBlock-Sprint is focused on promoting innovation in the payments and decentralised finance domains. See our <a href="http://blockchain.cs.ucl.ac.uk/blocksprint/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">website</a> or come to the information evening to learn more about the different use cases and pain points you’ll get support with throughout the hackathon, both with infrastructure and from domain experts.Applying to be part of Block-SprintCome along to the <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/block-sprint-application-evening-tickets-73411432571" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Application Evening </a>to join a team or pitch your idea; Or, if you're all set already, apply <a href="http://blockchain.cs.ucl.ac.uk/blocksprint/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a>. All teams must be composed of at least 4 people from at least two groups of stakeholders (e.g. individuals from more than one company; individuals from one company plus students; students from different institutions; In short, you cannot all be from the same organisation!).Why take part?This is a great opportunity to come up with new ideas in the payments and decentralised finance spaces. You’ll be supported by domain experts who will be helping you refine your ideas and developers who’ll help you build out a prototype solution. Our aim in this hackathon is to give you all the support you’ll need to learn, build, create and innovate. And on top of that there are great prizes for the winners including a cash prize of £2000, chance to present at a premier blockchain conference and the support to build out your winning idea should you wish to do so (we hope you will)!Block-Sprint Timeline:<ul><li>Information Evening - Evening of 11th October</li><li>Application Evening - Evening of 8th November</li><li>Hackathon - Multiple part time events between 11th and 22nd November</li></ul>Interested in learning more? Check out the <a href="http://blockchain.cs.ucl.ac.uk/blocksprint/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Block-Sprint website</a>. <a href="http://blockchain.cs.ucl.ac.uk/blocksprint/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a>

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