BK Urban Hackathon

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Join us for 
 
<H2>Brooklyn Tech Week's </H2>
 
<H2>BK Urban Hackathon</H2>
 
<H2>November 9th – 10th</H2>
 
VENUE: BKLYN Commons 
495 Flatbush Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11225
 
Saturday / TIME: 10:30 AM – 9 PM
Sunday / Time: 10:00 AM – 5 PM
In the spirit of a decentralized Brooklyn–creating the foundation for social mobility and equity for all–we will kick off the 2ND annual BK Urban Hackathon. Let’s come together to see how we can use these mechanisms to start improving the way we live, work and play.
 
Arrive on Saturday, November 9th at 10:30 AM for a panel on the state of coding, followed by tutorials and workshops. Get a good night’s rest and get ready to hack towards an awesome future at BK Urban Hackathon
 
OFFICIAL HACK prizes include ETH giveaways and free swag.
 
 Hack lead – Arnell Milhouse, CareerDevs
 
BK URBAN HACKATHON
 
By 2022, at least one innovative business built on Blockchain technology will be worth $10
 
billion.
 
■ By 2030, 30% of the global customer base will be made up of things, and those things will use
 
Blockchain as a foundational technology with which to conduct commercial activity.
 
■ By 2025, the business value added by Blockchain will grow to slightly over $176 billion, then
 
surge to exceed $3.1 trillion by 2030 (source Gartner).
 
 
 
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<H2>BK URBAN HACKATHON/Goals and Outcomes</H2>
 
To secure Brooklyn as one of the preeminent places in the universe for innovative blockchain and cryptocurrency startups, research, and development.
 
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Introduce 100+ developers to the solidity programming language
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Teach 100+ developers how to mint their own Blockchain token/crypto
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Announce the launch of the Brooklyn Tech Lab Incubator in early 2020
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Announce our plans to begin educating 1000 blockchain developers in Brooklyn over the next 12 months, ushering in an unprecedented uptick in development and innovation
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Announce our goal to ensure that Brooklyn is home to some of the highest valued blockchain startups
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Identify the top blockchain projects currently in development
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Invite guest speakers from five of the top blockchain projects currently in development
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Identify the top Open Source Blockchain projects currently in development. Demonstrate how developers can get involved 
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Form partnerships with science departments within local universities to create peer-reviewed academic research papers co-authored in BK.
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