EDCON 2019

EDCON HACK

EDCON2019 is part of Community Ethereum Development series, organized by LinkTime, one of the Chinese Ethereum community representatives. The purpose of the conference is to improve communications among various Ethereum communities and to promote Ethereum ecosystem development on a global scale.

EDCON HACK is a 48-hour Hackathon, focusing on technology implementation and innovation. World wide best and brightest hackers from all over the world will form teams for 48 hours of coding, learning and demonstrating ideas. We open to the hackers of all level, from the beginner to veteran. EDCON Hackathon team will provide supplementary resources, mentorship, and food for the candidates in need. Don’t hesitate to join us！

Date: April 8-10, 2019

Venue: Michael Crouch Innovation Centre. UNSW

Hackathon Award: 10,000 USD

Special Bounty: 2,500 USD Social Impact Prize: 2,000 USD

Agenda

The agenda is updating, please stay tuned.

Workshop
April 8-10

Agenda
2019.4.8
9:00	Hackathon Registration
10:00	Opening speech, pre-hackathon workshop，Overall Hackathon Structure
11:30	Team Formation
12:00	Lunch
13:00	Hacking
15:00	Ethereum Workshop - Ethereum 2.0, Serenity
18:00	Dinner
2019.4.9
8:00	Breakfast
11:00	Workshop #1-How to Build Applications on the OMG Network
12:00	Lunch
13:00	Workshop #3-Building on Plasma
14:00	Workshop #4-Building end-to-end encrypted applications for Ethereum
15:00	Workshop #5- A “layer2” for Token: make your token work across the ecosystem with TokenScript
17:00	Workshop #6- EVM to Bitcoin Cross-Chain Token Bridge Solution
18:00	Dinner
2019.4.10
8:00	Breakfast
8:30	Submission
10:00	Judging
12:00	Closing

Time	Topic	Mentor	Organization	Links to Learning materials	Link to LIVE Online Workshop
7AM AEDT, Feb. 14	Cryptoeconomics for Plasma	Karl Floersch	Ethereum	Access to Learning material	Access to Workshop Records
19:30 AEDT, Feb. 15	Practical zkSNARKs constructing for Ethereum using Rust, Bellman and the Gadget library	Alexander Vlasov	the Matter	Access to Learning Material 1,2	Access to Workshop Records
5PM AEDT, Feb. 20	Generalized State Channel Workshop \| Conditional Payment Design Pattern	Michael Zhou	Celer Network	Access to Learning Material	Access to Workshop Records
8AM AEDT, Feb.23	Plasma 101	Kelvin Fichter	Plasma Group	Access to Learning Material 1,2	Access to Workshop Records
12PM AEDT, Feb. 28	Using Vyper in a Javascript World	Ben Jones	Plasma Group	Access to Learning Material 1, 2	Access to Workshop Records
12PM AEDT, March 3	Plasma Application Workshop \| Making Micro-transactions on a Plasma chain	Pong Cheecharern	OmiseGO	Access to Learning Material 1, 2, 3	Access to Workshop Records
12PM AEDT, March 6	Anatomy of a Client	Luke Anderson	Sigma Prime	Access to Learning Material 1, 2	Access to Workshop Records
12PM AEDT, March 8	Build your First State Channel	Trevor Clarke	Amberdata	Access to Learning Material	Access to Workshop Records
9AM AEDT, March 14	Eth2.0 phase 0	Justin Drake	Ethereum	Access to Learning Material	Access to Workshop Records

Mentors

Information will update soon, please stay tuned

Organizer

Ethplanet is a nonprofit organization, focus on supporting global technical conferences and meetups within Ethereum communities. The organization aims at promoting technology exchange and connecting Ethereum developers with community members.

Partner

Sponsor

Supporter

https://www.linkedin.com/company/melbourne-university-blockchain-association/about/

FAQs

Q: What are the topics of EDCON Hackathon？

A: EDCON Hackathon will cover the following topics

Layer 1:Sharding/PoS/Clients
Layer 2:Plasma/Channel/Snark

Q: Can I participate if I don't have any hacking experience?

A: Of course! EDCON HACK is open to hackers of all levels. Don't hesitate to join us！

Q: How much is the application fee? What materials do I need to provide for the application?

A: The hacker application is FREE of charge. All you need to provide is your: full name, email address, country, company name, telegram/twitter Github Link. And a CV will be very helpful in terms of evaluation.

Q: How much do I need to pay to register as a visitor?

A: Visitor is FREE of charge. Cheer for the hackers on-site!

Q: How to register as a hacker/visitor？

A: Go to https://www.edcon.io/hackathon and click the "Register as A Hacker"/"Register as A Visitor" button. Fill in the required infomation and you'll be all set!

Q: Who can I turn to if I met some problems? Are there any materials for me to learn before the hackathon?

A：

1) We've had 9 live online workshops covering all the 6 topics. You can check the recommended learning materials and the workshop recordings on the workshop page(Click the"worshop" in the agenda units).

2) We'll invite all the qualified hackers to our Slack groups, by then you'll be able to ask any questions about the hackathon topics and the mentors will answer them online.

3) There will also be on-site mentors whom you can ask for help in time.

So, no worries at all!

Venue

Michael Crouch Innovation Centre, UNSW

Gate 2 Avenue

Kensington, NSW 2033

Australia