Important Dates

Submission Period: Saturday, July 9, 2022 (07:00 PM IST) – Sunday, July 10, 2022 (07:00 PM IST).

Judging Period: Sunday, July 10, 2022 (07:30 PM IST) – Sunday, July 10, 2022 (10:30 PM IST).

Winners Announced: Sunday, July 10, 2022 (11:00 PM IST).

Eligibility

A. The Hackathon IS open to:

  • Individuals who are at least the age of majority where they reside as of the time of entry (“Eligible Individuals”).

PLEASE NOTE: It is your sole responsibility to review and understand the policies regarding your eligibility to participate in trade promotions, including this Hackathon. If you are participating in violation of the policies, you may be disqualified from entering or receiving prizes. Sponsor and Administrator disclaim any and all liability or responsibility for disputes arising between an employee and their employer related to this matter, and prizes will only be awarded in compliance with the employer’s policies.

B. The Hackathon IS NOT open to:

  • Individuals who are residents of, or Organizations domiciled in, a country, state, province or territory where the laws of the United States or local law prohibits participating or receiving a prize in the Hackathon (including, but not limited to, Brazil, Quebec, Russia, Crimea, Belarus, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria and any other country designated by the United States Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control).
  • Organizations involved with the design, production, paid promotion, execution, or distribution of the Hackathon, including the Sponsor and Administrator (“Promotion Entities”).
  • Employees, representatives and agents** of such Promotion Entities, and all members of their immediate family or household.*
  • Any other individual involved with the design, production, promotion, execution, or distribution of the Hackathon, and each member of their immediate family or household.*
  • Any Judge (defined below), company or individual that employs a Judge.
  • Any parent company, subsidiary, or other affiliate*** of any organization described above.
  • Any other individual or organization whose participation in the Hackathon would create, in the sole discretion of the Sponsor and/or Administrator, a real or apparent conflict of interest.

*The members of an individual’s immediate family include the individual’s spouse, children and stepchildren, parents and stepparents, and siblings and stepsiblings. The members of an individual’s household include any other person that shares the same residence as the individual for at least three (3) months out of the year.

**Agents include individuals or organizations that in creating a Submission to the Hackathon, are acting on behalf of, and at the direction of, a Promotion Entity through a contractual or similar relationship.

***An affiliate is: (a) an organization that is under common control, sharing a common majority or controlling owner, or common management; or (b) an organization that has a substantial ownership in, or is substantially owned by the other organization.

Project and Submission Requirements

Entrants may enter by registering for the event and following the below steps:

  • Complete and enter all of the required fields on the “Enter a Submission” page of the Hackathon Website (each a “Submission”) during the Submission Period and follow the requirements.Register for the Hackathon on the Hackathon Website by clicking the “Join Hackathon” button. To complete registration, sign up to create a free Devpost account, or log in with an existing Devpost account. This will enable you to receive important updates and to create your Submission.
  • The submission must be capable of being successfully installed and running consistently on the platform for which it is intended and must function as expressed in the text description.
  • In the editorial round, participants will be expected to write a brief technical blog posing as a journalist keeping in mind that they need to report the present state of the 'blockchain-related topic' they've chosen.
  • Any kind of plagiarism in the editorial round above 5-10% will not be considered and the submission will automatically be revoked.
  • All Submission materials must be in English.
Submission for Technical Projects:
  • Should contain a valid link to the public GitHub repository where the code of the project has been uploaded. 
  • Other links should contain the link to the video demonstration of the working project uploaded on YouTube. 
  • A README file on GitHub or a document describing the project is a must.
Submission for Blogs:
  • Length of the blog should be around 1000 words.
  • If plagiarism is detected above 5%, it will not be considered.

Judging Criteria and Winner Selection

Judging criteria for Technical projects: 

Projects would be marked and judged based on,

  • Relevance to real world scenarios/sponsor tracks.
  • Innovation in the idea. 
  • Implementation
Judging criteria for Blogs: 

 

Blogs would be marked and judged based on,

  • Your use of grammar.
  • Accuracy of content regarding facts within the selected title.
  • Length of the blog will be a major factor. (1000 words)
  • Creative titles would be appreciated.