Introduction

BCH DEVCON is a series of global hackathons taking place around the world and hosted by Permissionless Ventures and co-hosted by SV INSIGHT. Permissionless Venture is a venture capital firm that backs blockchain technology and bold entrepreneurs enabling a permissionless and decentralized world. We have built a global network of engineers, entrepreneurs, investors, industry experts executives, and other influencers in the blockchain ecosystem. We are committed to connecting these diversified minds in order to empower the permissionless world.

During the San Francisco Blockchain Week (SFBW), BCH DEVCON is making its debut to the public and the BCH community from October 10th to October 11th, 2018. BCH community is one of the most active communities in the Blockchain industry, not only famous for its endless “debates” with other communities (even among themselves) but a very active platform for developers. Some KOLs/hackers/geeks/believers are undertaking Satoshi’s vision- making a secure and capable money system without intermediaries.

BCH is now striving to get more developers onboard, educate more people about its vision and technology, and eventually have more people using BCH as a global money and beyond.

We will find 120 best Hackers to start this amazing 24 hours adventure journey. Take a look, and enjoy!

Official website: https://bchdevcon.com/

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FAQs

➤What is the schedule?

October 10th, 2018

9:10 am – 9:30 am

A general mindset of BCH's future by Shammah Chancellor-Bitcoin ABC

9:30 am – 9:50 am

"Tokambrian Explosion" The importance of tokens to BCH by Gabriel Cardona-Bitbox

9:50 am – 10:20 am,

Money Button by Ryan X. Charles-moneybutton.com/Yours.org

10:20 am – 10:40 am

Connecting a new universe to BCH by Jiazhi Jiang-Wormhole

10:40 am - 11:00 am

Wallets in the BCH Ecosystem by Josh Ellithorpe-Coinbase

11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Team Building (Technical Support Provided)

12:00 pm - 11:59 pm

Hacking Time

October 11th, 2018

00:01 am - 10:30 am

Overnight Hack

10:30 am

Demo Submission Deadline

10:30 am - 11:30 am

Demo Fair, Voting, and Photo Time

11:30 pm - 1:00 pm

Break

1:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Panel

1:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Panel

2:00 am - 3:00 pm

Top 5 Hackathon Demo Show & Judge Q&A

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Top 3 Hackathon Award Ceremony

3:30 pm - 4:00 pm

BCH DevCon Closing Remarks

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➤Topics

1. Build a micropayments project with feasible innovations in fast payment integrating BCH’s features: borderless, 0 confirmation and low transaction fees.

2. Build a betting game based on newly released op codes, e.g.: https://github.com/fyookball/ChainBet. This topic can be without considering the funding problem, atomic operations, smart contracts, and eventually sent tokens according to the results.

3. Build an application regarding permanent data storing, open protocols and open-source data. (Using Op_Return) e.g.: https://memo.cash/

4. Build a cross-chain project, implementation based on gateway designs. Building an internet of value and ecosystem. E.g.: https://www.rsk.co/

5. Build an analysis tool for big data. A tool that can detect, inspect and visualize the transaction, tradings, blocks, nodes and the entire network of BCH Blockchain. E.g.: https://blocks.wizb.it/

6. Build a WHC Block explorer. Call Wormhole REST endpoints (https://wormholecash-production.herokuapp.com/) to build a web GUI which lists the tokens, token details, balances of token holders and transactions for token/holder.

7. Build a utility token generator w/ SLP. Create a web GUI which lets a user create a new SLP token. Name, ticker, URL, number of decimals, fixed/managed supply and initial distribution.

8. Launch an ICO on WHC. Create a custom security token and launch a crowdsale. Custom name, ticker, total number of tokens and how many tokens you'll sale for each 1 WHC.

9. Conceptualize a stable-coin for BCH ecosystem. Stable-coins, like DAI and $GUSD, are very popular in the ETH token ecosystem. Brainstorm on what a BCH stable-coin would look like. What smart contracts are needed in WHC for this to happen?

➤Who can be our Hackers?

iOS/Android/Web development engineer
iOS/Android/Web front end
iOS/Android/Web back end
iOS/Android/Web full stack engineer
Data Analyst / AI Master
Blockchain related engineers -decentralized wallet development
Blockchain related engineers - smart contract development
Understanding Hacker Economy and Blockchain Business Model Hacker
Hacker familiar with mainstream blockchain source code (BCH/BTC/ETH, etc.)

➤What can hackers get in this hackathon?

1st Prize: 10 BCH + Investments from Permissionless Ventures
2nd Prize: 5 BCH
3rd Prize: 1 BCH

Each successful registrant will get one free ticket of The San Francisco Blockchain Week Epicenter

➤How much should I pay?

This Hackathon is completely free for participants.
We will provide snacks, coffee, and peripheral gifts so that you have the best Hack experience.

➤How many are the recruitment numbers?

Only 120 Hacker admittances

➤What rules do I need to follow?

The form of a team: 3-6 people. (team or on-site team)

The score of your team will be evaluated by a committee made up of the most talented developers in the community. They will judge based on the understanding of Blockchain technology, practicability, scalability, creativity, and BCH score. (Total: 100 points)

➤Judges

Shammah Chancellor - Bitcoin-ABC

Ryan X Charles - moneybutton.com/yours.org

Josh Ellithorpe - Coinbase

Gabriel Cardona- Bitbox

Jiazhi Jiang - Wormhole

David Johnston - Factom/Yeoman's Capital

James Cramer - SLP/DeskViz

➤Rules

1. At the end of the Hackathon, project and presentation material should be submitted before the deadline in the agenda, after which no additional revision will be allowed.

2. A reasonable workload is one of the standards for evaluating the projects. Participants may study and research relevant knowledge and information before the Hackathon. However, bringing finished or semi-finished projects to the Hackathon is strictly prohibited. Furthermore, all assignments relating to a project should only be allocated to registered members of its registered team.

3. A security detail will be implemented at the venue. Participants should sign in with valid ID

4. During the Hackathon, the venue will operate for 24 hours. We will provide a sleeping bag to rest on site.