Topic: NxtHacks Hackathon - Last chance to sign up - 40'000 NXT first place (~$500) (Read 1033 times)

This is nice though I am not competing but I will like to be a judge.

Little more that an hour remains before the competition begins, everyone is preparing to begin

The competition begins in around 18 hours.

I will update the title, that is a good idea.

this is so great, good luck guys, hope it's a success!!!!

What is the latest about this hackathon centered around the API of Nxt competition?
Has a winner emerged?

Great idea.  If you change the title to state that there are prizes, you will get more entries.

One day until this event takes place.

Sign up now and join #nxthacks channel on SuperNET slack (http://slackinvite.supernet.org) to be a part of this event, 40'000 NXT to the winner.

Nxter.org did a very good article on this hackathon.

http://nxter.org/the-nxthacks-hackathon-2015/

Explains the key points very well, good to explain it to people who are still a little bit confused.

Anyone who wants to watch the process and weigh in on the entries is invited to the slack channel.

Please forward this competition to as many developers as you know, so that we can have some good competition and make some interesting apps

And for the most up to date information and the chat that we will use for the competition is the #nxthacks channel on supernet slack (http://slackinvite.supernet.org to gain entry)
There will be many people, including myself, to answer any questions and help with problems during the hackathon.

I will like to participate in selecting the winners as I will like to see the crypto apps made.

OK, exactly what I am saying transparency I will join the channel now though I don't know how to create any app I am a suck when it comes to that.

You just need to put your email in the form at that page and it should automatically send you an invite link to your email address.

The voting process will be conducted over the #nxthacks slack channel on SuperNet, so everyone will have input to arrive at a clear winner.

http://slackinvite.supernet.org needs an invite, please send it to me in order to join.
Also you should try all you can to make the voting process of selecting the winners very transparent, if need be use random.org.

I've been in the cryptocurrency space as a developer for a little over a year and a half now, and I have realized that there are so many cool ideas that have yet to come to the surface with this technology.

Personally I use Nxt as a platform because it has so many features that make it incredibly interesting to develop on. I decided that the best way to get some new ideas off of the ground was to have a hackathon centered around the API of Nxt, and with some help I have been able to do this.

Some information - http://jnxt.org/nxthacks

Date: 11:59PM (GMT+0) July 31st to 11:59PM (GMT-0) August 2nd (48 hours)

Prizes:
1st Place - 40'000 NXT (~$500)
2nd Place - 20'000 NXT (~$250)
3rd Place - 10'000 NXT (~$125)
The winners will be decided through a vote of all competitors and contributors to the hackathon.

Rules:
- Must be completed in the allotted 48 hours
- Must utilize one or more featurs of the Nxt API (http://jnxt.org:7876/test)
- Only solo entries are considered for prizes, teams can compete, but don't qualify for prizes.

You can use any programming language you would like, though js, node.js, python, or php are most common.

More information:
The sign up and information page http://jnxt.org/nxthacks

Introduction video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrL3WcReJyo
The Nxtforum thread https://nxtforum.org/general-discussion/testing-the-waters-an-nxt-hackathon/

And for the most up to date information and the chat that we will use for the competition is the #nxthacks channel on supernet slack (http://slackinvite.supernet.org to gain entry)
There will be many people, including myself, to answer any questions and help with problems during the hackathon.


* an in advance answer to the 'nxt is a scam' people:

No matter what you believe nxt to be, a scam, or a useless alt coin, it does have a very large API with many cool features that can be used to build cool little applications. I believe it is worth a try for a developer no matter what your skill level or language is.