BlockBooster Web3.0 Hackathon @HKU

To: All UG Students,

You are cordially invited to join the “BlockBooster Web3.0 Hackathon @HKU”, from April 7-9, 2023. Please refer to the eDM and the voice recordings of previous information sessions below for details.

Interested students should register at https://blockbooster.io/register. Upon registration, students will receive the programme details as well as confirmation email from the organizer.

For enquiries, please email to contact@blockbooster.io.

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Blockbooster Web3.0 Hackathon Hong Kong Flagship Series to take place from April 7-9, 2023

BlockBooster, together with OKX, Gitcoin, will host the Blockbooster Web3.0 Hackathon Hong Kong Flagship Series at the University of Hong Kong. The first event, themed as "Into the Socialverse," will be a genesis hackathon that focuses on the web3 social applications layer. The event will take place from April 7-9, 2023, at the University of Hong Kong campus in collaboration with Techno-Entrepenuership Core, Centre for Asian Entrepreneurship and Business Values and HKU Business School.

Event detail: https://blockbooster.io/

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BlockBooster will offer a total prize pool of more than 500k HKD for winning builders with additional sponsored challenge rewards, and follow-up investment opportunities and incubation possibilities. The event will comprise three parts: builder-focused workshops, online panel discussions & project reviews and a Demo Day.

Lennix Lai, Managing Director, Global Institutional, OKX said, “Hong Kong is destined to start a new blockchain narrative, and OKX is ready to meet it. We are excited to see Blockbooster contributing to the inception of more creative and innovative SocialFi projects. OKX looks forward to providing them with more support going forward.”

During the workshops, industry leaders will discuss topics such as Web3 Social development trends, market status, and development ecology. The hackathon, led by Blockbooster mentors, will provide teams with advisory support over three days online and offline, including feedback on product-market fit, market strategy, contract auditing, and more. The event aim to help entrepreneurs position their products correctly and speed up project development runway. During Demo Day, top industry VCs and exchanges will participate to help project builders connect with investors and industry resources. The event will also collaborate with Gitcoin and Dorahacks to accelerate match funding on hackathon theme.

“For anyone who's paying attention it's evident that Hong Kong is quickly becoming one of the main centers of the web3 ecosystem. We're thrilled to partner with Blockbooster on supporting this vision come to life through all the learnings from Gitcoin thus far, “Azeem Khan, Head of Impact, Gitcoin

The mentor committee comes from a diverse panel of industry-leading experts, including top-ranked degens, successful founders, and builders in the fields of Defi, governance, NFT, Game/Guild, Security, Smart Contract, and Data. Workshops will feature leading Web3 social projects such as Mask Network and Galxe.

“With Blockbooster's hackathon, key builders and contributors will come together to develop innovative blockchain products and lay the foundation for HK to move into the Web3 Hub together with whole communities and participants.” Jupiter Zheng, Research Director, HashKey Capital

Through partnerships with 20+ industry leaders and 10+ local financial and technological leaders and institutions, BlockBooster aims to establish the first Web3 innovation development and project ecology cultivation center in Hong Kong. The organization aims to establish strong and long-term collaborations with overseas and domestic media to promote the Hackathon as well as future Hackathon series.

Mr. Joseph Chan from Centre for Asian Entrepreneurship and Business Values, HKU Business School expressed, "This is an exciting platform where we will witness creative human-centric design meets technology innovation. I look forward to participants' impactful blockchain exploration creating value and facilitating change in the community and the society!"

The mentor committee includes, Azeem - Gitcoin，Chess - Quest3，段伟- NextID, Jeff Lu - Hashkey, Johnson - Hooga Gaming, Joshua - RSS3, Jun Hao - Altlayer, KC - Hooga Gaming, Mark - DODO, Meow - Cavis, Mike - Go+, O - SCB10x, Outprog / XiaoJay - EverFinance / AR, Wenqing - KNN3, Xin - EthSign, Yajin - Blocksec, Yisi - Mask, Sam＆Li Ni - Avalanche, Conflux. The event also invited ecosystem partners such as Altlayer, Arweave (EverVision＆PermaDAO), Mask and NextID.

BlockBooster is excited to bring together top developers and projects to converge in Hong Kong and collaborate. Drawing on successful incubation experiences guided by degen mentors, the organization will establish a streamlined and sustainable development ecosystem to provide projects for its partners and the industry.

For more information, visit the BlockBooster website or contact the BlockBooster team at contact@blockbooster.io.

Disclaimer:

1. The School will not be responsible for any expenses incurred in this Hackathon.
2. The data collected through the online registration is solely administered by the organizers. The School shall not be held liable in the case that disputes, loss, or any other situations arise.