Deep Dive into The Graph - Blockchain Analytics Hackathon

Join us for an exciting full-day Hackathon in collaboration with The Graph!

The Graph is an indexing protocol for querying networks like Ethereum and IPFS. Anyone can build and publish open APIs, called subgraphs, making data easily accessible. Blockchain data is huge and complex to access, the Graph makes that easy for us!

P.S.: You need not be a blockchain expert to take part in this hackathon! Basic knowledge of how databases work and innovative ways of visualizing data are all you need. You can take part individually or in a team of up to 4 members. Each team should contain at least 2 students or it should be individual students rather than professionals.

Register your team here: Registration Form

The aim is to promote the usage of The Graph among our MSBA graduates, business undergraduates, and the start-up community in and around Boulder.

The flow of the event -

Saturday, Feb 25 -
10:00 AM:

• Introduction, Workshops and Case Studies
• [15m] Introduction to Blockchain w/Kyle Rojas, Edge&Node
• [30m] Workshop w/Simon Schmid, Edge&Node
• [15m] Break
• [30m] Case Studies w/Bradley Sheehan, Messari
• [30m] Using The Graph for Data Science w/Ricky Esclapon, Edge&Node

12:00 PM: Networking and Lunch + Forming of Groups
1:00 PM: Workshop / Hackathon
5:00 PM: Pizza and Talks

• [15m] The Graph Ecosystem w/Ørjan Auestad, The Graph Foundation
• [30m] Research Areas at The Graph w/Gokay Saldamli, Semiotic Labs
• [10m] Career Opportunities in The Graph Ecosystem

6:00 PM: Swag to all participants
6:30 PM: End of Event

Sunday, Feb 26 (Virtual) -
12:00 PM - Cut-off time for YouTube video submissions. The best video will be featured on Business Analytics on the blockchain channel.
3:00 PM - Culmination and 30 mins virtual meeting to announce winners. More prizes to the winning teams.

The winners will be awarded lots of swag and cash prizes. The prizes include $4000 worth of cash prizes and lots of swag split between the top three teams with $2,500 to the first prize winner, $1,000 to the first runner-up, and $500 to the second runner-up.

Learn more about the panel members here -

1. Simon Emanuel Schmid (LinkedIn)
2. Ørjan Auestad
3. Ricky Esclapon (LinkedIn, Twitter)
4. Bradley Sheehan
5. Gokay Saldamli (LinkedIn)
6. Kyle Rojas (LinkedIn)

FAQs: FAQ Page

Note: Each team should contain at least 2 students or it should be individual students rather than professionals.

This is an in-person event at the Leeds School of Business, for any questions or concerns please don't hesitate to reach out to the primary coordinator, Nehal Jain - nehal.jain@colorado.edu.