Developing Open Source Steem Applications

The main event of the Utopian.io team and community meetup is happening on September 20th and you are invited! Join us for twenty-four hours of designing and developing inspiring open source applications.

In addition to an opportunity to collaborate with some of the best tech minds of the Steem and Utopian.io community, we’ve secured a budget for prizes to make it especially tempting for you to take part and contribute.

When?

The time-frame we’ve chosen is a short one. The hackathon will launch on September 20th 6:00 am UTC and will end on September 21st 6:00 am UTC.

We don’t expect to sleep much, but we will get a lot done!

Where?

Anywhere and everywhere!

The hackathon headquarters will be, of course, at the villa the Utopian.io team will be staying at in Lucca, between Pisa and Florence.

Community members who are able to attend in person are welcome to join us at the villa from 6:00 am until 4:00 pm UTC. Anyone joining via the Internet, and attendees looking to continue their project from home, the hackathon will continue until 6:00 am on September 21st.

How To Join?

RSVP on https://www.meetup.com/utopian_io/events/253592458/ to save your spot and be sure to indicate if you plan to attend in person or online.

If you’ll be joining us from the comfort of your home or office, wherever that may be, please be sure to join the #hackathons channel on the Utopian.io Discord server http://bit.ly/2O9yj5I to discuss and coordinate.

By September 19th, be sure to form your hackathon team, or join one on the #hackathons channel by chatting with other attending community members.

To be included in the contributions evaluated for a prize, your work should be submitted as a Utopian.io contribution no later than 21 Sept. 10:00 am UTC. Learn how to submit your contribution, get in touch: http://bit.ly/2O9yj5I.

What Will We Do?

The topic chosen for our first community hackathon is Open Source and Steem. While fairly broad, these topics cover what Utopian.io is about - empowering open source developers and contributors by utilizing the Steem blockchain.

As we get ready for the hackathon on our side, we encourage you to start a discussion regarding specific angles and technological solutions you would want to focus. The best place to do so is the dedicated #hackatons channel the Utopian.io community Discord http://bit.ly/2O9yj5I. We look forward to seeing your early ideas there!

Prizes & Extras

To give you another good reason to join and excel, we’re offering you a cash prize in addition to an upvote on your contribution post to Utopian.io.

• First Place: 100% upvote + 300 STEEM
• Second Place: 80% + 150 STEEM
• Upvote based on moderation score + 50 STEEM

The Utopian.io moderation teams will evaluate and score the contributions, and winners will be chosen based on the highest score awarded across teams. Winners will be announced by September 26th.

Bring Your Friends!
The hackathon is open to one and all both at the villa or online, from anywhere in the world. To ensure maximal visibility of the event, we plan to advertise it with the local developer community in Italy, as well as blockchain development enthusiasts worldwide.

We encourage you to send this announcement to anyone you think might be interested in participating. For any questions, please contact us on the #hackthons channel on the Utopian.io Discord server http://bit.ly/2O9yj5I.

Can’t wait to hack away with you!

UPDATE Sept. 15th

If you’re not tempted enough, we have a few additional prizes for hackathon participants and winners:

• Byteball (https://byteball.org) has bonuses for developers who are willing to work on their project during the event. https://explorer.byteball.org/#GQ2GLD4WON6JIJKRFJCG3EJMOC7GLHWT

• Quasar attached 200 STEEM bounty to one of the projects to use the Quasar Framework (http://quasar-framework.org) for their projects.