University competition for developers and entrepreneurs

Structure

• Step 1: Enter the Competition before 1st December 2018 by registering on this website or attending a launch event.
• Step 2: Choose to build your own idea or answer a partner challenge.
• Step 3: Your time starts on Monday 3rd December and you have to submit your project by Sunday 10th March.
• Step 4: Build! It can be new or something you’ve worked on before.   All we ask if that you work on it over 3 months and show progress!
• Step 5: Attend the workshops happening every few weeks at your campus – those that turn up will have more chance of winning a prize!
• Step 6: Be selected to win a min £2k prize and pitch for the top prize at demo day in March 2019.

Entry Criteria

• At least one member of your team is a student, academic, affiliate or alumni or the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial, LSE, UCL, KCL or Queen Mary University.
• Teams can be 1-6 people
• Be able to work on your project from December to March 2019
• Your project can be something you have worked on before the competition has started however it should not have been a funded startup. If you are not sure whether your idea is eligible, drop us an email!
• Be able to attend bi-weekly workshops in Oxford, Cambridge, London during term time

Pick one challenge

Open Challenge

• Build your own idea from scratch – it can be anything you like so long as it involves blockchain in some way
• The project can be a business idea, a startup, a demo, a dApp or a Research paper.
• You’ll be asked to submit this project by Sunday 10th March 2019.
• You’ll be assigned from our network a mentor to help you while you build your project. This mentor will provide a weekly office hours slot to help you
• Only overall top prizes available (1st = £20k, 2nd = £10k, 3rd: £5k)

Partner Challenges

• If you want a higher chance of winning a cash prize and more hands-on mentorship with some of the smartest blockchain engineers, enter one of the defined challenges set by our 8 Partner Projects. This will involve utilizing a Partner platform within your project .
• You will be provided with SDKs and documentation
• You will also be assigned an appropriate mentor from the partner platform you are building on. They will provide a weekly slot for office hours to assist you
• There are three bounties of £2,000 available for participants of each Partner Challenge, as well as the overall top prizes (1st = £20k, 2nd = £10k, 3rd = £5k)

Prizes

• 24 x £2,000 Bounties as above, plus:
• 1st: £20,000 cash
• 2nd: £10,000 cash
• 3rd: £5,000 cash
• Seed investment for viable project winners

Next Steps

1. Register your interest
2. Attend the launch event in your city
3. Submit an application after the launch event and before 1st December 2018
4. Be selected to join the programme
5. Build, learn, pitch, win

For more information visit: www.futureofblockchain.co.uk